This controlled speaker is the ultimate bass boss

Bass: Some speakers have it, and some don’t. It’s like Charisma or regular wealth, except it’s more important in determining your future. I’ve never found bass to be the most important metric of whether a wireless bluetooth speaker is worth the money, but I’m totally aware that everyone who shares the same taste in bass as I do, and of course, where it’s available.

The problem is, especially when it comes to Bluetooth speakers of the portable variety, delivering bass is harder than it sounds. There’s a reason why, in your home theater, the low end often reads like a big-ass subwoofer, which is a dedicated box that’s kept separate from everything else. Bass is difficult to produce without a large enough speaker that can move high volumes of air and produce low frequencies. It’s just physics. And as you can imagine, given what I just said, making a control speaker can do that is no easy task.

That’s not the case – rejoicebut it can be done, apparently, and the $500 Brabane X Skost Bluetooth portable is living proof.

They really put a woofer in it

The brane x, though you may have never heard of it, makes a lofty claim. Brane says this is the “first speaker controlled by a true built-in subwoofer.” If you’re like me, your alarm bells are probably going off; If it was possible, why didn’t anyone do it before? That’s what I thought too, until I heard the Brane X itself, or rather, felt how it shook the table I put it on.

Brane X delivers on its promise, and uses great engineering to do so. Inside the speaker, Brane says it uses a proprietary technology called repel drivers (RUR), which use magnets (even if they work) to block the deep bass from other portable speakers. ” The result is a controlled speaker that moves the air enough to bring the low end, which is low.

I know, you might be rolling your eyes again, but trust me, whatever is happening inside this speaker really works. To test the Brane X Out, I connected my phone via Bluetooth and played several types of music. To be honest, the speaker worked well for all, even the variety of how I don’t want bass, like rock people. In genres where you want to hear more low-end, like jazz, the brane x literally rocked Gizmodo’s coffee table, where I test many speakers. Also, the bass is not the most important part of the Bluetooth speaker, in my opinion, but if it is something you Look at the Speaker, you won’t try hard to find it.

And if somehow you still don’t count More Bass, there is a dedicated bass button on top of the speaker that allows you to cycle through the low, mid, and high levels. I tried all three and came up with Medium as the default which is good as it accentuates the subwoofer without my shaking – directly a brain like a high shot makes. The low state, on the other hand, brings it back very slowly, and I feel like I’m just getting it – nci Less than what I know the Speaker can do.

The best news, apart from the heavy amount of bass, is that it sounds good across the frequency range. The Brane X feels highly distortion-free, suppressing 50% and more, and the soundstage (partly due to the subwoofer) is big and meaty. Listening to the dismissal of the group that was replaced by “” Swingin’, “I was very happy with the rating of books in Music, and Magdalena Bay” by Magdalena Bay ” Seriously, if you often listen to electronic music, you go to it love this thing.

Also, you will be happy to know that the brane x supports hi-res formats, including SBC, AAC, APTX, and Aptx HD, so you are not always broadcast with the usual Bluetooth quality, which compresses and the sound quality. It may seem strange to spend $ 500 on a portable Bluetooth device, and maybe it is, but in this case, at least the sound quality feels worthy of the price.

What a package Really?

You may be wondering how to communicate with the speaker and the subwoofer inside is really possible, and if you there are wondering, I don’t blame you. The answer? It notices more than you might think, but it is also not as tangible as others without the kingdom inside. In total, the brane x weighs 7.7 kilograms, which probably won’t break the back, but they also don’t have it when it comes to the Bluetooth Speeto Spistop label. For reference, the BOSE Soundlink Plus, at least makes an effort to deal with brane x in the bass department, weighs 3.37 kilograms.

This is not a 1:1 comparison in many ways since it sounds like bose’s Soundlink Plus does not use novel technology to monitor the subwoofer inside, but it is still worth understanding the fact that the Soundlink Plus it does Packs a nice bassy punch. Let me be clear here: if portability is a big deal to you, this is probably not the speaker you want. If you are ok with hefty boy, then, go ahead. The Good News, Either way, is that the brane makes a flexible plastic handle that can be pulled down, out of sight, to wrap around the Speaker when not in use.

In addition to being heavy, the speaker is also tall (about 6.1 inches high), but the average width is 9.3 inches. The design is round, kind of oval, and looks like a small bread oven, not clean or eye-catching. To be honest, I wouldn’t want to carry the brane x around in a backpack or tote, but if you really wanted to transport it to a party or a friend’s house, you definitely could. In that way, it meets the definition of portability, but this isn’t a speaker you’ll want to bring on vacation or a stroller next to an all-day bag. In fact, I actually carried the brane x to go back to work on the bag and prove it on the descent.

The brain inside the brane x

For $500, brane x if Come up with some great features, and it’s possible… on paper. One thing that might get your attention if you have a smart home or are a regular voice voyeur is that the speaker comes with Alexa built-in. To activate Alexa in the Amazon Account and connect your speaker.

The good news is, after fiddling around with the brane x app on your phone to get the speaker connected to Wi-Fi, it works (PRO Tip: Hold down the Bluetooth button on top of the speaker for a few seconds to trigger the Wi-Fi pairing process). The problem is, the built-in Alexa feature in Brane X is no longer supported, because Amazon has actually stopped adding any new devices from the new Alexa program, according to Brane built-in, according to Brane. A spokesperson from Brane told me that the Brane X is bundled with it, which means the feature is technically functional, but not exactly ideal if you’re looking for a long feature.

Another thing for some speculation, while you can use Alexa on Brane x, you can’t sync Spotify if it happens to be your streaming service of choice, and you can’t sync apple music. Instead, if you want to launch music on the speaker using the Alexa voice assistant, you are offered Amazon music, which is limited. To make things worse, the “broadcast” option within the brane app seems to be able to connect your favorite device, but this, I’m told, is not the case because of “technical issues.”

As long as we are talking about the application, and it is worth looking at that, while there are other features that you may want to use in this speaker’s friend application, such as EQE for Spep In terms of applications that are not enough for personal audio products, the Brane X application is not very functional (you can only say how the UI looks), but does it have a problem with thinking, and, this speaker costs $ 500.

The speaker works just fine. There are many sensitive buttons for volume up, bass adjustment, Bluetooth, turning the mic on / off, and activating Alexa. Battery life is advertised as 12 hours of rated volume, which feels accurate based on my testing. That’s not going to win any medals at the Bluetooth Speaker Olympics, but it’s not scary to think this thing has a subwoofer inside. On the back, there is a visible power button, 3.5mm aux, and AC Power Port for the included power adapter. There’s nothing mind-blowing here, and it all works well.

Should you make it rain to buy a brane?

Spending $500 on a Bluetooth speaker is a big ask, so you might be wondering if a speaker like this is worth the price. The answer is … Maybe, but only the right person. That person, in my opinion, is a person written in bass especially. If you’ve felt that other Bluetooth speakers don’t give you enough in the bass department, the brane x could be your holy grail. This speaker delivers on its promise to pull all week within a usable form factor, with a relaxing sound (typically mid to high range) and pulls its weight. Audible understanding, this speaker is not wrong, which is the main thing you want in a speaker.

The bottom line is that, if bass isn’t your number one priority, there are other Bluetooth speakers that sound great, cost less, and blow the Brane X out of the water in terms of friend apps, looks, for example). So, for the right Person (bass heads), brane x can be a good choice, the big price tag should be discarded, but for everyone, there is a great champion to really do it. Don’t get me wrong, actually managing to shorten the subwoofer inside a portable Bluetooth speaker is cool, but at the end of the day, you might be a lot happier (and a little poorer) with something a little cut.