This is the kind of thing that I just don't understand,bluetooth should be standard on all pins. What's the cost of a bluetooth chip these days? I'm sure its cheaper than a headphone jack.

Here I thought it was 2017 and pretty much everyone has a bluetooth enabled device. Its pathetic to consider they can't handle bluetooth, if that's the truth fine provide a headphone jack. I know pinball has crazy consumers but the idea that any consumer would happily pay $100 for a headphone jack is baffling to me. It's blatant rip off and just shows Stern is still a good 20 years behind reality.

Insane reaction and just crushed the earnings report. I wonder which is the better measuring stick. My point was that almost everyone has bluetooth enabled device, it's dead easy to use. Drivers are not an issue. I have a junk drawer full of those bluetooth speakers because they are so cheap they give them away for free. Yet Stern can't manage to support it in 7K pin.

So BT is in basically any device, the chipset cost less than a cup of coffee. There a countless open source stacks available but it's hard. That's the excuse we're giving Stern. No I have not personally written a Bluetooth driver but would have no issue doing so.

Just to be clear I agree wired is the way to go for Pinball. I only went down the BT path because I think with the cost of wire and the jack its actually cheaper to implement and we all know Stern likes the cheap route. The issue of multiple machines and pairing are valid and would be a pain with BT.

I guess I agree with both arguments. Bluetooth is dirt cheap and should be standard, your are correct it would be awesome for subs or surround speakers. For headphones wired is probably the way to go for Pinball. Now you got me thinking how good SW or GotG would be with surround sound. Pinball through my home theater audio would be epic. The right answer is why not both