Audio Pro Addon C5 Multiroom Speaker - Grey

Having already a C3 speaker, I wanted an upgrade for holidays, this fits the bill perfectly. Great sound and connectivity. Holidays, here we come!

This is an excellent wireless speaker system, given its size, specification and price, I was very surprised at how well it performs.Initially I had a few slight niggles setting things up, the Control App isn't that great but it does what it needs to, once everything is up and running you will likely find that you don't need the control app on a day to day basis. The first steps are very straight forward and I had it connecting to my wifi network within a couple of minutes, I had music soon after playing from Spotify on a MacBook Pro.By looking through the settings I soon realised the device needed a firmware update, this failed a couple of times so I tried again after hooking up to the router with an ethernet cable, firmware quickly updated this time (either the control app or the quick start guide should probably contain at least a couple of sentences about this). The firmware update resolved one little problem I had spotted - the device was switching itself off after 30 minutes, despite my attempt to turn off the sleep timer within the app, the off setting didn't seem to take but after the firmware update all worked correctly.Although I only have one of these Audio Pro speakers I would imagine multi-room setup would be very straight forward.I have been using the speaker with Spotify (premium 320kb MP3) and Qobuz (HiFi Lossless FLAC) from 2 iPads, an iPhone and a MacBook Pro, tested using AirPlay and Spotify Connect. It has a very pleasing sound quality, very listenable and musical, detailed and punchy with a surprisingly solid bass. I found that the bass can sometimes be a little boomy and overblown, if the device is placed on a cupboard for example you could get a lot of boom at higher volumes which would muddy the sound a lot. Placed on a table with the bass turned down a notch evens things up. The speaker can go surprisingly loud, generally distortion free except for the potential for boomy bass.As long as you are getting a good WiFi signal on both the speaker and playback device there should be no issues with dropouts etc.I am using an Audiolab power amp + KEF floor standers hifi combination as a baseline for comparison of sound quality, so given the size and limitations of this little Audio Pro speaker I feel it performs very admirably, I am certainly not disappointed with it.Ease of use and flexibility are excellent as are the build quality and finish, I opted for the Pink - which to my eyes is more lilac than pink, either way its a very nice colour. Having the ability to charge a phone or tablet from the USB socket is a useful feature too.

I bought this for my dad but wanted to set it up before giving to him, now I want one!I hadn't seen one in the flesh or heard one as they are very hard to find in stock so I took a chance and based my purchase on reviews from What Hifi and other Audio Pro reviews on Amazon.First of all it looks fantastic, the whole thing is very high quality, the beautifully crafted leather handle sets off perfectly against the gold control panel and the grey finishes it all off perfectly.Fortunately the sound quality matches the looks, it sounds incredible for such a small unit. Sounds good at all volume levels with no noticeable distortion at the highest level and also importantly it has a lovely rounded sound which doesn't fatigue you after extended listening.Set up was pretty straightforward and once you have had a play with the app to work out all the functions it it is very easy to control.Wifi performs very well, it is currently placed at the furthest point from the router(40 feet) with a couple of walls in between, signal shows as 40% but I have not experienced any drop out at all so not planning to use the ethernet port.Access and control of Spotify and Tunein is easy and intuitive although the amount of radio stations and podcasts to chose from is quite bewildering to start with, fortunately you can add your favourites and also save them to the 4 preset that can be accessed from the device or the app so once set up it is easy to find what you want.The only down side was that the product which was bought from Amazon UK but was shipped from Amazon EU and came with European power leads only. All credit to Amazon who sorted it out very quickly(as they always do)In summary if you want a stylish retro look with fantastic sound quality you can't go wrong, relatively expensive but worth every penny.