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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's a review room back with you on another budget-friendly review as you never know you might run across some cheaper options out there today we're looking at the mini speaker that Archer sent me it's the model a 106 and it's priced at $59 retail but they do have it on Amazon right now for around $24 at least at the time of this review make this one the cheapest speakers that I ever reviewed on the channel I'll place my links any good description below click on my links and you can get the most updated prices in real time so without further ado welcome everyone to another review going over the physical features looks are subjective and you guys know I do like black but they did send me the green and yellow version the speaker is the same size as the JBL clip to make this fit right in the palm of my hands the outer casing of silicone or rubber like material that Archer is making claims that its splash and ring proof as its IP x5 rated now doing my water test here the speaker still works perfectly fine afterwards Archer is also claiming that this is a shock resistant from drops and dropping this around waist height the arch here is still going strong so overall the speaker is seriously rugged the metal speaker grille doesn't flex it all in a strap provided a bit different as it's not a snap-on button but it stays loops even when you do pull on it it's a secure strap to use going over the physical buttons there's vibe up and down and if you do hold down either buttons you can skip or go back on songs a speakerphone option is available but with my testing sadly like most other Bluetooth speakers sounded far away and there is an echo presence making the phone conversation clearly known that I'm on a speakerphone in general the power button is last year in which it's also used to pair the a 106 to your chosen devices and less rotating to the side there's simply a 3.5 millimeter and microUSB port for charging the device the archer is claiming to have a crazy up to 20 hours of battery life at 80% volume I tested this at roughly 50 percent to get that medal the road result and seriously guys I got two full days and three hours of use and I'm not biessing at all I left this in my closet playing the entire time until the unit basically died now seriously unheard of now I did a second test leaving both my phone and the speaker at maximum volume this time I achieved 6 hours and 30 minutes so besides its color scheme the only issue that I had with the speaker you don't remember which way the speaker is facing so at times you had press the furthest right button assuming violence going up when it's actually going down it lasts only one sided speaker is pushing out sound while the rear despite having that same metal grille there's no sound being pushed out on the other side so to the moment that you've been waiting for here guys the sound test I'll play several songs and then I'll give you my verdict afterwards that's enough and there you have it folks now one thing I did forget to mention I did test the Bluetooth signal by placing my phone on one side of the house with the speaker on the other side and signal performance was as good as the other big name bigger bluetooth speakers out there now when there is a wall or a door in between though that's when the signal somewhat dies down a little bit I was still considered as good but it's not the best performing Bluetooth speaker out there in regards to Bluetooth range but going back to the audio test music recorded on my end and then play through your speaker's of course or not the best depiction of audio quality but hence my review here so first off heavenly JBL clip two and the archer side-by-side the archer model is surprisingly much louder now regarding bass the a 106 is very similar to the JBL clip two but depending on song the JBL does offer what feels to be a richer or warmer bass signature you could probably tell that with the second sound test there's audio clip from the review just now now the archer doesn't distort or drone out part of the mid-range either which is pretty impressive for such a small speaker and being as loud as it is but the mid ranges are still clear and clean as the JBL clip twos but now although being louder though putting this at maximum volume at that time you can slightly tell that the speaker would reach its upper limit and the higher notes do jumble and you don't hear too much distinction or detail and the very top end however though if you are intending on entertaining and standing not so close to the speaker the archer surprisingly sounds better than the JBL's at that particular time so there are some slight distortion at the top end here you hear normally when standing close to the speaker again at maximum volume it does dissipate though when you do walk further away and the archer actually sounds better since it's more room and/or area filling now at the end of the day if you're not blasting either speaker at maximum the arch here is a great bargain for its price and that's assuming you don't need the extra features like pairing two speakers or full water submersion capabilities now if you're intending on playing this pretty loud here I would say JBL is more reserved but it retains its quality while our cheer shines more so in bigger and more open environments for just being louder so hope this review helped you in some way be sure to LIKE and subscribe if you haven't already and be sure to follow me at Jim's review room or Jimmy long official you guys take care and I'll see you in the next one bye