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hi and welcome as you can see here I have the brand new dolly ketch maybe you've already seen my quick and short unboxing I prepared some time ago well it was not so short but in the meantime I spent lots of time with this pickup and I would like to give you some more details prepare some kind of review but still concentrate more on sound and keep the video as short as possible dolly is a Danish high-end speaker company and the catch is their first portable unit and if looking a bit closer it resembles quite a bit banged off symbiote play a - especially with the green taking off you can see on both because that the driver layout is pretty similar so on both sides they have a main driver a Twitter and a passive radiator in the center which offers you of course some kind of 360-degree sound that the leakage has some new features that the a2 didn't have for example it has this retractable grip which of course can be used for carrying the speaker around then you have some nice better indicator with four dedicated that's each of them representing around 25% of battery life this also works as volume indicator so when changing volume you can see more or less the volume the speaker is set to and the lis included also on EQ button which switches between a clear and the warm setting we'll have a more detailed look at this later on the main feature of the dolly catch is maybe it's 360 degree sound dispersion the benefits of only directional sound are more than obvious with other more traditional because you always have to sit directly in front to get the best sound while with the dolly catch you simply place it anywhere walk around and still get more less the same sound I would like to demonstrate you this with a simple setup of course using binaural microphones and a song from soul persona so please put up your headphones and check this out I think you could hear that the sound didn't change a lot when the speaker turned around although placement of an omnidirectional speaker can also become a bit tricky especially indoors when placed closer to wall or inside a shelf as the back drivers will always contribute to the sound creating diffuse reflections but outdoors inside my garden I really enjoyed the tally catch quite a lot also near the pool although outdoor use is a bit questionable it comes with a nice carrying bag but the finish is maybe a bit too precious and too sensitive for real outdoor use and it doesn't stand relate that stable so if you put it on concrete and it falls over yeah you will damage this nice finish the carrying handle although not really meant to be removable somehow I managed to remove it and I found this feature also quite useful as you can let the speaker hang from some branch or something although this only works with really thin branches and objects although that the leakage needs an own charger a full charge takes less than two hours it can also charge external devices you can find the parts below a flap including an auxiliary port and battery life seems indeed great when kept it reasonable loudness levels but even at maximum I got more than two and a half hours just for comparison there bangle Dolson do play a tool will reduce volume to half after around 50 minutes so what about sound of course I prepared some measurements here you can see the clear setting at our volume which measures quite a bit more balance in that Bo play a 2 but lacks a little bit of its deeper bass response this is where the warm setting comes in and you can see treble gets quite a bit reduced while bass gets boosted for my taste I would have prefered still more treble for the warm setting and generally I really like the one setting more is it gives you this big huge sound out of a small speaker at low levels you get a nice bass boost with both settings but it levels above half bass that's getting reduced already and some kind of limiter or compressor starts kicking in resulting in some pumping sound levels above two-thirds are becoming close to unusable with the delicate unfortunately so it's definitely not a speaker for highest levels if you know where the limits of the speaker it's really enjoyable and I enjoy it up a lot I mean it's one of the best I've heard up to half volume but above half it doesn't really sound that great of course I would like to demonstrate you how it sounds where the limits of this speaker are as always I will be using a head cam and binaural microphones to give you a first-person impression please use headphones as this is the only premise for binaural recordings and we will check it out to get a better idea of the delicate sound I thought we will compare it against some difference because at once like the phobic cell that P Phi Helsinki and that bang on all simply apply a 1 let's start with the food work cell first although the band all of symbiote play it would be probably the best and closest contender for the deli catch the flu Excel is one of the other view-only directions because I currently at home it's a bit different so it's a completely waterproof and more rugged model it's a bit cheaper but at the same time a bit heavier as well as you can see I use it completely with our jacket as I think the jacket compromises the sound too much the Dalek edge will play with its warm mode while the flu work sell place with normal mode so I will start with a more acoustic song and the Dalek edge first please have a listen for excel allocate it sounds a bit more open also clearer to extend again and thanks to the main drivers which aim outwards the full Excel manager manages even some kind of stereo while the dolly catch has more at front and back stereo but still both sound very open let's try another caustic song to excel you can hear that it's Mississippi declarative the Danny ketch we can also hear how they perform off-axis bass both are more less omnidirectional but the for excel becomes