amazon UFi UCube reviews
Want to enjoy high quality music on your computer needs to have a good set of speakers (a popular trend today is to use the CD player mini speakers such as Sony, Kenwood, Aiwa, or Onkyo D200), along with an arsenal of accessories of the comes from Soundcard, Amplifier to speaker wire, shelving …
UFI speakers – Ucube can be a pleasant experience for anyone who wants to bring high-quality music under your laptop, or simply need a large space for a desk. This article presents some comments about Ucube – UFI products under ULTRALINK (connector manufacturers high-end audio and video content from Canada). It must be emphasized, UCube be a manufacturer directly targeted MacBook users in the design accents.
Design Styles
As simple as the name – Ucube is only as large cubes 2 cups. Front, logo and tripods made of light metal. White plastic case (product has 4 color options) have points deducted is stored fingerprint prone, but feels very solid, high gloss, printed logo Ucube and UFI. On the base of the UCube, this is more to be modeled on the base of the iMac and Apple Cinema display, both aluminum and designs. We tried pretty much every product advertised is designed specifically for Apple users, as a line of external hard drives, speakers, table lamps (USB) … but maybe only one is UCube use the right materials that Apple used.
With UCube you have two ways to set the speaker on the table: mounted on tripods or not attached to the base. In the second case, NSX provides little rubber knob to attach to the bottom of the speaker, antenna helps avoid adhesion and scratch when put on the table. In fact, to get the best sound, we should first choose the type of installation. However if you have interests, speakers everywhere (with backpack), you should consider to take the tripods at home.
Size only 8.25 cm speakers each way, very handy when placed next to a laptop, on the desktop or set up booklets, books. Compact, lightweight, just use power from the USB port laptop – can put them neatly in the backpack to carry and listen to music anytime, anywhere. Perhaps the lack of UCube is a mobile designed like the Altec Lansing Orbit when 2 tube speakers as possible tied together for convenient transport.
Overall, the design is very good UCube both in style and materials to the intention of the NSX in situations of use.
Contrary to other products often have wires “wrinkled”, USB cord and RCA comes Ucube very good quality, beautiful design and compact. A strange point, coming from cable manufacturers high-end, but the 2 first bundled cables are not wrapped yellow as usual.
Speaker with mini USB port inside the left speaker, the speaker should only RCA port. UFI not print to distinguish left and right on the speaker can be confusing for the user; must “guess” through codes on the label on the underside
Slender Appearance must also check in return for no volume control button, no alarm LED operation.
Technology
To get good sound quality in a small box, UFI has struggled “packing” a lot of technology such as USB signal processors, digital audio decoder, DSP technology, D-class amplifier , BMR, … with 500mA of USB computer port, UCube with maximum capacity of up to 15W compared with only 1-5W of other common speakers. Therefore it is understandable that its volume much larger than one of the same products as Logitech S150, Altec Lansing Orbit, X-mini, …
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Sound
Very simple to use, requires no installation, when plugged into a computer USB port UCube after about 1-2 seconds. Once plugged in, the sound from the soundcard or headphone port of your computer will also be disabled by Ucube integrated within its own DAC. This is why this product select USB connection instead of a 3.5mm port. Perhaps UFI that soundcard integrated in laptops are not guaranteed to be able to handle audio as desired.
The software is used in all the Foobar2000, music sources using the lossless files, equivalent to CD quality. Currently, there are ways to use Foobar on Mac OS, you can find out easily over the internet.
Initially, I was not expecting much on a pair of speakers than hand size. Indeed, natural sound quality UCube also bright, especially on medium frequency range (mid); but the difference is its high negative (Treb) very good, the sound, and less prone to glare. Next pluses is that even at the highest volume, sound is not broken, distinct from the other USB speakers: a low volume is due to insufficient power; otherwise, it is also fragile and excessive distortion when the volume on max.
In addition, potentially renewable Ucube great space; even at close distance (10-20cm) still feels like the music coming from the surroundings, from the center of the screen rather than in 2 cube speaker. Sounding slightly wide angle, try moving the angle of about 45 degrees, the sound quality is not reduced too much. Therefore, many people in one small room can listen to music from Ucube same. However, to get the best experience, UCube should still be mounted on tripods and heads towards the listener.
Unless of course the biggest points is the bass. It is true that bass can hardly ask for a speaker diaphragm 2-inch , no woofer; but nonetheless is a great loss as movies, games, Rock indispensable bass.
Conclude
Personally I quite sympathize with UFI UCube. A portable speaker set with elegant design, beautiful, very well with the MacBook; convenient compact can be easily arranged on the desk. Sufficient capacity, sound quality is quite impressive, especially the ability to separate the instrument and deep soundstage, beautiful sound.
Its weakest point is the bass is not for Metal-head or fans of Dance, House. However, often when you really want to enjoy the music, to identify the music you want to hear mainly because each speaker only capable of showing good first couple of genres. Unable to start a set of speakers with powerful bass sound quality natural dark, thick jazz performed well, Vocal and vice versa.
In addition, the design, the choice of USB connection can ensure the sound for speakers also cause slight difficulties for users of the MacBook (which has less USB) or who want to use the included kinds DeskAmp, senior HEADAMP.
Therefore, if you prefer, clear sound quality, detail, like the gentle music and purse vibrate 1 bit, you will easy to get along with UFI UCube.