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Goal Zero 90401 Rockout Speaker
Goal Zero 90401 Rockout Speaker
- Wooden good incase and voice speakers delivers a full-range of broad calibre sound
- Protect and accumulation your contestant or iPod by approaching the Rock-Out and zipping it up
- Weather-resistant
- Shock cloth makes is cushy to secure the Rock-Out from a arrange cycle halt or belt
- Use the USB opening to calculate the Rock-Out’s rechargeable battery; undergo when the Rock-Out is on or receiving a calculate by artefact of the noesis indicator
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N. Fong
December 27, 2012 at 7:31 am
Here’s how you add Bluetooth!,
This is a great little unit with impressive sound. Wouldn’t it be great if you could play songs remotely from your Bluetooth-capable phone or MP3 player?
Just add this little Bluetooth receiver Sony Ericsson Hi-Fi Bluetooth Stereo Headset with FM Radio, and you can! The Sony receiver is also rechargeable and can be placed INSIDE your zipped Rockout speaker, leaving you with a fully-portable cordless speaker. Your phone or MP3 player remains safely in your pocket, bag or somewhere *waterproof* while the speaker is out where it can punch out your tunes!
I did just this while biking with my 7YO daughter. She had the speaker attached to her bike, while I streamed songs from my phone. This let her to bike in a safe manner, while I controlled the songs and volume. Of course, we need to stay within Bluetooth range of each other, but that proved to be about 30 feet and wasn’t a problem.
Added bonus: the receiver also has an FM radio, so you can go old school and pull tunes (and yes, commercials) over the air.
|PenchantForHoarding
December 27, 2012 at 7:06 am
Cool, but must modify to work well…,
SUMMARY:
Out of the box the sound is terrible. BUT – with a quick modification, problem solved – a great, portable speaker system.
Conceptually, this is a really cool concept… battery free, rechargeable from a portable solar panel, external battery pack, any USB cource, and has a great zippered carry pouch to stow cables, ipod, phone etc…
That said, right out of the box, I thought my unit was a dud. Obviously, this isn’t a Bose sound dock, so I’m not expecting a symphony from this small little box… but I tried it with my ipod and phone, and well, the sound sucked. All mid range and no highs – extremely muddled. Initially I thought maybe there was a high frequency driver that was defective.
So, I compared to some low, low end radio shack portables side by side. Something was wrong. I was annoyed. So, I used a 2″ cold chisel to separate the soft shell/fabric case from the speaker box and remove the guts. Problem solved!!
THE VERDICT:
The battery/amplifier/speaker box is a self-contained solid recutangular module that slips into the soft fabric/foam sheath. The two small speaker drivers are mounted within a solid particleboard enclosure. Trouble is, the overall case – probably 3/8″ foam plus external fabric covers the speakers. The perforations are useless – like holes in a salt shaker to let the sound through. Bottom line, the sound is like the speakers are wrapped in a blanket because, well, they are. Poor design.
WHAT TO DO:
Use a large flat screwdriver, putty knife or some such to work around the seam between the unit and the case. Once free, it slips easily in and out – you can then have the speakers playing in the open – sounds WAY better! You can even put them back in the case backwards. This in no way damages the device – easy mod. If you don’t do this, you will be bitterly disappointed.
If modded, I give 2 thumbs up.
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