The MINIRIGs had another recent software update that made the Bluetooth connection much more consistent and made the bass noticeably deeper. Also the app has a setting for a 2.1 system vs a 2.2. In other words, you have the option for a single sub to play both left and right channels, or for two subs to play them separately. I only have 2 MINIRIGs and no sub yet tho, so I can’t attest to how it actually sound.
Hey Alan :D been a long while since i commented. Glad to see you're still doing these awesome videos of yours. I really feel like your production quality kicked up pretty high since the last time i saw your Motion Boom vids, i'm impressed. And yet you still got that accent, that charm and humor, that energy and passion, that sense of detail, those gaming / hot chicks wallpapers during Sound comparisons and i really dig your main shot now, it's so colorful with all those lights and backgrounds. What camera are you using now? It looks so much smoother than before. Is the Motion Boom still the big boy in the ring? 😄 Keep it up, cheers ♥️
I've been listening to my minirigs 2:2 subs all afternoon. Never have problems getting stereo. Codecs does make a difference, aptx gives a much better stereo sound with less compression. Almost no different from wired connection. Alan, as your comparing to JBL, I have a couple of Harman kardon onyx studio 7s that sound incredible when paired in stereo. Found out that you can input through the aux and still pair through Bluetooth in stereo too. Almost feel like sending you one to test in stereo with yours. Or if you can acquire another closer to home, worth a comparison video just because it's so fckn awesome!
Collect mini rigs I say ! if you had 6 of those how much fun you can have setting up the sound for yr garden party, couple inside the kitchen and hall near the toilet and 4 spread outside, and they will blend in to the scenery.. i suppose this is possible with cheaper speakers but if you had the money for their more sophisticated sound and were going to use the inside all the time.
If you can be arsed with the app, minirigs and subs are quite adaptable. At lower volumes I tend to lower the minirigs and increase the subs. Also third party equaliser helps with bass and adds a bit of reverb, giving a 'warmer' sound that you like.
i hope the mk4 of the sub whenever it hits favours depth over punch. it doesnt seem the way with minirig or give us gain control on the sub itself would be nice. they havent really pushed what they could do with a dedicated sub.
I always like minrig for being different while still having great sound the Xtreme 3 is just to have nice sound that's convenient to carry with you even tho I still wish it was louder and more mids so that high end won't sound as harsh but WHERE IS THAT DAMN EQ🧐
In a couple weeks I just wanted to enjoy my vacation before I get serious on RU-vid I'm expending to other tech soon like the Z Fold 3,A Samsung QLED TV and others but one thing I realized I get more subscribers a day if I'm online talking to people than me making videos I only get around 5 subs a day but when I'm online I get around 15 people soo If you doint mind can you give me a shout out😅 it will help a lot
Hey Alan, thanks for all the great videos! I love your content! I ended up buying 2x W-king x10-1 so I can party by the beach on a budget but I feel a bit let down by the bass. I was wondering if adding a Minirig sub 3 would help. I saw your video where you connected the sub to a soundcore motion speaker and I've seen a video where Oluv connects the minirig sub to some smaller speakers but never something larger like a jbl extremely priced 3 or a w-king x10 class speaker. A recommendation would be great and a video showing the minirig sub or even 2x minirig subs connected to various speakers and the effect it has would be even AMAZING! Keep up the great work!
I've been wondering the same thing! I'm a bass head! How does the sub sound with the more powerful speakers? How does it sound with the speakers that already have a decent low range? Does it compliment them? There isn't a single review testing the minirig sub (or multiple subs) as is on various speakers that aren't made by minirig. Would be an awesome video!
trouble is the sub is tuned specifically for the minirig mk3 so speaker matching is hit and miss. also its not too practical in the real world since you either need to use it wired or with a bluetooth receiver plugged into one of its jacks. the other line out then feeds your main speaker. the motion plus just happens to gel well. bigger speakers would be different as the sub would be more subtle.
@@alanrossreviewsI realize there are practicality issues but fortunately bt receivers are abundant and I'd happily pick one up if it improved the sound. Doesn't seem any less practical or pricey than owning a minirig system.
well with the minirig system each speaker will daisey chain the full track so you can wire the sub into the minrigs, otherwise you have to do it the other way round with other speakers.
Been waiting for another upload Alan 🤪🤪 Ain’t see the video yet, but I expect the Mini Rigs to dust the JBL extreme 3 all around, besides maybe the deep bass 🤔 (just based off sound signatures from previous videos you did of course, with these speakers) We’ll see tho Conclusion confirmed 😂
@@alanrossreviews Learned from the best on YT 🤪🤪 Crazy how much audio knowledge I picked up from you in the span of months now. I remember the first time I’ve ever seen a video from you comparing the W-King D-9 to a variety of other speakers, and was indifferent towards you (mainly because I didn’t know s**t about audio, and was mad that someone was shitting on my speaker 😂😂) Glad I took the time to learn though, and you were a big part of that development for me. Didn’t know nothing about Highs, Mids, Lows, Frequency Response, Bass, Sound dispersion, Sound stage, Peak Watts, LUFS etc. I just used to think more Watts = Louder better speaker 😂😂😂
My only thing with the Minirig set up is when and where do you use it? It’s not so great on the portability to carry 2 or 3 parts and they look like they will scratch. You might as well buy a small hifi if you are going to use them at home surely? 🤔
@@alanrossreviews I suppose they have a niche somewhere. They sound good. The look is very unique. I just mainly have a speaker or hifi I leave out and use and other travel ones I take out to use outside or if ever I go anywhere ( on the very occasion with all that’s going on). 😷
The mids and upper mids are where the ear is most sensitive. Not the highest highs and not in the lowest bass. Most modern music is overcompressed and has very little Dynamic Range. More Dynamic (usualy but not only , older music) will sound less loud than any modern hypercrushed production and mastering when the Volume of any speaker is set to a fixed Value. As to the "how things are being mixed" Example modern Rap music. Everything is loud. The Vox, Bass, Highs, Mids, Melodies etc. On Older (one example) Soul music the mix is many or most times letting the vocal being the main star and then building the mix around the vocal. In a nutshell thats about what i wanted to add.
cheers! though i dont agree on a lot of this. modern standards requiring mastering to a certain lufs level means you can have more dynamic range. older recordings mastered to vinyl favoured loudness over dynamic range. generalisation of course.
