Voiis Bluetooth music streamer

The sound quality was good, in spite of a nearby 2.4GHz Wi-Fi router, the presence of half a dozen other WLANs in the vicinity, a host of phones with Bluetooth turned on and at least one Bluetooth mouse being steered continually over a desktop.

Mini USB for power, and 3.5mm audio I/O for easy connectivity

Music Action claims Voiis will operate at up to 100m. Neither our living room nor Vulture Central is that expansive, and intervening walls ensured we didn't get that far before the sound began to break up. Depending on the construction and of your house, you should be able to roam around and still listen in.

With the Voiis doing such a reasonable job on the audio front, it seems churlish to mention the build quality. It's not actually bad, just a tad thrown together: the two halves of the 'horn' don't align perfectly and the ports mounted onto the circuit board inside don't quite match up with the holes in the outer casing.

But none of these issues in any way prevent the device from being used, and since it's likely to spend its life stuck alongside or behind your AV kit, doesn't really matter what it looks like or how well it's being snapped together?

Press to switch sources

That said, at around £45, it's a wee bit pricey, we think. Add-on A2DP transmitters come in between £10 and £20, so perhaps doubling that because there's a receiver too is fair enough. If it was £30 we wouldn't think twice.

Verdict

The Voiis isn't a brand-new product - it's been around for a couple of years now - but it's one of these bits of kit you buy when you have a need for it rather than because it's the latest thing. It's handy if you fancy getting into wireless audio and your headphones didn't come bundled with a transmitter. Ditto if you simply want to use regular 'phones with a wireless source. ®

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