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the jazz mini is a beautiful and compact aluminum stand for your smartphone that even holds tablets up to eight inches click now to learn more what could possibly justify the existence of a bluetooth speaker this expensive can't figure it out curious well given the small percentage of these things that I agree to review apparently I was curious too because I decided to do it here's my review of the fugu sport a 200-dollar bluetooth speaker ok fugu you got my attention now better be amazing in the box you'll find a nice flat micro USB cable a flat three-and-a-half millimeter audio connector in case you want to hook your audio source up directly to the three-and-a-half millimeter input on the side of the speaker a 2.1 amp wall wart that fugu says can charge the unit in under four hours and a little cloth baggie for all those accessories that I just mentioned oh right and I guess there's a speaker to this bad boys got for active drivers to need imeem magnet tweeters to need Anjum magnet aluminum dome mid-range drivers with one pair on each side and then two passive radiators for base which means you can position it somewhere in the middle of a group of people and everyone can hear it alright and it promises an impressive 40 hour battery life at 50 percent volume which is leagues ahead of most of the stuff this size it's got the usual assortment of buttons so power on and bluetooth on one side volume up volume down in a call button on the top and finally USB power in that three-and-a-half millimeter jack that I mentioned on the other side the bottom can connect to a few optional accessories including a multi mount for things like carabiners a strap mount or even a bike mount and other than that the outside looks like any other Bluetooth speaker internally the speakers are angled upward eight degrees since a Bluetooth speaker is rarely at the same level as your head when you're listening to it I mean you could be that rarely happens hopefully it supports the higher quality apdex codec for better sound quality overall over Bluetooth and like most of these devices it includes an omnidirectional microphone for speakerphone operation in Syrian you know and all that stuff once powered on you are greeted with speaker is on some unreasonably loud system noises that like so many Bluetooth speakers and this is really annoying can't be turned down but at least the pairing process itself is pretty painless music listening actually fairly good overall but when I compared to straight-up audio quality against simple audios go a product that costs half as much I came away happy that the bass was so much fuller and the speaker didn't jump around every time a bass note played but maybe a little bit disappointed by the lack of clarity in the heights compared to the similarly priced Ultimate Ears ue boom I was happy with the sound quality at moderate volumes but I was disappointed by the overall loudness given the 95 decibel rating and claims that the fugu is suitable for party use that is simply not the case unless your parties look a little something like this with that said it's totally loud enough for personal use and if you wanted to you'd have no problem being one of those super cool dudes poles who wears a speaker like a fashion accessory while they walk down the street so there you go but claims of audiophile grade sound or fantastic out-of-this-world battery life or whatever nonsense every Bluetooth speaker company and their dog makes all day would not have gotten my attention the fugu has something different swappable jackets no I'm just kidding that wasn't it there's more I mean it has swappable jackets but more importantly all of them are ip67 waterproof dirt proof and dust proof you can get the speaker with the style jacket which looks nice I guess the sport jacket the one we have with rubberized corners for drop resistance or the tough jacket with an aluminum frame just in case you accidentally run over it with your car but manufacturer claims are not enough for us here and we wanted to know just how well the speaker will hold up to torture if it's rated to handle 30 minutes under a meter of water which it is then surely it can handle hanging out with me for one of my nice long showers no all right well how about just water then sweet aggressive water still okay I'm tired and I'm just kind of letting it sit there that's fine - very nice conclusion time it's again I cannot emphasize this enough $200 and there are louder options out there for 360 degree listening with a group of friends okay so with that out of the way does this product have a right to exist then I think so yeah with a battery that lasts for about a day and a half of solid listening at a reasonable volume and an enclosure that I subjectively find stylish and objectively find rugged then if you're the kind of person who is a bit of a scatterbrain like me and is likely to forget to charge your speaker knock it in the water and then finally drop it six feet to the ground on the concrete or on the dirt then expect it to still work then I guess this one's for you and also you should really be more careful with your stuff this thing's expensive alright guys thank you for watching I hope you like this video if you did click that like button and share it if you didn't then click that dislike button and let us know what you'd like to see us improve for next time if you do enjoy our work check out the support link in our video description there's lots of options like buying cool t-shirts like this one contributing on our forum or just changing your Amazon link to one with our affiliate code so we get a kickback whenever you buy random junk I think that pretty much wraps it up thank you for watching and as always don't forget to subscribe to Linus tech tips more unboxings reviews and other computer videos