After 10.7.5 update, Bluetooth can't connect, help!

I'd been using a BT speaker (Logitech Boombox) with more or less reliable connectivty with my MacBook Air (2012) (my Android phone never has a problem connecting to speaker), but after updating to 10.7.5 now, I can't connect to any BT device!  The MBA is paired to both devices (phone and speakers), but now won't connect to either.  I've tried to re-pair the devices, I've tried the "update services" trick, my MBA is "discoverable", yet nothing works.  It's not the speaker, as it connects fine with my Android phone.  Losing my mind on this one, please help!

UPDATE, SOLVED?:  Somehow, it has magically fixed itself...I literally have no idea how, as I have spent 2 hours messing with it, it just started to work again and list itself as connected.  One idea is that perhaps the MBA wouldn't connect until it was "needed", i.e. until I tried to play something from ITunes?  But I had tried that before with no luck, soooo. Another Idea is that I had my HDMI hooked up while playing around, and perhaps that would try and take the audio signal instead of letting it go into the BT?...It's a mystery but at the moment, it works, knock on wood.

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