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Pros & Cons
Pros
The zebrawood is simple, unobtrusive and elegant. The subdued styling really blends in with the environment. The clarity is excellent, and the fit and finish is top notch.
The b2's sound is clean and clear while being loud enough to replace our early 2000s home stereo system, including the associated space sapping wires and components. This little speaker has a built-in analog amplifier and produces a very clean and dyn... Read More
Can't believe the richness of the sound coming from his fairly compact set of speakers. They listen to a lot of r&b so we played some at max volume (which is incredibly loud) to test it out. Very little to dislike.
Highlights
Quality
It's very possible that the b2 will sound even better when connected to a higher quality dac (digital to analog converter) via cable.
First- the build quality is wonderful, everything is packaged neatly, it is sturdy, tolerances are on, and the wood is beautiful.
5mm audio input, so i can't comment about the quality when wired vs wireless.
Sound quality is a league above anything i've heard at this price point.
Price
For the price i really don't think you'll find something with more sound.
Packaging/appearance
This speaker is awesome right out of the box.
It would be nice if audioengine would focus a bit on better packaging with less plastic.
There's too much styrofoam and plastic in the package though.
Competitiveness
Sorry for the length of this post, but especially if you're willing to follow the steps above (or even if you're not) the b2 is... Read More
I bought this for my wife's massage studio.
Many other competitors boost bass and lower mids and attenuate upper treble so basically all music will sound the same through it.
I run a pair of emotiva airmotiv 8s with a adl gt-40 dac as my main setup and this is shockingly close.
Helpful InsightsBETA
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Weve had this speaker for a while mostly been using it for streaming wired via bluetooth and recently spotify through a connected chromecast audio
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Specifically for starters you want to play some music through it for at least 50 hours before making any assessments of its sound
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Theyll never sound accurate or great but theyll pretty much always sound appealing no matter whats fed into them
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Basically garbage in garbage out
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It would be nice if audioengine would focus a bit on better packaging with less plastic
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The sound is very true at low volumes though
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It kills me to hear the audiophiles trash a product like the b2 because it dosent meet their expectations for 300
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If you want to hear the bass buy a woofer 8 or more
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