I have no idea why some people have problems paring the device. It’s pretty simple and straightforward. I connected the headset to the PS3 and the red light on the Bluetooth came on. I let it charge for about 2 hours until the red light turned off. I then turned it on and got a message on the PS3 saying the blue-tooth device has been connected.

I went under Settings – Accessories – Blue-tooth Devices on the PS3 and saw my blue-tooth device listed there. You can easily connect and disconnect the device by clicking Triangle here. Sometimes when I turn on my headset I notice that it doesn’t automatically sync so I have to go here and just click triangle and then connect. No big deal to me.

I also saw another review saying that the audio comes from the TV instead of the device. You can easily change where the audio comes from by going under Settings – Accessories – Sound Settings on your PS3. You can make the audio come out of the TV or the Headset.

In conclusion, I think this device received some negative reviews just because the user didn’t take the time to configure the device properly or had no idea what they were doing. I would definitely recommend this headset. Works flawlessly on my PS3 and the sound quality is great. On top of that, the design is very nice and it works on either ear.

See larger image PS3 Bluetooth Headset (Accessory) List Price: $49.99 USD New From: $29.72 In Stock Used from: $23.90 In Stock Release date October 26, 2010.

Product Features

Both my wife and I have LG enV2 phones, which have an MP3 player, small onboard speakers, a 2.5mm jack (smaller, non-standard size), and support bluetooth stereo. We love to flip it open and have on-the-fly, decent sounding music through the onboard speakers (tinny sound, but loud). We also share a pair of Motorola Rokr S9 bluetooth headphones that we wear on the go, to work out, run, etc. and we love that as well.

So the last thing we needed to run our entire world of music from our phones was a bluetooth speaker to station in our living room for better open-air sound than the phone’s onboard speakers.

Well, this is it! Pairing the speaker to the phones was perfectly straightforward, as is connecting for each use. You can either turn the speaker on each use and it just finds the phone and is ready to go, or you can leave the speaker on all the time and connect/drop with the phones. We do the latter for two reasons: 1) When you turn on the speaker and both our phones are around, it’s random which phone it connects to (an issue with our diverging musical tastes!) and 2) We have it tucked away on a hard-to-get-to shelf.

Aesthetically speaking, it’s very sleak-looking, not too big (or small I guess — looks high-end, very Bose-like). The sound is strong considering it’s bluetooth. Bass hangs in there, though it didn’t blow me away. It certainly destroys the tinny sound of the enV2′s onboard speakers. The sound fills the room rather than the “blaring from the counter” effect, just the difference we were hoping for.

I found it just a little pricey, but because it was the missing link for us to do all our music off of our phones I never thought twice. So all that said, for our situation, it’s a clear 5 stars.

As for other reviews I’m reading, I don’t doubt them. We have no other bluetooth devices around to get crossed with this, but I’ve heard plenty of stories about ANY two bluetooth devices in close proximity not playing nice.

Also, I wouldn’t bother with this product if I was going to use it for any stationary music source, like a reciever or computer, unless I was really desperate to get it across the room without a cord. The bit I read about walls impeding the connection is true — same for us but not an issue, we just leave the phone sitting in the same room. But in the future we might double it’s use: it does come with a corded input and might make a nice center channel if we took this room in that direction. Or it might be a decent upgrade in sound over our TV’s onboard speakers and I may try that. The corded input was smart, you never know what you might do with it. As another reviewer with bluetooth contention issues noted, it could salvage it if you give up on the bluetooth.

If I had to pick on it, I would say it might be nice to be able to run it off batteries. While for now we keep it stationary, the cordless nature of it would make it perfect to pick up off the shelf and take anywhere, but, you’ll always need an outlet. It would also be nice if the left/right speakers were separate and I could split them into separate corners of the room. But of course then you’d need the phone to talk to both speakers, or to one speaker and then that speaker to stream to the other, which would then present timing issues. Bluetooth just isn’t there yet.

So, I’d recommend highly if your situation is similar. But think it through if you have more constraints, you may want to let bluetooth mature some more.

See larger image Sony SRSBT100 Bluetooth Stereo Speakers (Electronics) List Price: $159.99 USD New From: $189.95 In Stock

Product Features

• Audio Features:
  • Bass : Mega Bass
• Inputs and Outputs:
  • Input(s) : Stereo minijack x1
  • Input(s) : 1kHz (4,7k ohms)-(Impedance)
• Networking/Modem:
  • Bluetooth® Technology : Bluetooth specification version 2.0, EDR
• Power:
  • Rated Input : 15W
  • Input Power : Maximum: 30W
  • Rated Output : 10% T.H.D.,1kHz,4ohms; 15W + 15W;
  • AC Power : DC12V (Via supplied AC power adaptor)
• Speaker:
  • Speaker System : 90mm,Full Range, Magnetically Shielded
  • Impedance : 4 ohms
• Weights and Measurements:
  • Dimensions (Approx.) : W:400 x H:160 x D:175mm
  • Weight (Approx.) : 2.5kg

Technical Details

• Brand Name: Sony
• Model: SRSBT100
• Color Name: Black

The range is pretty good. I live in an apartment with a lot of WiFi signals and I still got pretty good sound about 25 feet away and through one wall. But when the speakers are far away from my laptop, I notice that the sound cuts out whenever I move/click my bluetooth mouse. If the speakers are right next to my laptop, then I can use the bluetooth mouse without the sound cutting out.

I had already read about all of these problems, but I was just hoping I would be one of the lucky ones. Still, I think it’s a pretty good speaker. One of the reasons I got these speakers is that my HP laptop speakers are not loud enough for when I’m in the kitchen. These speakers are loud enough to be heard over the kitchen sounds.

I like the fact that it takes just 3 AA batteries, so I don’t have to buy a lot of rechargeable batteries to keep it running. In addition, it has backup wired solutions for power (i.e., an AC power adaptor) and audio connection (i.e., an audio input jack).

One issue (which is due to Vista) is that it’s not easy to re-connect to the speakers when you want to use them again. You have to go back to the “Audio” tab and click the connect button again. I was hoping that I could just select them as my default speakers and Vista would automatically connect whenever I turn the speakers on. Also, if you’re watching a YouTube video and then you want to switch to the wireless speakers, you’ve got to shutdown the browser and start a new browser. It’s not as easy to switch to the wireless speakers as it is to switch to speakers connected to the headset jack.