TRONSMART T7: Compact, Quality Audio At Decent Price

Oi! And welcome to my another review article. I previously done a product review for Tronsmart and it is their wireless bluetooth speaker which is my first time to do such a review on a particular item. And now what I have here is the bigger brother of Tronsmart T7 mini, The Tronsmart T7.

Like the T7 mini, it has a cylindrical, barrel-shaped device but it is more elongated with a very tactile volume control knob at the side topped in a LED light ring. The reason for the longer design is due to the fact that it has more transducers  that were placed in an opposite manner to provide a more 360° degree spatiality  surround experience. It also has  a subwoofer transducer in the opposite side of the column. It can be placed in either horizontal or in a vertical position on which you are more comfortable with.

The build of Tronsmart T7 is very durable and it was clearly designed to be used on outdoor activities like parties or camping. It's casing is made of high quality plastic, aluminium alloy on its speaker grills and some rubber on its basic key control buttons, a rubber flap to protect the USB-C slot for recharging its built-in battery power pack and a micro-SD slot for alternative playing mode besides bluetooth connection, and other rubber ring used for support if you want a vertical stand mode. It is also rated to have an IPX7 water protection against water splashes, rain showers and limited  underwater submersion.

As I mentioned that it has more drivers than the T7 mini, the T7 has two compound transducer tweeters and a subwoofer driver. The two compound transducer tweeters handles the mids and treble frequency range while the subwoofer driver use for lows that if you position the T7 in vertical manner, it's down firing speaker added a more acoustic rumble of its sub bass and has  even more reverberating effect if you placed it in floor or in a wooden table. And the output power of T7 is up to 30 Watts which is very loud enough to fill up a small to medium-sized room for listening experience.

Like the T7 mini, T7 has Bluetooth version 5.3 which has lesser latency to provide a better wireless connectivity between T7 and its sources like smartphones and other devices with bluetooth connectivity. It only supported SBC codec which is good enough for casual listening but I wish that it has more bluetooth codec support such as APTX-HD and LDAC. Another feature of this set is that it can support popular voice assistance such Google Assistant, Microsoft Cortana and Apple's Siri.

Another missing feature of T7 was the absence of the 3.5mm audio jack which is found on T7 mini. I like this particular feature for I want a more analogue set-up that wireless Bluetooth connectivity is lacking of to offer but the good thing that it offers more EQ modes either in physical button or via software app (Tronsmart app is available to download in iOS and Android and it is free).

As for its power consumption, its battery rating is rated up to 12 hours if you switch off the LED lights and 6-8 hours if you added a LED lighting effect for more added visuals on your listening experience.

Just check out the commands of button keys here to know more:

The packaging box of Tronsmart T7 is of rectangular shape and besides the T7 speaker device, it also includes a short USB-C cable for charging and some paperwork like warranty card and a basic instruction manual of different languages.

Due to some EQ modes, I decided to change some format in this review on how I explained its sound characteristic.

In regards of EQ modes, here are the preset settings:

• Default mode - it is more balanced-"neutral" sounding. It has an ample bass, it is punchy and has a sufficient slam, a more neutral and linear mids and a smooth treble.

• Sound Pulse mode - it is a treble focus due to boost on the upper-mid to presence treble. Bass is more tighter and yet it has sufficient thump on it. Low midrange seems to have decent texture on male vocals just to have a power and guttural sound. Pianos seems to have a more lively and rich sounding, a crisper sound of an acoustic guitar, a bright and metallic sound of snare drums and vibrant and lively sound of a violin.

• Deep Bass - a typical V-shaped sound signature but it has more deeper and thick bass register. It seems that bass guitar, bass kicks and bass-baritone vocals benefited from its thick note density. It gives a more mighty and thunderous sound on bass kicks, an added growl on bass guitar to a more somber and heavier sound and more deeper and resonant bass-baritone vocals. Mids are recessed in this EQ mode, upper mid to presence treble are elevated on this one but remains to be in a smoother side

• Classical - a more warmish approach as it has more textured on low and mids and a bit smoother and linear treble response. I can safely say it is the most laid back sounding to all EQ presets. This is more a musical towards an analogue-ish feel rather than critical listening. Pianos seems to have a richer, eloquent and lusher tone, a more lustrous and fuller sound on a violin and sharper and hard sound on snares, and intense, rounded and brassy sound of horns and trumpets. And a more sonorous and warmer sound of a guitar either acoustic or rhythm ones.

