GEAR4 StreetParty Size 0 – Ultra Slim Portable Travel Speaker for iPod Nano, Touch and Classic
Posted by Notcot on May 8, 2010 in Portable Sound & Vision |
Product Description
Share the tunes you’ve got stored on your iPod with the StreetParty Size 0 from Gear4! This speaker system has a rock-solid build yet is as light as a feather (just 300g). Plus, it boasts a 3.5mm auxiliary input to make it compatible with most MP3 players. The StreetParty Size 0 is also supplied with a remote control and a neoprene case to enable you to carry it easily. Listen to your favourite music out loud with this StreetParty Size 0 speaker system!
- Share the tunes you’ve got stored on your iPod with the StreetParty Size 0 from Gear4! This speaker system has a rock-solid build yet is as light as a feather (just 300g). Plus, it boasts a 3.5mm auxiliary input to make it compatible with most MP3 players. The StreetParty Size 0 is also supplied with a remote control and a neoprene case to enable you to carry it easily. Listen to your favourite music out loud with this StreetParty Size 0 speaker system!
GEAR4 StreetParty Size 0 – Ultra Slim Portable Travel Speaker for iPod Nano, Touch and Classic
I was mad enough to go & spend £50 on these in a high street electronics retailer – then read the other review for this product, and was anticipating being disappointed…..how wrong could I have been!
Sound quality is surprisingly very good, and I am a bit of an audio freak, so praise indeed. Even the bass is respectable, considering the speaker is about 2cm deep. Not sure it’ll hack drum ‘n bass, but can’t knock it for the size & weight.
While it won’t replace a dedicated iPod dock & speakers at home, its more than handy for weekends away, or holidays.
If you need a very slim, fairly lightweight speaker for an Ipod, you could do much much worse!
Rating: 5 / 5
It’s a nice looking product, but at first I thought it didn’t work at all with the ipod touch 2nd gen. When you put the ipod touch into the docking station the sound just comes out of the internal speakers, the speaker system of the Gear 4 don’t kick in. I realise now that to deactivate the internal speakers of the ipod touch you need to have something in the headphone jack, but because the headphone jack is on the same side as the docking/connection port of the ipod touch you can’t have it in the Gear 4 system at the same time! So to use the speakers you have to take the ipod touch off of the Gear 4 speakers and attach a double ended lead between the ipod touch & Gear 4 speakers & then it works fine, although doesn’t look as good! You don’t have this problem with ipod nano for example as the Gear 4 speakers kick in automatically, it’s just any ipod with internal speakers built in. You can use the Gear 4 to charge your ipod touch, but not to play music through whilst its attached…unless I’ve missed something!
Rating: 4 / 5
I was looking for a small, very light, speaker for my new ipod nano that I could take on holiday and use in places like hotels. The StreetParty Size Zero seemed like an ideal speaker for the job, with a reported weight of 300g and dimensions not much bigger than an average paperback book.
It is indeed a very small speaker. Thin and light. The ipod nano fits very well on the dock, though note if you keep your ipod in a protective case like I do you may have to take it out of the case to quickly get a good connection.
Sound quality is excellent, and the volume should be more than enough for most purposes. But here’s the problem – there is quite a bit of interference (probably coming from the adaptor). Sometimes it sounds like it’s picking up morse code, sometimes it’s more of an irritating buzz. When listening to music, particularly at high volumes, you won’t notice it. If however you are a fan of podcasts or audiobooks then this speaker makes them unlistenable.
I didn’t know if this was an isolated problem or not, so I tried it in different locations around the house with the same result. Then I took it back to the Retailer and they tried it in the store with the same result. As a final test they tried a new speaker fresh out of the box and the same thing happened. It’s disappointing becuase this really is a great looking product.
Rating: 2 / 5
This is an excellent little product and a bargain at £35 odd pounds. To get the best out of the unit, you need to access the EQ menu on your ipod and select “small speakers”. This transforms the sounds from something inside a tin to a well rounded sound and remarkable coming from so small an item. I have not experienced any feedback but I would suggest that you give it a dedicated socket so it doesn’t get any interference from anything else you might be running at the same time. Equally don’t place it near the mobile.
This is a fabulous item and means I can now access my full CD library in the kitchen as, apparently, my singing voice without any accompanying music needs some attention (I don’t know what he can mean!!).
Enjoy!
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought the Streetparty speaker to take on a skiing holiday mainly because it was so thin and small and it wouldn’t take up room in my luggage.
I was so pleased when it arrived and it sounded amazing and charged my ipod when docked. The sound is so good that it’s used for dinner parties and gatherings and its so portable to move from room to room.
I’d recommend it to anyone
Rating: 5 / 5