TRONSMART BANG MINI: Simply The Best
Oi! Welcome to my another review article and this is all about the latest product from Tronsmart. As people reading my review articles, I've done at least 2 item reviews on Tronsmart products and all of them are portable bluetooth speakers. I'm actually enjoying using them on a daily basis as it is very convenient and easy to use them in either listening to music casually or watching some shows like movies, documentaries and podcasts.
What I have here is their latest portable bluetooth speaker offering, The Tronsmart Bang Mini. This is a cheaper variant of the Tronsmart Bang without the software EQ app support.
On the physical aspect of Tronsmart Bang Mini. It has an ergonomic sausage-like shape with a handle on the top for easy to carry and it has bass transducers on both side ends. Like all Tronsmart speakers, it is very sturdy and well-built as it lives up to its moniker as a party speaker. The material of this unit is made of a solid, high quality plastic that adds rigidity and structural integrity on this portable speaker as it can take a beating on daily usage on either indoor or outdoor use. The speaker grills are somewhat coated with rubber as it has a waterproof rating like most Tronsmart portable speakers. In the handle part, you will find a NFC spot as Tronsmart Bang Mini has a built-in NFC support on which other devices with NFCs will have ease of connection by simply putting them to instant seamless pairing. Good thing that all my smartphones have NFCs support. In the front part of the speaker area, there is a pill-shaped rubberised function key section panel which has button keys to push.
Here are some infos of each button keys on that you will found there:
In the rear part of the speaker, below on it is where the type-C slot for charging situated along with micro-SD card slot and a 3.5mm jack for analogue connection which is more beneficial to me as I am an audio enthusiast and a firm believer that wired and analogue connection are still superior compare to wireless implementation when it comes to the overall sound quality. Another surprising feature on this set is that it has a USB type-A for charging to your devices like smartphones. Quite convenient isn't it. And also, that part has a rubber cap to plug it for water protection.
At the both ends of the speaker, there are rhythm LED lights at the side of bass transducers to add better visual effects while listening to your listening and it offers a variety of ambience light effects based on your whim but at a cost of added battery consumption to deplete power reserves of the Tronsmart Bang Mini. This is somehow a basic feature to all Tronsmart bluetooth speakers for having at least a LED lighting.
Furthermore, as for its connectivity, it has Bluetooth 5.3 which has lesser latency and a more seamless connection on both bluetooth devices. But I wish that Tronsmart Bang Mini has more bluetooth codec support as it has only SBC as its standard and other more advanced codecs like APT-X, APTX-HD and LDAC aren't supported. Good thing is that this speaker has a 3.5mm jack for aux mode. It is even more important to me as the wired connection still offers the option to deliver the best possible sound fidelity. Tronsmart Bang Mini has a support of popular voice assistants with the likes of Google Assistant, Apple's Siri and Microsoft's Cortana.
Battery life and playtime is rated up to 15 hours if you turn off the LED lighting and in moderate volume level and 13 hours or less if the LED lighting is activated.
As for implementation of its transducers, Tronsmart Bang Mini has a 4 drivers setup, two mid tweeters to handle the midrange and treble and dual woofers for the bass part whic give a rich and deeper bass response.
Tronsmart Bang Mini has an IPX6 rating that signifies it protection capability from unwanted splashes, heavy sprays and high pressure of water.
Tronsmart Bang Mini is packed in a mid-sized rectangular packaging box. The inclusions aside from the Bang Mini portable bluetooth speakers includes an Aux-in cable, a Type-C cable and some paperworks such as SoundPulse Card, instruction manual and warranty card.
With a 50 watts of power output, It is definitely loud enough that its sound wave can blast and fill up a medium-size room (tested it on a condo unit with an area size of approximately 45 sq.m). Overall sound quality is quite satisfactory and it is leaning towards having a V-shaped sound signature.
LOWS/ BASS:
Tronsmart Bang Mini lows are definitely elevated in the overall sound spectrum. It has a very rich, deep and pack a punch whenever a bass-laden track needs it. Sub bass is present as I hear clearly the reverberations and rumble every time that track has synthesizers and electronic drums that demand a buzzing and reverb tone.
Midbass has well-textured, thicker note weight that adds a more body on bass guitars, bass kicks and bass-baritone vocals. Bass guitars has more weighty and heavy sound, Bass Kicks seems more resonant and thunderous sounding and more gruff and guttural sound of bass-baritones vocals.
There are some instances of bass bleeds but it still remains controlled not to make any unnecessary smudges on the other frequency range spectrum.
MIDRANGE:
The midrange of this portable speaker is indeed recessed on this one, vocals of both gender are decently presented in a neutral and clean as both of them have a sufficient texture that they don't sound lean. Male vocals have a deep and gravelly sound while female vocals are projected in a sweet and "feathery" manner.
Instruments are presented in a reasonable and organic manner. It has sufficient warmness on string instruments especially on acoustic guitars that sound "buttery", violins have these austere and solemn characteristics. Snare drums strikes sounds harder and more penetrating and lastly a more rich and warmer piano tone.
Midrange quality seems to be decent in overall presentation.
HIGHS/TREBLE:
Treble quality of Tronsmart Bang Mini is somehow satisfactory as it has a smoother delivery along its curves and crevices without any lingering harsher tone nor sibilance.
It has a decent airy range that gives the shimmering of cymbals with acceptable extension. Hi-hats sounds life-like as it accurately reproduces that shortened sizzled sound.
There is a mode of Tronsmart Bang mini called SoundPulse. Its a type of DSP equalizer that impede unnecessary harmonic distortion and lessens some strident noise by elevating some part of upper mids to presence treble to improve the qualities of vocal more revealing and "cleaner" due to some upper mid boost and more defined "attack" of rhythm and percussions.
For better surround stereo experience, pair it with another of Bang Mini and you will have a more atmospheric and immersive sound experience.
To end my assessment on Tronsmart Bang Mini. All I can say is that I could recommend this product without batting an eyelid. Why? Simply because it really delivers a reasonably good sound quality with more useful features to make a listening experience even more pleasant and sensible not to spend more dosh on other competitors which are more pricey and yet delivers a meagre sound quality.
Tronsmart Bang Mini is currently price around £90/US $97.
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SPECIFICATION:
MODEL: TRONSMART BANG MINI
DIMENSIONS: 11.9 x 4.07 x 6.8 INCHES
WEIGHT: 2.37 KG.
BATTERY LIFE: up to 15 HRS (LED OFF)/ 13 HRS (LED ON)
DRIVER UNIT(S): (4) 2 Subwoofer Driver + 2 Mid Tweeter drivers
IP RATING: IPX6
CONNECTIVITY: BLUETOOTH 5.3 , MICRO-SD SLOT, 3.5mm AUX JACK
BLUETOOTH RANGE: up to 15M
OUTPUT POWER: 50W
MICROPHONE: YES
FREQUENCY RANGE: 65Hz - 20KHz
AUDIO CODEC: SBC
PROS:
Ergonomically design and sturdy build quality
IPX6 waterproof rating.
Deep and richer bass.
Satisfactory clarity and detail retrieval
Substantial choices of LED lights options to choose from, to add more visual ambience in your listening session.
50 watts of power to deliver a fuller and louder sound.
3.5mm audio jack for analogue aux mode listening.
CONS:
Somehow bulky and hefty to carry everywhere.
A bit of power guzzling when the rhythm LED light ring is activated.
No APTX/APTX-HD and LDAC support.
No software support from Tronsmart EQ app.
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 her generosity towards me and other reviewers.
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