Alongside the Mate40 series, Huawei launched a number of other products including the HUAWEI Sound today(October 22). On paper, it looks like a stripped-down version of the HUAWEI Sound X whilst retaining the Devialet’s acoustic design. Accordingly, the Bluetooth Speaker starts at a lesser price.
Just like the Sound X, the watered-down variant is also co-engineered with ‘DEVIALET‘. For the unaware, it is a French Audio company that makes speakers and amplifiers with Hi-Fi audio. Also, Design-wise, it borrows the design, shape, color, buttons from the Sound X. However, it measures slightly different at 147mm(D)x186.7mm(H), and weighs 2.2kg as opposed to 3.5kg of Sound X. Huawei tags it as smaller, yet powerful speaker.
HUAWEI Sound Specifications
Internally, it has a 4-inch 40W woofer and 3x full-range 5W speakers to work in conjunction with the woofer. Huawei says the speaker incorporates Devialet’s SAM 2.0 technology and a 1-woofer + 2-passive unit structure. Huawei calls them Push-Push units and says they offer 55Hz-40kHz deep bass with features like overheating protection, <2% THD. There is 512MB RAM, and 8GB ROM onboard.
Further, the speaker also supports Hi-Res audio with three full-range evenly placed apart) speakers. Huawei calls it a “Devialet’s SPACETM immersive Technology. This means users can feel 360° surround-sound because the SPACE intelligently classifies sound into direct sound, reflected sound, and ambient noise, via algorithm. And, this is aided by the three speakers resulting in spatial audio. That is, it supports SPACETM 360-degree Soundstage, Vocals, Hi-Fi, and Bass audio. These settings can be altered via Huawei AI Life App.
Other features, and Price
In terms of audio codecs, it supports Bluetooth LDAC codecs with transfer speeds up to 990kbps. Huawei says this is 3x faster than other BT speakers. For connectivity, we have Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, UPnP(BubbleUPnP, VLC, Hi-Fi cast), NFC, 3.5mm aux-in, connection guide lights, and multi-function keys at the top.
The HUAWEI Sound is priced at €199. This is cheaper than the current retail price of HUAWEI Sound X(€269.99)
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