I've been feverishly researching
Bluetooth 101 for the last couple of days and here's what I've found. aptX technology supports the low latency Dmitry highlighted in his video.
Here are some decent, compact aptX-equipped Bluetooth transmitters on Amazon.
This one is skinny, while
this one is a little shorter.
Meanwhile,
this one and
this one also include receivers. I don't see any reason to spend the extra money, but what do I know?
In addition, all of the above devices appear to offer fairly straight-forward pairing.
One more thing, I plan to remove the chip from the housing and hard-wire the board into my saber.
THAT WAS THE EASY PART! The hard part is finding a compact portable speaker that is also aptX-equipped. I used the "official"
aptX website and found the
Panasonic SC-NA10 is thin & small, and has decent performance specs.
During my research, I also learned that, even though the transmitters will connect more than one speaker at a time, the aptX technology does not (currently) support low-latency connectivity to more than one device, simultaneously. Therefore:
1) I need to try to get all of the sound level I want from one external speaker, or
2) See if the latency with two speakers is acceptable.
As there are numerous other BT transmitters that don't support aptX, I'm curious what the latency experience is like.
If anyone else has experience with testing, please share.Also, can an FSC-BT630 be re-programmed to be used as an audio transmitter?