@@alanrossreviews what "you can have" (in this case dynamic range) does not mean that the majority uses it. Quite the opposite. We have the biggest dynamic range in history possible and available and yet the vast majority of music does not make use of it. Maybe (some) classical music and "traditional" genres such as Jazz tend to use more dynamic range. But take the "top 50" of the average popular music and you will see that the used dynamic range is lightyears away from what is possible , meaning A LOT less from what would be possible with modern recording and production means. There is a lot of DnB music that has a dynamic range of less than -3 lufs , Trap,,, the same, Pop anything from -3 to -10 lufs etc etc. Some streaming editions have around -12 to -15 lufs. That is still pretty compressed "loud. Not only Vinyl was where engineers tried to cut "hotter-louder". Cd got even further as it allows more abuse. You can have heavily stereoized sub bass, insanely harsh and loud highs, which you cant cut on vinyl cause of mechanical restrictions. There has been a sligh change in direction in recent years to bring some dynamic range back but it is still VERY loud out there. You don`t have to take my word on it. Just take a look in numbers and see for yourself. Numbers don`t lie. You don`t have to agree with me. It`s just a discussion. Cheers! dr.loudness-war.info/ Oh and of course thank oyu for taking the time for your reviews. I enjoy them a lot
Cheers for your extensive reviews! I'm looking for a portable speaker(s) solution to quite an unusual requirement. My car, it's stripped out track use only, so I'm looking for something for those longer journeys, I like the idea of the minirig, as I can probably position the speakers where I want.
the two mini rigs are best in terms of clarity, soundstage and imaging. Instrument seperation was way cleaner. Mono sounds like a mess, every bt speaker in TWS is always superior. In this case, its just better to say fk the budget and save up for that 2.1 minirig setup.
I'd definitely be more inclined to throw my money at the minirigs. The xtreme offers better durability and convenience (for those that don't want to deal with the hassle of the minirig setup) but the the minirigs are a much more worthwhile investment for anyone who cares about sound quality. Even 2 motion booms make a joke of the xtreme 3 for about half the price but the minirigs are in a different class. Thanks for another outstanding review, Alan! 😁👍👏
@@philjoysavio6805 oh that's awful, what side of the planet you are in😅 kinda sad that only jbl is available..even w-kings are not available from where you are?
Will you review bigger speakers like the jbl partybox 100, soundboks 2 and 3 etc? I want some sound neasurements for the soundboks 2 but I don't know where can I find them! :/
If most of/all the music you consume is over processed throwaway pop/edm/rap then investing in a “sophisticated” 3.1 minirig system would be kind of a waste, no?
3.1? no wouldnt say waste of money, long as the recordings are decent highish bitrate then it will make a difference. but this has always been a matter of debate.
At 80% volume, the jbl is a mess! It's a shame the Minirigs weren't a few inches taller with a base radiator...because clarity wise you can't knock them. The base is just lacking hence that missing bass warmth we all love again, some brutal EQ adjusent can fix this. For the rigs, its all about a 2.1 set-up. The Minirig 1.1 set up certainly has the bass but then I feel the clarity of the stereo pair is missing🤔 Great content once again!! 👍🙂
yes its a choice of stereo openess and detail or the warmer sound the sub gives you, it only really comes into it as you push the volume really, at lower volumes the sub does very little
@@alanrossreviews Yep, I kinda feel like Xtreme 3 would have been great if speakers like the Motion Boom or the Rave Neo never existed. There's not a lot of speakers that offer such deep bass !
@@alanrossreviews not balanced enough. I'm spoilt by my Shure headphones and my main hifi system, which has more of a BBC monitor balance. The minirigs were impressive but not great in the midrange.
I love my Minirig 2.1 setup. But they clip/distort even at medium volumes over Bluetooth. I don't seem to have that problem over wired. Anyone else experiencing the same? It seems to be the actual speakers, not just the sub, that have distorted sound.
@@alanrossreviews I have to check again. But I think so. Since the woofer gets the signal from the Minirig. It is 100% the Minirig that's distorting but can't say for sure about the woofer.
If you mean 1.1 you get all channels mono. If you have two mk3s with a sub the mk3s play in stereo but the sub only gets the chanel its connected to, so either left or right but not both.
@@alanrossreviews but then again it IS a 2.1 system. Two stereo speakers and 1 sub. The classical way. All the 2.1 home cinema systems are built so. And the sub plays ALLnotes within its range of course 48-120 hz, so it plays all base notes from both channels. That is how it is meant to be. Don't confuse, it is a stereo system.
No no, in a stereo 2.1 the sub would get both left and right channels summed to a single channel. With the minirigs the sub will only get one channel. If the track is recorded with stereo bass you will lose part of that.
how are the minirigs in studio mode? Are they completly flat, becsuse I would like to use them as small studio monitors(i don't need more bass and i don't have space for bigger speakers)
