Soundmatters foxL 2012 Platinum Editition
Part II
發佈日期 : 2011年 12月19日 圖 / 文 : 巴斯
12月15日星期四,是 Soundmatters foxL 特別版在中環影音顧問內,舉行發佈會的日子。
今次 Soundmatters foxL 推出呢款特別版藍芽喇叭仔,最主要是附加新的藍芽格式。
舊款所用的藍芽技術,只是用作通訊之用,要進一步和發燒友接上關係的話,新的藍芽技術就是今次特別版推出的理由。
靚聲之迷
透過以下片段,可進一步了解何解呢款藍芽喇叭靚聲之迷。
Video
為何採用apt-X
早前藍牙技術聯盟(SIG)發佈了名為
A2DP(高級音訊廣播模型)的通訊協定,規定了A2DP的最大可用碼流率為768kbps,
因此原來高品質的立體聲訊號必須使用特定編碼來減少傳送的數據量。
動態範圍:
16位元數位音訊=20Log10(216)=96.32dB
以CD品質為標準,16
bit、44.1
kHz的動態範圍為96dB,頻率響應為20Hz-
22kHz。
無壓縮CD的頻寬為1.411Mbps,對絕大多數的無線技術來說是不切實際的。
今次呢個擁有 apt-X 技術的特別版,售價港幣 $2480,
還附上圖中所見的 audioquest 線材。
不過呢款藍芽喇叭,強項係藍芽傳送,上述的線材,我不感興趣。
靚聲的理由,除了擁有 apt-X 技術,當然還要配合獨家專利設計單元。
採用1吋Neodymium 磁鐵製造之Twoofer單元令高/低音伸延更廣闊
BassBattery超低音單元內藏儲電池,這設計可讓低音下潛更深及增加音量。
過渡期
apt-X 格式的手機和平板電腦即會推出市場,未來的 iPhone 5也是內置功能之一。
現在這過渡期,這款藍芽喇叭依然可以向下兼容,只不過用非 apt-X 格式的訊源,播出來的聲未夠完美吧。
這時用家可另外購入如圖所見的轉換器。
如圖接上 iPhone上,以藍芽方式接上就可以使用。
無論是聽歌,睇片,或是欣賞數碼電台的靚歌,都可以用呢個方式,達到更靚聲的無線傳送效果。
正如Alan Lee所講,最多人會用來接上 iPad配合畫面使用。
媒體評價
Alan Lee 提到過外國媒體對這件產品的正面評價。
而事實上,發佈會完結後,也有記者即場購買作自用。
"The foxL v2 Platinum is the single most astonishing piece of audio gear I have ever heard. "The sound produced by the foxL v2 Platinum amazed me. A low end that goes down to 80Hz means that human voices sound convincingly right. The foxL v2 Platinum does do cello. Along with the physics-defying low-end extension‚ it sounded clean and linear" - Michael Fremer, Contributing Editor, Stereophile for audiostream.com
"If you were to hear the pocket-sized foxL V2 before you saw it, you'd think the crisp highs, deep bass, and crystal clear vocals were coming from a speaker fives times its size. " BEST in CLASS" (vs. Altec, Creative, Jawbone, Supertooth)- GEAR, August, 2011, Men's Journal
"The amazing thing about this speaker is the sound you get out of this little box." - Ced Kurtz, April 17, 2011, Post-Gazzette.co
"The Foxl V2 provides warm and solid lows, well-defined mids and distinct highs" "with every kind of music I have put through the Foxl V2, the results have been great." "So, travelers of all stripes, or any of you looking for a small system for your room or office that can fit in your pocket and go for a good long time on a
full charge, this is ultimate gear."
"The FoxL v2 is certainly one of the more expensive portable speakers we've tested, but the fidelity and build quality make it a worthwhile purchase for serious audiophiles on the run." - Justin Yu, June 21, 2010, CNET.com "The bottom line: The Soundmatters FoxL Personal Audiophile Loudspeaker is well-constructed and offers a super compact design without sacrificing sound quality. Sure, it's pricey, but it's worth it."
"...the foxL (v2 Bluetooth) is unbelievable. I spent my first ten minutes with the foxL just staring at it, wondering how the hell they manage to get so much volume out of such a little speaker." "...we have featured travel friendly speakers here on Gadling before,but none of them get even remotely close to the performance of the foxl." "I'm not joking when I say that the foxL performs better than my (pretty pricey) PC speakers. Best of all the foxL, it also produces amazing clarity." - Scott Carmichael, April 19, 2010, Gadling.com
"The foxL (v2 Bluetooth) has astonishing sound for its size; The amountof bass and its complex range make the speaker's 2.2" by 5.6" by 1.4" dimensions seem like an optical illusion." - John Dioso, February 4, 2010, Rolling Stone "We could not believe the sound that came out of these tiny speakers." -The Rolling Stone, Best of 2008
"The foxL's [v2 Bluetooth wireless] sound is jaw-droppingly big, in dramatic inverse proportion to its size. Upper-bass response is very impressive for such a small device, amazing given the size of what's producing it. If portability or sound quality is your number one goal, go with the pocket-sized FoxL (v2 Bluetooth)." - Review Roundup - Bluetooth Speakers, January 13, 2010, Macworld.com
"The performance of the V2 Bluetooth was obviously better than that of the first Bluetooth model. The sound I heard playing tunes from iPhone through the Bluetooth connection was nearly as good as what you'd get with a wired connection." "No system so small ever sounded so good" -Brent Butterworth, Sound & Vision
"The sound quality from the Soundmatters FoxL speaker system is almost alarmingly good for a unit that, at a push, would fit in a jeans pocket."
"The foxL is simply the best thing to happen to business travel since Wi-Fi."
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