If you really wish to enjoy these genres, it would be advisable to play them using Apple Music, Spotify or CD-quality WAV files. The songs, though they are in most cases efficiently produced by the speaker provided you are playing them with high bit-rate files, begin to distort when the speaker volume has been maxxed to 50 and the smartphone volume goes beyond 70 percent. It could not be called the ideal speaker for people who love distorted guitar riffs, people whose entire playlist has a preponderance of Grunge, Alternative Rock, Gothic Rock and Nu Metal tracks. Some of the songs that we played on the speakers include Calvin Harris’ How Deep Is Your Love, Robin Schulz’ Sugar, Arctic Monkeys’ Do You Wanna Know?, Twenty One Pilots’ Stressed Out, Kygo and Selena Gomez’ It Ain’t Me etc. And yes, the music will sound very good even with YouTube playlists. Just make sure the Mega Bass setting is turned on. The bass is really punchy, with clear reproduction of mids, and with the speaker at max volume and the smartphone/ laptop volume: beyond 50 percent), it will rock your socks off. Bass lovers would have no reason to complain when using these speakers. For Electronic, Pop, Acoustic and Instrumental track lovers, this speaker is a heaven-sent. And we have tested this audio device on the basis of whether it can handle genres other than EDM, Pop and music from the Indian film industry well. No matter how much you like to party, most of the times this unique device will be sitting at home. If it gets dunked into the pool by accident while partying, then it may not survive, Sony itself has said at its India launch.
This is a splash-proof speaker, not a water-proof one and has got an IPX4 rating.
SONY GTK XB5 SPEAKER BLUETOOTH
Within 10 meters, the Bluetooth connection keeps intact and can be considered strong as it works even with a wall between a connected smartphone and the speaker unit. The Bluetooth connectivity of the speaker works flawlessly till 10 meters. It was swift and easy to pair the speaker with a Bluetooth device and the connection was established speedily every time we switched it on. If you try to pair the ninth device, the device that was paired first will be removed. The speaker can be paired with up to 8 Bluetooth devices, as per the company. We had no trouble pairing the device either with a laptop or a smartphone. Now, to pair a new device with the speaker, hold down the FUNCTION- PAIRING button for 5-6 seconds till the blinking becomes faster. To pair a new device, you would need to press the FUNCTION-PAIRING button to select the Bluetooth pairing that leads to the Bluetooth indicator to start blinking. While it is charging, the indicator labelled as ‘CHARGE’ glows in orange. Sony GTK-PG10 party speaker: Performance The speaker takes about 6-7 hours to charge from zero to one-hundred percent. That would have made lugging around the unit a lot easier. We would have appreciated the design more if it included a detachable carrying strap. With the trays closed, spaces form on both sides for lifting up and carrying the speakers.
The speaker can be lifted up easily with the help of both the hands. The speaker weighs about 6.7 kg and its dimensions are approx.