Gadgetory

hi everyone and welcome today we are going to check out the brand-new bangle doll of Cynthia play a to active Ben Dobson has released this obviously for more active people for out to use and so on as its claimed to be waterproof splash resistant also dust proof but as you can see not much has changed just the grip which was leather is now some kind of material but the good thing is it can now be charged through micro USB this is a USB see just like on the a1 and it's claimed to be charged within three hours which is of course nice as then in the leakage I have here needs appropriate a charge on the leakage is not waterproof or something but the material of the a2 active is exactly the same as it was before so as you can see it doesn't stand that stable if it falls off on concrete or something it will probably damage and scratch but yeah of course we would like to know if something else has changed also if battery life is better but first maybe let's check out some frequency response measurement and as you can see not much has changed it's still measures far from flat or neutral but in contrast to the older version you get some dynamic bass boost for low levels so the a2 active definitely sounds fatter and more full-bodied at low levels then the old version did now if we compare the a tool to the daily catch overlaid here you can see that the catch measures quite a bit flatter and more natural with a similar bass post for low levels and the de leakage can play quite a bit louder although this results in a more pumping and also compressed sound of course I would like to show you how the sounds is always amusing binaural microphones so you should listen Ted phones the first thing I noticed from the a2 was that the stereo separation was quite a bit better than on the catch I would like to show you this with a classic track from Pink Floyd so please have a listen I'm starting with the a2 active first so maybe you can hear it it's not just a front back stereo but you indeed get also some left-right separation if I switch over to there's a leakage the stereo width is far not as obvious people is listen to an acoustic piano jazz track to hear how natural balls sound the and I think you can hear that their catch has more body to the sound also a more natural frequency response the piano sounds like a real piano while this has some strange honking nice and hollow mess just like it wasn't there a - and the previous version this is definitely more mature another vocal Jeff strike yeah I think also you can hear that the voice sounds more natural from the dummy catch something else something smooches track the catch also sounds more dynamic while the a tool active starts swallowing stronger attacks nano track although if you listen close you will hear that their limit ah already starts pushing down that Peaks as well here maybe the check how they disperse the signs of exes as both our 360-degree speakers the into appears quite a bit more treble heavy no trick some kind of rock something else also some nice spaciousness data leakage it has the same spatial sound maybe not as broad but some other trick it sounds a bit fuller I will reduce volume on both we are slightly below half for the leakage while the a2 already plays above half let's heavily small get this the de leakage has slightly more upper base so a fuller sound overall but both definitely sound quite full-bodied at low level I will try matching them again and in our track also from savasana the a2 has the strange honking is or which the videos version head as well that's all a little bit more emphasis on treble so it sounds a little odd let's try some house track D pause I think um here is that the bass is somehow fuller from the dolly cache not necessarily deeper just a more full-bodied sound another trick from savasana which is a very dynamic recording the bass drum usually makes most smaller speakers straddle the delicate they still sound a bit fuller and we can check what happens if we increase volume so we are around half the catch starts to count a little bit there a tool has another kind of compression the a to start sounding a bit thinner but at the same time without this strange pumping I will increase volume it more you can hear it although the catch can retain more bass but it without an estranged pumping song this sounds a bit Highland outs and also spinners let's try another place that will increase volume for maximum of the step 8 - active now fill some nice lower base let me catch ya I would increase it to make some as well but it came here Anamika struggles in this case so the different approaches the a tool just reduces bass and compresses all the peaks while the catch tries to hold them but you will get the strange bumping sound not sure if they really manage to correct this with some future update let's run IV another track also again fizzle bottom for maximum you can use this not very visible we have to reduce volume it is three four notches to get a normal result it's righty acoustic track again which is not as bass heavy and let's see how they perform at maximum with that kind of music there is still some pumping but then catch is also quite a bit louder although the base from here is a swallow away while the dolly cage still plays it yeah both are not really perfect for high levels which is of course a pity I hoped then dollops would have improved something for the a tool which was already not that great I thought they would maybe improve that yuning slightly make it more natural without these strange humps and dips yeah they boosted base for low levels which of course is nice as autos you always need some more base but it still sounds quite the same as it was before with lots of compression at at high levels I mean they really iron out all Peaks which doesn't give you this pumping sound from the catch but yet it's not really exciting for example v I think he gives you a much more dynamic sound at higher levels also playing place much louder with more bass the other problem the old a2 head was a really weak battery for high levels yeah it didn't improve either so you get the same battery life as it was before I tested it at maximum and I got one hour 18 until it turned off but after a 58 minutes it already reduced volume to half so you get one hour at maximum and for auto use where you simply need these higher levels yeah it's a little bit disappointing I hope they could maybe have improved it but they didn't it's even worse as with the old version I got 150 now one hour 18 the leakage done reduces volume and it will play for around two hours 40 it makes a model yet with the strange pumping effect so both are really not perfect if you really need these high levels but for lower levels up to let's say half volume they are both great the a tool doesn't sound as natural is the dahle cage but it's still pretty exciting and much better than many other speakers but you also of course have to pay this price it's 399 just the same like the dolly catch and yeah I mean you really have to know what you need and what you want for outdoor use it's not the best speaker despite yet being an active speaker but it's not as wracked as many others rugged sorry the fugu XL is about as loud but sounds better at maximum fuller is a completely water resistant and yeah and costless of course it's a bit larger and also heavier but I think for overall let's say general use I prefer the daily catch as it sounds simply more natural more - this has the strange honking noise - the sound which they didn't really improve a lot but it's also okay if you don't have this comparison I'm sure many will be satisfied with a - and just disappointed by the battery life at high levels if you don't play that maximum but let's say 70 80 % you will maybe get to 3 hours which is also a bit disappointing yeah of course we will test the a2 also against the a1 as now with this dynamic bass boost the a tool definitely the a2 active became much better than it was before so the a1 now starts to sound a little bit lost although the a1 still can play louder which is impressive as it's much smaller but we will check this out in another video maybe we will also put it against the JBL extreme which is not the best comparison but I know that many were interested in hearing the AV a2 active or the old a2 against the G bit extreme we already heard the a2 against ful sinky also against a fuga Excel so the extreme will be maybe the last one we will compare it to yeah I hope you liked it I hope it could give you some insight into the new a2 active not much has changed just this micro you are USB C port which can be used for charging widgets of course welcome I mean you don't need to carry around another charger and the grip tuning wise not that much has changed just a little bit more bass boost at low levels and battery life is as disappointing as it was before so thanks a lot for watching see you in the next video and have a nice time bye bye