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hey I'm Matthew Muscovy ak from CNET and today we're going to take a look at the Cambridge Audio minx err 200 this is a large wireless speaker that supports both bluetooth and airplay and is currently selling for $600 the mix err 200 is one of the nicest looking speakers to enter the scene at offices a lot of these speakers go for a real eye catching design but the mix has an understated look with the white plastic cabinet and a gray speaker grille that looks good pretty much everywhere I placed it it is surprisingly big though especially wide so you're gonna need a lot of shelf space to accommodate it the top has two sets of mushy rubber buttons and the number of buttons on the left offer the neat ability to stream internet radio directly to the Minx without needing to deal with a smartphone or a tablet there's also a remote included but it's one of those remotes with cheap bubbly buttons that are kind of common on speakers like this luckily you're mostly controlling things from your mobile device so you won't need to use the included remote that much the mix offers both bluetooth and airplay which gives you some nice flexibility to wirelessly stream audio from a wide range of devices airplay does theoretically offer better sound quality with Apple devices but it also requires a Wi-Fi network so luckily you can always fall back to bluetooth if you're outside of your home network on the back there are a few ports including Ethernet a mini jack input and an analog input there's also a convenient handle but that doesn't mean the Minx is portable there's no built-in battery so it always needs to be plugged in for listening tests I had the mix 200 set up directly next to the clips KMC 3 in the Peachtree audio deep blue and it couldn't quite rock out with the other speakers it sounded a lot better than the smaller mix 100 but for harder rock tunes it wasn't able to deliver a powerful sound especially on the low-end jazz and pop sounded better on the mix err 100 but when I switched between the speakers I still found the other system sounded a little richer so overall the mink ser 200 is a decent sounding speaker with a great design and a solid feature set but that's not quite enough to justify the 600 dollar price tag if you're okay with a more mellow sounding speaker it may be worth considering but otherwise you'll get a better value from other wireless speakers I'm Matthew Muscovy ak and this is the Cambridge Audio mink air 200