It’s been a while since I reviewed a compact, entry-level bookshelf speaker.
This one comes with a variety of input/output options and even a remote control.
If it gets the fundamentals right, it could be worth a closer look.
Let’s dive in.
Frequency Response
The frequency response is not what I’d call flat.
Even from the on-axis measurement alone, you can see that various forms of interference are affecting different parts of the response.
The -6dB low-frequency extension is around 59 Hz, followed by a steep roll-off at approximately 40 dB/oct.
CEA-2034
With something resembling a waveguide paired with an otherwise unintelligible design intent, the resulting Spinorama data turned out quite curious.
The typical wide dispersion hump seen at the tweeter crossover point isn’t present here, but various irregularities suggest resonance and interference caused by the woofer diaphragm.
Nearfield Measurements
As suspected, the woofer is handling the entire range—including the highs.
Because the woofer extends all the way into the upper treble, various interferences are inevitable in the range typically assigned to the tweeter.
Surprisingly, the port response looks relatively clean.
Directivity
Even above 2 kHz, the woofer continues to radiate sound along with the tweeter.
But due to the uneven response of the woofer, it’s difficult to discern any coherent directivity pattern.
The lack of a proper crossover results in an uneven response, which becomes even more pronounced in the vertical directivity measurement—where unit-to-unit distance differences are more evident at various angles.
Beamwidth
There’s no meaningful control over directivity in this design, making this section difficult to evaluate in any meaningful way.
That said, the vertical directivity tolerance is notably poor.
Polar Plot
The polar response doesn’t show any consistent trend but rather irregular and jagged radiation patterns.
In the polar plot—where each frequency’s radiation pattern is viewed independently—significant anomalies were observed.
The unusually wide 5 kHz contour in blue is a prime example of this issue.
Well-designed speakers often show recognizable trends even in coarse octave-band polar data, but that wasn’t the case here.
THD
There was a clearly audible tonal artifact during playback.
Of course, this could simply be an issue with the particular unit I measured.
Considering the size class of the woofer, its low-frequency reproduction may appear reasonably acceptable for the price.
But deep bass performance is not to be expected.
Miultitone Test
There was significant distortion across the entire spectrum.
80Hz
Even when the measurement bandwidth was limited, the distortion characteristics remained the same.
Due to the inherently high distortion levels, the relative distortion patterns showed little variation across different output levels.
Compression Test
The 96 dB SPL curve fell outside the plot boundary.
Just like this.
Deviation between 2 samples
Given that this is a master-slave configuration (with an active main speaker and passive satellite), the overall level difference wasn’t too bad.
However, unit-to-unit inconsistencies in build quality resulted in noticeable left/right variation.
Final Thoughts
Considering the price point, it may be acceptable for casual multimedia use.
However, if judged solely on acoustic performance, the speaker is a letdown.
In particular, vertical tolerance in the critical 2k–4kHz range is extremely narrow, which means vocal clarity could vary drastically depending on placement and listening height.
As a result, even for casual content consumption, I struggle to find a solid reason to recommend this product.
That’s all.
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. Very good job and hope you recover soon from the suffering of measuring this ****** speakers.
