Creative, known well for its audio products recently released their Bluetooth audio speaker called Woof 3. This little versatile speaker is meant for those who’d like to play music on the go for personal listening, small get-togethers, or as a conference call speaker.
Really Compact:
This little speaker is small, not as small to fit in your pocket but small enough to take around and yet not be intrusive. The speaker is light weighing just 237 grams.
The Looks:
The speaker has a really nice metallic finish which comes in various enticing colours.
Features:
The speaker comes packed with a lot of features and some of which are outright surprising. In addition to Bluetooth support, the speaker comes with upto 32GB microSD card support which handles not only MP3 but also WAV, FLAC and APE. So no matter what you load into it, it will play without issues. You can also connect the speaker via Aux cable and straight up to Mac/PC via USB cable with USB host audio support.
Performance:
The speaker is loud and clear at the same time; not many speakers in this range achieve both those conditions. The speaker can handle mids and highs well. These are clear even at loud volume, though too loud and you’ll notice the speaker having clipping issues depending on the gain volume set by your player.
Where the speaker lacks of course is the bass department, you’ll get mid-bass but not deep bass nor the impact that a sub-woofer can kick up. So genres where you want bass like rap, hip-pop, techno will not feel as full. Where this does shine is with unplugged music, vocals, classical music, pop and rock sounded good albeit with thin bass. Bass can be added a bit more with the right EQ (equalizer) balancing from your player.
Where you put the speaker for listening will greatly improve the kind of sound it can give out. E.g. on a desk, you’ll feel the speaker bounce where deep bass is required sounding hollow, though on a soft surface, or a window sill in a corner you’d get more bass due to the room acoustics. So your mileage will vary.
Since the speaker is good at vocals, it acts well as a conference speaker. However, you need to be aware of where the mic is otherwise you’ll sound too distant to the listener at the other end.
One thing of note is that Woof 3 can irritatingly skip tracks as buttons on the side double up as volume controls so expect to accidentally skip to next track instead of increasing the volume.
Verdict:
This little speaker is quite impressive for the sound and features that it provides. It indeed is a premium Bluetooth speaker which doesn’t disappoint. Rs.4000 MRP is on the higher side, however you can find it much cheaper at Rs.2,500 (as of feb 2016) online, which makes this a damn good deal.
By- technik
Really Compact:
This little speaker is small, not as small to fit in your pocket but small enough to take around and yet not be intrusive. The speaker is light weighing just 237 grams.
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| Oh yeah it’s really small |
The Looks:
The speaker has a really nice metallic finish which comes in various enticing colours.
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| Creative Woof 3 really comes in nice colours |
Features:
The speaker comes packed with a lot of features and some of which are outright surprising. In addition to Bluetooth support, the speaker comes with upto 32GB microSD card support which handles not only MP3 but also WAV, FLAC and APE. So no matter what you load into it, it will play without issues. You can also connect the speaker via Aux cable and straight up to Mac/PC via USB cable with USB host audio support.
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| microSD Card insert at the back of Woof 3 upside down |
Performance:
The speaker is loud and clear at the same time; not many speakers in this range achieve both those conditions. The speaker can handle mids and highs well. These are clear even at loud volume, though too loud and you’ll notice the speaker having clipping issues depending on the gain volume set by your player.
Where the speaker lacks of course is the bass department, you’ll get mid-bass but not deep bass nor the impact that a sub-woofer can kick up. So genres where you want bass like rap, hip-pop, techno will not feel as full. Where this does shine is with unplugged music, vocals, classical music, pop and rock sounded good albeit with thin bass. Bass can be added a bit more with the right EQ (equalizer) balancing from your player.
Where you put the speaker for listening will greatly improve the kind of sound it can give out. E.g. on a desk, you’ll feel the speaker bounce where deep bass is required sounding hollow, though on a soft surface, or a window sill in a corner you’d get more bass due to the room acoustics. So your mileage will vary.
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| The mic in the front of the unit |
Since the speaker is good at vocals, it acts well as a conference speaker. However, you need to be aware of where the mic is otherwise you’ll sound too distant to the listener at the other end.
One thing of note is that Woof 3 can irritatingly skip tracks as buttons on the side double up as volume controls so expect to accidentally skip to next track instead of increasing the volume.
Verdict:
This little speaker is quite impressive for the sound and features that it provides. It indeed is a premium Bluetooth speaker which doesn’t disappoint. Rs.4000 MRP is on the higher side, however you can find it much cheaper at Rs.2,500 (as of feb 2016) online, which makes this a damn good deal.
By- technik
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