Why would a Bluetooth receiver produce "tin-can" like audio distortion?

scott g

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I recently bought an amazing little gadget from belkin that works as a wireless audio receiver on a Bluetooth connection. The concept is awesome for me. I use it to play music from my iPhone without having to keep it plugged in to my sound system and I really hope I can resolve the issue before its too late to send back.

Basically, the audio quality is only like 90% of what I would like it to be. For a lot of songs it sounds fine, but most of the time it has what others have described as a "tin-can" kind of sound. I agree but it sounds more to me as if there's a very slight echo. Like in 70s and 80s movies when they would try to make something sound bigger or like its outside there was often this horrible rapid echo that made it sound electronic. That's very close to how this sounds, only not nearly as bad.

Why would this happen? With a different bluetooth receiver that my sister has which is like an iHome with a remote and built in speakers, the sound quality is perfect. And I know Bluetooth technology can handle the data transfer.

Could the metal plate inside the receiver (added for weight) be causing interference?

Thank you for any help you can provide.
 
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