AV News 193 - August 2013
Music Angel Friendz
Editors
From time to time we receive information on new products that might be of interest
to AV workers. We recently read about the following item:
'The perfect portable speaker for travel, festivals or camping, the Music Angel
Friendz is a compact stereo loudspeaker with a built in rechargeable battery with
over 120 hours of playback time from just a three hour charge which is
unmatched on the market!.
Features include:
Made of sturdy aluminium with high quality components.
Back-to-back full range drive units for excellent, clear sound quality.
The speaker can be charged from PC/MAC and any standard USB charger.
Charge time is 1-3 hours.
The soft feet lets you place it on any surface (including your device) without
scratching.
Daisy chaining multiple speakers gives increased volume.
It comes supplied with all necessary cables and a small carrying pouch to
protect the unit in transit.
Available in black, blue, silver, green, pink, orange, red, lime and purple.
Technical specifications
Output power: RMS 6W (3W+3W) THD=10%
Frequency response: 150-18000HZ (±3dB)
Magnetic resistance: 4 ohm
Power supply: Micro USB USB - 5V DC 350mA
Speaker dimension: 75 x 50 x 52mm
Weight: 150 gram
Whilst the description and technical specifications seemed impressive, we could
not imagine how such a very tiny speaker could have the quality or sound output
to be of any use in showing our sequences to audiences.
Jill was the first to be able to give one of the units a test run on some of her
sequences and was really impressed by the quality of the sound reproduction,
even on her 'Colour Thief' sequence - one that in the past has been known to 'rattle'
some prestigious loudspeakers. She felt that the sound quality was excellent giving
a good reproduction of the music and voice over. The various sounds were clearly
separated and audible in all her sequences, something that doesn't always happen
on 'normal' camera club setups.
John, having been the Service Manager of a company that manufactured high
powered sound systems was more than a little sceptical. He had supposed that
because of their extremely small size and with a published bass 'cut off frequency'
of 150hz, the units would have no rounded bass and therefore sound 'tinny' - more
akin to listening to just the separate 'tweeter' unit within a multi - speaker system.
How wrong he was!! He too was astonished at the quality of the sound
reproduction and the sheer volume that this tiny unit was able to produce. After
trying the speaker at home we wanted to hear how it would perform in a
larger room and decided to take it along to our own camera clubs.
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