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LINX B-Tube,Portable A2DP Bluetooth + MP3 Speaker System -Silver
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(4.5 out of 5)
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Really good, useful & does what it says on the tin ..
(5 out of 5) by MJ King on Jan 4, 2009 (Birmingham, England)First the good points:
Very well made: sturdy & no sharpe points.
Smart brushed silver coloured finish.
Compact & lightweight speaker size - very transportable.
Excellent bluetooth - pairs quickly & easily with my Sony Eric mobile, my wife's Nokia & our son's Samsung mp3 player. Doesn't 'drop' the sound if close enough to devise & doesn't have to be that close.
Sound is good - clear & goes quite loud (not disco levels but well above normal talking volumes)
Connectivity is via bluetooth or line in cable (supplied)
Comes complete with pouch, mains and USB charger.
Bad points:
Not much base - hardly surprising given the small size of the speaker.
And that's it. Great product, easy to use and does EXACTLY what it should do easily & with some style.
Highly recommended.
Very well made: sturdy & no sharpe points.
Smart brushed silver coloured finish.
Compact & lightweight speaker size - very transportable.
Excellent bluetooth - pairs quickly & easily with my Sony Eric mobile, my wife's Nokia & our son's Samsung mp3 player. Doesn't 'drop' the sound if close enough to devise & doesn't have to be that close.
Sound is good - clear & goes quite loud (not disco levels but well above normal talking volumes)
Connectivity is via bluetooth or line in cable (supplied)
Comes complete with pouch, mains and USB charger.
Bad points:
Not much base - hardly surprising given the small size of the speaker.
And that's it. Great product, easy to use and does EXACTLY what it should do easily & with some style.
Highly recommended.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Looks great
(4 out of 5) by JP on Aug 15, 2008 (London)Very clever product, but the Bluetooth connection can be a little unstable and the product is easily switched on in transit as there is no "lock" mode.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
Quite the best
(5 out of 5) by K. Jamal on Jul 25, 2008 (UK)I have two other travel speakers, Creative and Sony, but this beats both hands down. Sleek, sexy and the best sound for its size. What I wanted to do was to be able to play my MP3 player wirelessly through this. After searching high and low for a Bluetooth adapter, buying three in the process, I finally found one. Made by a company named Enjoy, the tiny blutooth adapter paired with the Linx and the two together is an absolute marvel. The ones that I tried but wouldn't pair were the Jabra and the Jaybird.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
All round good choice for travel
(5 out of 5) by Simon Phipps on Oct 19, 2009 (Southampton, UK)As it happens, I bought some Chill Pill Compact Portable iPod & iPhone Speakers about a month ago, so I was sceptical when Amazon Vine offered to send me one of these units too. But after a week of use I have fallen in love with it.
First, the sound quality. It's very good, making the best use of the size and build of the unit to give as full a sound as I have heard from small speakers. I paired it up with my Nokia E71 phone and have been playing a range of music through it, all without complaint from my room-mate. The volume control is the right-hand end of the tube and is a bit fiddly to use, especially on the supplied plastic "stand". Also, I found that pressing the control (left-hand end of the tube) to pause or play music involves too much thought and co-ordination. An actual button on the top would be better.
The stand isn't anything special; just a plastic rectangle with dents. I think they should have designed the tube with a flat side instead. The unit came with a 3.5mm jack-to-jack lead for line-in, but I've not used it yet as all my music goes via Bluetooth.
As a speaker-phone, the unit is excellent. The sound quality is brilliant and I've been using it regularly for calls with no complaints from callers about "being in a tin box" like I get from using the phone in hands-free. The unit doesn't pair properly with the E71 so I can't accept or drop calls by pressing the control on the tube, but using the phone controls isn't too much of a price to pay.
The unit charges from USB but actually has a Nokia-style power connector on the tube itself so comes with an adapter cord. I've been charging it using my Nokia charger too. One full charge lasts me well over a day of intermittent use, usually more. The unit comes with a 100-240v UK-plug wall-wart charger with a female USB connector on it, so the same adapter cord is also needed to charge from the mains. There's no pocket on the velvet finish carry sleeve for the adapter cord, so it, the stand and the charger rattle around in my travel bag.
Bluetooth pairing was pretty easy. The instructions are a bit skimpy but I worked it our before reading them. The only thing I had to look up was the PIN code - 1234 rather than the usual 0000.
Bottom line: Far better than I expected. I'll be carrying it everywhere. Anyone want my Chill Pills?
First, the sound quality. It's very good, making the best use of the size and build of the unit to give as full a sound as I have heard from small speakers. I paired it up with my Nokia E71 phone and have been playing a range of music through it, all without complaint from my room-mate. The volume control is the right-hand end of the tube and is a bit fiddly to use, especially on the supplied plastic "stand". Also, I found that pressing the control (left-hand end of the tube) to pause or play music involves too much thought and co-ordination. An actual button on the top would be better.
The stand isn't anything special; just a plastic rectangle with dents. I think they should have designed the tube with a flat side instead. The unit came with a 3.5mm jack-to-jack lead for line-in, but I've not used it yet as all my music goes via Bluetooth.
As a speaker-phone, the unit is excellent. The sound quality is brilliant and I've been using it regularly for calls with no complaints from callers about "being in a tin box" like I get from using the phone in hands-free. The unit doesn't pair properly with the E71 so I can't accept or drop calls by pressing the control on the tube, but using the phone controls isn't too much of a price to pay.
The unit charges from USB but actually has a Nokia-style power connector on the tube itself so comes with an adapter cord. I've been charging it using my Nokia charger too. One full charge lasts me well over a day of intermittent use, usually more. The unit comes with a 100-240v UK-plug wall-wart charger with a female USB connector on it, so the same adapter cord is also needed to charge from the mains. There's no pocket on the velvet finish carry sleeve for the adapter cord, so it, the stand and the charger rattle around in my travel bag.
Bluetooth pairing was pretty easy. The instructions are a bit skimpy but I worked it our before reading them. The only thing I had to look up was the PIN code - 1234 rather than the usual 0000.
Bottom line: Far better than I expected. I'll be carrying it everywhere. Anyone want my Chill Pills?
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent!
(5 out of 5) by Mr. Kaya T. Huseyin on Jun 29, 2009 (Stoke Newington, London)I ordered this product not least of all for the price. It arrived quickly and as soon as it was charged I paired it with my phone (Samsung U900 - soul) and the sound quality is excellent. Only 4 watts but sounds more like 10!
The clarity of sound is excellent and the unit looks really cool on my desk. Now I can't wait for my next trip to show it off in public!
Great product, I would recommend this to ANYONE! You won't be disappointed!
Kaya
The clarity of sound is excellent and the unit looks really cool on my desk. Now I can't wait for my next trip to show it off in public!
Great product, I would recommend this to ANYONE! You won't be disappointed!
Kaya