Review on Portable acoustics Sony SRS-X5 20 W by Makoto Piano Channel ᠌

Name: Portable acoustics Sony SRS-X5 20 W
Item: Portable acoustics Sony SRS-X5 20 W
Rating: 5

April 13, 2023

Full compliance with the manufacturer's assurances, high quality.

Helpful tips (from personal experience):
It is more pleasant to listen at a small distance (at least 2-3 meters). In this case, it evenly fills a small room (kitchen) with sound.
Use high-quality recordings - MP3 at least 320 kb with a constant bitrate or lossless codecs. The difference is noticeable.
The column has the ability to switch the quality of the Bluetooth mode - a higher quality codec with a less stable connection or a lower quality codec with a more stable signal. Be sure to switch to a higher quality codec. The sound difference is immediately noticeable. I suspect that many do not do this, because. you can read about this function and how to perform the setup itself only in the online instructions on the manufacturer's website (which, of course, is nonsense!), and you also have to look for this section. But it's worth it.

Pros

1. Great sound for such a small size and cost. Not HiFi, but very, very worthy. The bass is not buzzing, but of sufficient quality, clear, elastic, although sometimes it seems a bit excessive (depending, among other things, on the location of the speaker in the room). The sound is one of the best in its category. It was possible to compare the entire shelf with similar devices in the store. 2. Can work from the network with a permanent connection. When working from the network, the sound is noticeably more powerful. For me, this is a plus, because. this device is rather for those who only occasionally need to take it with them, and most of the time it sits in the room as a designer "radio point", making a nice rich sound. When disconnected from the mains, the batteries hold about 6-8 hours at medium volume. 3. Design. I love SONY design in general and this thing in particular. 4. All phones and tablets connected absolutely without problems. It's strange that others have problems. If the smartphone has an NFC chip, it is enough to bring it to the speaker in search mode so that they immediately connect via Bluetooth. 5. AptX support.

Cons

1. Does not support simultaneous connection of multiple Bluetooth devices (like some competitors). To connect a new one, you need to disconnect from the previous one. Although it stores up to the last 8 devices in memory (that is, when connected, you do not need to "pair" in a new way), which is already good. 2. At maximum volume, the sound remains clear up to the maximum, but the proportion of bass is reduced. Therefore, it is better to listen at low and medium volume, because. there the sound is perfectly balanced, and for a disco, look for some kind of "boombox" more powerful. But this is more of a feature than a drawback. 3. On complex recordings (a lot of instruments, a sharp change in volume), the flaws of digital signal processing are too felt, the sound is mixed into a mess. I don't know what else to complain about at this price.