The Xiaomi Sound Outside Speaker is the newest moveable Bluetooth speaker from the model. The speaker has a 30W output, twin driver design, IP67 safety, and the power to attach as much as 100 audio system at a time.
The Sound Outside has a typical moveable Bluetooth speaker design with a tubular form. Virtually your complete exterior is roofed with a material with a rubber strip on the again that additionally types a loop. The black mannequin featured right here has a contrasting orange loop, however the purple and blue fashions function matching purple and blue loops.
Sound Outside has two energetic drivers on the entrance, together with a 20W woofer and a 10W mid-range driver. They’re supported by two passive radiators at both finish of the tube, which work together with the woofer to passively amplify low frequencies.
There are three buttons on the again of the unit, which management energy, pairing and syncing with different audio system. A flap covers the USB-C connector used for charging. The Sound Outside doesn’t have an audio jack for wired audio enter and might solely work with Bluetooth.
Speaking about Bluetooth, the Sound Outside helps Bluetooth 5.4 with SBC. There isn’t a NFC so pairing needs to be completed manually. The principle get together trick of this speaker is that it may possibly pair with as much as 99 others of the identical mannequin to type a series of as much as 100 audio system concurrently. Whereas I did not have 99 different audio system to check, I did see a demo from Xiaomi the place they put 4 audio system throughout the room, and so they all performed in good sync. You possibly can merely join two audio system to get stereo sound.
The sound works effectively as a celebration speaker for out of doors indoor use. The woofer and passive radiators can transfer a stunning quantity of air, leading to a robust, punchy sound that may get fairly loud even with only one unit. The sound doesn’t distort even at most quantity.
Outdoors, you aren’t getting the identical thump and bass response and it sounds rather a lot happier because of this.
For important listening, the speaker has few issues. The unit requires cautious placement because the bass response advantages from being positioned near a wall or nook and the speaker being a long way from the listener. Nonetheless, the mids and highs are very directional and until the speaker is immediately going through you, you lose numerous readability within the sound. The highs are, normally, fairly muted even when going through the speaker as there is no such thing as a devoted tweeter.
The speaker can be mono solely, which should not be too stunning however Bluetooth audio system up to now have been on this type issue with a stereo configuration. The results of the mono configuration implies that music can generally sound quieter than it ought to as a result of the broad stereo imaging within the recording is condensed into one channel. If stereo sound is necessary to you, you could wish to take into account investing in one other unit.
Sound Outside has good delay efficiency when examined with a single unit. Audio is all the time in sync with video content material when examined from completely different sources. Nonetheless, latency was not examined with a number of paired models, and video synchronization goes out of the window when a number of audio system are paired.
Sound Outside additionally features a microphone for calls. Microphone high quality was abysmal throughout testing, audio was barely audible even when screaming into the speaker, and muffled as well. You shouldn’t use this speaker for voice calls.
Xiaomi claims 12 hours of battery life for the Sound Outside when performed at 50% quantity, which is par for the course for units of this measurement on this phase. The speaker expenses in about 2.5 hours with a 15W or larger charger. Charging is one-way solely and you can not use the speaker as an influence financial institution to cost different units.
General, the Xiaomi Sound Outside Speaker gives good efficiency at an inexpensive value. At INR 3,999, it is half the value of competing merchandise from manufacturers like JBL and Sony whereas being simply pretty much as good. Should you do not care about NFC or aux enter, the Sound Outside is a superb choice.
