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In this video, I'm taking a look at the E3 Smart Bluetooth Speaker from a company called GGMM. I’m not going to lie: I had never heard of them either. But it’s got a really nice, compact design and it's got some nifty features to edge in front of the competition.
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Hey what's up guys, I'm Steve with Kult of Mac and today I have got something for you
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that is hot off the press. It's only just been announced on Kickstarter a few days ago but I've got it here to review
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for you right now. So let's get started. So this is the E3 Smart WiFi Speaker from a company called GGMM
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I'm not going to lie, I had never heard of them either but it's got a really nice compact
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design and comes in three colours. Pearl white, dark grey and this ice blue you see here
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They're calling this a smart speaker and it's got a few features in there to hold the smart title
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First, it's an alarm slash clock so you can wake up to your favourite pre-defined tracks
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And it's got these little LED lights to indicate the time and doubles as a volume indicator
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which is a nice addition to have on a speaker although you have to set the time using the
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buttons on top. It would have been nice if this was connected to the phone via the app to set the alarm
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and time but nope, you've got to do it the old fashioned way
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So while I'm talking about the clock, it's not the brightest. So when there is a light pointing directly at the clock, it's pretty hard to see
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The E3's main party trick though is that once it's connected to your phone, it can continue
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streaming music from cloud services such as Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn and Tidal even when
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your phone has died or gone outside of the WiFi range as the speaker itself connects
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to your WiFi. Connecting the speaker to your internet is super easy
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Simply turn the speaker on and head over to the E3's free companion app which is available
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at both iOS and Android app stores. Then once the app has detected the speaker, all you do is enter your WiFi password and
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you're done. Once connected, the app turns into a hub of all the supportive music streaming services
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which you can stay connected to. Once your phone is connected to the speaker and it's embedded WiFi audio has picked up
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your streaming service, you can then store up to 6 presets of your favourite playlists
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The audio quality is good but not quite great. When on full volume and on best quality, the app allows you to reduce the quality based
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on your WiFi speeds, there's some distortion here and there. It's not awful and the volume easily fills the room but every now and then on certain
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notes of certain songs, it's just not quite meeting it. That being said, using the speaker on a daily basis, not to blast your songs at full, the
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audio is still very nice. It's clean enough to hear every instrument separately instead of them all blending together
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like on some of the cheaper brand speakers. I mean, this is a pretty small speaker coming in at a pretty darn low price
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It's really clear and has tons of bass thanks to a 3-inch passive radiator
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On top of the streaming capabilities, the E3 can also charge your iPhones and iPads
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as well as any USB device for that matter thanks to the charging port on the back
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There's also the ability to pair it up to other E3 speakers for multi-room playback
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so you can have the same music playing in your living room and kitchen
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Or even use them as surround sound speakers by pairing two speakers up for the left and
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right audio channels. Overall, this is a great speaker with tons of functions for a great price
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For an early bird price of $79, it looks great, sounds pretty great and has got enough about
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it to make it stand out in a sea of Bluetooth speakers. Even after the Kickstarter campaign, when it's at its full price of $150, it's still
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a good speaker for the money. Although if you are interested in this speaker, go and pick it up for the $79 on Kickstarter
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it's a no brainer. Let's be honest here, it's not going to be the boombox that everyone crowds around
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at a party. But it's not meant to be. It's for a bedroom or dining room to add that ambient music and a bit of style to the room
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And it does that perfectly. Well, that's it for this video, but let me know in the comments down below if this speaker
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is something you're going to get behind on Kickstarter. Also, let me know if you've actually ever backed anything on Kickstarter in the past
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