Product Description

The BlueAnt M1 features an output of 28 watts RMS, rechargeable batteries that will run the device for around 10 hours at a medium volume level, and is compatible with any Bluetooth A2DP device including computers, PDAs and mobile phones. In the event that you want to use the speakers with your non-Bluetooth media player it also sports a 3.5mm jack to connect directly.

Product Details

• Brand: BlueAnt
• Model: 91008
• Dimensions: 4.50" h x 4.65" w x 16.10" l, 4.69 pounds

Features

• built for Clarity and compatibility

Customer Reviews

speakers to go for mobile music
Recently i purchased the Bluant M1. The design is simplistic, effective and i think elegant. The backlighting on the analog dial is very cool and i do like the analog dial as the quality feeling is higher than a bunch of buttons. Soft-touch music controls are nice as well. In general, very pleasing. The size is quite nice...big enough to get some bass out of the product. It is not audiophile quality but that is not expected for $170. You could actually make it a stand alone music device for a small size room/kitchen too. The travel bag is effective. i think it lacks in true portability enhancement but it works well enough. Bottomline - this is a highly portable, good sounding speaker that you can hook up to an ipod or music phone with a wire or wirelessly using bluetooth. you should have no worries getting this product if you want music on your deck, poolside/beachside, etc.

Good, but not great...
I've been looking for a portable bluetooth speaker for a while now, and pulled the trigger on this one, primarily b/c it had more wattage than some other options, and it has a rechargable lithium battery. Everything has been pretty much as advertised...it is adequate for a bedroom or office, and can indeed crank up...my main problem is the lack of seperation (I can't tell if it's stereo or mono) and the bass, even when turned down, is almost too bassy...you can hear the air blow out of the back of it if it's too close to an object. I use it w/ my B'tooth phone for music, and a separate little B'tooth media player. While my phone sounds great w/ my B'tooth Motorola S9 headphones, it doesn't sound near as "clean" on the BlueAnt...the other player, however, has an equalizer, and when I can turn the treble all the way up and the bass down from the source, the output is acceptable. So, to sum up...does everything it claims, concept and design are excellent, but doesn't sound quite as good as say, that universal Sirius boombox w/ the subwoofer inside it. And the price point is way better than the $100 more Parrot seperate speaker cubes, which I would guess probably sounds a little better. The portability factor w/ the carrying case w/ the back opening for the bass and the flap for the AC/line-in is also a nice touch.

Decent But Compromised
The speaker has pretty decent sound for its size. It supports wired (via 1/8" TRS cable, included) or bluetooth operation. (The iPhone 3.0 OS update includes the A2DP profile for all iPhones. I've tested it with an older model iPhone, and it works perfectly well.) The speaker has a bass boost feature which I've never been compelled to use -- the bass sounds fine without it, and, to my ears, gets a bit muddy and boomy with it on. The speaker seems pretty well constructed.

I have two complaints about this speaker. First, it has a very quick auto-shutoff feature. This is enabled even when the speaker is used fully wired -- plugged in to an A/C socket and receiving the audio signal by cable. This is undocumented by the company, and there's no way to bypass it. The upshot is that if you use it with your computer, it does not behave like a regular speaker. Occasional sounds -- an incoming message, an application notifying you of anything -- are never heard. Instead, the speaker just pops as it comes on, and then moments later, shuts off again.

My other complaint is that, often, when used with bluetooth, the sound crackles intermittently. It doesn't matter if I have the speaker 3 inches away from my computer's bluetooth antenna, or several feet away, the crackling is the same. I've not been able to find a fix for this.

Keeping the speaker is a difficult decision to make. When it works, it's lovely. But the two annoyances I mention can be terribly aggravating.