A Little Gem !
This is a surprisingly well made portable mini speaker for the price. First impressions when removing the item from the box is just how solid it feels. It has a lovely , anodized metal construction reminiscent of a good SLR camera lens from the days of old. Despite fitting in the palm of your hand , It definitely has some weight to it ,which helps the tiny driver to give a clear and quite loud sonic presentation.
Place it on a smooth flat surface and it will stay put due to the non- slip rubber ring on the underside. This also helps reinforce the sound from this tiny but efficient driver. Don't expect any low bass below 100 hz , it is small after all , but the rest of the sound is surprisingly good. Crystal clear treble and a good midrange will retrieve the fundamentals form any music you play and fill an average sized room with nice background music. It is a mono speaker which combines the left and right signal from either wired input or via bluetooth and to be honest, it sound excellent for the size. How they manage to pack so much decent quality sound into something so small is a credit to the designer. At £11.75 including postage , you really could not ask for more.
There is a circular rubber pad underneath that will ensure it doesn't move while in use. Speaking of bluetooth , this connected with my ancient Sony Cedar quickly after few seconds. The [mode] switch cycles between bluetooth , radio and line in and will give you basic control of the media player in your phone mostly limited to,[ Play ] , [ Pause ] , [ Next Track ] and [ Previous Track ] . This worked better than expected when using the bluetooth connection. I also tried it with a Swees 16GB Basic ( but good ) MP3 player using the [ line in socket ] and I imagine that this will also compliment a tablet or laptop and give a far better sound than via internal speakers. I kid you not , this thing sounds better than the inbuilt speakers in my Imac ! Not as loud due to the size of the Imac casing , but definitely a clearer sound and more directional. I will be buying a couple of these and will use a splitter cable so each speaker acts as a true left and right when used with a PC or Laptop. Anyway I digress , for its intended purpose , a portable speaker with blue tooth connectivity, a radio and SD card socket You could not wish for more.
I managed to get a solid 4- 5 hours use from an initial charge at moderate volume and this speaker still showed no sign of running out of battery current. Obviously volume will determine battery life but you can always pair it with a good capacity portable usb power bank and just leave it on all day.
It also has a microphone for answering calls from you mobile but I have yet to test this function . Still it's handy to know it is there.
To sum up , I bought this as a novelty item and was so impressed , I bought two more.
They even made a bicycle bracket for this ;o)...
I had considered other makes of small portable speakers but this is the first I've tried and I am very impressed at how useful this particular example is.
The finish of the metal casing and the layout of the buttons were what made me try this first. I am glad I did... I want one in every colour now ;o)
Highly Recommended Seller and Fantastic Little Gadget.
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