Multiple Bluetooth Speakers working together - bass AND stereo!

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I've discovered something wonderful about Bluetooth speakers and desktops...

Listening to music while working on my laptop at my desk usually involves my Creative Pebble Pro v2 speakers - they connect to my MacBook via Bluetooth and generally work very well for glorious stereo either side of the screen.

However, I recently picked up a Marshall Emberton II on PSC Classifieds and I love the bass and rocky feel from this. Yet the stereo effect is minimal. Can I have both at once? The wide stereo from the Pebble Pros and the bass and oomph from the Marshall?



Yes, as it turns out! I know this sounds geeky, awkward and clunky, but two sets of Bluetooth speakers can be hooked up at the same time! On both Mac (the built-in Audio MIDI utility) and on Windows (with the third party VolumeMeeter freeware)!

The latter can be studied by any Windows users, but for me on the Mac it involved:

  1. finding and starting the Audio MIDI app in the Utilities folder
  2. creating a new Multi-Output Device
  3. adding both my Pebble Pros and the Marshall to the new 'device'
  4. selecting the Multi-Output device as my Mac's audio output
The only catch is that the Mac's main system volume no longer works, so volume/mix adjustments have to be done on the physical controls on each speaker. But I can easily live with this.

So now I sit at my desk with the Marshall in the centre and the Pebble Pros either side and enjoy INCREDIBLE music. Effectively four speaker cones delivering what they're best at! 

It's my new audio happy place!

PS. If you like my work then think about buying me a beer at paypal.me/stevelitchfield - thanks!

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