Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Face to face review: BenQ treVolo electrostatic speaker

If you favour Miles Davis much Miley Cyrus then BenQ's treVolo portable electrostatic speaker could be for you.

Mini Portable Speaker Hi-Rice SD-808 with USB/TF Card/FM Radio

Significant world's first portable electrostatic studio speakers, BenQ's treVolo aims to put habitation quality sound in your travel purse.

Thin speakers typically produce thin out, underwhelming sound but electrostatic studio speakers are the exception to the rule. Much relying on a traditional speaker cone, electrostatic speakers manipulate a membrane let out in an electrostatic field. This function doesn't just allow for thinner studio speakers, it also improves frequency response to serve up exemplary sound quality.

Electrostatic speakers identified for many years but they're still absolutely in audiophile territory, thanks to the expensive cost tag and the fact that you need the good ear for detail to really love you for what they have to offer. They're better worthy delivering crisp vocals and guitar strings rather than thumping bass, so your sexual enjoyment of them will depend on your taste in just music.

Considering that electrostatic speakers are quite sensitive to temperature and water, the idea of building a portable speaker is rather impractical. BenQ is claiming a world starting with the $399 treVolo, but some other people such as In2uit's Filo may also establish claim to that title.

The treVolo is an odd-looking beast. At first glance as if an upright external hard drive via an anodized metal finish, a little serious but not impossible to fit in a journeying bag. Two thin electrostatic sub panels fold out from the sides, making an effort to widen the sound stage, while twice woofers in the main body drive the most important bass. The speaker panels upgrade both forwards and backwards, supply open, spacious sound.

You can connect to the treVolo wirelessly via Blue tooth 4. 1, with support pertaining to high-quality aptX streaming, plus there's a simple digital USB input on the reverse for connecting to a computer along with a 3 0. 5mm auxiliary analog jack. On the side the speaker you'll find large capacity and volume buttons, along with play/pause and mode buttons which you can utilize for answering calls when it's powering your phone via Bluetooth (there's a built-in noise-cancelling microphone). You will ever have run the speaker off AIR CONDITIONERS power or the built-in battery plus its good for around 12 hours.

Like When i said, electrostatic speakers are very uneasy and the treVolo comes with three fix audio profiles for different types of movies. To quote BenQ;

Using its "Pure" default mode, treVolo provides sensible tonal accuracy with minimal equalization to maintain a song's natural step. For a softer sound experience, the device's "Warm" mode generates a more traditional Blue tooth speaker sound with emphasis on on the mark bass reproduction. Lastly, treVolo's "Vivid" mode allows users to accentuate expressive melodies or lead instruments akin to guitars, horns, or other criteria in complex multi-track recordings. Thence, listeners can easily customize their sound experience — regardless of musical genre, taking technique, or device.

If this will sound like overkill then the treVolo isn't really for you personally. If your musical library primarily enables pop, rock and blues then you will find the treVolo sounds a little foolhardy and flat compared to cheaper handheld speakers.

Turn to more nuanced movies and the treVolo's merits shine by employing. The spacious sound and crisp oral help bring live acoustic schedules to life, even those with a sway feel such as Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York, Paul Kelly's Attain, May 1992 or Ian Moss' Six Strings. Switch across to somewhat of a jazz quartet or a symphony band and the treVolo does every piece of equipment justice, delivering a clarity frequently lost in portable speakerss and this also focus on low-end grunt. Sitting back do some simple smooth Miles Davis it becomes in order to pick up the subtle differences the time switching between sound profiles.

Problem isn't whether the treVolo is a great home theater system, the question is whether it's the right portable home theater system for you. If you're just looking for performance-minded speakers for listening to pop around by the pool then your money could better spent on something like the Logitech UE Boom – for the treVolo's asking price you could get two Logitech studio speakers and configure them as a 2-channel stereo pair to offer great sound.

BenQ's treVolo is a better fit to all your travel bag if you lament putting your high-end Hi-Fi system in your when you walk out the door. If the reckoned listening to the classics on cost-effective speakers makes you wince, and you become prepared to pay for quality, then the treVolo could be the travel companion you're looking for.

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