a bit muffled while the dahle catch retains more of its sound let's try some just fun and I will increase volume slightly this is therefore excel now now that'll catch you can maybe hear that then for Excel retains more punch at higher levels a track from Princess Frida to excel I will reduce volume again so we can hear how they perform at lower levels online edge as well and you will notice that their tally catch yes sounds warmer more full-bodied the fluid cell but the fugu has really this nice spaciousness this is a little bit missing from the Danny ketch mini of course it changes quite a bit when if you increase volume which will which I will do now so I'm increasing volume well to have the for Excel has a bit different volume curve yeah let's increase volume even more on the catch as well and you can hear how some compression starts kicking in while the peer Excel managed to play this yet memory becomes white I'm this hair another freak from princess creature and you should hear the difference well how they both blend are the drums and bass and everything you can already hear compression and limiting from the dolly catch this is the for Excel yes there is still all the bass I will increase the completed for maximum and over the catch place much longer it's not really miserable rexella game it needs some time to reach final volume catch you really have to fold closer to half volume to make it normal again maybe let's try the FIFA Helsinki now the FIFA I think is not an omnidirectional speaker but also comes from a Danish company they both cost exactly the same and also size-wise not that much of a difference the most interesting aspect of the FF I think is that it manages to retain its sound quality up to maximum volume we will test this out I will start with a song from soul persona together princess freesia and the delicate first it slightly lower levels at lower levels that the link head should have more punch but we will see what happens when we increase volume the FIFA sounds maybe a bikini so I would use volume slightly and then 3/5 slow and let's listen from far away again increasing volume slightly on the catch as well and you can again start you can hear how the compressor starts kicking in FIFA game and increasing volume again the FIFA and is maximum volumes also mixing and the difference is really obviously FIFA again another song from princess freesia stating it is a bit louder the Dalek head for the sound quality is just completely yeah you really have to reduce volume around 5060 percent and the lower we get the more full-bodied the catch will become while the difficulty remains rather pretty teeny sounding so the people stinky is more speaker that becomes better than I alternate while the Danny ketch prefers laid-back and lower levels dally catch again maybe let's try the bangle dollars in your play a 1 now the a 1 maybe a smaller substitute for the missing Bang & Olufsen vo play - although I even think that the a1 sounds better than the a - despite being just a mono speaker will definitely hear this difference I will start again with an acoustic song in the deli catch they won it's more focused inside the speaker everything also better treble definition just more open sounding maybe let's try some kind of jazz funk and I will increase volume we are round up volume now on the Dahle catch that a1 is closer to third maybe even higher the catch still sounds bigger and more convincing here maybe another smooth jazz song yet they saw the much different although the belly catch there sounds bigger and more mature maybe let's try this song from savasana and let's hear how they perform at higher levels this is the a one now so turning volume closer to maximum also with the catch and again the limiter becomes quite noticeable here so this is mixing volume of the a1 now and although sounding a bit thin it is not normal while the catch start pumping the only thing we could try is maybe switch to clear setting and see what happens now it's a bit bit better I will yeah I think it's better with clear setting but still far from perfect so to conclude that the leakage is definitely on the speaker for everyone also because of the higher price tag this is some kind of luxury object for sure and if you prefer high listening party levels go for something else like the JBL extreme or harman kardon going play but for normal listening levels I'm really enjoying the Dahle catch a lot I prefer it over many others because including the effacing key which tends to sound really teeny at low levels even the Harman Kardon going play starts to really shine at levels close to half this is where the leakage starts to fall apart a little bit yeah you have to know where the limits of this speakers are but I I'm enjoying this 360 degree sound dispersion also battery life is great and although I would have preferred maybe a bit more durable finish something more suitable for outdoor use it's still a great portable speaker that you can carry around and and have with you yeah let's see what Dahle will come up with maybe they will improve the processing slightly currently the speaker is really close to unusable at higher levels it improves a little bit when you attach it domains but it's a portable speaker therefore most of the time it will be probably used from battery yeah I hope my video could give you an idea about the leakage it's not the perfect speaker but within its limits it's one of the best I've heard although yet there is definitely some room for improvement and let's hope Dahle takes some response some some feedback seriously so thanks a lot for watching I hope you enjoyed it a little bit and see you in the next video have a nice time and bye-bye act of peace daya Banach or what a piece the whole areas now the FIFA I think is not an omnidirectional speaker but cost exactly the same as the Dali catch and also size-wise not that much of a difference the most fascinating