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VU Bluetooth Speakers

12 Dec, 2006, 4:39 pm IST | by Gaurav Seth | Docks Docks


Features

As previously mentioned, it is a 2.1 speaker system. All the three speakers (two satellites and a woofer) are housed in the same unit and is covered by the front grill. The average output power is 20 watts RMS with the subwoofer giving out 12 watts RMS and the satellites outputting 4 watts RMS each. There are only three controls on the device- volume wheel, paring button and the on-off switch, making it simple to use.


Being wall mountable, it becomes crucial to include a remote. Sadly its missing, something which should be included for the price you are paying— Rs. 10,920. Incase you don’t own a Bluetooth device or a computer you can still use the speakers, the wired way. It comes bundled with a cable with a 3.5mm jack.

Wall Mount, Bluetooth Dongle, Cable for wired connectivity

Performance
The sound quality is good but nothing exceptional, not something which would appease an audiophile and even though it has a separate 2.5-inch subwoofer, the bass distorts. So if you listen to a lot of hip-hop or hard rock, this is not for you. But the speakers reproduced the mids and highs pretty well and sounded good with other genres of music like classical, jazz, basically the ones with not too much of bass.

The range (between the speakers and the Bluetooth device or the speakers and the Bluetooth dongle attached to your PC) is pretty much as advertised and the sound quality doesn’t deteriorate with distance when within range. We could go as far as 8 meters with a wall in between.

Conclusion
The speakers from VU is a true lifestyle product. Think of this, you could mount it in your bathroom (no messy cables!) and stream music to it from your phone lying in your room. As mentioned before, sound quality is above average but sound tracks with heavy bass make the speakers distort. At Rs. 10,920, we would only pay that much for its exclusivity but if you are an audiophile then there are much better 2.1 wired options, like Altec Lansing’s MX 5021 and Klipsch’s GMA-X. The VU Bluetooth speakers come with one year warranty.

Tags: VU , Bluetooth , Zenith

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