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Product Feature

Stream all of your digital media from your Bluetooth-enabled device including your phone, tablet, computer, and mp3 player
Built-in microphone to pick up or place calls through phone, Skype, GoogleVoice, Viber, and more
30 feet of wireless connectivity
Up to 10 hours of playback time

Product Description

Break the bonds of mediocre sound and unleash the power of your tablet, smartphone, or laptop. Whether you are listening to music, watching movies, or playing games, Antec Mobile Products’ (a.m.p) SP1 portable Bluetooth speaker will bring your media to life. But don’t sacrifice control! With the SP1’s built-in microphone and controls, you can easily switch between audio and phone functions with the touch of a button-so you’ll never miss a call. For even more convenience, pair the SP1 with you laptop and stay in touch with platforms such as Skype or Google Voice and even on your smartphone with Viber.

Product Detail

Amazon Sales Rank: #13963 in Network Media Player
Color: Magma
Brand: Antec
Model: SP-1 BLK
Original language:English
Number of items: 1
Dimensions: 2.40" h x6.20" w x1.60" l,1.30 pounds

a.m.p SP1 Portable Bluetooth Speaker (Black)

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Product Reviews

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful.
Blue Tooth Speaker
By Ralph Furlong
UPDATE: 21 Nov 2012

The company responded to my inquiry about the speaker and told me that the speaker is a monaural and not stereo speaker. While I presumed that, I was not sure and wanted to be able to post the correct information here. Inspite of that, the speaker provides amazing sound. One other piece of information, while there is not a serial number on the unit, there is apparently a serial number on the packaging that the speaker comes in. So, DO NOT DISCARD your packaging before copying down the serial number of the unit!!

REVIEW:

I asked for this item because I thought it would be nice to see how far wireless speakers have come with Bluetooth capability. I was not really expecting much from the speakers, just hoped for high enough quality to be able to listen to podcasts while in the garage.

The speaker arrived and it both impressed and frustrated me with the packaging and the weight. The packing is heavy weight plastic and is a bit of a pain to open. The speaker is solid and felt like a brick in weight. Actually, it is only 13 ounces, but it sure feels heavy to compared to most electronics that size. The instructions tell you to charge it first and they do not include a charger. They do, however, include a short cable with a plug for the unit and a USB termination. Since I have a 3.1A USB charger, I connected it to that and waited the two hours for the red light to go out on the speaker (the light is red when it is charging). As a point of interest, that same light is used to show when the unit is connected (glows a solid white) when it is not connected (does a slow blink) and when it is in search mode (rapid blink).

Once the unit had charged (two hours) and the light had gone out, I turned the unit on. I guess they wanted you to know it was working since they have a short music piece they play when it powers up and also when it powers down. While a bit of an annoyance, it is not too bad It would be nice if you could turn it off though.

Ok, now on to the important part, how does it work? I first tried it out using a Kindle Fire HD. I turned on Bluetooth in the Kindle and then turned on the speaker and held down the center button (puts the unit into search mode--NOTE: ensure you hold it down for a few seconds to get it into search mode, you will know it is there if the light goes to a rapid blink). The Kindle found the speaker and added it without issue.

Once paired, I played several different types of music with everything from string instruments, to singing, to orchestra, to country, to swing, to ragtime and it all sounded great! I was VERY impressed with the volume and lack of distortion. It easily filled two rooms with sound that was quite loud and with no distortion. The frequency range appears to be from about 75 hz to around 20,000 hz based upon the sound reproduction with the pieces that I played. While the base is not phenominal, it is very good.

I was able to seperate the speaker from the Kindle by more that 30 feet. It connected and stayed connected even when I went upstairs and placed two walls between it and the Kindle. At the third wall it started dropping out. I was able to take the speaker outside onto my back deck with the Kindle left in the front room and it still continued to play without problems.

I do not know if this unit is actually stereo and I am not sure it would make any difference since there is little seperation distance, but it does sound very good and I am very pleased with it.

I also connected this unit to my IPAD and to my ITOUCH as well as to three different computers and it continued to work well. NOTE: I did not try to connect to all of them at the same time! I turned off the bluetooth connection on each one before trying to make a connection on another device.

If you are looking for an exceptional speaker that produces very good sound from a Bluetooth connection, I would highly recommend that you consider this speaker.

One quick comment about support for this unit, going to the company's website to ask for assistance (I wanted to know if this was actually stereo or not) you needed to enter in the product name and serial number. The product name is NOT on the website and there is NO serial number on my unit. So, not sure how well this unit will be supported and how you can obtain service as those are required fields and you cannot go anywhere without that information. I just put in "N/A" for both fields and have not, as of yet, received a response. I will update this when I hear back from them.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
Best Bluetooth speaker in its price range
By Average Customer
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1YCT3RQL9R9NT In my quest for a Bluetooth speaker, I found one by a.m.p (Antec Mobile Products). I recognized the Antec name having built computers for a while so I decided to give the SP1 a shot based on my previous experience with their cases and power supplies.

Having used it for several weeks now, I have to say that I'm more than satisfied with this buy because of the speaker's quality and price. The sound is clear and the volume is ample. I use it with my phone and iPad and my music, movie, and gaming experience is much better with the improved sound. It's hard to believe that such good sound can come out of a unit at this price.

I've used the SP1 in my room, kitchen, office, and outdoors. The rubberized exterior makes the unit easy to hold and carry. I get really good range with it (even beyond what the manual states) but once in a while I'll experience some breakup. However, this happens with every Bluetooth unit - even the most expensive Bluetooth devices suffer from some sort of interference.

