PC Soundbar, Wired and Wireless Computer Speaker Home Theater Stereo Sound Bar for PC, Desktop, Laptop, Tablet, Smartphone [RCA, AUX], Black

Cheap and cheerful but pretty reasonable sound
I’ve bought 2 of these as I was pretty impressed with the 1st one. To start with this is not going to provide the punchy immersive sound of a top end sound bar, what do you expect got £15? At this price point my expectations were pretty low but happily far exceeded.
The first one I bought was to provide better audio from web based radio stations whilst I worked. Laptop speakers are renowned for not being great and even sending the audio over HDMI to my monitor the sound was only “ok”, I guess the monitors speakers are almost as bad. Just to note I also used to use a separate USB microphone for Microsoft teams calls. I now have this speaker set as the default device and default comms device in Windows. When its plugged in via a USB connection it automatically enters “PC mode” (In my setup it’s actually connected to a USB KVM as are my keyboard and mouse dongle allowing the speaker, keyboard and mouse to be used by 2 computers). Whilst the sound undoubtedly lacks punch for me it is more than acceptable whilst I’m sat at the laptop all day and with its built in mic it has also replaced my separate USB microphone for teams calls helping to removed clutter from my desk. There is no “hiss” or “crackle” when connected in PC mode and the laptop powers the device/recharges the battery so no need for an extra cable to charge.
Before realising it had “PC mode” (there’s no separate button on the remote) and not having read the manual fully (typical bloke), I had this connected to the monitors headphone out via the speakers 3.5mm line in connection (I have 2 computers attached to the monitor so easier to connect to the monitor than have to move the line in cable between them) and whilst this worked the sound wasn’t that much better than the monitors own speakers and, and this is a big issue but it is mentioned in the user guide (tips section, item VI), if you charge the speaker via the micro usb connection whilst using line in mode there is a lot of hiss. I presume this is some sort of crossover noise from the charging circuit onto the line in circuit, and imo this makes the device unusable in this situation. Line in mode when using the devices built in battery is fine however. This was going to be a deal breaker until I found “PC mode”.
Bluetooth mode. As advertised, good sound and no hiss even if you charge whilst in use. Can also be used for calls on your phone if that’s your BT source.
TD Mode (SD card) – not used
Remote – I think its pretty good and much easier to adjust the volume than use the dual function buttons on the right hand side of the device. Note, in PC mode the volume/up down keys on the keyboard don’t change the volume! This is a Microsoft quirk rather than the speaker. You can change the app volume, e.g. Google Chrome rather than the master volume in the Microsoft sound settings and this does indeed change the volume heard but its easier to just pick up the remote! Surprising the remote doesn’t have a PC mode shortcut key so to get to this if you’ve connected to say Bluetooth and are going back to PC mode you’ll have to cycle through the modes using the “Mode” key. Very minor “quirk”. Its an IR remote but appears to work from almost any angle.
Manual – Surprisingly ok. There’s the usual errors in grammar and spellings.
Gripe: Well there had to be one and its mentioned in other reviews, when entering or changing mode you get a robotic voice announcing the new mode. You also get this when the battery gets low and in that situation its repeated frequently. Not a problem for me now I’ve moved to “PC mode” as the speaker is constantly charging via the USB connection but previously when using “line in” mode because of the hiss whilst charging at the same time as using the speaker this was a bit of an issue.
Overall – for my setup and using “PC mode” at this price point (£15) I really cant fault it. Yes there’s a couple of things that could be improved but did I mention its only £15….. 3 pints if your lucky nowadays!

The Voice is SO Annoying
Pretty good sound quality and was fairly easy to install, but there is one thing that makes this speaker one of the most annoying devices I have ever used… The dreaded voice… Every 5 mins or so the speaker would, at basically max volume, say that it wanted to ‘learn the sound of my voice to get to know me better’… and being a uni student with very thin walls, this was quite embarrassing. So, I tried to turn of the voice permanently but there is literally no way, it will continue to speak at a ridiculous volume until you mute it, which also mutes anything else your actually playing on it… Definitely looking for a full refund.
Other than the voice the speaker seemed great; it seems like another case of a small company just adding ‘advanced’ features to their product when they neither need to or know how to properly implement them.

Le produit ne chargeait plus Au bout d’une semaine de utilisation . pendants cette semaine il fallut au moins 50 click pour monter ou descendre le son avec la télécommande.