CreativeBT-W6 Wireless Bluetooth 5.4 and LE Audio Transmitter with Snapdragon Sound, aptX Lossless, Low Latency and up to 24-bit / 96 kHz Audio, Works with PC/Mac/Gaming Consoles

I bought these to bring 5.4 AptX Lossless to my Bowers and Wilkins PX7 through my phone or DAP. Once you get connected it's brilliant as you no longer connect headphones through Bluetooth on the device (Phone, DAP) but once it's synced to the headphones all you do is turn them on and plug the Dongle into your DAP or phone.The sound quality & streaming capability instantly improves, that's just lovely isn't it!If you're considering purchasing but reading the negative reviews about connecting let me tell you how to do it so you don't have to experience the same frustration as myself and others.It's quite simple you first forget the headphones on the device then turn Bluetooth OFF, then plug the Dongle into the device and the blue light will flash. Now, put the headphones into pairing mode and once they sync with the dongle the light will go solid!Then you can just unplug the dongle and plug it wherever you desire and your headphones will follow, very cool

Great product. Versatile, compact, and ready to use. It manages different audio codecs and is easy to set.

To start, I did check for firmware with the Creative app on windows, but there was nothing to update as of a day or two before writing this.I figured I'd try this out with Qudelix 5k (APTx-HD or the old Adaptive 420kbps but shouldn't be an issue) since the built in DAC on these dongles can make a difference to sound quality. Short of it is that it sounds about identical to the BT-W5 (if you can manage any sound from W6 at all) to the Qudelix 5k so if you're on a Qudelix don't bother:Basically useless with the Qudelix 5k and on top of that this dongle seems to have a lot of issues using Exclusive USB outputs such as Fiio Music app and Hiby Music app on android and even Foobar exclusive USB modes on Windows is surprisingly flaky and not worth the hassle.Surprised that this came out from Creative like this even a few months on from release.I've used the BT-W4 for a while and then upgraded to the BT-W5 over the last 2 or 3 years, both with Qudelix and various USB exclusive modes with no problems at all. (except W4 was limited to ~280kbps Aptx adaptive and wouldn't scale up to the 420k. W5 was as advertised, Adaptive with the option to select latency or hd settings for up to 420k with Qudelix, on top of the actual APTx HD codec 576kbps)BT-W6 doesn't seem to want to scale up to the Qudelix's max 420k on Adaptive just stuck on the minimum ~280k when checking the Qudelix App, APTx HD seemed to do the 576kbps but both options will most often only give an audible volume when using non-exclusive USB mode which can sound a lot worse depending on the source device so I don't listen to music without these days and the W6 seems to have some serious problems.Not sure what this extremely low volume thing is, it's like trying to turn up a device that is running at -90db, I can turn up the Qudelix side to max and get a whisper from the W6.I'm unsure of what I did the other day where it worked briefly on APTx HD (maybe it was the flaky Foobar output, it's all such a nightmare to use I can't recall exactly), but I was able to compare it to the W5 and I can at least say that with W5 and W6 on the same codec available on the Qudelix 5k there is no point in upgrading to this, so at least the DAC in the W5 is still competitive.Eppfun 3040Pro Ultra (only working with Qudelix at LDAC 660k, so also kinda broken but potential firmware updates like the W6) sounds a bit better than W5 and W6 but also very limited (broken) functionality similar to W6 but not quite as bad as W6 at least.Hope this review isn't too much of a mess to read, didn't really want to bother writing about the W6 but it really deserves the 1 star in the current state connecting with a Qudelix 5k, so I thought I'd at least write a little bit.

I got the Creative BT-W6 Bluetooth adapter to connect my laptop to my Bose Soundlink Flex 2, which supports AptX via Snapdragon Sound. My laptop’s built-in Bluetooth only allowed SBC or AAC, causing lip sync delays and choppy connections—frustrating for watching videos.The moment I plugged in the BT-W6 and selected AptX Adaptive Low Latency in the Creative app, everything changed. The connection became stable, and the audio-video sync was finally perfect. I can finally watch movies and music without any interruptions or lag.This adapter does exactly what it promises, and I am very happy. Highly recommended!Update: I really like it, so I bought a second one for my office. Now I can use my Bose speakers at both home and office PCs.The only minor issue I am having is that it is not easy to connect and disconnect different bluetooth speakers. It reconnects easily to my Bose speakers, but if I try to reconnect to my Soundcore Motion Plus speaker, the app freezes or gives an error that it cannot connect. Then I have to reset the dongle and connect from the beginning, which is annoying.

I bought this dongle because I needed a cheap way to output AptX Lossless to my new headphones and it did work but gave me several issues too.I have observed a couple of downsides so far:The dongle might disconnect often from my desktop computer if I leave it permanently connected.The "Creative App" might duplicate the dongle and use 100% CPU until closed.Both issues would seem manageable by disconnecting the device when not in use, which is not an ideal solution but a workaround since I wanted to keep it plugged into my desktop computer 24/7.As for the good points, the dongle has maybe every coded available which makes it capable of handling most wireless headphones out there.

Needed this to use my Bose Quietcomfort Ultra headphones with my Nvidia Shield TV Pro 2019. The Shield did not have the Aptx adaptive codec and its internal bluetooth doesn't have great range anyway. I just needed to set up the adapter on a Windows PC first, pair the headphones to it, then plug it into one of the spare USB ports on the Shield. The only downside is that I now have to manually change the audio output from HDMI to this device whenever I want to use it, but it's still better than having a barely functional headset with the built-in bluetooth connection.