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Bluetooth speaker bargain alert: TDK A33

Posted by 4season on March 11, 2014 at 21:57:24

On sale at USA Best Buy stores through Saturday the 15th of March for $130, and a real sonic bargain IMO: I've previously owned the following mini sound systems (Bluetooth and otherwise) and would say that the A33 pleases these ears better!

Geneva Sound Model S (original model)
Cue Audio R1 + S1
Bose SoundLink II
Bose Soundlink Mini
Soundmatters FoxL
JBL Charge
Sonos Play 3
Tivoli Audio Model One

Ken Rockwell's A33 review is here. Rockwell does a good job of summarizing it, but I would add the following:

AC brick is fairly bulky and the prongs don't fold for easier storage. Looks to be an ordinary 12V 2A switching power supply rated for 100-240V, 50/60 Hz.

Other BT speakers I've tried were fair-to-poor in the S/N Ratio department, but the TDK is pleasingly quiet.

Battery pack is user-replaceable and looks to be ordinary solder tab NiMH cells with a bit of shrink-wrap around them.

It doesn't seem to be too choosy with regards to placement or listening sweet spot: Place it wherever it's handy, and chances are, it'll sound great.

• http://www.bestbuy.com/site/wireless-weatherproof-speaker/20   (Open in New Window)

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