Skull & Co. AudioBox: Bluetooth 5.0 Wireless Audio Transmitter Adapter Low Latency for Xbox (XB1/XSX/XSS/Elite2) Controllers- Black

This adapter is a fantastic find for Xbox users wanting wireless audio without the high price tag. I use regular wireless headphones (no mic), and the built-in mic on this unit works beautifully. One caveat: if your headphones have a mic, it won’t be used—this adapter only sends audio, not two-way communication. That said, I knew this going in thanks to my own research, and the vendor was transparent. Great product, great price, and a great vendor.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me after reading the reviews and still hoping for a miracle? Shame on me. I really, really wanted this Bluetooth adapter to be the answer to my gaming comfort woes. My trusty over-ear behemoth starts feeling like a medieval torture device after a mere hour, and while earbuds are comfy, they do not work with our proprietary consoles. So, against the warnings of the reviews, I took the plunge. Gotta give it to them on aesthetics – plugged into my controller, this Bluetooth adapter looks slick. It's like they were designed to be soulmates. For a fleeting moment, I thought, 'Maybe my experience will be different!' Narrator: It was not different. The second I jumped into a game, the audio lag hit me like a rogue turtle shell in Mario Kart. We're talking a noticeable delay, somewhere between a quarter and half a second. That might not sound like much, but in the heat of battle, it's enough to throw off your entire rhythm. Swinging my virtual sword felt less heroic and more like bad dubbing in a low-budget action flick. The 'shwing' came after the slash. Immersion? Shattered. It's a fantastic concept that blends seamlessly with the controller. But the execution? Sadly lacking. It's like ordering a gourmet meal that arrives ten minutes after you've already finished eating. The potential is there, but the fundamental flaw makes it unusable for any kind of real-time gaming. Back to the over-ear vice grips, I guess. At least the sound and action sync up.

Great quality and connectivity. Easy to set up and works every time. Small and light so you don’t even know it’s there.

It's working well so far! It's not a 100% perfect fit for the newer Xbox Series S/X controller. The tolerance of the construction is pretty small, so you have to have it perfectly aligned, level, and apply equal pressure to both sides on the device as you insert it into the 3.5mm headphone jack and the flat-ish data port; pushing on one side causes the device to become stuck/slightly jammed sideways into the ports on the controller. It doesn't having a lot of buttons for set-up/pairing, and you can't manually select the Bluetooth device you want to connect to, and it can cause issues if there are a lot of other BT devices nearby, or if your headphones/speakers are particularly challenging to pair with. However, re-connection to the most recent device is seamless and instantaneous, and sound quality is great!

The device works but did have several points of discouragement. Main issues were trouble pairing to a couple pairs of earbuds, quiet mic, and the delays. First was a fair .56-.78 second delay using anything I paired with the delays carrying between paired devices. Second I had issues pairing both skullcandy sesh earbuds and ironically AirPods first gen (since “attuned” for airpods.) one other thing is I really wish it would allow for mic use through the paired device. Third was the built in mic. While using it I had people on the other end reporting hard to hear, would fade in and out, or without the mic sensitivity turned up all the way, barely hear me at all. I also am not a fan of the mic placement. As for some players it’s not convenient for lap players as I could see this being a cause for muffled feedback. However besides the issues. I would say, besides the delay, good sound quality coming through the pair devices, it’s well designed and fits near flush with the front face of the controller, and is smaller than I presumed.

Life saver! Very simple to use. I don’t have any issues trying to connect it to my headset. There is maybe a few milliseconds of a delay with sound but it’s nothing that messed with gameplay.

I’m not sure how this has so many high ratings. Don’t get me wrong, it does “work” in the sense that it plugs into your controller and allows you to connect Bluetooth headphones. However, the biggest issue is that it only passes through stereo sound with NO support for surround sound. Yes, stereo is fine for headphones, but using DTS:X headphones or Dolby for headphones does not work right. It will only play the left and right channel so any virtualization done by the Xbox does not pass to the headphones so there is a lot of missing sounds. I thought there was something wrong with the device itself until I figured out why it didn’t sound great. I’m not sure why, either. I have a different Bluetooth transmitter that I use and it doesn’t have any issue at all. I was hoping that this would work since it is built to fit the controller, but instead I have to continue to use my Bluetooth transmitter that connects with a headphone cable. The other thing is that the sound quality is surprisingly not great. Overall, I ended up returning this. I wouldn’t recommend it.

Worked perfectly for my Xbox Series X and Xbox S controller. I ended up buying 4 of them for my kids too; I will buy more in the future. Works with any headsets, not hard to pair either.