Review – It is always interesting when a smaller audio company seems to come from nowhere and starts to beat the larger company in terms of price and audio quality. For example: Tribit. I have reviewed some of their Bluetooth speakers and headphones, and both have left a deep impression on me-speakers are more important than headphones. Tribit series speakers look and sound more expensive than them.I even called Tribit Micro StormBox Best Audio Deal of the Year-I still think so.
Tribit is not satisfied with their growing success. They just released Tribit Home, Bluetooth speakers, FM radio, snooze/alarm clock, white noise/natural sound generator, SD card reader (for audio), mobile phone charger and disco machine! Is there anything that home speakers can’t do?
What is it?
The home speaker is Tribit’s latest speaker, designed for home (non-portable) use. Its main use is an alarm clock/music player, but it can also be used as a desktop or kitchen speaker/FM radio. Since the home speaker needs to be plugged in (without rechargeable battery), it can charge the smartphone/tablet at any time through its side USB A or USB-C port. The SD card can be inserted into the back of the speaker and used to play music or any recorded audio.
The front clock doubles as a snooze alarm clock or timer player, which can be turned off within a specified time period. There is a built-in LED light on the outer edge of the speaker, which can emit white, slowly changing colors or faster rainbow colors, pulsating with the music being played.
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- A 3-inch mid-woofer speaker; a 1.2-inch tweeter
- Power: 25 watts
- Bluetooth 5.0
- Range: up to 98 feet
- Weight: 2.6 pounds.
- Dimensions: 8.6 inches x 5.9 inches x 3.6 inches (height x width x depth)
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Design and features
Tribit Home Speaker does not follow the design philosophy of other Tribit speakers. Its gray fabric is decorated with an LED multi-color light strip, which can be set to elegant white mode or brilliant rainbow/disco tones, and can even flash with the beat. I am happy to be closed. Like other Tribit speakers, the gray fabric also has an elegant and rough feel. Since this speaker is designed to be placed on a table or bedside table, it should last longer than handling more portable speakers.
The speaker is an unusual vertical ghost-like shape, located on a flat base. A large, easy-to-read clock face is surrounded by a circle of capacitive touch buttons. There is a dent on the back of the speaker for easy carrying. There are ports for various connections at the bottom: Micro SD card slot, AUX/FM antenna, power supply and two USB charging ports-USB A and USB-C. There is a compartment at the bottom to accommodate thin wafer batteries. This allows the clock to continue working when power is lost or the speaker is unplugged. There is also a clock reset button hidden at the bottom.
The capacitive touch buttons that make the clock ring are sometimes too sensitive, so it’s easy to accidentally touch the area to change settings, modes, or volume. I prefer physical buttons that are clicked, so I know if the button has been touched. I have pressed the button many times just to deal with the speaker.
The buttons in this circle arrangement are (from 12:00/noon position):
Nap/sleep. This button allows you to set the music that plays when you fall asleep. It can time 15-90 minutes in 15 minutes. Increment.
Go in a circle clockwise and the “Source” button will appear. This will switch the home speaker from Bluetooth-AUX-FM radio and SD card. Bluetooth is in pause mode by default, so you need to press it twice to start playing music. The source is:
Bluetooth is newer 5.0 and has an extended range. The music stream from the (newer) smartphone will be played in a large room or another room in the house without dropping the connection.
AUX-In is a mini plug port that can accept any hard-wired source, such as an older iPod or similar source. However, with the improvement of Bluetooth today, AUX is becoming a dinosaur. There is no AUX output, so earphones or headphones cannot be used. The AUX port doubles as a place to connect the attached FM antenna.
Includes FM radio (no AM). The signal is strong, but I live in an urban area with many radio stations. Some are strong, some are weak. Tribit includes a flexible wire antenna that plugs into the AUX port. Unfortunately, the wired antenna does not help much for weaker stations, but it does increase the signal strength of stations that already provide stronger signals.
SD will play music (or any audio files you own) from the micro SD card inserted into the SD slot on the back of the speaker.If you have a multi-gigabit card, it is a lot of Music that is played at a better audio quality than streaming or FM can provide. This slot does not seem to be so necessary. When I pointed out this feature to my friend, his answer was, “So what?”
Next is the Light button. The Light feature is a good idea, but it’s not implemented well—at least on the home speakers I own. With the white light on, touch and hold the – and + buttons while holding down the light button, which should brighten or dim the light. However, it only works occasionally. In most cases, it does nothing. In addition, you should be able to change the color scheme by holding down the left or right arrow button when the light is in the color mode. Do not. Again, only work occasionally. In addition, if you don’t touch and hold the light button correctly, you can press other buttons to change the volume, skip tracks, or anything else. I began to hope that the light was just an on/off night light, without all disco effects or other settings.
Going further along the circle are the buttons for volume up, forward/next track, pause/multi-function, rewind/previous track and volume down. The additional functions of these buttons are explained throughout the comments.
The next button is the alert. Press and hold this button to set the alarm time, audio mode (FM, Bluetooth, natural sound) and volume. It can be customized very well, and the manual explains the process well.
Finally, the irony is that the sleep music button will not play a lot of music. Pressing the button repeatedly will play white noise, seashore, soft music, rain or bird sounds. White noise is conducive to continuous background noise to help sleep. Seashore and Rain are very relaxed, but I find Bird’s voice is a bit distracting-too harsh. Light music is a dull, universal mix of “music” that makes me long for real elevator music. Skip this item.
When playing music from Bluetooth, AUX or SD card slot, the audio reaches the high standard of Tribit.The speakers don’t sound as good or full as Tribit’s own StormBox Pro speaker, But the speaker setup is more powerful-and more expensive. However, the sound quality of home speakers is better than many available alarm/radio speakers-some speakers cost more.
Its 3-inch driver provides plenty of bass and midrange, and is equipped with 1-inch high-frequency tweeters-all powered by a 25-watt Class D amplifier. The sound from the clock radio/speaker is not too shabby! In addition, Tribit uses what they call “adaptive bass linearization”, which is said to eliminate all volume distortion. I don’t know if this is true, but I did not experience distortion when playing music.
Then there is true wireless stereo (TWS). TWS is what it says-left/right stereo from two speakers. It does require two identical speakers to work. One speaker becomes a left speaker, and one becomes a right speaker-true stereo! Tribit has integrated it into many of its Bluetooth speakers. When activated, it will almost produce an invisible third center speaker, the effect is fascinating-much better than a single speaker or two speakers side by side playing mono. You must hear it to appreciate it. Except…for some reason yet to be determined, implementing TWS with home speakers on a Mac is problematic. One day, it will not be paired in TWS stereo. When the two speakers are finally able to pair, there is no volume. To be fair, I have never encountered this problem with my iPad or iPhone, and I have never used Bluetooth on a Mac. Oh my goodness.
what do I like
- The voice of Tribit
- Well-built
- Many audio options
- Easy-to-read clock
What will i change
- Stay away from disco lights
- The natural sound of light music is worse than elevator music
- Capacitive buttons are too sensitive
- Mac and TWS pairing problem
Final thoughts
Tribit’s home speakers took some detours. It looks different from their other speakers and has some “features” that I can’t have. But it sounds like Tribit, the structure is like Tribit, and the pricing is like Tribit. This is all you need to know.
Price: 89.99 USD
Where to buy: Amazon
source: The sample of this product is made by three.
