● Music is always our best entertainment and decompression magic weapon. People are different, but usually even if you have many different hobbies, you will not hate music. The reality is that most people like music. In daily life, it is always a good way for us to take a car or take a walk and listen to music with earphones plugged in. After all, we can't influence others in public places. But when you return to your home or dormitory, this is your private time! At this time, you can get rid of the shackles of the headphone cable and have a sound tour. What you need to meet this desire is a stereo!

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● In fact, the spoon first contacted their smart micro socket M5, and later experienced the U1 smart charger. The impression I got was that the products were made better and the concept was advanced. The product of this experience is their latest cross-border product, M7 audio. In fact, I was curious at the beginning. Now a company that started as a socket company is doing audio? Making a sound system is far from simple, and how many different experiences can the astrolabe bring to us? Then follow the spoon to reveal the answer!

▲ Whether it's Internet TV or home micro investment, including the network audio we are familiar with, the most core part is resources! Even if you have good design and workmanship, it is meaningless without rich third-party resources. M7 is a WIFI audio. In terms of resources, we can see that it has deep cooperation with Douban FM and Himalayan FM, It supports Airplay, DLNA, QPlay and other transmission protocols, so QQ music Baidu Music, Xiami Music, Kugou Music and other third-party APPs can be well connected with it.

▲ Continuing the earnest attitude of Xingpan brand, M7 is very meticulous from packaging to workmanship. To be honest, the weight of M7 is not light, which is 900G! So when I got it, I was surprised that such a small stereo has such a heavy weight. The main part of the aluminum alloy integrated molding has a very high matt matte spraying color value.

▲ The cylindrical shape is advanced CNC process, and the anodized aluminum coloring process. The whole body is evenly arranged with cut holes, and the pronunciation unit is hidden in it to evenly spread the sound. The top part, like the cover, is the main operation panel of M7. It is made of acrylic and is operated mainly by rotating and pressing.

▲ There are four strips of anti-skid and shock absorption rubber pads at the bottom. With the integrated design, you can't see any slots or holes, let alone screw holes. It is conceivable that the craftsmanship is ingenious.

▲ The M7 has a built-in 6600 mah battery, which can normally play for about 10 hours. The actual experience shows that the fully charged continuous play time is about 6 hours and less than 10 hours. However, the charging speed is very fast and it can be fully charged in less than 2 hours. As a portable audio, it is very good to have a continuous play time of about 6 hours. After all, the size of the M7 is not large, It's not easy for your stereo to perform like this!

▲ The astrolabe LOGO at the bottom is still an indicator light, which will remain on when charging, and will go out when charging is completed.

▲ Acrylic's black control panel is dark when the screen is not lit. Press and hold the panel to open the M7. Now let's see an operation demonstration video.

▲ The main operation mode of M7 is to press and rotate the operation panel at the top. Whether it is volume adjustment or setting, pressing is for confirmation and rotating is for selection.

▲ M7 is called WeChat audio, in fact, the main reason is that its main connection mode is to connect WeChat through WIFI. The first time we open M7, we can scan the code to add WeChat bound audio!

▲ M7 itself has no APP, and the main connection mode is WeChat. After the binding is completed, M7 can perform specific music operations on WeChat, and can also search for music to share music. However, the disadvantage is that the requirement for network status is very high, and if the network is bad, it will compare cards.

▲ The third-party audio resources are from Himalaya and Douban. Through actual experience, the resources are not rich enough, the total number of songs is not much, and many resources are not searched. This should be regarded as a disadvantage of M7.

▲ M7 can be closed regularly, and has a sleep mode. It can also leave voice messages. The interaction with users is very rich.

▲ As for network connection, it can be connected via WeChat or manually. It also supports offline playback. Unfortunately, it does not support Bluetooth connection, which is probably the last place I can adapt to M7!

▲ After M7 is connected to the Internet, there are many resources. By classifying different music, there are factions, singers, states and scenes, which are really rich.

