Behringer MPA40BT

It is my day off and I am building another patio in my garden - I went to my warehouse and picked "Berry Battery" with me - came back home and placed it under umbrella 20 meters from my doorsteps, where I was sitting with my iPad - connected via bluetooth - iPad was connected to internet via wifi through three walls and about 8 meters - I had couple small dropouts - but since it was raining I did not start roaming around to find out if it was bluetooth or wifi. I suppose normally I would use bluetooth about max 10 meters ...

I did some listening from youtube - Tommy Emmanuel, Classical Gas - Vivaldi, Four seasons, Winter - Queen, We will rock you - Mark Knopfler, Sailing to Philadelphia - Carly Simon, You´re so vain - Chet Atkins, Vincent - plus all commercials, which were mostly speech. - Paul Anka, You are my destiny ...

At 75-80dB listening level across the yard I felt quite comfortable - sound was clear, no hifi, but very acceptable - high end is a bit harsh - low end is fine with moderate levels.

Speaker is supplied with a microphone, that has very boomy sound - with a good microphone this little cabinet sounds good and clear.

- all in all I am very pleased with it - only thing that annoys me are high/long knobs, that might be knocked off by careless handling - perhaps I change them to shorter ones.

Cosmetically it looks elegant enough to go to any trade show, wedding etc.

This little box is lightweight, full of features and sounds brilliant. The battery lasts ages too. Everyone who I have shown this bit of kit to have all been impressed. I like the way that when you DO crank it up beyond, what should be, its limit, it sounds like it has some sort of compressor in; which is good because everyone in my house likes it loud! It is well built and not feels like it can last the test of time.

All in all, very much worth the money, really impressed. Not something for you audiophiles, but for those garden parties, camping trips or tunage where there is no power - buy one now!

i was looking for a simple way to boost volume for bass and guitar for house meetings and a way to be able to play back round music without having to hunt for a wall power socket.

having had a number of other behringer products they were the first company i looked to. they are very good at designing products for those of us who dont have a big budget.

this is a great mini PA with 2 jack/xlr inputs and one Bluetooth/phono input with a volume control for each and a master volume, bass and treble control. it uses a normal power cable for charging or plugged in use which means no searching for special power packs.

one thing that would have been nice to have is a line out so it could be used with another powered speaker.

battery life is great and this unit is as cheap as many brand name Bluetooth speakers that only have the Bluetooth connection and the sound quality and volume blows them out of the water