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Minirig for the True Mobile DJ

First look November 2017

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0:00 I'd like to introduce you to a nice little piece of kit here

Alright guys, I'd like to introduce you to a nice little piece of kit here. It's from a company called Minirig and it is a speaker. At the moment I've just got the one plugged in or should I say linked up. via Bluetooth to my iPhone. And the tunes you're listening to or will be listening to are from Karmic Power Records. In fact, it's a mix I did a while ago that looks like that. I'll try and find the link and put that in the description as well. Alright, so I'm not going to do an in-depth review in this video. I'd just like to show you the One Satellite Speaker. Brushed metal, so it's not plastic. And I do believe that's one reason. Why you get such a good sound from it? Because there is very little vibration. Trouble is, when you get plastic caps, it doesn't matter how thick the plastic is, the plastic will move. With metal, it's less likely to move. And being a circle, you've got no edges for the sound to vibrate and hit and bounce back. This is a complete circle, so the sound can't really go anywhere except that way.

1:41 Just talk amongst yourself

Right, now it is relatively loud, and on full power you're looking at just under a day of playing music. Now that's quite a lot of time. I'm going to turn this up for you now, so... Okay, now so you're going to check out Calming Power Records with some super-dunas, super-duper, dynamite-uplifting softball house music. This was a little showdown to the Happy Birthday. Shut up. Just talk amongst yourself. Right, so any info on the tracks are all in the description underneath this video. Okay, check it out. Thank you. Thank you. Right. Okay. Let's turn it up. Now that's actually quite loud. I'm having to talk quite loud myself. There you go. Okay. So, one satellite speaker at the moment. And I suppose if you want a good quality sound, you need two, so you get stereo. But if you want it to, let's say, have a little bit more of a rumbly grumble, then you can go with a bass cab as well. As I said, I am not going to do a full review at the moment. So I have got this plugged in via the Bluetooth connection on my phone, which is fine, it works. The speaker will come with a USB charger.

And also a cable, so if you want to you can plug it in via your cable. Alternatively just Bluetooth. So the beauty about the Bluetooth connection is let's say your mate sitting next to you has got a really good tune he wants you to hear, then you can hear that if you want to. The bass speaker... What's happening there now? Oh, it's finished. That's why it's done that. Sorry, I thought something had gone wrong. Let's just, right, play. Thank you. Okay. So, of course... Do you know what? I hope I never ever mix like that again. Terrible. Absolutely. Sorry. Right. Okay, so, you know, your mate's got a few tunes and of course all he or she has got to do is Bluetooth it and you can listen to their tunes. You can if you want to get the bass cab. What more can I say?

3:40 Bigs up to that, I mean that is fantastic

In this short video, or relatively short, I think one of the best features is they're made in the UK. So I'm not saying that anything made in China is bad, but what I am saying is it's made in the UK. And very few things are made in the United Kingdom now. So bigs up to that, I mean that is fantastic. Right, so, what have we got? We have got a small little speaker. But picture this. Just close your eyes. Close your eyes. Imagine you've got a laptop that holds a good amount of power. You've got something like this. I'll show you. Oh yeah! RB. That is bus powered. So, that will take the power... From your laptop. All you need then is an RCA right left to mini jack. Plug it into this or into the complete 2.1 system and guess what? You could be in the middle of like nowhere with no electricity plugging in bits and you could pretty much do a small gig. Now that, that sounds good to me. I might even try that myself soon.

So watch this space, practice and enjoy. Thank you. Never want to mix like that. Look at him. No idea how to fiddle and press knobs. Sorry. Practice and enjoy.

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