When it involves Bluetooth audio system, they’re a dime a dozen. What isn’t a dime a dozen is a top quality speaker that may fill area, present high quality audio and ship wirelessly for hours.
The Blueant X5i does all of that and — like its predecessor, the X5 — has a few methods up its sleeve.
What is it?
The Blueant X5i is a conveyable party speaker that, as was famous in the launch:
“boasts a powerful 120W output with enhanced bass capabilities, thanks to a 165mm bass driver, a bass reflex tube, and dual 58mm tweeters.”
This time round, it additionally has two wi-fi microphones for karaoke stars, which additionally cater to occasion hosts amongst consumers. What you don’t see, or maybe realise, from the specs is the versatility of the X5i by means of the enter choices.
Of course, most individuals will default to Bluetooth; all of us have it and use it practically every day. But there’s additionally auxiliary enter and USB if you retailer your tunes that means.
It’s powered by a 20,800mAh battery, which might additionally high up your gadgets. It’s a useful characteristic, however the charging on present-era gadgets was fairly sluggish.
Bring the party
Unlike another party audio system. The BlueAnt x5i will simply slot in the boot or backseat of your automotive and will be simply moved (with a handy carry deal with) by a single individual. This makes it supreme to take to events, occasions or simply as a result of you need some music on the seashore.
Recently, I took the unit to my native CFS station, the place I volunteer for a night occasion. With the shed open and, at instances, over 100 folks in the shed, the x5i had no points filling the area with music at roughly 50% quantity. Given the quantity of individuals current, that was a extremely spectacular consequence.
Added to this was the spectacular battery life. Running at 50% quantity for practically 5 hours, The battery was solely diminished by about 1/4.
Great for quiet instances too
During testing, I additionally ran the x5i in my workplace for prolonged durations at low quantity. Unlike a few of its different secure mates from Blueant, I discovered that the audio high quality was very well balanced even at low quantity, with combine between bass, mid-vary and treble. The battery lasted me the full week of playback at low quantity with no need a cost.
While there’s solely a lot you can do with a speaker to make it look cool, Blueant has achieved that once more with this one. The common design is incredible; the open grill at the entrance permits you to see the cone throw, and the lighting is on level, providing reactive lighting to the music being performed at the time, or you can flip the lighting off.
Should you purchase one?
There are some things to think about right here, and for some perspective, let’s put the $479.00 worth on the desk. That’s not the least expensive speaker you’ll come throughout, neither is it the costliest. Staying true to what they’ve persistently delivered in the previous, BlueAnt have once more delivered a characteristic-packed gadget with wonderful sound at an honest worth for the characteristic set.
Lots of people need one thing a bit higher than their telephone speaker, and this isn’t for these customers. If you’re searching for a speaker with stable sound, nice audio steadiness, a number of enter choices, microphones for karaoke and different versatility – this is a superb purchase.
You can choose one up from the BlueAnt Website with transport taking solely a few days.