News: Minirig - now with Bluetooth!

<p>Yes, finally Minirigs brought us their great <a href="http://minirigs.co.uk/portable-speaker" target="_blank">Minirig with Bluetooth</a> included, something many owners were already asking for from the beginning.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://minirigs.co.uk/sites/default/files/products/mrbt-minirig-black_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://minirigs.co.uk/sites/default/files/products/mrbt-minirig-black_2.jpg" width="361" /></a></div>  <br />The great thing about the new one: it supports AptX for best streaming quality and 2 of them can be wirelessly paired for stereo sound! Apart from that it is as sturdy and great looking as the old one. It is water resistant and still has the impressive battery life of 8 hours at maximum volume or up to 50 hours at moderate levels! If I think about the UE Boom which dies after 2 hours on top volume, but hardly manages to sound as good as the Minirig...<br />You can check out how both compare at maximum volume from my video I did last summer, although I was still using the old non-Bluetooth Minirig. The new one is supposed to have even better sound especially at lower levels as according to the engineer there is some bassboost included now, which makes the sound even more full-bodied than before, which also shows up in the specs: while the old Minirig was only rated down to 100Hz the new one should play to 75Hz which is on par with the JBL Charge 2 now.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kTJf9HdTJV8?rel=0" width="853"></iframe> </div><br />Let's hope I can get one of the new Bluetooth Minirigs for a test soon...<br /></p>

Yes, finally Minirigs brought us their great Minirig with Bluetooth included, something many owners were already asking for from the beginn...

Minirig and the new Minirig Subwoofer

<p>I must confess that I have not heard the <a href="http://minirigs.co.uk/" target="_blank">Pasce Minirig</a> yet, although I have only read positive reviews about it so far.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpBWAixcv7_hyphenhyphenr5_TXAQWqLj_o9oeyYMGLbM5XP8IaNg8GWFbn6qWmcTZ0_2OuKp_FnT8BynWhyphenhyphentXVfmD0DrArMK88_l_XER8UGJOY61WsZK1zhTROupLM9fP5Ik5CRehWOg2mH6cpaim/s1600/minirig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpBWAixcv7_hyphenhyphenr5_TXAQWqLj_o9oeyYMGLbM5XP8IaNg8GWFbn6qWmcTZ0_2OuKp_FnT8BynWhyphenhyphentXVfmD0DrArMK88_l_XER8UGJOY61WsZK1zhTROupLM9fP5Ik5CRehWOg2mH6cpaim/s640/minirig.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />The Minirig is a compact but powerful mono speaker with very loud and clear sound, according to most who own it. The speaker has a built in rechargeable battery but no wireless mode, it only works wired. But you can also daisychain several speakers to push output even further.<br /><br />Now Pasce finally lounched the new Minirig Subwoofer which should push the whole system a step further. The Sub is claimed to provide bass down to 48Hz (+/-3dB) which is quite impressive regarding the size.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsTzdSXKsnwxZgOZKizUzBARs0GnMUog5Nbs9RNpktoBfSpuksSkSHQPgZfCTa9Ay_ng2qI-WZLmbgwkdUF7FzxwgsqtTmfhCSkhvKhoZZzePuklzE4egCM5DwQY0eqEVR1ethYQRp5gt/s1600/minirig-sub.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEsTzdSXKsnwxZgOZKizUzBARs0GnMUog5Nbs9RNpktoBfSpuksSkSHQPgZfCTa9Ay_ng2qI-WZLmbgwkdUF7FzxwgsqtTmfhCSkhvKhoZZzePuklzE4egCM5DwQY0eqEVR1ethYQRp5gt/s640/minirig-sub.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Soon Pasce will provide a whole 2.1 system consisting of 2 Minirigs and 1 Subwoofer together with all needed splitter-wires, so that you get real stereo-sound.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGgs03dIE77BcMaoRCzPesXEMGVlkF7K5l3sSbP1Yq1AxGDrc7Kadzl_rb5gKhGtGGqgxHWK1t6MaB0Bmz7m8PBKUpgKimk0jcz1W9wRhyphenhypheneTvgZ3f5nH6ynITv31MOO64sFMKGkmgmwa3/s1600/minirig2.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGgs03dIE77BcMaoRCzPesXEMGVlkF7K5l3sSbP1Yq1AxGDrc7Kadzl_rb5gKhGtGGqgxHWK1t6MaB0Bmz7m8PBKUpgKimk0jcz1W9wRhyphenhypheneTvgZ3f5nH6ynITv31MOO64sFMKGkmgmwa3/s640/minirig2.1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The whole set reminds me a lot of my mighty and meanwhile sold Thinkoutside Boomtube (formerly Virgin Boomtube Ex) which was quite an impressive 40 Watt speaker system when launched (the volume dial went to 11!), but due to all the wires it was hardly portable anymore once set up. If you wanted to reposition it, you had to disassamble everything again or you needed at least 3 hands.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGZ4ENM23AHtUSmMo42-ysef9dHvA4Z7ktFNY0Og4qMcfJvIWETeGdm6jKB2iJcbmflMI5nW3Z-T7lMwF34y-gXVtysXFdW1sIVfj6QrZ41tdJF3PLq0pRjzraB0OJl5AU7cEMphcWQFL/s1600/boomtube.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGZ4ENM23AHtUSmMo42-ysef9dHvA4Z7ktFNY0Og4qMcfJvIWETeGdm6jKB2iJcbmflMI5nW3Z-T7lMwF34y-gXVtysXFdW1sIVfj6QrZ41tdJF3PLq0pRjzraB0OJl5AU7cEMphcWQFL/s640/boomtube.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />The fine thing with the Boomtube was that for transport you could screw the satellites on the sub for transport. A pity this is not possible with the Minirigs. At least Pasce could have built in some magnets that held the satellites in place. Though they will probably come up with some special carrying bag with place for everything.<br /><br />The Minirig 2.1 could become a serious contender in the crowded boombox market, but it comes at a price, as the whole system will cost you about 350<span id="actualPriceValue"><span class="priceLarge">�. You can get a Klipsch KMC-3 for 299</span></span><span id="actualPriceValue"><span class="priceLarge"><span id="actualPriceValue"><span class="priceLarge">�, which I am sure will blow the Minirig out of the water regarding bass response and loudness although nerd factor seems to be higher with the Minirig set of course!</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span id="actualPriceValue"><span class="priceLarge"><span id="actualPriceValue"><span class="priceLarge">Here you can see the whole Minirig system in action thanks to Digital DJ Tips:</span></span></span></span><br /><div id="stcpDiv" style="left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;">�</div><div id="stcpDiv" style="left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;">�</div><div id="stcpDiv" style="left: -1988px; position: absolute; top: -1999px;">�</div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="638" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pkxc-4mIiUk?rel=0" width="850"></iframe></p>

I must confess that I have not heard the Pasce Minirig yet, although I have only read positive reviews about it so far. The Minirig is a co...