Introduction
Wavemaster CUBE mini
2.0 Bluetooth Bookshelf Speaker System (36 Watt) for smartphones, tablets TV, MP3...
We check out the Bluetooth capable Wavemaster CUBE mini, a 2-channel slash 2-way stereo sound system that you can hook up to your PC, or alternatively use on your Bluetooth ready HDTV or smartphone and tablet to listen to tunes on. With the trend being Sonos the prices for kits like these are artificially inflated (that would read upwards through the roof). Wavemaster however figures, 'heck we can do that in terms of audio quality easily...' and at a price that is three to four times cheaper. Since we like things that come in pairs (hello ladies!) we'll put this rather unknown name in the industry to the test, and review their recently launched Wavemaster CUBE mini kit. Wavemaster CUBE mini is a pair of stereo speakers, it's hi-fi and is aimed at a mainstream segment price level, yet offers a quality level that even astonished me (no joke). The 2.0 stereo kits these days are very popular to use with your audio output on the PC. However, the audio quality of this kit is so good that you can easily use it on your HDTV as well as, gosh, TVs have such crap speakers these days eh?
Wavemaster is trying to get a piece of the industry where names like SONOS sit. And as you all know, if there's a sticker on a speaker with the label SONOS on it, you know you'll be digging DEEP into your wallet as it's gonna start at a 300/400 EURO price-tag, right? Heck, I'll admit that I own a Sonos bridge as well, the smartphone/tablet APP kicks my royal Bieber styled toosh and it's just handy, yet too expensive for what it is. Wavemaster is addressing that space, not just in terms of audio quality, they attack based on price levels and features. The Wavemaster CUBE mini comes with an analog mini-jack input and two RCA jacks. Next to that, the Wavemaster CUBE mini is Bluetooth enabled, meaning you can pair your tablet, smartphone or even PC (if it has Bluetooth) to this kit, that makes wireless audio transportation easy and available to reach from that couch of yours. When we were approached by a Wavemaster representative admittedly I was a little skeptical in doing a review. But we offer too few speaker reviews these days and I guess that is a bit of a missed opportunity from our side as everybody purchases them. Once we'd received and connected the kit, in my office the kit sounded a little bland. But then I moved the kit to my living room and gave the speakers a bit of space in-between them, and considering the rear of these speakers have air-pressure (bass reflex) outputs, I placed them roughly 20cm away from the wall. The end result equals a really good speaker kit with plenty of ooomph-ooomph-ooomph to go around.
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