Mini Bluetooth speakers are impressive devices for on-the-go entertainment, especially with your family and friends. Imagine, on a cloudy weekend afternoon, you and your gang, best friends, or bae are going on a long drive and the destination is a lush, green, and secluded place. You are driving your car at a high-speed on an empty highway and the only thing missing is your favorite music blasting out of a powerful speaker. Or, imagine that you are going to your best friend’s place after college or work to just sit and chill with some good music for company - occasions like this require mini speakers so you can enjoy uninterrupted music whenever and wherever you want. These are portable audio devices that you can easily carry along and conveniently connect to your smartphone, tablet or laptop to play your favorite playlist. Consumer Electronics:TV, Video and Home Audio:Home Audio:Receivers and Amplifiers:Amplifiers and Preamps The sound of the combination was amazing – but the MA8900 is a decidedly airy and analytical amplifier – and the Hawks’ MB Quart titanium tweeters were a tad too harsh a match at higher volumes.

There are two modes in the room - one about halfway in, and one at the far end opposing the speakers. The ceiling has two skylights (with ~2' spaces leading up to them) that add to volume (which you also cannot see in the photo). I have a (not very scientific) theory that the skylights' breakup of the ceiling space is key to how this room sounds as good as it does. If you sit halfway in, you get a surreal, in-your face performance experience. If you sit at the far end, where I sit 99% of the time, you get a rather "large-scale" performance. Consumer Electronics:TV, Video and Home Audio:Home Audio:Home Audio Components:Stereo Component Combos Many Bluetooth speakers now are now fully waterproof and some fully dust-proof. If you're planning on taking the speaker with you to the beach or on a hiking trip, having a more durable speaker is a desirable trait. Speakerphone capabilities I am not John Atkinson, and don’t have any sort of scientific measuring equipment. The design is so free of distortion at any volumes that it is remarkable. As expected by a design with this sort of focus, your brain will be focused on the sound of the humans behind each recording, rather than the speakers themselves. Home, Furniture and DIY:Smart Home and Surveillance:Smart Speakers, Hubs and Accessories:Smart SpeakersConsumer Electronics:TV, Video and Home Audio:Home Audio:Home Audio Components:Other Home Stereo Components Electronics:Home Audio Stereos, Components:Speaker Parts and Components:Speaker Building Components None of the three chosen drivers seem to present any audible cone breakup, even at ear-splitting volumes. (And, yes, you can split your ears with these.) This is delightful. To connect a set of USB (universal serial bus) speakers or headphones, insert the device's USB connector into one of your computer's open USB ports (as shown in the picture). The device should be automatically recognized by the computer. For additional information, consult the user manual for your device. Laptop users

To connect speakers to a laptop with no sound out port, insert the mini plug into the headphones port. Speakers with a subwoofer Consumer Electronics:TV, Video and Home Audio:TV, Video and Audio Accessories:Home Audio Accessories:Audio Cables and Interconnects I reached out to Jim…and then he called me. I shared a diagram of my sunroom, with the current placement of my Totems (worked out to a millimeter), and noted that it was a very “lively” room, with lots of windows and hard surfaces. I explained the predicament I was in with my MA8900 and Totem combo, and told him that I was looking for a speaker with a smoother top-end. The (nee) SoundScape 8’s were always a design that intrigued me, and it seemed that their combination of size and driver selection (especially the RAAL ribbons) might be the right mix for my sunroom.What intrigues me about Salk is that it is not just Jim making these things. It is a collective of some of the smartest advisors in the DIY speaker building community. You have not just Jim and his indomitable spirit – a pioneer in Internet direct marketing. You also have Dennis Murphy designing the crossovers. And you have Jeff Bagby contributing passive radiator designs. There are, of course, others. Jim’s work is tireless, and each new design seems to build upon everything else he has learned. For whatever reason, it sounds kind of glorious. It's a happy accident, really. When we moved in many years ago, we used that room as a staging area, and I happened to plop my speakers into that end of the room. After clearing it out - before the room looked anything like it does today - I hooked up my amp to the speakers just to play some music, and went - wow! - this sounds good. A lot has changed in the room since then - painting, furnishing, redecorating, etc. - but it has remained a remarkable-sounding room. I think it sounds better than many highly tweaked "listening rooms" that I have heard. Is it Carnegie Hall? Certainly not. And, here's the thing: I like my music space to look wonderful, because I need to keep my eyes open while listening. I don't know about you, but if I close my eyes while listening to music, I fall asleep!