With the increasingly fierce battle of Bluetooth speakers, a hundred of Bluetooth speakers have bloomed, and various giants have joined the Red Sea. Various forms of Bluetooth speakers have also poured in. Many choices are dazzling, and it is difficult to start at a time. In this round of competition for Bluetooth speakers, many manufacturers have racked their brains to come up with all kinds of tricks. However, everyone has neglected one thing - sound quality, which is the fundamental competitiveness of a speaker. NetEase Cloud Music, an old music provider in China, has grasped this pain point and found a way to return to its roots in this era of function and intelligence. Today, we will experience the first speaker launched by NetEase Cloud Music - MB1 wireless Bluetooth speaker.

Unpacking and appearance

In terms of packaging, MB1 Bluetooth speakers use the red packaging box that Netease Cloud music marks, and the front of the body is printed with the basic outline of MB1 speakers - round, which is rarely used by Bluetooth wireless speakers at present. Most models use the square cube model that is easy to stand up.

The side of the body shows that the Bluetooth speaker is made by NetEase Cloud Music. As the most professional cloud music service provider in China, NetEase Cloud Music believes that compared with many speaker companies that started with hardware, NetEase Cloud Music will have some different opinions on sound quality. The speaker hired a German tuner to tune for 6480 hours to restore the true essence of music as much as possible.

Open the box to see the real MB1. The ring design is very simple and generous. This time, NetEase Cloud Music has launched three color schemes, Ice Silver - Ice and Pure, Chestnut Brown - Gentle, Graphite Grey - Mysterious and Cold, three colors and three flavors, just for the unique you.

The front cover of MB1 is made of metal. After 11 hours and 39 processes, it has a slightly frosted and smooth feel like jade. Although it is metal, it is warm and energetic. The simple and generous shape is fashionable and takes into account the needs of portability. It can be said that it is ingenious.

Although the design pursues the utmost simplicity, MB1 is unambiguous in details and manufacturing. There are 2890 openings evenly distributed on its front. The edges of each opening have undergone very fine processing, without any sense of cutting hands, and the workmanship is almost impeccable.

Different from the appearance design ideas of other Bluetooth speaker manufacturers, Fangzheng, MB1's ingenious design can not only be placed on the plane normally, but also includes a leather rope made of cowhide for users to hang and use the speakers.

The sunny and clean summer days are simple, just like the wind chimes swaying by the breeze. This noisy world is short of such pure simplicity.

The warm color matching of chestnut brown is very suitable for warm color home decoration. A book, a cup of coffee and several warm songs make the whole world full of relaxed and warm atmosphere.

Although the back of the fuselage is not made of metal, the treatment is also unambiguous. It adopts three spray and three bake treatment. The three layers of rubber paint with fine treatment give it a softer touch than the front. It has good integrity and is comfortable to hold.

All control buttons are located on the back of the body, and from left to right are Volume -, Volume+, Bluetooth, and Power Switch. The buttons are hidden under the panel, and can be activated by pressing slightly. It is worth mentioning that the seam between the front cover and the rear cover is very small and exquisite.

In terms of body details, MB1 is also impeccable. The only hole on the arc shaped body is the MicroUSB interface for charging. The only prompt light of the whole machine is hidden under the front opening, and the working state of the speaker can be judged by different display states.

After it holds 1050mAh, its body weight is only 267g, which is very light. It can be easily used at home or carried around. In terms of body size, it is 118.0 * 118.0 * 40.6mm, which is quite small. In addition to its rounded shape, it is very convenient and unrestrained whether it is handheld or portable.

As the pioneering work of NetEase Cloud Music in the field of wireless speakers, MB1 is undoubtedly full of surprises. No matter in terms of design, materials, workmanship and details, it is quite diligent. We should praise NetEase Cloud Music's attitude.

user's experience

In terms of use, MB1 is easy to use. The division of the four king keys is clear, and the power key - press and hold to start the machine; Bluetooth key - short press to play/pause, long press to disconnect; Volume increase - press briefly to increase the volume, and press a song for a long time; Volume Down - Short press to turn down the volume, long press the previous song. In addition, the phone supports HFP protocol and can easily answer incoming calls. When a call comes in, you can answer/hang up by briefly pressing the Bluetooth key, and you won't miss any call when you enjoy beautiful music.

