Fugoo Sport Bluetooth Speaker
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2014-05-07
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the Jazz mini is a beautiful and compact aluminum stand for your smartphone that
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even holds tablets up to 8 in Click now to learn more what could possibly
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justify the existence of a Bluetooth speaker this expensive can't figure it
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out curious well given the small
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percentage of these things that I agree to reveal apparently I was curious too
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because I decided to do it here here's my review of the fugu sport a
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$200 Bluetooth speaker okay Fugu you got
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my attention now it better be amazing in the box you'll find a nice flat micro
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USB cable a flat 32 mm audio connector
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in case you want to hook your audio Source up directly to the 3 and 12 mm
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input on the side of the speaker a 2.1 amp wall wart that Fugu says can charge
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the unit in under 4 hours and a little cloth baggie for all those accessories
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that I just mentioned all right and I guess there's a speaker too this bad boy
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has got four active drivers two neodimium magnet tweeters two neodium
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magnet aluminum doed mid-range drivers with one pair on each side and then two
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passive radiators for base which means you can position it somewhere in the
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middle of a group of people and everyone can hear it all right and it promises an
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impressive 40h hour battery life at 50%
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volume which is leagues ahead of most of the stuff this size it's got the usual
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assortment of buttons so power on and BL Bluetooth on one side volume up volume
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down and a call button on the top and finally USB power in and that 3 and 12
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mm Jack that I mentioned on the other side the bottom can connect to a few
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optional accessories including a multi- mount for things like carabiners a strap
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Mount or even a bike mount and other than that the outside looks like any
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other Bluetooth speaker internally the speakers are angled upward 8° since a
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Bluetooth speaker is rarely at the same level as your head when you're listening
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to it I mean you could be well that rarely happens hopefully it supports the
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higher quality Apex codec for better sound quality overall over Bluetooth and
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like most of these devices it includes an omnidirectional microphone for
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speaker phone operation and Siri and you know Google Now and all that stuff once
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powered on you are greeted with
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uh speaker is on some unreasonably loud
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system noises that like so many Bluetooth speakers and this is really
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annoying can't be turned down but at least the pairing process itself is
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pretty painless music listening actually fairly good overall but when I compared
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to straight up audio quality against simple audios go a product that cost
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half as much I came away happy that the bass was so much Fuller and the speaker
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didn't jump around every time a bass note played but maybe a little bit
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disappointed by the lack of clarity in the highs compared to the similarly
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priced ultimate ear UE Boom I was happy with the sound quality at moderate
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volumes but I was disappointed by the overall loudness given the 95 deel
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rating and claims that the fugu is suitable for party use that is simply
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not the case unless your parties look a little something like this with that
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said it's totally loud enough for personal use and if you wanted to you'd
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have no trouble being one of those super cool dudes who wears a speaker like a
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fashion accessory while they walk down the street so there you go but claims of
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audio file grade sound or fantastic out of this world battery life or whatever
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nonsense every Bluetooth speaker company and their dog makes all day would not
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have gotten my attention the fugu has something different
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swappable jackets no I'm just kidding that wasn't
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it there there's more I mean it has swappable jackets but more importantly
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all of them are IP67 waterproof dirtproof and dust proof you can get the
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speaker with the style jacket which looks nice I guess the sport jacket the
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one we have with rubberized corners for drop resistance or the tough jacket with
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an aluminum frame just in case you accidentally run over it with your car
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but manufacturer claims are not enough for us here and we wanted to know just
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how well the speaker will hold up to torture if it's rated to handle 30
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minutes under a meter of water which it is then surely it can handle hanging out
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with me for one of my nice long showers no all right well how about just
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water then sweet aggressive
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water still okay I'm tired and I'm just kind of letting it sit
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there that's fine too very nice
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conclusion time it's again I cannot emphasize this enough
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$200 and there are louder options out there for 360 Dee listening with a group
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of friends okay so with that out of the way does this product have a right to
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exist then I think so yeah with a battery that lasts for about a day and a
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half of solid listening at a reasonable volume and an enclosure that I
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subjectively find stylish and objectively find rugged then if you're
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the kind of person who is a bit of a scatterbrain like me and is likely to
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forget to charge your speaker knock it in the water and then finally drop it 6
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ft to the ground onto concrete or onto dirt then expect it to still work then I
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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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