Mini speaker

As gadgets go, this is about one of the best I have – a present from a good friend of mine who knows I like music and that I travel a fair bit. Whilst plenty of hotel rooms have iPod docks in them these days, not all do and my weapon of music choice is a Zune for reasons I’ll go in to in another post (I do own a few iPod’s but Zune is my travel companion).

I own the X-mini II which is truly does deliver what the manufactures claim – sound beyond size. You twist the unit open, plug the mini jack in to your device of choice and crank up the volume. The 40mm driver delivers impressive bass for something around the size of a golf ball. Charging is via a mini USB cable which I tend to have with me for phones I use. A new feature on this model is the ability to daisy chain a bunch of X-Mini’s together but that’s just a little too geek for me. Playback time is about 11 hours which is more than enough for my needs.

For under $30, you can’t go wrong. (well you can, just don’t buy the red or white one!)

Comments

• Anonymous
  August 14, 2010
  A mate & I were recently out looking for Nightjars - Nighthawks for the US folks. We had to walk across a few miles of heathland to get to the the spot we thought they might be. Eventually we heard some calls but the birds were still a good 1/2 mile across some impenetrable scrub. So Rob plugged a pair of these in to his ipod & played a recording of a male call & wingflap. Within a few seconds two male birds dive-bombed us looking to scare off the non-existant interloper. Given the long walk at night & the distance the sound had to carry I'm not sure there are many speakers that would have been suitable for the job. PS: There are very few blogs I could make such a geeky comment. Twitching & tech combined, oh my.

• Anonymous
  August 15, 2010
  Found these for $13.99 on dillyeo.com (5.99 shipping) or $27 on Amazon, good deals.

• Anonymous
  August 18, 2010
  great story Pete - love it :)