Thursday, January 8, 2015

Sony SRS-X99 - wireless speaker with Bluetooth

Sony SRS-X99 - wireless speaker with Bluetooth


The Japanese company Sony has introduced at CES 2015 a wide range of audio equipment, both as sound bars -see the Sony HT-ST9- such as wireless speakers with Bluetooth connection. The Sony SRS-X99 is one of the new wireless sound equipment from this company, and apparently is a slightly improved version of Sony SRS-X9 we had the opportunity to test at the time. In this case we are talking about a wireless speaker 154W power will be available in stores from the spring, but for now the starting price will have this new Sony SRS-X99 is unknown.


 The Sony SRS-X99 presents a total of seven speakers offering a frequency of between 40 and 45 kHz. These speakers are composed of two double super tweeters, two loudspeakers Magnetic Fluid midrange two dual passive radiators and, of course, the central woofer.


 The Sony SRS-X99 is controlled completely wirelessly, allowing perform music control both from a smartphone or tablet as from own remote that incorporates the stereo. Still, the speaker itself incorporates in its top several touch keys that let you choose the sound source, the volume and pause / play music.


 The application through which controls the Sony SRS-X99 is SongPal . This application is available for both Android operating system and the iOS operating system, and through it is possible not only to select the audio source speaker, but also simultaneously control other compatible speakers with this technology. The Sony SRS-X99 also also supports Google Cast and Spotify Connect.


Sony SRS-X99 - wireless speaker with Bluetooth


 In regard to physical and wireless connectivity of Sony SRS-X99, this incorporates a stereo audio input, two USB inputs, input LAN (Ethernet cable), WiFi connectivity and Bluetooth connectivity support NFC. Furthermore, in the back of the speaker we can find a small antenna aimed at improving reception WiFi signal when playing music through this connectivity.


 Sony SRS-X99 design is composed of measures 430 x 133 x 125 mm and a weight of 4.6 kilograms. It is assumed that, as in the model Sony SRS-X9, the front grill can be removed by two magnets that are included with the speaker.


 Compared to the current Sony SRS-X9, the novelty of Sony SRS-X99 is that this wireless speaker incorporates support for Google Cast, adding another way to play music through the speaker. The Sony SRS-X99 will be available in stores starting in the spring of 2015, and its starting price will probably be around 700 euros.



Sony SRS-X99 - wireless speaker with Bluetooth

No comments:

Post a Comment