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I can pair several Bluetooth speakers to my laptop, but can I make them all connect and play from the one Bluetooth connection at the same time?
As of now, I have to select one speaker to connect and play at one time. I would like to play several in different rooms at the same time.
 
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There are stereo Bluetooth speakers with two separate enclosures you can move around, but of course if you have music that plays left or right, if you move one of the speakers to another area you will have issues. If you can select Mono output then that will sound fine since the left/right mix will be send to one speaker.



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WOW! It works like a treat! Perfect solution, THANK YOU!!!!

 
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I'm a hardware/firmware develop in SF. We have a small startup focused on solving this problem. Our solution allows you to connect up to 16 speakers that can be controlled by a single device.

We're still in the early prototype phase though.
 
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Do you have a link to this development software mate?
 
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I have the similar dilemma. I have a Logitec Bluetooth speaker and Bose Sound dock. I would like to have them both stream music from my phone. The problem is the Bose has an apple docking station and the Logitec is a bluetooth device with an AUX 3.5mm input.

Solution: Change the wireless signal from Bluetooth to FM

Output (phone) - purchase a transmitter to convert music from the headphone jack to FM signal.
Input (Bose) - IPod FM transmitter for docking station, basically be able to play FM station through your docking station
Input (Logitec) - FM input to to 3.5mm Jack

I haven't purchased the components yet but if someone on this stream has I'd be curious to see the components you purchased and weather you liked the results.
 
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just paired 2 Oontz Angle bluetooth speakers to my Dish Satellite receiver. Sync is perfect. i paired each one seperately,then turned BT off on receiver then back on & :bounce:both speakers paired. :bounce:
 
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I don't know if this will help anyone but I'll share another solution I came up with that's been working well for us.

MeeAudio makes a really good quality Bluetooth transmitter that natively send to two Bluetooth speakers. It will accept mini stereo or optical digital input. If you only need two speakers connected, your all set. However, if you need more than that, you can get creative with a "switch" or splitter that allows more than one of these to be connected at the same time. I'm using an optical switch (4 in/2 out) to accomplish this. The switch even allowed you to choose with whether you output via output 1 alone, 2 alone, 1 & 2 the same simultaneously, or 1 & 2 two different streams simultaneously. So it's pretty versatile. If you need more, use a larger switch/splitter with additional MeeAudio transmitters.

Hope that helps. It's been working well for me.

MeeAudio BT Transmitter: http://www.amazon.com/MEE-audio-Universal-Headphone-Transmitter/dp/B016NIOOH2

Optical Switch:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00BB0GY1C/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?qid=1458356602&sr=8-6&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=4x2+optical+switch&dpPl=1&dpID=41UpGvjOBlL&ref=plSrch
 
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do you connect your bluetooth transmitter to the splitter?

is this how the connection works?

input/sound source > splitter > bluetooth transmitters > output/bluetooth audio device




 
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I have same issue and I just gave up of Bluetooth solutions. Bluetooth isn't designed to do this as other posted above. Instead I put simple FM modulator/transmitter and listen my music in any room on FM radio (Less than $15 solution). It works just fine in any room, starting from my radio alarm clock in bedroom to big Hi-Fi system in living room which reproduce my TV sound as well
 
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Hi there

I thought i would respond incase anyone else is still having the issue. I was trying to find a way to pair 2 bluetooth speakers to play at the same time with music from my phone. I was told by many that bluetooth was not setup to play that way and I would have to buy Sonos speakers.

Yesterday I purchased 2 google chromecast devices and connected them to each speaker. Then I grouped them. You have to use wi fi though.

They are paired and works like a charm. Finally found the solution. If anyone wants to learn about google chrome cast youncan read below. Hope this helps.

https://www.google.ca/chromecast/tv/
 
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BT was invented to instruct devices like two people kissing each other to get known, and why do you dare kissing around with many? I am a professor at a Swiss private University (Montreux Business University) and have discussed the above problem in the Entrepreneurship class, if you are able to contribute to a solution please contact us. The problem seems to exist as design flaw since the inception of BT, so adopting standards that make the simple use of stereo or multiple bt connections is a long shot, and I hope that BT 5 will finally do the trick end of 2016. https://www.bluetooth.com/news/pressreleases/2016/06/16/-bluetooth5-quadruples-rangedoubles-speedincreases-data-broadcasting-capacity-by-800 In the meantime we experiment with Raspberry and multi BT connection apps - to make at least 2 different BT speakers of any brand re-creating the stereo effects, since humans have 2 ears.... (OMG, re-inventing HiFi or Dolby Atmos on BT is rather complicated)
 
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Have you tried chaining the speakers together instead of trying to connect each one directly to the device? I know JBL, Braven and even cheaper brands have offered this tech for a while. Maybe I misinterpreted the question?
 
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Here is my Workaround solution to the 1 Laptop/Tablet Source and Multiple BT Headsets/Speakers Scenerio without spending a dime or looking for any HW addon.

below is the solution for 2 BT headpones connected to Laptop.
1. Install free software 'SyncPlay' in the Laptop.
2. Run 2 instances of Syncplay one as Server and other as client with both attached to VLC Player.
3. Set the audio-device of Server-VLC to BT-Headpone/Speaker-1 and audio-device of Client-VLC to to BT-Headpone/Speaker-2. [using VLC Menu->Audio->Audio Device]
4. Make client-vlc minimized,
5. Set the Audio Path directories in both the Sync Player to same Folder location. [Using SyncPlay Menu File->Set Media Directories]
6. Play audio/Video on the Server-VLC, and Control the Client-VLC using the Client-Syncplay. If you are watching Video remember to set the Video_track of Client-vlc as disabled, Viola.. u are through.

Sometimes you need to sync the client-audio just by moving the slider control of the server-vlc. You can add more than 2 bluetooth speakers/headphones with this solution, just need to add number of syncplay clients and set the respective audio-device in the vlc instances.

This is how I watch movies with my wife using 2 BT-Headphones and Single Laptop in flights or in similar situations.
 
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This solution is for MAC (I believe El Capitan onwards...)...

On the MAC Turn on bluetooth and pair and connect to each speaker you want to use. Once all are connected open the Audio Midi Setup app found in the Utilities folder in the App directory.

In the lower left corner click on the '+' and create a Multi-output device.

Your connected bluetooth devices should be listed. Tick each one that you want to use.

Open System Preferences, click on Sound (the speaker icon) and choose the Multi-output device.

Open iTunes and play your tunes.

The MAC will output to all connected bluetooth speakers.

If you want to play with volumes, left/right output volumes, mute etc then go back to the Audio Midi Setup app and click on the little triangle to the left of your Multi Output Device description and a drop-down will open showing the controls for each device. You can type in volume percent value or dB in the boxes or tick/untick boxes to mute the speaker or left/right channels.

Enjoy!

 
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Hi. Did you find a suitable solution for this?
I wish to connect 2 sets of bluetooth headphones to the same android tablet .... used for kids watchig movies on long car trips without driving us parents crazy or messy cords everywhere.
Thanks for your help.
Michelle.
 
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