Avantree Torpedo Plus Portable aptX Low Latency Bluetooth External Speaker for Laptop, MacBook, Desktop PC Computer, DSP Three Sound Modes Wireless Mini TV Soundbar for Seniors, No Audio Delay, Black

Ok. I’d like to share my experience with the avantree torpedo plus Bluetooth speaker. I purchased two of them. I’m glad I did. To be honest, I thought what I was trying to do would be very simple. Unfortunately it was not. I just didn’t have enough information. All I wanted to do was add a Bluetooth speaker in my kitchen and one in my bedroom. Sounds very simple. However it was not. Here’s my setup: I have a Samsung smart tv which plays sound through my home theatre receiver which is a Denon aw-3300. I purchased it about a year ago. The Denon is connected to a wired speaker system. Typical home theatre setup. But all wired. Two front speakers, two rear speakers, a center channel speaker, a subwoofer. Very old setup but it sounds good still. Fortunately, that particular receiver does support Bluetooth. But it only receives Bluetooth signals. It does not transmit Bluetooth. So to get Bluetooth sound in my kitchen I had to purchase an avantree oasis plus Low latency APTX Bluetooth transmitter and hook it to the Denon receiver. No big deal. That product is wonderful if anyone is considering it. Works great. However, I purchased two ultimate ears boom 2 Bluetooth speakers to place in the two other rooms. At the time I did not know what latency was. I didn’t know that your speakers had to also support low latency to avoid a delayed sound. Unfortunately I discovered that not many speakers supported this. I am not putting down the ultimate ears boom 2 speakers. I loved them. I wish I could have kept them. But I returned them. Here’s why: first of all the boom 2 speakers sounded great. But for my application they did not work. When I paired them with the avantree oasis plus transmitter, the sound coming out was delayed for almost a whole second. Unless I was doing something wrong there was no fix for this. That’s because ultimate ears boom 2 does not support low latency APTX. It was so annoying listening to a second delay throughout my apartment. Wow! Terrible. Ultimate ears customer support was very bad because I don’t think they really read my support ticket. Or they didn’t understand it. They responded by telling me to check my iPhone settings etc. My iPhone was never even in the picture at all. I never even mentioned my phone. I was not even using it. Lol. But they were trying to get me to check my phone. Go figure. All I was using was my tv and Denon receiver. Anyway I wish the ultimate ears boom 2 speakers did not have a one second delay emitting sound. But I couldn’t handle that. Very annoying. I wonder why more speakers don’t support APTX low latency? Ok. So I returned the speakers. Then I discovered the avantree torpedo plus Bluetooth speakers. When I saw the support for APTX low latency I purchased two of them. Well. They were amazing. Not a split second of delay in my kitchen and bedroom. Sounds uniform all throughout my place. They also sound very good. Sound quality is excellent but the boom 2 speakers sound better. Not going to lie. Ultimate ears boom 2 are wonderful. But hearing the one second delay didn’t cut it for me. But the sound quality on the torpedo plus speakers is very good. Plus it’s my kitchen. I didn’t need high end speakers for that. Lol. So if anyone is in my boat, buy these speakers. If you don’t need low latency, there are better speakers. But it’s 5 star all the way for torpedo plus!!! They also look nice. Also, avantree customer service is great. They actually respond to your emails.

Very rugged and heavy, so when it is dropped the only thing that sticks out that can break does, eventually.

I've owned three or four different wireless speakers over the past few years. But this one is the absolute best I have ever had or seen. I've used it on my laptop and my Television, and the sound is phenomenal for the size of the speaker.. I'm truly amazed at the level of quality that's packed into this little speaker.. Avantree has built a very respectable little unit here.. And I already own a pair of their headphones, so I am using the "Avantree Leaf" to pair with this speaker.. The two of them work fantastic together.. I can watch movies, and game with perfect lip sync.. There is no delay at all when watching TV or movies.. And it has just the right amount of bass and treble when set to 3D Surround Mode or Super Bass mode..Battery life is pretty good for being a single 18650 Lithium Ion battery.. Lasts me about 4-6 hours depending on how loud I make the speaker.. But it also works just fine when plugged into power off USB while it's charging.. Takes about 2-3 hours to charge, but you can still use it while charging, so no big deal there..One thing I would love to see in the next version of this product, is the ability of the user to actually be able to change the battery when it finally wears out.. There is easily the ability to build a little trap door battery compartment in the bottom where the battery could be accessed and swapped out by the user.. The way it is now, if the battery fails, there is no "easy" way to disassemble the entire unit just to change the battery in it.. Thus most people will just throw away a $60 speaker for no reason except a dead battery.. Why do that, when you could easily replace the battery for around $8 depending where you buy it..All in all, I give this speaker a 5 star review.. The quality is there.. Granted, it will not compete against a $200 speaker, but it's not designed to do so.. If you have "realistic" expectations out of it, you'll be very happy with it.. Just don't expect to get $200 sound out of a $60 speaker is all I'm saying..As far as wireless range? Excellent! I took it almost 75 feet away from my laptop and it performed as if it was sitting right next to it.. However, I also credit the Avantree Leaf Transmitter for that as well.. It really sends that signal out far and wide.. The two were made for each other..I love this speaker so much, I'm ordering two more of them for safe keeping. I love this speaker and it works great with my laptop, so I don't ever want to be without it in case they quit making this model.. It's the perfect size for my laptop case..Thank you Avantree for building a really nice product here..