XMI X-mini v1.1 Portable Mini Capsule Speaker with 3.5mm Jack Compatible with iPhone/iPad/iPod/Smartphones/Tablets/MP3 Player/Laptop - Pink

Pros It's really compact, hence excellent for travelling. It has great bass, and high end tones. Long lasting battery life. Good sound quality. Awesome acoustics and very cleverly designed. Nice linkage idea, I use it for my headphones when I turn it off. As good as stereo. Cons The spring that hold it up and keeps the bass so good, is as sprung as it should be. I had to send my original back as the speaker was damaged (although awesome speed of return, next day for free.) Sound quality on Bad audio tracks sounds worse than usual, as it sometimes rattles. Sound quality hardly changed on top quality tracks. Is not great with large room acoustics. Conclusion; I can think of so many good things and hardly any bad things about this speaker, personally I use it as my room speaker, and they're awesome.

I have a previous version of the product and was interested to try the newer upgrade. I purchased two units to use wit an Apple Mini desktop using my iTunes library as the source and pairing the units into a stereo pair using the USBmini connection cable supplied and two headphone splitter cables joined to increase cable reach. The XMI mini 1.1s were placed on a solid oak desktop and used with a range of music types. The positioning of the speakers was around 20 inches apart but more important was to orientate the speakers correctly. By this I mean that great sound differences are found if the volume control is not pointing towards the user when playing. These speakers have a top clear plastic hinged lid which must be fully open to allow the full treble sound range to be heard. The other end of the sound spectrum i.e Bass highlighted a problem in leaving these speakers free standing, the units are too light weight and so will vibrate on the standing surface as the volume is turned up. This is easily solved with the use of some bluetack on the base securing them to the surface and absorbing the low end induced vibration. The improvement in sound is dramatic cutting resonance to a very low level and squeezing out so much more of their clever design and getting around the volume limitation that will never allow them to be heard at their best. They go from a 3 star to 5 star performance with this pence costing upgrade and positioning tweak. Enjoy them at Amazon discount prices , they are supplied with serial numbers and in quality packaging and clear instructions from the manufacturer. If you see them on sale for pay £5 or £6 pounds beware of fakes.

I bought this speaker for my wife to add a bit of power to her ipad mini, and to be honest it's quite a powerful piece of kit for it's size. Bass and Trebles are well defined, and the output, although not a room filler, is adequate for everyday listening. It comes with a USB connector (which charges the internal battery) and a standard headphone jack that pops into the socket on whichever device you are using. There is also a second, ultra short lead tucked into the base of the speaker if you need to save deskspace. The on off switch powers up a blue neon LED on the base of the speakers, and, because the base is lifted off any surface by three small feet, this ensures a cheeky blue glow shows out from underneath, which tells you when it's switched on. It's definitely been devised as a laptop device, as you only have a foot of speaker lead to play with, but that's adequate for most scenarios. The internal rechargeable battery has an extremely long charge life (although this will diminish with each charge put into it), and on two occasions I've forgotten to switch it off, and have left it on for 48hrs+ without it winding down. It's quite good value for what it can do, but please don't make the mistake I did when I first set it up. I charged the battery as required, but when I came to try it on my desktop Mac, the sound was poor in the extreme, until I went back to the Amazon image and realized I had to twist the beast open and flip back the top to get the sound I'd paid for. Once I'd done that, it bounced around the table. Yes I know, don't say it, no need to embarrass me even more! Would I recommend them to you? Wholeheartedly yes if you are happy to sit there and listen to mono sound all day, but when I first showed it to the family I got the "doesn't it split into two speakers like my friends does?" question, and then the "Mono? Whats' that" put down. There's no hiding place when you've bought the wrong piece of kit. If you're happy with mono output, these are perfect, but I know to my cost that there are near identically priced stereo equivalents here on Amazon that you might like to research before pressing the 1-click button for this one. Hope this helped!

Bought this for use whilst camping and to beef up the sound from my laptop. It's a very neat little unit, not much bigger than a chicken egg when closed. I love that everything is included - flip-up protective cover on the top, built in rechargeable battery and integral 3mm jack plug. Just chuck it in your bag and it's all there. There is a seperate USB cable to charge it which includes a 3mm jack plug so that you can use it whilst charging. It's a standard mini USB socket to charge so you'll have no problem finding a different cable to charge it (say from your cars 12v). The sound is amazing from such a small portable device. It's lacking in the mid-range compared to say, a JBL onstage micro speaker dock that I have, but then you'd expect that as its only got the one speaker driver and it's less than a tenner compared to £60 for the JBL! I've had the JBL a while but I do think that if I had the choice again, i'd have bought the XMI X-Mini instead and not bothered with the JBL - it's that good. One thing; don't forget to open the lid on the top. It makes an ENORMOUS difference to the sound. Update: Now finding that i'm using it all the time with my iPad when watching BBC iPlayer etc. Big improvement on the built in speaker. Excellent.

