- Tronsmart Fiitune X30 is out now for $179.99 (about £154 / AU$322)
- 80W output with built-in subwoofer and up-firing “sky driver”
- IPX6 water resistance and 14 hour battery life
The Tronsmart Fiitune X30 is a direct rival to the Sonos Period 300, and it has one significantly interesting high quality: it is lower than half the worth of the Sonos.
The place the Sonos Period 300 has an inventory value of $449 / £449 / AU$749, the Fiitune X30 is launching with a price ticket of $179.99 / €179.99 (about £154 / AU$322).
As you’d anticipate, there are just a few variations in spec to attain that a lot lower cost. And in case you’re severe about spatial sound, a type of variations could also be a deal breaker.
Fiitune X30: key options
The Fiitune X30 has six driver models, together with an upward-firing illuminated “sky driver” to throw some audio in direction of the ceiling, a down-firing lively subwoofer, twin tweeters, and twin mid-range drivers. There are 4 passive bass radiators and whole energy output is 80W. Frequency vary is not specified past “an ultra-wide 40kHz bandwidth”.
It is a transportable design with an built-in deal with, dual-device connection, and IPX6 water resistance, and it guarantees 14 hours of playback between fees – that is pretty low in comparison with the perfect transportable audio system, although there are many audio system to deal with right here, to be truthful.
You may tune the audio with the companion smartphone app for iOS and Android, and Android customers can stream audio to the speaker in LDAC for the very best doable sound high quality. The speaker can be utilized solo or as half of a stereo pair.
It is not a nasty spec for the cash, however there’s one necessary caveat: the spatial audio right here is not native, as a result of the speaker does not help Dolby Atmos (or rival spatial audio codecs, however Atmos is the essential one for music proper now).
Any spatial impact shall be from ‘upscaling’ the music to have digital additional top utilizing that top-mounted speaker, and any 3D placement past stereo may also be added by the speaker.
Meaning it is concentrating on a really completely different market than the Sonos, and I believe its actual rival is not the Period 300 however the Sonos Roam 2. The littlest Sonos is nowhere close to as loud because the Fiitune X30 – it is 10W somewhat than 80W and has far fewer audio system – but it surely’s priced identically at $179 / £179 / AU$299.
The Tronsmart might be a juicy set of audio system anyway, with a lot of energy for a low value, however this could be a case the place there is no level placing the additional effort of spatial audio system in except you are going to go the entire method and embody Atmos.
