Hey guys!
Andru Edwards here, and in this edition of Unboxing Live, I’m opening up the Monster
SoundStage S1 wireless multi-room speaker.
Stay tuned.
Hey guys!
Welcome to another edition of Unboxing Live, this is the show that brings you vicarious
thrills through opening new gear.
I’m Andru Edwards, editor-in-chief of GearLive.com.
And today, we’ve got the Monster SoundStage S1.
I’m a big fan of multi-room audio.
I’m excited about this product, this is the S1, there’s also the S2 and the S3,
different sizes.
The S1 is the smallest, it is the miniature version, this is the version that should fit
in a small rooms.
Something like a bathroom, a kitchen, your patio or your backyard, a room that’s not
too big like children’s rooms not too hard to fill sounds in.
But these things, the reason they call it SoundStage is because they fill the room with
sound.
It is impossible for me to show that to you because the sound will come from here into
the microphone, out of your speaker compressed in the middle of somewhere, it’s not as
good as you get here.
But if you go to Best Buy you will be able to hear, what the SoundStage sounds like.
So I’m going to open it up to show you what’s in the box, I’ll show you what it looks
like and tell you some more about this product.
Monster is a very proud of this product, mostly because it has a lot of different ways to
use it.
With others like Sonos for example, you need the Sonos Bridge and you use the Sonos network
that makes its own little mesh network.
With these, you don’t need a bridge, you don’t need to buy all those bridge or to
you know, buy one and get one free and hook it up somewhere.
You don’t need to do any of that.
So I took out these two essential pieces and it’s going to be the SoundStage Speaker
here and I’m assuming this is the power supply and that is exactly what it is.
It flips down, and then you can flip it back up if you’re traveling or you need to carry
it somewhere.
Now let’s get closer on the SoundStage S1.
From the front, you can really top its curved design.
And if I show you the top, you’ll see there it’s a curved blade design, small footprint
for easy placement, it’s larger all around, but the footprint is smaller so it’s easier
to place.
Now it’s splash resistant for outdoor placement, so if you want to have it somewhere by the
pool and then you want to throw it into the pool you use Monster Superstar Back float.
But if you want to have it by the pool, it is splash resistant.
And again, the cool thing is the connections.
So back here it’s got micro USB and audio 3.5 mm jack, it has digital in which is for
you optical cable, it’s got USB port there and DC in is where you’re going to connect
the power.
So you got all those different ports there but, obviously this is a smart phone, the
smart device world and you gonna wanna probably use your smart phone or your tablet.
You can use Bluetooth to connect to the speaker, you can use Wi-Fi to connect to the speaker,
either one allows you full remote control from iOS and Android devices.
You can also use NFC; given you have NFC chip in your android phone use near field communication
power of USB on the back that I showed you to allows you to charge your devices.
Now once it’s plugged in across the top you’ll get red illuminated controls the
lights control the speaker directly, even if it’s streaming music off the smart device
you can still control it from here.
Or you can use your device itself to control that music.
Now if you are unfamiliar with multi-room audio and you’re wondering what I’m talking
about when I say that.
The whole thing about SoundStage is that you could have one in one room, have one in another
room, and have another one in the third room, basically as many as you’d like and you
use your smart device, you could have a song playing in the bedroom, and a different song
playing in the children’s bedroom, and something else playing downstairs in the living room,
and you can control all that from one phone or you can say “you know what?
I wanna have the whole house play the same music”.
So that’s what the Monster SoundStage Platform allows you to do.
Now you don’t need to buy multiple of these, you can just buy one and use that one with
your smart phone or with your tablet.
You just buy one and be good with it, but the magic is when you started adding multiple
zones to your home.
One other unique thing about the Monster SoundStage Platform which probably won’t pay too much
attention to and hopefully you won’t even need, but unlike many other Monster offers
free platinum support 24/7.
So regardless of what time of the day you’re having an issue with your SoundStage if you’re
having one, you simply call (888)-310-5296 and you’ll get someone on the phone to help
you figure out what’s going on.
Again, that is included in the price of purchase.
Speaking of price of purchase, the Monster SoundStage S1 starts at $229 it’s actually
right now at Best Buy is on sale for $199.
That’s a great deal $200 to get it and start with the Monster SoundStage S1.
That’s it guys!
That was your look at the Monster SoundStage S1.
Be sure to check back, we’ll have more on the SoundStage Platform we’re gonna be taking
it a look at the S2 and S3 speakers as well app tutorial, how to get things set up, but
for now you know all about the SoundStage S1, you pick it up at Best Buy today.
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