Customer Reviews

X-Mini II Capsule Speaker - Color White

5 star:		(35)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

I just returned from a high-adventure backpacking trip to the red sandstone-canyons in southern Utah. As a scout leader, I took one of these X-Mini speaker balls in my backpack to amplify a portable DVD player I had been carrying for a surprise presentation for the boys. On camping night two, while camped in a giant cavern along a stream between two ancient, red canyon walls, I pulled out the DVD player from my pack and plugged in this X-Mini so that our party of 18 could all hear. It worked beyond my wildest expectations. The DVD presentation depended 90% on the audio portion, and 10% on the video, because the video portion was only to see the demeanor of the speech maker. The X-Mini made sure we all heard the speech loudly and clearly around the campsite in the giant cavern. The boys were moved by the religious speech, the other leaders were impressed with the small but effective technology, and I became known as Inspector Gadget.

We got this speaker ball when my wife brought it home as a door prize from the Bonnie Hunt show. I thought it was another, passive and tinny little iPod speaker, but to my surprise it had its own built-in amp with rechargeable battery, great connectivity, and excellent sound for its size. It's about the size of a handball, and with a 1/4 twist, it expands accordion-like to allow for deeper tone. You won't get deep musical bass out of this, but it does do well with male voice, doesn't distort as other such items do, and sounds excellent. The family and I love it. Because my teenage daughter has adopted it (other than during my backpacking trip), I plan to get one and give others for Christmas.

Pros:
-Very portable
-Seems good quality, though I wonder if the "stretch" in the open position will wear out?
-Quite loud sound and fairly clear

Cons:
-The audio cable is extremely short
-The sound had a couple buzzes here and there; good sound, fairly clear, but not quite as amazing as the hype said

I am only operating on one of these. Perhaps with 2-4 speakers, the sound would improve.

Small and stylish. Bought it as a gift to my wife and she fell in love with it right away. "So cute!" was her first impression. The sound is not loud though, just enough for her to listen to music while working from home.

The complaints about the short audio connector overlook a feature that is not advertised. These speakers come with a 3 foot combination audio and USB charging cable. The speakers play through the USB mini plug and audio plug on the cable.
I plug the audio plug into my IPOD and the mini USB into the speaker and I can place the speaker 3 Ft. away.
I also have a second X-Mini. I use the combo charging cable that came with it to connect this speaker to the first through the buddy port. I just plug the audio pin into the first speaker buddy port and the mini USB plug into the second speaker. Now I can put the first speaker 3 feet from my IPOD and the second speaker 3 feet away from the first. The seperation sounds close to stereo.
I also found that by using the IPOD EQ feature found in Settings > Music I can get the best sound for my taste.
The Apple AC charger that I bought as an accessory for my IPOD charges the speakers without having to use my computer.
I like these speakers a lot.

Love this speaker, will get another one soon if i can figure out whether i can get stereo out of them. Charges very quickly, has great sound, and is very portable. I lost the speakers on my laptop due to a factory defect in the wiring and it is just too much of a hassle to solder and reconnect them. This is the perfect solution. It lasts me about 1 week and charges within hours. I leave it constantly plugged in except the usb charger which i disconnect when it has fully charged. This is a lithium ion battery and i suspect has to be conditioned just like a laptop battery at initial use, at least that is what i am doing. Have had it about two weeks now.

This little speaker is about the size of a tennis ball. If you are expecting larger speaker sound, get real. This is a small portable speaker, perfect for mp3 player or phone (which is what I use mine for). It comes with a carrying case and USB plug. Excellent product and excellent value!

I haven't been able to find the white one yet, but I do have 2 of the black x-mini's and 1 red one. I am a service member serving over in Afghanistan. I do alot of driving over here, in a heavy equipment as well as from base to base. I have a slightly older Sony MP3 Player, and connected it up to just one speaker was impressed with fact i could hear the music over the sound of the truck i bought a 2nd one it greatly improved the quality of the sound. So i bought a 3rd. Wish i had found them on amazon it would of saved me 10 bucks a piece the stores over here are selling them 31-35 a piece. oh well. needed them right away not 2-3 weeks down the road or whenever the mail chooses to arrive.

I should have listened to the 1 star review. I bought one of this capsules for my wife and a Divoom for me, so I was able to compare them hand to hand...and none of us want the Capsule. The sound is shallow with little to no bass. The speaker is too small to really capture the bass, really no depth at all. Extending the unit adds little if nothing. I wish I could return this and buy another Divoom. Actually, I am going to turn this Capule into a gift and buy a Diboom for me.

Pros:
- sound is loud
- good connectors
- size

Cons:
- shallow sound
- plastic feel like it won't last

Recommendation: great if you don't like bass and want to get rid of it, then it's portable, affordable and cute. I care about it and the Divoom was the perfect choice.

As stated by other reviewers, this little speaker sounds great. It's about the size of a large plum and sounds much bigger. We have daisy chained several together and haven't not seen a big benefit to this, but others might. My main issue with this speaker is that it doesn't expand more than an inch when opened. We had the exact same issue with a red one in the same packaging also labeled as 2nd generation. We also have two black ones that came in plastic casts and not boxes, and these extend about 2 inches when opened, creating more full sound. If you're looking for this kind of speaker, I'd go that route instead.

I bought 4 of this product , I give 1 to my friend and I just open and use 1 recently , and found the sound quality is different with the one I used before , it's quite bad especially when I tune the sound to loud .