the Jazz mini is a beautiful and compact aluminum stand for your smartphone that
even holds tablets up to 8 in Click now to learn more what could possibly
justify the existence of a Bluetooth speaker this expensive can't figure it
out curious well given the small
percentage of these things that I agree to reveal apparently I was curious too
because I decided to do it here here's my review of the fugu sport a
$200 Bluetooth speaker okay Fugu you got
my attention now it better be amazing in the box you'll find a nice flat micro
USB cable a flat 32 mm audio connector
in case you want to hook your audio Source up directly to the 3 and 12 mm
input on the side of the speaker a 2.1 amp wall wart that Fugu says can charge
the unit in under 4 hours and a little cloth baggie for all those accessories
that I just mentioned all right and I guess there's a speaker too this bad boy
has got four active drivers two neodimium magnet tweeters two neodium
magnet aluminum doed mid-range drivers with one pair on each side and then two
passive radiators for base which means you can position it somewhere in the
middle of a group of people and everyone can hear it all right and it promises an
impressive 40h hour battery life at 50%
volume which is leagues ahead of most of the stuff this size it's got the usual
assortment of buttons so power on and BL Bluetooth on one side volume up volume
down and a call button on the top and finally USB power in and that 3 and 12
mm Jack that I mentioned on the other side the bottom can connect to a few
optional accessories including a multi- mount for things like carabiners a strap
Mount or even a bike mount and other than that the outside looks like any
other Bluetooth speaker internally the speakers are angled upward 8° since a
Bluetooth speaker is rarely at the same level as your head when you're listening
to it I mean you could be well that rarely happens hopefully it supports the
higher quality Apex codec for better sound quality overall over Bluetooth and
like most of these devices it includes an omnidirectional microphone for
speaker phone operation and Siri and you know Google Now and all that stuff once
powered on you are greeted with
uh speaker is on some unreasonably loud
system noises that like so many Bluetooth speakers and this is really
annoying can't be turned down but at least the pairing process itself is
pretty painless music listening actually fairly good overall but when I compared
to straight up audio quality against simple audios go a product that cost
half as much I came away happy that the bass was so much Fuller and the speaker
didn't jump around every time a bass note played but maybe a little bit
disappointed by the lack of clarity in the highs compared to the similarly
priced ultimate ear UE Boom I was happy with the sound quality at moderate
volumes but I was disappointed by the overall loudness given the 95 deel
rating and claims that the fugu is suitable for party use that is simply
not the case unless your parties look a little something like this with that
said it's totally loud enough for personal use and if you wanted to you'd
have no trouble being one of those super cool dudes who wears a speaker like a
fashion accessory while they walk down the street so there you go but claims of
audio file grade sound or fantastic out of this world battery life or whatever
nonsense every Bluetooth speaker company and their dog makes all day would not
have gotten my attention the fugu has something different
swappable jackets no I'm just kidding that wasn't
it there there's more I mean it has swappable jackets but more importantly
all of them are IP67 waterproof dirtproof and dust proof you can get the
speaker with the style jacket which looks nice I guess the sport jacket the
one we have with rubberized corners for drop resistance or the tough jacket with
an aluminum frame just in case you accidentally run over it with your car
but manufacturer claims are not enough for us here and we wanted to know just
how well the speaker will hold up to torture if it's rated to handle 30
minutes under a meter of water which it is then surely it can handle hanging out
with me for one of my nice long showers no all right well how about just
water then sweet aggressive
water still okay I'm tired and I'm just kind of letting it sit
there that's fine too very nice
conclusion time it's again I cannot emphasize this enough
$200 and there are louder options out there for 360 Dee listening with a group
of friends okay so with that out of the way does this product have a right to
exist then I think so yeah with a battery that lasts for about a day and a
half of solid listening at a reasonable volume and an enclosure that I
subjectively find stylish and objectively find rugged then if you're
the kind of person who is a bit of a scatterbrain like me and is likely to
forget to charge your speaker knock it in the water and then finally drop it 6
ft to the ground onto concrete or onto dirt then expect it to still work then I
guess this one's for you and also you should really be more careful with your stuff this thing's expensive all right
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