Mania - Portable Smart Speaker (Light Grey)

Price: First off, this is a very expensive speaker! I would say that this speaker should be priced around $600 - $700, but I AM KEEPING it absolutely! Comparison: I did a side by side with my Harmon Kardon Studio 7; which is a great speaker. The Mania made the HK sound thin in regard to the mids and highs. That HK is very focused and directional sounding as well. The bass seemed very muddy in comparison to the Mania as well. Highs and Mids: I was very skeptical about the Mania having full range drivers with no tweeters. The highs are silky smooth which creates this bubble of sound that is breathtaking and very hard to articulate. These full range drivers are next level performance and are not fatiguing and can beautifully present acoustic music, as well as electric guitars with depth and authority. You get full range buttery highs with beautiful midrange that projects voices with clarity and competence! Bass: It will take a couple of hours for the bass to really start to present itself. I am sure that this speaker needs proper break-in time since I have only had this running for about 2 and 1/2 hours. Yes, break-in time is real. The bass has depth and texture which is quite surprising how effortless the Mania does its magic! The bass is absolutely presented with authority and is impressive sounding. The Mania's bass defies physics at times. I placed my Mania on my dresser a bit closer to the back wall. I was just amazed at the entire spectrum of sound that was produced from such a small speaker. I had no idea what I was missing from my music with other speakers. This certainly sounds like a high-end speaker Harmon Kardon Studio 7 vs Mania overall take: FOR SURE! My Harmon Kardon speakers were my go-to for years - and they ARE GREAT speakers!! This Mania is on a completely different level; hands down NO comparison! I am keeping this speaker because listening to music is on a different level now; I did not even know this type of experience existed. I have the Gray Mania, but that color does not show well in the photo. This speaker is amazing, if you can afford it, get it! The sound from this small speaker just does not make sense. I hope this helps someone. This was my present for getting a really good raise at work. Money well spent! I can excuse the high price because it is THAT good. Update - 1-7-2025 - I had to send back the Mania, as I had problems getting it to turn on. I am ordering another speaker to see if mine had a software glitch.. Update - 1-10-2025 Purchased a new speaker in black, and it works great. There was some sort of software issue with the last speaker - absolutely.

Proche de la perfection, un son d’une grande qualité dans toutes les directions En remplacement de son ancêtre Bose

Having a pair of Devialet Gemini II ear buds I really fel l in love with the build quality, massive sound stage and clarity through all ranges of music. How could I resist trying out their answer to the portable wireless bluetooth speaker? Well, I was slightly disappointed. Bass response is amazing, but as I've read in other reviews, if you listen to something other than EDM or hip hop the sound stage kind of implodes. Don't get me wrong, it's not that it sounded bad with other genres, but it does not justify the price of this speaker. Sadly I will be sending mine back

Amazing! Exactly the hi fi I was looking for! Stereophiles will be impressed for a portable. Worth every penny! Warning the battery takes awhile to charge to boot up but once it stays on the stand you are golden for hours.

It’s a great speaker with its quirks that many reviews do not mention. It needs somewhat of a break in period. At first the sound wasn’t that great. Didn’t sound good past 50% bass would fall off and the sound would compress a lot. After a few hours of mixed music play back it got far better. Highs cleaned up, mids could be better but it’s to be expected. It’s only a 2 way speaker and the bass still falls off at higher volumes but not as aggressively. BEWARE!!!!!! if you play extremely heavy bass like sub 35hz and crank it up it will cut off the side woofers with a audible pop. Seems to be some sort of protection. Battery life is decent. Could be better. Keep the volume at about 40-60% and you will get around 7-8hrs or so. Any higher and the battery gets drained extremely fast. Button controls. These need a lot of work. It’s is nearly impossible to use them without looking. They are symmetrical and it’s often hard to tell when you are turning it on or playing music. Speaking of turning it on. IT IS SLOW!!!!!! It takes a good 15-25secs to boot up and connect to WiFi after you set it up of course. And that leads to another quirk. Every time you turn it on it automatically goes to WiFi. You have to wait a bit then switch to Bluetooth and manually connect from your phones settings. It will not automatically connect to the previous used device like it does on WiFi. The design definitely turns heads. I was brave enough to take it on vacation with us out to a resort in canyon lake. Small town north of San Antonio. We used it by the pool and yes it got splashed a bit, still works fine so durability is there. Just be responsible with it. The mania definitely impressed a lot of people. It definitely outputs a lot of sound for its small size. Highs were clean and bass was strong as long as you don’t turn it up past 80-90% then it falls off. Still overall the audio stayed relatively clean with some bit of audio limiter kicking in at times. The ability to hear audio from all around the speaker is definitely nice. Came in super handy during game nights where we’d all sit at the table and the music could be heard no matter where you sat. It was nice. Not gonna lie. It is on the pricy side. $899 is a hard pill to swallow when there’s other options out there. But man. Those other options don’t look this good. The build quality is nice and the mania has a nice weight to it. Feels solid. If you got the cash to burn. By all means buy it. You’ll learn to live with the quirks after a bit and learn to really like this speaker.