At the present time a manufacturer should take care to use as little as possible in the plastic packaging. This is EasyAcc here almost, but only almost succeeded: While the packaging consists mainly of paper and board, but you would then also consistently can do and can save the plastic bag to the DP100 itself and the plastic bag around the cable, the DP100 is finally protected by a well-made cloth bag. Even the cable ties made of wire would have been unnecessary. Well, on the whole, that's forgivable.
Inconsistent is incidentally also the inscription on the box, which is partly in English and German. The board of the DP100 "sealed" and you can by the simple (English) instructions and the perforation clearly see how to get to the content. This kind of packaging I've rarely or even never seen, at most pizza suppliers, where there is also a kind of fresh seal on the box, so you can see whether the package has been opened in advance :)
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Design & Processing
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If you now open the box you already recognize that the DP100 well packaged in a cloth bag waiting unpacked and to be tried. It is very compact and well-made, also very stable. Only minimal adhesive residues between speaker grille and soil can make up some places, but that may be because the device is still new and still something can be optimized during the production, in addition to even recognize it when it looks very closely.
Supplied located next to the DP100 itself, even the aforementioned useful cloth bag, a microUSB cable, an audio cable if you do not have Bluetooth, a bilingual guide and a card with regard to the support and that rejoices in favor a review ,
The DP100 is at first glance very small. Like a little black beverage can he stands on the table. The speaker grille takes place around the housing and a silver chrome bar is located at the top, the finishing touch is the design upwards again. The EasyAcc logo is likely to be held also in light font color and so is the bottom front. Frequent transport and much outdoor use with 4-seasons the logo will probably rub off eventually. Here I would like it better if the logo would be stamped discreetly without color, or some some letters in chrome look would then be pasted into the inlaying.
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Service
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On top of the DP100 are as operating a Play / Pause button, which is also used to answer / end a call, as well as a plus and minus button to either adjust the volume, or navigate the music playlist , These two buttons are during operation at first not sooo course to use, here I would have liked separate buttons, because from time to time want to adjust the volume only slightly up or down regulate, pushing the button for a few milliseconds to see and where to jump either Song to the beginning or to the next song. With some Übrung you get the but after a few attempts (almost always) reliable way. The maximum volume is signaled by a distinct tone in order to know that now is the end and you can not turn up louder.
Maybe it would be better if one exchanges the functions? So that several short keystrokes to adjust the volume in a faster pace and a long press just jumps to the beginning of the song or the next song, so I know there is at least of the volume buttons of my Android smartphones. That would confront occasional maloperation sure effective.
During charging you can not go far wrong well: cable into a USB port or AC adapter present, then the microUSB plug in the DP100 and he invites. On the top of a discreet LED indicates what's happening. Normally, the actions of the LED are so self-explanatory, but I still miss in the manual, what the various states of the LED mean exactly. At least with the following I am (relatively) safe:
Red (steady) = device is charging
White (fast blinking) = Ready for connection
White (blinking slowly) = Connected to device
Having just boot the DP100, I asked myself, what will probably appear when the battery is full. If it turns green? Goes Red? Or will it be permanently White? Now, the red LED goes out ... but as I said, a brief overview in the user manual would be first time for reading (but who reads an instruction manual for an easy to use device?) Safe for the occasional helpful.
A mandatory indication of the manual: it is not recommended by EasyAcc to charge the DP100 during operation.
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Connectivity
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I've tried the DP100 with a Galaxy S3 and S5, a Galaxy Tab S and with an iPad3. The coupling is gratifying easy. It turns Bluetooth on the respective device freely, studied the DP100 and combines. I had to enter the standard code 0000 for any of the equipment, but it was directly linked and you hear a beep once this is done. If you switch the DP100 off and on again, it will attempt to connect directly to the last paired device, it works wonderfully. If you want to pair with another device again, you have to disconnect to the current device. It says so in the manual.
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The sound and volume
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The most important feature for most users is probably the sound and the volume. In the latter, I can say that the volume is definitely sufficient for a medium-sized room of let's say 20m² neat to sonication. At maximum volume, it might be too noisy for some, and anyway I would never operate these devices at maximum volume, because it always sounds better if you scale down a Tickchen. Also for the garden thus extends the volume properly. For the next cookout is so worried in advance for music. In the product description is "A super portable loudspeaker with a unique design and speakers on the side". My impression is that the sound is directed in any case forward. At least it's there the loudest and you can not even shine a flashlight into it to find out whether more than one speaker is installed. Probably not.
By default, it sounds for audiophile (you can spread the word about all still be used in a mono speaker?) Of people may not be perfect, and perhaps it does not quite reach the quality of a sound link, but the sound quality is still very good. It rattles nothing during the operation, which is certainly also due to the reasonable but portable weight and the rubber coating on the floor. The DP100 is probably not slip during loud Otherwise :)
The bass can be heard in any case. They are not so pronounced that one would have to worry that the bass goes to the stomach, but it sounds very balanced anyway. I have used it in conjunction with the Google Music app, which also offers an equalizer and here can be very well adapted to their own needs the sound. The DP100 sounds best when I direct the sound toward "Rock" for me, for example. Not good then sounds the setting "pop" because it somehow sounds very plastic.
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Telephony
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It works. That's all I know here do not :) report perhaps this feature is very useful if you use the DP100 for a conference call at a table, but I could not test, but you understand the other person and he me. In the Bluetooth settings but I have disabled the phone-profile because I want to use only media playback. Maybe another user testing even once the suitability for a conference call with several people, but I do not know for whatever other reason you should loudly calling on DP100. Anyway, I can be switched on and must generally without separating the Bluetooth connection off quickly for the smartphone's phone directly into the phone app Bluetooth.
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Battery Life
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Top! More you have not actually say. I have had the unit in the 2 days each 7-9 hours in use (at lower to medium volume) and should not have to load (the device comes fully charged about?) But wanted to test how the LED indicates time the battery is fully charged.
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Conclusion
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You get here for your money a very well-made Bluetooth speaker that just works and with the appropriate settings also sounds very good. If you still does not have such a speaker and wants to break into the world of Bluetooth speakers to want without having to spend the same amount of money, can be accessed here with a clear conscience. It is also, incidentally, very good as a gift and receives from me 4.5 stars.