In terms of working status, the LED hidden under the opening is used for prompt. The white light flashes to wait for pairing, and the long light indicates that the connection is successful and normal, while the charging light is red, which is simple and easy to identify.

In terms of endurance, the plane can play music for 6-8 hours at 40% volume. With such a body size, the endurance performance is quite excellent. Of course, such endurance performance can not be separated from the contribution of Bluetooth 4.2. The new Bluetooth standard not only has significant power saving effect, but also has good performance in transmission stability. The connection is stable and uninterrupted within the range of about 10m. You should know that in the field of Bluetooth speakers, stability is even more important than sound quality to a certain extent. When we want to enjoy music when we are quiet, no one wants to let the intermittent wireless connection destroy the atmosphere.

Sound quality experience

Of course, as one of the most famous cloud music providers in China, NetEase Cloud Music obviously won't be a device with its own watch. MB1 was born for one purpose - to let users enjoy the beauty of music gracefully, so it certainly won't be ambiguous in terms of sound units. For this reason, MB1 adopts two neodymium magnetic cavity composite wire edge fiber diaphragm units with a diameter of 40mm, the power is 3W * 2, and the frequency response range is 80Hz-20KHz. You should know that the diameter of MB1 is only 118mm. It is very ingenious to insert two such sound units into such a small body.

In terms of sound, the biggest feeling at the first hearing is that the volume is loud enough. Although the nominal power of the two sound units is only 3W, the loudness performance of the maximum volume is quite unexpected. The small body gives out full energy, which is enough to cover the living room of a normal residential building with an area of about 30-50 square meters. After playing the intense electronic sound and adjusting it to the maximum volume, MB1 did not have the problem of broken sound. It performed well and was enough to deal with some outdoor scenes, such as small parties. It is worth mentioning that the tri frequency tuning is relatively balanced, and it is not a speaker that only uses bass to talk about heroes.

In general, MB1 belongs to a kind of sound box with balanced performance of three frequencies. However, due to the volume of the resonant cavity, the thickness of the low frequency is slightly thin, and the sense of space is also slightly weak. However, this is a common problem of all small size speakers. Compared with bass, NetEase Cloud Music pays more attention to the performance of the mid frequency band. The mid and high tones are dense, so the voice is more prominent and has a rich sense of hierarchy, which also meets the needs of pop music dominated by the voice. Compared with those manufacturers who pay attention to the dynamic playing of sub low-frequency performance, NetEase Cloud Music obviously has different tuning ideas.

summary

As the founder of Netease Cloud Music in terms of hardware, MB1 is obviously meticulous. Although it is the first time to involve in the hardware field, as a professional cloud music provider, Netease Cloud Music clearly does not want to compromise. The only thing MB1 needs to do is focus on music. For this reason, NetEase Cloud Music has inserted two 40mm neodymium magnetic cavity composite silk edge fiber vibration membranes into the MB1's small body, and the materials can be described as unambiguous. In order to ensure the quality of music to the greatest extent, NetEase also hired a tuner from Germany to tune MB1 for 6480 hours, which ensured the true restoration of music to the greatest extent, so its excellent performance in terms of sound quality has not been surprising.

With its compact body, elegant appearance design, exquisite workmanship, and the 6-month Netease Cloud Music membership package that is worth the ticket price, there is no doubt that the MB1 focusing on "sound quality" not only did a good job, but also greatly exceeded expectations. In addition, MB1. In the current mixed Bluetooth speaker market, Netease Cloud Music has not only taken the first step, but also taken a solid, elegant and beautiful step. I believe that under such a rigorous and dedicated attitude, Netease Cloud Music can open up a new sky in the wireless speaker market. At present, this speaker is already in Start the exclusive premiere, and your favorite partners may as well pay attention to it.

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