X-mini recently sent me their capsule speakers, the Uno and Max, to review. Read on for the details of these fun little speakers!
X-mini recently sent me their capsule speakers, the Uno and Max, to review. These are small speakers with rechargable batteries intended to help you to improve your music and movie consuming experience while on the run, a perfect fit for us at ConnectedDigitalWorld.Com to play with! Let’s see how they did.
X-mini is headquartered in Singapore and their products are available here in the US. Their tagline is Sound Beyond Size and they focus on bringing good sound to as small a package as they can. When you have the music volume turned up, these speakers will jump around a bit on the table, which my daughter found to be fun.
Check out this video for a good overview of the speakers that I reviewed:
X-mini Uno:
The Uno is a mono wired speaker with a rechargeable battery. When you open the package, you’ll see the speaker, a charging and connection cable and a nice carrying bag. When I opened the speaker and set it up, I had low expectations for sound. I was wrong; the sound from the Uno filled the living room and sounded quite good for the size. It sounded a little tinny, but overall was quite acceptable for a mono portable speaker. I used the Uno with a Sony PS Vita, a Microsoft Surface RT, a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, a Samsung Galaxy S3, an iPad (4th generation), and a Nokia Lumia 822 Windows Phone. All sounded better with the Uno than with their built-in speakers. Bass response was surprisingly good for a speaker of this size, and was only a little bit off of the iHome iDM8 that I reviewed in January, a much larger speaker. Note the size of the Uno in this photo, connected to the PS Vita:
The X-mini Uno sounds great, is easy to set up, stays charged for about 20 hours and easily fits in your bag when travelling. I wish the Mono speaker were Bluetooth; this one is not, but X-mini does sell a Bluetooth version. You can also connect multiple Unos together using the on-board buddy cable to really pump up the mono jams…a nice touch! Each Uno has its own volume control built into the speaker, and can be connected either with the charging/connection cord shown above or with the buddy cable built into the bottom of the base.
I give this a 4/5 Silver Award; Bluetooth added to this would bump that to a 5/5 Gold Award. You can buy this today at Amazon.com for $39.99.