▲ For different categories, we can click in to see specific information, but you can't directly browse all music resources, which is relatively passive. You can only listen to songs in the category randomly.

▲ The songs in the category are not divided into Chinese and English, unless they are clearly marked with Mandarin and English. Or it's a hodgepodge. You may hear English songs or Chinese songs. All kinds of popular tracks and classified music can be found, but due to limited third-party resources, they are not particularly new and rich.

▲ Compare the M7 with a wooden stereo on the spoon. In terms of workmanship, each has its own advantages, one is all metal and the other is all wood. As for the connection mode, the wooden audio supports Bluetooth and AUX in addition to WIFI. The M7 lacks some of this, but the operation panel of the M7 is more intuitive and convenient than the wooden audio.

▲ The size of Cat King is much smaller than that of the M7. Cat King only supports Bluetooth and AUX, and has no wifi connection or APP settings.

▲ The closest thing to the M7 is probably the Xiaomi's Bluetooth audio, which is also a metal aluminum body with similar process. However, Xiaomi Audio is a pure Bluetooth audio and does not support wifi connection, but it supports AUX connection.

▲ Similarly, the operation of the M7 is more convenient and fast than that of the Xiaomi audio, which is the most convenient and fast place for the M7 compared with other audio systems, because it can be operated well even without the mobile phone.

▲ Although M7 lacks a little of its own resources, it supports multiple transmission protocols such as Airplay, DLNA, and QPlay, so third-party APPs such as QQ Music, Baidu Music, Xiami Music, and Kugou Music can be well connected to it.

▲ M7 has Hi Fi level hardware support, dual neodymium magnet long stroke full frequency horn, dual passive film enhancement, high signal-to-noise ratio, good frequency response and sensitivity.

★ The sound quality of the M7 and the all metal enclosure cavity make the sound quality more dry and astringent. Although it is not ear piercing, it is obviously not as round and crisp as several wood speakers. Low frequency performance is satisfactory, but the lower potential is insufficient, and the sound field performance is not good. But for some elements of pop music, it performs very well, especially for electric sound and metal crisp. Such percussion and plucked instruments as dulcimer and pipa are particularly expressive.

★ In terms of triple frequency performance, the middle and low frequencies are better, and the high frequencies are also good. The maximum volume does not break sound without noise, and the minimum volume does not have obvious current sound. Because of its cylindrical appearance design, the sound unit can better spread the sound at a 360 degree angle, so the M7 playback range is relatively uniform, and you can have a good listening effect from any angle and direction, but in general, the M7 playback performance can only be said to be moderate, and it does not surprise the ear all of a sudden.

The M7's workmanship has once again made me admire the astrolabe technology. I admire the high standard of its workmanship quality when doing arranging. Today's cross-border audio products also perform equally well, and there is nothing to criticize about the details. The operation mode of pressing and rotating combined with the display screen under the top acrylic panel gives the small steel gun a richer operation experience. As long as the network connection is normal, you can also use the phone without the phone, and you can also select and search various resources to play, which is very convenient! However, the number of resources is somewhat lacking because the third party itself is not rich enough. But fortunately, it supports Airplay, DLNA, QPlay and other transmission protocols, so most third-party music APPs can also be used online, but it is a pity that they do not support Bluetooth and AUX. As WeChat connection has always been the main direction of the Starboard, it was like this before. But I think it is better to make a matching APP. Although there are many classification resources in the audio system, they are not detailed enough. The play is random, so I feel that it is not free enough. In addition, it is troublesome to repeatedly listen to favorite songs, and it is troublesome to use without an independent return key. In general, the experience of M7 is just the above. The spoon is a person who has what to say, and the good is the bad. It will definitely point out that the cross-border products brought by the astrolabe this time are still impressive, but there are still shortcomings, After all, the first generation products believe that after the subsequent upgrade, we will see more mature and perfect follow-up products!

Finally, thank Lei Feng for giving me a try!