Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2509 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: XMI
• Model: X-Mini Max
• Released on: 2009-01-20
• Dimensions: 2.20 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
Hot on the heels of the roaring success of the X-mini Capsule Speaker, XM-I has created a worthy successor to the X-mini series. With consumers demanding for more powerful portable speakers in satisfying their daily music cravings, XM-I responded by creating the X-mini Max – the next generation speakers from XM-I's portfolio of innovations. The X-mini Max combines stereo output that was lacking previously with enhanced battery life.

The new X-mini Max is a pair of stereo speakers – each retaining XM-I's patented Bass Xpansion System (BXS) which mimics the resonance of a sub woofer. With the new stereo speakers, the volume level of the X-mini Max can be raised to a substantial level without any distortion.

Powered by separate in-built rechargeable batteries with separate PCB boards, each speaker can be detached and be played as a Mono speaker on its own. Users will have the flexibility to use the X-mini Max as a pair of stereo speakers at home or office, or take out one of the speakers to be used as a Mo o speaker on the move. The improved battery life allows up to 10 hours continuous play time, designed to meet the requirements of even the most demanding music enthusiasts for both heavy indoor and outdoor usage.

Much like the X-mini Capsule Speaker, the X-mini Max is also designed for increased portability. The two X-minis are connected at the bottom by a magnetic base so as to easily keep them for hassle-free storage and portability. The X-mini Max is one of the world's smallest stereo speakers with dual audio output capabilities. Capable of producing explosive volume and Bass over ten times its physical size, the X-mini Max lives up to XM-I's objective of creating multimedia devices that precedes major trends in Digital Lifestyle Technology.

Looks can be deceiving. Especially when you see X-mini Max for the first time. Although it is small and compact, it delivers a sound that will astonish you with its power, precision and depth. X-mini Max out-performs any similarly proportioned loudspeakeravailable today, producing impressive sound. Combine them with the similarly styled patented Bass Xpansion System (BXS) to handle the lowest spectrum, and you are ready to take on any challenge from action movies to dance music and anything in between.

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Customer Reviews

Best mini speakers I have found
I've had other small speakers before but they tend to be a bit 'tinny'. These are great and give a good sound when plugged into a laptop or an ipod. The only reason I give them 4/5 stars is because the usb charging cable is always connected to the headphone plug. This means it looks messy and I can't listen and charge at the same time. I have no idea why they did it like that - should have been a seaprate cable.

These are fab!
Bought these just over a week ago and can't stop showing them off to anyone what will watch and listen! These are great little speakers and just so cute! Would have liked a volume control but, no matter, you won't regret purchasing them. I've used them with my mp3 and portable dvd player. The dvd player sounds quite tinny but with these little speakers the sound is totally transformed.

If anyone's interested you can seperate the speakers by about 34".

Cute & dinky, but thin sound
I bought a pair of these on a whim at Reykjavik airport to use up some remaining Icelandic Kroner, because the salesman said they were fantastic.

I'll give them 4 stars only because they are very small, light, well designed and give an excellent battery life. They lasted for a full two weeks on holiday recently, playing tunes in hotel rooms whilst getting ready to go out for the evening.

I'm a hi-fi fan, with a good quality home system, and several other bigger (and better - eg Logitech MM50) ipod docks & speakers. You cannot expect too much from these tiny enclosures. The sound is frankly, thin. Claims of explosive bass are just pure fantasy. These cannot push out high volumes and deep bass. It's just not possible for tiny pods and just 1.7 watts. They are particulary poor when used outdoors - as the already weak sound just disappears into the air. I used them recently at a BBQ, and my wife said, "turn those things off - they sound awful & tinny".

Having said all that, despite a sound quality that fails to match the hype, I like them quite a lot. Being light and tiny, they are great for backpacking, motorcycle touring, flying with hand luggage only etc. etc.

To get the best from them, choose light vocal music (ballads, folk, even classical?), and use in a quiet room, placed close to a back wall or corner, to artificially enhance the weak bass. In these conditions the sound is acceptable, and will fill the room. Used like this, detail in the upper-mid and treble range is excellent, and there is good stereo separation. The bass is still weak, but if you know the track well, you can kind of "imagine" its presence :) Attempt to play some rock / dance music, at proper volumes, you will be disappointed. Half the sound, from mid-range downwards, just isn't there.

I also bought the later X-mini, second generation, with the red driver, hoping for some bass improvement. Don't bother. There is little difference. The sound is a little lower, with a tiny touch more bass - but the music sounds muted and fuzzy - the excellent treble has disappeared leaving a muddy sound. I wired up the (slightly) bigger unit, with the stereo speakers, hoping it would work as a "sub-woofer" (ha!) It didn't really work. Bass improvement is marginal, and the sensitivity of the bigger unit is less - so it's far quieter for a given input than the original x-minis. It's hard to balance them out - the small x-minis are louder and clearer than the later red unit. Buy this stereo pair, not the later mono unit - but just don't expect toooo much from them!