If you're looking for a wireless speaker, look no further. This is a definite winner.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Best value for those who want better sound quality than cheaper bluetooth speakers.
By Strategist
The front is normal speakers, and the back is bass. This design is what helps with maintaining audibility and clarity even though you point it in different directions. The back looks identical to the front. But the device overall is trapezoid shaped, with the front face being the large face, back face being the smaller face, and the top and bottom faces being the "legs" of the trapezoid.

The sound quality of music remains clear even when you turn it in every-which-other direction. When listening to voice or podcasts, words remain clear and intelligible as well, unlike other speakers that blast sound in only one direction, or just have lots of distortion.

DETAILED DOWNSIDES:
1) there are no track skip buttons on the unit itself
2) the software is not as clean. When I turn it on, the music track I was playing on google music player skips a track for no reason. When I press the physical center button, which should act as "pause", my IPP podcast player app doesn't actually pause, but pauses for a moment, and always resumes playing. When the power is turned off, it also stops playing it on my phone, instead of continuing to play on my phone.
3) the so called rubber is actually rather slippery in your hands. As you may know, the friction force between two objects or materials is dependent on both materials. So this rubber/coating may be designed to have high grip on certain surfaces, but certainly not in your hands. The rubber also attracts dust.
4) no battery level display. -_-
5) while the charge cable is the same shape as the thinner android phone chargers, this cable cannot transmit data for your phone to PC like a normal cable can. It can only transmit power. so if you want to use a cable interchangeably with your phone and speaker, use your phone's cable, not the one that comes with the SP1. Also, the charging cable is short.
6) You can't open the case in one shot. you have to do one side a little bit, then do the other side. Kind of annoying and you can keep trying to do the first side if you let gravity pull it back down (suggest tilting it when you open it).
7) mine started buzzing/clicking, but seems to have disappeared. In my experience minor hiccups like these tend to reappear later down the road. Use the warranty. it is 3 years. (edit: incorrect. it is 1 year according to the manual)
8) lack of colors / interchangeability of color schemes / ugly color choices. - the video on youtube shows a white rubber/black grill plate/and white inside version, but it is not available. Black is the best say to go. I would have chosen white, save for the fact that it would have to be white and pink. seriously color fail, Antec a.m.p Get blue in there, the most popular color in the world. and get some interchangeable color customization (if that's too costly, at least provide better color schemes than ugly greens and forcing pink with white.

DETAILED UPSIDES (apart from amazing sound quality and amazing bass):
1) The construction is seems sturdy and solid. very likely to be durable for a long time. The grill plates are solid, so you don't have to worry about denting them, or getting internal speaker parts damaged.
2) fancy, pleasant case that makes it good to carry things in. It has a push snap open/close mechanism on plastic/clear case, as opposed to cardboard that is hard to open or gets crushed/worn out. It also is a first protection against water damage (I'm NOT claiming it's water proof here. It's just a first measure against damage because of the material and design).
3) All of the controls are on one face (the right face, not the left face). They did it right. placing them at the end of a long unit is how you do it, and all on one face if possible. (tangent: btw, why do smartphones have headphone jacks on top, but charge port on the bottom? that's annoying because the bottom charge cable gets in the way if you try to prop it up.)
4) The warranty is 3 years, an important piece of information that is not listed on amazon, or the a.m.p website - i called in to find out this info.

NEUTRAL/EITHER WAY:
- the charging cable and 3.5mm male to male cable are both flatwire. But they ends end abruptly with little overmold or strain relief, making it susceptible to damage from bending at the ends.
- The position of the 3.5mm jack is very close to the charging connector and positioned between the charging connector and the on/off switch, making it kind of inconvenient to access. But then again, that design may protect your 3.5mm jack, so not nec a negative or positive.
- the 3.5mm aux jack is an audio in, not for plugging in your earphones or anything like that.
- the font they chose for the "a.m.p" looks like d.w.e when read upside down... just some random FYIlol.

COMPARISONS (The SP1 is better/more cost-effective than all of the following):
1) I recommend buying this product over the $75 Auvio (inhouse brand from radioshack), even if the Auvio goes on sale for $50 because: 1) the Auvio sound quality is very directional and loses clarity and volume drastically with direction; 2) is low quality, and i had problems on both of the ones i tried (bass is dead, other one chirps and speaker phone doesn't work); 3) the controls and charge cable is on the back, lower end, making it not very good for placing it on most locations (cable damage), and hard to reach controls. However, it has onboard track skip controls. So AUVIO's advantage is that it's cheaper, and has track controls. otherwise, everything is worse than the SP1. However, the AUVIO has software that is far less buggy, and behaves intuitively, as well as hard physical buttons for track skipping.
2) I recommend this over the jawbone jambox (small one): the small/regular jambox is trash in tersm of sound quality. it's muffled and is distorted and costs $180. definitely pass.
3) I recommend this over the big jawbone jambox. The big jambox is really big (neutral point), and although it can be louder, it is still not quite as clear of a sound quality than the SP1. it also costs like $300? definitely pass.
4) I recommend this over the Beats Pill. Beats Pill just has no bass. also way overpriced $200.
5) I recommend this over the JBL charge. JBL charge's sound quality is pretty good and gets loud at decent anti-distortion sound quality, but the SP1 has solid solid bass and great clarity at loud volumes. The price difference is not justified. JBL charge is $150 whereas SP1 is $75 or so. so definitely pass. JBL charge is also larger, and its shape makes it prone to rolling off tables.

FYI FYI! I called a.m.p and it seems the SP1 Plus (SP1+ ?) is coming out in November. It will have improved quality, with a kickass feature of being able to connect two speakers to one phone for stereo effect. You can get two for members of your family, and "borrow" one for awesome sauce when they are not using theirs.