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you've seen Bluetooth speakers like the jam box and I home before they started about 80 bucks and promised Wireless music streaming from your phone computer or tablet but what if you've already got speakers that you like but wish they had that wireless Bluetooth feature I'm Sharon Vaknin for CNET with a quick guide to making any speakers Bluetooth compatible to get this done you'll need a Bluetooth adapter there are several on the market including ones from Sony and Belkin but today I'll use the Logitech wireless speaker adapter it's 30 bucks and adds bluetooth to any speaker with an auxilary input or a pair of powered speakers the setup is simple just grab the adapter and plug it into an outlet it's a little annoying that it requires power but that's a small price to pay for wireless streaming now plug your speaker's into the appropriate connection I'll use auxilary for these guys now press the connect button on the top in a couple seconds you'll hear a little alert come through the speakers to let you know they're all set so that's it you can use these speakers with just about any Bluetooth ready device which sadly doesn't include either nuke tablets or the Kindle Fire but to test it out let's see how it works with my iPhone first I have to pair my phone with the speakers so I'll head to my Bluetooth settings and scan for devices until Logitech shows up I'll tap to connect it and now I can start streaming music when you play a song your device should automatically stream the music to the speakers but if it doesn't just change the audio output using the appropriate settings for the iPhone that option is here and if you have an Android you'll find that option here now one thing to note is that when you string music over Bluetooth some compression will happen so expect slightly lower audio quality if that turns you off you can look into airplay products for iOS devices or Wi-Fi based streaming products but they're much more expensive than this $30 adapter if you have any questions hit me up on Twitter and subscribe to my Facebook page for more tips like this for CNET I'm Sharon Vaknin