Sunday 24 July 2016

Archeer A320 bluetooth speaker


Rating: 5/5

Review:
An excellent speaker


This is a really good speaker.  It was sent to me for review and I am very impressed with both the look and the sound.  The unit is billed as a "home stereo" and that's not a bad description; it sounds and looks as good as some full-sized stereos I have owned.

The package contents are just the speaker, a standard micro-USB lead for charging, a 3.5mm jack-to-jack lead for wired input and a good user manual.  The speaker itself is a very nice looking object.  It's nicely proportioned at roughly 25cm x 12.5cm x 8cm and it is faced and backed with bamboo which gives a very pleasing, sophisticated slightly retro-look (and it's environmentally sound), with a dark grey fabric top and sides.  It looks very classy on a shelf or desk; the controls are simple and clear and the power and AUX sockets on the back are easily accessible.  It's a very nicely designed unit.

The sound is excellent.  It has an especially powerful bass, which when on a solid surface really rings out.  In some genres (classical especially) it can even be a bit dominant, but sound is a personal thing and that's a matter of my taste rather than any fault of the unit.  Tops and middles are also very clear; I've played a lot of music including my Test Playlist which runs from 16th Century choral music to London Grammar and it all sounds very satisfying.  Rock and other modern music sounds especially good with tracks like The National's Sorrow and Hey Now by London Grammar which have a deep, solid bass sounding really great.  Volume goes loud enough for a decent-sized room or a small party and the battery life is good – the stated 10-11 hours at 50% volume sounds reasonable to me.

The build quality seems excellent and functionally this speaker works extremely well.  (It doesn't support hands-free calling, by the way, but that's not an issue for me.)  It's a very good unit all round, and one of the best I've tried in this price range.  Personally, I still marginally prefer the ADX Pulse V4, but if you like a really powerful bass and the look of the Archeer A320 appeals to you (as it does to me) then it will do you very well.  Warmly recommended.

Amazon page HERE

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