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Much like the Nokia Play 360°, the Nokia Wireless Music Receiver MD-310, wirelessly pumps music from your phone, laptop or any other Bluetooth device through your home stereo. Using something called apt-x, you will still receive the exact same audio quality you’d experience from a wired system, giving perfect CD quality. With support for Bluetooth class 1, you can remain connected to the MD-310 within 100 meters. Pairing is easy too. If you’ve got an NFC enabled phone (like a Nokia N9, say), just tap the phone to the NFC logo and you’re connected via Bluetooth. Otherwise, traditional pairing will work just fine. The MD-310 will cost around €59 and shipping will start during the third quarter of this year.
How many tunes do you have on your phone? A hundred, a thousand, five thousand? Smartphone users are some of the heaviest consumers of music, with 42% claiming to have a collection of between 2-5,000 songs and 27% listening for 4-6 hours per day. And what about your computer or laptop? Probably thousands more. Unless you burn those onto a CD, the likelihood is you never listen to them on your stereo. Thanks to the Nokia Wireless Music Receiver, that could all change.
We want wireless
When Nokia conducted a study last year, 80% of people said they were interested in playing music from their handset on their home stereo. When you think about how much music we have digitally, it’s easy to see why. Imagine then, if you could plug in a small device to your stereo and suddenly turn that stereo into an amazing 21st century digital music machine.
Plug and play
The Nokia Wireless Music Receiver promises just that. It’s incredibly easy to set up. You need no software. All you do is plug it into your AC mains and the back of your stereo. Then, if you have an NFC phone, you simply tap it to the receiver, and like magic, music will start playing. Otherwise, you long press its single button to pair it with your Bluetooth device.
Sounds as good as a CD
One reason that wireless receivers haven’t got the attention they deserve is people’s perception that devices are not up to the mark with regards to the signal, sound quality and range. To test the Nokia Wireless Music Receiver, Nokia commissioned DeltaSunset labs to check out its music quality. Surprisingly to some, the results showed that it’s just as good as wired CD sound.
Bigger range, better signal
Bluetooth has been evolving for over a decade. However, there’s no doubt that in the past its range used to be an issue. Thankfully, the Nokia Wireless Music Receiver has one of the most highly sensitive Bluetooth antennas ever. This means that you can have your phone or laptop up to 20 metres away from your stereo and still enjoy your tunes.
If you’ve love your stereo, but have been finding yourself using it less and less, the Nokia Wireless Music Receiver will put the spark back in your love affair. What’s more, it will free the music you have on your hard drive. But don’t take our word for it. Get connected and let us know what you think.
