Somehow, in the world of hi-fi, ‘wireless’ just means that something will talk to your iPhone wirelessly – and the small print says, ‘Warning: may include tangle of power cables that will trail around your living room angering your spouse.’
So AQ Audio’s Smart Speaker is a rather unique creature.
It’s genuinely wireless, armed with both Apple AirPlay and a built-in rechargeable battery.
It comes in the form of two separate 24W speakers that communicate with each other and your iPhone, with not a shred of copper in sight.
It can also split, bacteria-style, into two separate stereo iPod docks, connecting to two di fferent iPhones.
A little button on the back tells each speaker to be either a left or right speaker or an individual stereo unit. This alone will melt the hearts of hi-fi nerds.
Hardcore hi-fi fans – the gentlemen with the beards and collections of lossless digital files – will be ahead of me here.
You can position these speakers for a perfect stereo ‘sweet spot’, aiming both like a sniper at your seat until audio perfection is achieved and the inevitable beard-stroking begins.
Most mid-priced iPod docks have nailed-down pairs of speakers about six inches apart, which means that unless you put your head in an awkward position somewhere past the co ffee table in the direction of the TV, you’re hearing mono. A revolution in listening?
Well, sort of. As soon as you walk outside a Wi-Fi zone, these die with the same inevitability as an astronaut walking out of an airlock – so perfect stereo sound is not about to visit your picnic blanket.
The sound’s a bassy treat, and edging speakers around until you hit that ‘Eureka!’ moment of stereo delight is great fun.
But somehow, I suspect, in most families, the pursuit of stereo perfection may take second place to more important activities such as, ‘Help me with this dusting, darling, for God’s sake.’
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