• Rock mode - it's more of U-shape sound that has an impactful and authoritative bass, a slight notch on the midrange and some elevation on the upper mids which has some instances of being sound strident and prone to sibilance. Its a more "balanced" version of deep bass. Guitars seem to have that crisp but a tad dry sounding, Snare drums has that metallic and shrill sound, Bass Guitars sound very "earthy" and broad, Bass kicks seems to have an ample pounding and dark sound to add more resonating tonal colour. Male vocals to has more rigidity and power to add more gravely and gruff and female vocals  are more energetic and more open sounding but it gives a bit unpleasant on being too high-pitched and possibly piercing to some treble sensitives.

• Customized mode - set your own preferred tonality on a frequency range spectrum on this EQ setting.

(Note: it has Vocal and Hi-Fi mode presets before  but Tronsmart decided to remove them in newer firmware for unknown reasons.)

I will not add some technical aspects as it is quite irrelevant given that this is a Bluetooth speaker with even more transducers. Given that it has 30 watts which is quite very loud for casual listening and musical enjoyment in a small to medium-size room.

To sum up my review in this item, this Bluetooth speaker delivers a very good sound quality with sufficient clarity and a very portable set. To be fair, I'm a bit disappointed on the removal of the 3.5mm jack but it was supplanted with better EQ modes and more drivers for a better and fuller sounding listening experience.

Tronsmart T7 is currently price at $50/£42.

Checkout their official site here for more infos.

SPECIFICATION:

MODEL: TRONSMART T7 

DIMENSIONS: 8.05 x 3.07 INCHES

WEIGHT: 870g

BATTERY LIFE: up to 12 HRS (LED OFF)/ 8 HRS (LED ON)

DRIVER UNIT(S): (3) 1 Subwoofer Driver + 2 Composite Tweeter drivers

IP RATING: IPX7

CONNECTIVITY: BLUETOOTH 5.3 , MICRO-SD SLOT.

BLUETOOTH RANGE: up to 18M

OUTPUT POWER: 30W

MICROPHONE: YES

FREQUENCY RANGE: 60Hz - 20KHz

AUDIO CODEC: SBC

PROS:

•    Very durable for it is made up of high quality materials.

•    IPX7 waterproof rating.

•    Thumpy and impactful bass.

•    Decent clarity and detail retrieval 

•    Many LED lights options to choose from, to add more visual ambience in your listening session.

•    30 watts of power to deliver a fuller and louder sound.

•    Very intuitive EQ presets and it has a software app for it for easy accessibility on its settings.

CONS:

•    Might be hefty for a compact size set.

•    Lack of 3.5mm jack for aux.

•    A bit power guzzling when LED light ring is activated.

•    No APTX/APTX-HD and LDAC support.

Some Tracks Tested: ( * = 16-bit FLAC, ** = 24-bit FLAC, *'* = MQA, '*' = DSD, *'= .WAV)

Alison Krauss -When You Say Nothing At All *

Jade Wiedlin - Blue Kiss**

Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks **

Mountain - Mississippi Queen *

Queen - Killer Queen **

Guns N' Roses - Patience *'*

Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven '*'

Sergio Mendes- Never Gonna Let You Go '*'

Pearl Jam - Daughter **

Roselia - Hidamari Rhodonite *

Assassin - Fight (To Stop The Tyranny)*

Celtic Frost- Visual Aggression *

New Order - Blue Monday *

The Corrs- What Can I do (unplugged version) *

Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child *

The Madness- Buggy Trousers *

Metallica - Motorbreath **

Mariah Carey- Always Be My Baby *

Destiny's Child - Say My Name *

Malice Mizer- Au Revoir *

Mozart - Lacrimosa *

New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Dvorak- Symphony 9 " From the New World." *

Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold (Sting cover)*

Michael Jackson - Give In To Me *

Exciter - Violence and Force *

Diana Krall - Stop This World **

Debbie Gibson - Foolish Beat *'*

Lucretia my Reflection – The Sisters of Mercy **

Suzanne Vega – Luka **

P.S.

I am not affiliated to TRONSMART nor receive monetary incentives and financial gains as they provide me a review unit for an exchange of factual and sincere feedback from yours truly. 

 Once again, I would like to thank Ella Beck for providing this review unit, I truly appreciate on her generosity towards me and other reviewers.