Regarding your last statement. Every manufacturer has pros and cons with their products, B&O is no exception. Take their headphones for example which are a shining piece of art both in build and audio quality. Problems start to creep in when you wish to control the volume and so on as you have to use a rotor like gesture to raise and lower the volume. So that’s all nice but why make things so absolutely and unnecessarily complicated? We’re talking about a set of headphones and the last thing I want when listening to headphones is complication with touch gestures when a simple up/down volume button or even a simple up/down swipe could do the trick. Another trend headphones seem to be taking is using Apps for adjustments, why? Too bad if you want to use your cans away from a Smart Phone.
> On 29 Jul 2019, at 10:42 pm, André van Deventer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dane > > I seem to have narrowed it down to a make called Doss. I've never heard of > this make of speakers at all. > > You can never go wrong with any kind of B&O product. Pricy but good. > > André > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2019 1:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [all-audio] strange bluetooth speaker > > Hi there and good to see you after your too long an absence <smile> That > speaker doesn’t sound familiar to me though I’m not surprised as there are > millions upon millions of Bluetooth speakers out there all looking for your > attention. > Some are incredibly worthwhile attention seekers whilst the majority > unfortunately seem to have one problem or other. > Having a lightning port as a charging connector doesn’t surprise me, > obviously this Bluetooth speaker was designed to be used in conjunction with > IOS. > The Lightning port has an uncertain future so I’d stay away from thise if > possible and elect to go with something that has a USB C port. > A round speaker as you described it makes me think of Logitech though it > could be a million others. > I’m glad you mentioned Bluetooth speakers as I’ve been in conversation with a > friend who has several different pairs of Bluetooth speakers, like me he’s > addicted to his audio and particularly Bluetooth speakers right now so I’ll > go through the 3 pairs I know Tom has and summaries his comments on those. > Tom bought a JBL Charge 4 and it seems a nice sounding package for what it is > however hands free quality is dreadful and we’ve tested this using FaceTime > and IOS devices obviously, the JBL is at the bottom of the pile. > Next Tom bought some Key Muo speakers - hope I got the spelling right - for > around $300 US I believe. > These speakers have a very nice sound but lack a little bass, incredibly > portable at less than 4 inches high each. > You will need two of these if you want a stereo pair. > Those who know Kef speakers will appreciate the Uni-Cue drivers - one driver > with the woofer making up the driver with a small tweeter in the centre, this > arrangement seems to disperse sound around a room more evenly without a sweet > spot, the Key Egg system I have uses such an arrangement though on a larger > scale. > Unfortunately the Key Muo’s don’t have hands free speakerphone capability and > I have no objection to that as its quality sound I’m after. > Tom’s top of the range speaker at the moment in his opinion is the B&O P6 > speakers and I’m trying to find a place where I may go to listen to some of > these as - going by Tom’s description and from tests we’ve done with the > hands free - they sound spectacular in every way. > Again you’ll need a pair of these little beauties if you want stereo sound > and the price isn’t cheap but quality from B&O comes at a price, $600 per > speaker unit. > The P6 is portable with a battery lasting for 22 hours I believe. > The Hands Free is one of the best I’ve ever heard from a Bluetooth speaker. > I still have my B&W T7 speaker which is nearly 3 years old. > B&W are still selling this user which is a wonderful testament to the quality > sound and build of the T7 in my opinion. > Nothing wrong with looking around at what other company’s have to offer of > course which is exactly what I’ll be doing shortly. > Unique > >> On 29 Jul 2019, at 7:06 pm, André van Deventer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi all >> >> >> >> Want to know if some of you technical gurus can help me. >> >> >> >> Someone gave me a Bluetooth speaker to test for her. >> >> >> >> This is one of the strangest Bluetooth speakers I have ever worked with! >> >> >> >> Firstly, it uses an apple lightning port to charge from and not a >> micro usb port. So you would need a lightning to USB port to charge it with. >> >> >> >> The speaker stands on a base upright and is slightly thinner at the >> top. It is rubberised on the side but it seems if you can remove the >> rubber. It’s also a completely sircular speaker. >> >> >> >> The on and off switch is on the bottem underneath the speaker so you >> cannot accidentaly slide it. Under the rubber there also seems to be some >> buttons. >> There is a very clearly distinguishable button which may be a volume >> up and down button but which you can also press inwards. >> >> >> >> The best make I can come up with is >> >> Vulkan >> >> But I am at a luss to find a manual for this thing. >> >> >> >> Does this sound familiar to anyone? >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> Andr é >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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