Rating: 4/5
Review:
A good compact speaker
I'm quite impressed by this speaker. It's well made, functional
and stylish, and it has good sound.
The speaker is nicely proportioned at 21cm x 5cm x 8 cm and weighs around 500g, so it has a good solid heft but is still very portable. The charging port is on one end, along with three inputs AUX, USB and a slot for micro-SD card, so it's good and versatile. The controls are neat and very clear on the top of the cylinder and all work well. Volume, skip forward and back and pause/play are self-explanatory, and hands-free calls are accepted using pause/play. The manual is just about adequate, and you also get a jack-to-jack AUX lead for wired connection and a standard micro-USB lead for charging.
The speaker seems robust and solidly made and I would expect it to last well even if it's knocked about a bit as it's moved around as a portable speaker. In use, it all works very well. Bluetooth pairing is simple and I found the signal solid up to 8 and sound is equally good whichever input you use. It does have a loud and intrusive start-up jingle and a loud female voice announcing the mode, which I don't like but which many people find handy.
The sound quality is good, especially for a small unit in this price range. The top and middles are crisp and well-defined, and the bass is firm. Real, deep bass isn't there, but it's fine for everyday and the overall balance is good. I have tried this with a lot of music, including my Test Playlist which I use on all audio products for a fair comparison. It begins with Tudor Choral music and ends up with London Grammar, and everything comes over well. Classical music sounds rich and full, with a string quartet sounding well balanced and orchestral music rich and crisply articulated, rock is good and punchy, and so on.
I think this is a very good unit at this size and price (£32.99 at the time of writing). It is solidly made with very good sound and I can recommend it.
The speaker is nicely proportioned at 21cm x 5cm x 8 cm and weighs around 500g, so it has a good solid heft but is still very portable. The charging port is on one end, along with three inputs AUX, USB and a slot for micro-SD card, so it's good and versatile. The controls are neat and very clear on the top of the cylinder and all work well. Volume, skip forward and back and pause/play are self-explanatory, and hands-free calls are accepted using pause/play. The manual is just about adequate, and you also get a jack-to-jack AUX lead for wired connection and a standard micro-USB lead for charging.
The speaker seems robust and solidly made and I would expect it to last well even if it's knocked about a bit as it's moved around as a portable speaker. In use, it all works very well. Bluetooth pairing is simple and I found the signal solid up to 8 and sound is equally good whichever input you use. It does have a loud and intrusive start-up jingle and a loud female voice announcing the mode, which I don't like but which many people find handy.
The sound quality is good, especially for a small unit in this price range. The top and middles are crisp and well-defined, and the bass is firm. Real, deep bass isn't there, but it's fine for everyday and the overall balance is good. I have tried this with a lot of music, including my Test Playlist which I use on all audio products for a fair comparison. It begins with Tudor Choral music and ends up with London Grammar, and everything comes over well. Classical music sounds rich and full, with a string quartet sounding well balanced and orchestral music rich and crisply articulated, rock is good and punchy, and so on.
I think this is a very good unit at this size and price (£32.99 at the time of writing). It is solidly made with very good sound and I can recommend it.
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