See, I love it when hi-fi tends toward anthropomorphism. Nature knows best and she hates straight lines, just look at Devialet’s Phantom lineup for reference.
I also love the audio equipment that gets on my nerves – look at Wilson Audio Alexia V, like the Dalek, for beginners. Give me the stage! Give me weird eyeballs hanging from rails, weird clothes-fixing acoustic structures, tape speakers that mimic graceful sailing ships or huge horns and loudspeakers that sound like actual tanks (skip to point five).
This is music! That’s the formation of our identities, and we can’t all be happy with a built-in subwoofer plus two wooden boxes with a small driver on top and a bigger one on the bottom—not that there’s anything wrong with that; Some of the best stereo speakers we’ve tested adopt this tried-and-tested look.
But I’ve always felt the alternative, utterly bizarre and weird is where rock ‘n’ roll settles, when there’s no good fighting going on. It’s definitely what I like best.
So what’s a better product for me than a war-damaged yellow eyeball space rocket megaphone looking for the whole world as if it were to move over my cold, dead body after killing me?
Meet GravaStar Mars Pro, in the movie War Damaged Yellow. The first thing I thought of when opening the case was BB-8, but when I extended its three pincer-like feet, it reminded Batteries not included (And it’s an old reference, but if you don’t see it, you’ll miss it).
Then, as I turned around to face the driver’s eyeball (there’s also a passive bass radiator in the back), the critter in Jordan Peele’s Nope It came to my mind – and I felt like I shouldn’t have looked at her at all.
From whatever angle I looked at it, I decided this was a design I could have.
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As a lover of the silence (someone who gets upset over vocally noticing the flaws in some London places rather than just enjoying the party, for example) I struggle with arguing about style versus substance. I assumed I didn’t like this headset for being all-talking and without pants on, but it turns out the sound is much better than average – and it’s a lot of fun.
Play Mars Pro, for example, and it looks like a door opens to the Death Star. I love that. Then there are the three beautifully designed, hand-painted and weathered buttons on the back, which include power and power, Bluetooth (which is 5.0 so you can pair two of them with your stereo) and a lighting function, which can be pressed to scroll through six different color options across the speaker grille and legs. and back and gills. What I’m saying is that I’m already a huge fan and haven’t even heard of it.
There’s also a touch-sensitive, illuminated top panel, so you can gently move its head to increase the volume of your music. At 5.55 pounds, it’s heavier than you’d expect as well.
The GravaStar Mars Pro in War Damaged Yellow is beautifully crafted from gorgeous zinc alloy and my favorite design for all Mars professionals – but feel free to check out our Standard Edition options in black, white, or the special Shark 14, Aurochs or Aquarius.
I love it because it goes back to my childhood Darth Vader alarm clock (which yelled “You can’t resist the might of the Force!” until I bumped Darth on top of the morning) but that was at a time when songs were wirelessly transmitted from a small internet-connected device to a spherical speaker that no one had heard .
And GravaStar tells us that Mars Pro he is Created for music lovers and not just for mica lovers. This bluetooth speaker has exclusive DSP audio algorithms built in to boost deep bass, fine mids, and high bass. It’s also a dual speaker design with a passive bass radiator to create an all-round powerful sound.
GravaStar proudly states that no two Mars pros are alike thanks to hand-drawing, and that each speaker is a “GravaStar-born warrior”—things in disguise. It’s no slouch for stamina either, with a battery life of 15 hours.
I let it play things randomly from my Apple Music catalog, and its 20W output was more than enough to wake me up at my desk — although it distorts a bit when you turn the volume up beyond 80%. Although the proportion is close to 60%, the water foy Rosalind (I married the wrong man) It comes with loads of detail through a hyperactive Wurlitzer, fast drum section and blue beat. Bruce Springsteen because the night It has plenty of abundance through the keys and The Boss’ unique sound as well.
And to dress? it is good. Speakers often suffer from such diminutive proportions, but here, it’s a reasonable solution, offering depth, richness and speed that doesn’t rot or swell until you reach the highest increments of volume – and if you like the aesthetic as much as I do, listening to music is still a delight.
John Mayer I think I just feel (Don’t judge me, I swear I didn’t know it was there) Feel the luxury through the flexible guitar and the subtle sound. Yes, it is a relatively simple path, but it is expertly vetted and conveyed here.
I’d like to hear two in stereo, for the added oomph of bass without turning up the volume (and muddying it with one touch) but for $330 (about £290 or AU$515) I’ve never seen a speaker I liked the look very much. Considering that I’ve tested some of the best Bluetooth speakers for a living, that’s a big statement.