but I had this problem one time when it was 6 feet away with nothing in between

What I wish i knew at the time of purchase was that it makes a beep noise every time you adjust volume from your phone, which I found to be pretty annoying

This is why I cannot endorse this or ANY TP-Link product anymore: The warranty return process is a total nightmare and involved multiple departments at TP-Link and much time filling out web forms and when something goes wrong, impossible to fix

Works great and pairs immediately every time I enter the car.

Works great every time

How many times will lightning strike in the same place.

Easy to set up and it pairs with my phone reliably every time I get in the car, but audio in the treble frequencies (like choral vocals) is severely distorted.

Updated after 2 weeks:Audio quality is great, but still suffers from playback dropout which seems caused by:a) fairly short range which causes ongoing glitches unless transmitting device is nearby; b) any people walking across the room who cross between the receiver or the transmitting device will interrupt signal; c) other random times will just glitch - aka listening to music fine for hours then it will drop out

A few times the audio has been a little unclear and choppy, but I think that's due to crappy school internet, not the bluetooth connection