Having read through the positive reviews I thought I'd buy it. Going on holiday this summer so I thought it would be good to take with me so I can listen to music in the hotel room etc. It was also only £8. First things first, it is very small, ideal for putting in a bag whilst travelling. Battery life seems to be adequate enough and can be charged using any USB socket. I use my Galaxy Note 2 plug socket to charge the speaker. It connects to any 3.5mm device which is the standard so can connect to almost any modern devices. So far so good. Now for the sound, both volume and quality. Having read through the reviews and reading what brilliant quality and volume this thing can produce I was expecting good things. However, I couldn't help feeling disappointed. The volume isn't that loud and the quality is nothing amazing. The integrated speaker on my Galaxy Note 2 isn't all that far behind. Having said that I usually listen to music through either Sennheiser headphones or my Logitech surround sound system which packs a massive punch so the quality I'm personally used to is very high. Overall though, I realise this is a small cheap portable speaker and can't really be compared to bigger speakers. This product gets a 3 out of 5 for me. Good points: Very small, lightweight. Nice design. Cheap. Portable. Bad points: Volume not that good. Quality pretty standard. For £8 its a good little gadget and could come in useful occasionally. I wouldn't recommend using it as your main speaker though, nor would I recommend spending more than £10.

I have previously tried two or three other types of mini-speaker (also called a hamburger speaker). This is far and away the best one. The sound is crystal clear and very loud; very very loud, in fact. Luckily it has a rotary volume control for quick alterations to the speaker level. But here is the main thing that sets this speaker so far apart from its rivals: its amazing battery. I have no idea what sort of battery the X-Mini people are using but it is truly excellent. It lasts at least 10 hours, but it charges back up in about an hour. High-quality, indeed. When charging the normally blue light becomes red until the unit is fully charged, then it goes blue again. I mention that fact because I have other mini-speakers that are always red when charging; you never know when or if they are fully charged. One slight problem. The 3.5mm lead seems a little too thin; the inner wiring has become exposed through the rubber coating. So don't leave the speaker dangling by its cord for too long. Very highly recommended.

For the size of this product it produces excellent sound (i mean excellent sound in terms of its size and price). IT is very small in size, will easy fit in any pocket. You can charge it through USB, or mains if you have the correct connection. It produces better sound than many mp3/ipod docks I have purchased. The battery life is very good, I've charged it once and had at least 10 hours use. People who are complaining about the sound need to appreciate the fact it is cheaper than most earphones, it is tiny and runs on a rechargeable battery. It offers considerably better and louder sound than my sony xperia arc, iphone 5, nokia lumia and also numerous laptops. Can't fault this product, I bought it on the basis it was cheap, was surprisingly impressed.

I am very pleased with this product. I bought it as an upgrade for the built-in speakers on my laptop and HTC One X phone and am genuinely surprised and delighted at the quality! The person who designed this speaker is obviously a hi-fi and music fan. Instead of the shrill, screamy treble and bumped up, distorted bass that I was expecting, I was greeted by a sophisticated and tasteful mix of dynamics when I played The Beatles' Come Together. On Wings' Silly Love Songs, McCartney's Rickenbacker bass is very clear and upfront, you can follow every note. On Badfinger's Sweet Tuesday Morning, the acoustic guitars have depth and body, the bell-like effects ring with a nice rounded clarity, and Joey Molland's vocal has presence and realism. On Every Breath You Take by The Police the tight bass/rhythm guitar/drums symmetry is reproduced very well, with the piano and synth parts adding drama and emotion. The x-mini seems to be optimised for 320kbps Mp3 playback. I also found it gave impressive results with the audio off YouTube.

Superb! I had same speaker. On the basis of that I have ordered these for my family members.

Prendendo in mano questo oggettino non penseresti subito alla potenza che ne esce quando lo accendi! Da chiuso è poco più piccolo di una pallina da tennis. Il suono esce bello potente, con i bassi molto profondi ma non esagerate con il volume, altrimenti potreste udire delle minime distorsioni. Ho trovato molto utile il coperchietto sopra l'altoparlante, in quanto garantisce una migliore protezione da urti accidentali quando si trasporta. E' un ottimo supporto audio da viaggio, si può usare con lo smartphone, con il notebook e con qualsiasi oggetto che abbia un ingresso da 3,5mm. Forse il cavetto è un po' corto ma non è un grosso problema. Nella confezione non è presente una custodia, ma un cavetto di circa 60 cm, che da un lato ha un jack 3,5mm e dall'altro 2 prese USB (una mini da collegare all'altoparlante, e una normale da collegare al computer) e che serve per ricaricare la batteria al litio ma serve ANCHE da prolunga (mini USB all'altoparlante e jack al dispositivo musicale), risolvendo quindi il problema del cavo corto. Sono rimasto completamente soddisfatto dell'acquisto. Spedizione Amazon sempre impeccabile.

Worth the wait as i had to wait for a few extra days to get my first glimpse of my x-mini. I was a bit sceptic about the product but all my doubts were sidelined asa i connected it to my phone. Sound quality is brilliant considering the the size of the device. It is so tiny, i can literally grab it my hand. So, it is a great buy. pros: beautiful design, extremely compact, great sound quality, row connection option to enhance the sound and last but not the least portable. cons: slightly over priced to similar products available in the market. No Bluetooth which restricts the portability and connectivity. verdict: A must buy if u don't mind paying a couple hundred more for a reliable product.

very good product

Produit tout simplement bluffant, j'ai étonné tout mon entourage avec ce produit, le son est vraiment incroyable pour une si petite enceinte ! Etant une grande fan de musique, je le trimbale partout ! Tout le temps dans mon sac quand je pars, sur ma table de nuit le soir, dans ma salle de bain lorsque je prends ma douche, je l'utilise même avec mon pc portable pour regarder des films ! Produit très bien pensé dans les moindres détails (protection de l'enceinte et du câble) L'autonomie est hallucinante, j'avais peur de devoir le recharger tout le temps, au final je n'ai jamais besoin de le recharger il tient très bien la charge ! Je le recommande, cette petite enceinte m'a tout simplement changé la vie