VU Bluetooth Speakers

Here we have with us VU’s 2.1 channel Bluetooth Speakers. VU as a brand was completely unknown to us until we saw them at the recently concluded Times AV exhibition at Mumbai. VU is brought to India by Zenith. They claim to be a luxury technology brand for high-end computers, LCD displays and digital homes. Now that we have cleared all apprehensions of an unknown brand, its time to dissect the product.

Design
Out of the box it’s a neat looking device and can surely adorn your living room and just for that, it’s wall mountable and comes with a wall mount clip. Its indeed a lifestyle product, intended to blend style and technology.

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How it works
The speaker system has an inbuilt A2DP Bluetooth module, more like a receiver. Next you have to look for a device with Bluetooth functionality that supports the A2DP profile. A2DP stands for Advanced Audio Distribution Profile. It is a technology that lets devices transmit and receive audio signals in high quality, stereo mode, as opposed to regular Bluetooth audio which is of not very high quality and usually comes in mono. One of the most common devices that have Bluetooth are phones. Be careful, not all phones that have Bluetooth support the A2DP profile. There are some phones, however, that do support A2DP in this article. As of now the phones that support the A2DP profile are all above Rs. 10,000. Now that you have your A2DP capable Bluetooth device, you have to establish a connection between the device and the speakers, a procedure called as pairing. Pairing is very simple and your done within 30 seconds. Once paired you can straightaway start playing songs from your phone (we have taken the phone as an example of a Bluetooth device) on to the speakers, that to wirelessly! The operating range is up to 10 meters without obstacles i.e. if your speakers are in one room and your phone in another, the range will be less than 10 meters because of the walls in between.

VU also bundles a Bluetooth dongle that connects to a computers USB port, so that you can listen to the songs on your computer. The Bluetooth dongle also supports the A2DP profile. For the dongle to work you need to install the provided software by BlueSoleil.

Bundled PC Software by BlueSoleil

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Features**
As previously mentioned, it is a 2.1 speaker system. All the three speakers (two satellites and a woofer) are housed in the same unit and is covered by the front grill. The average output power is 20 watts RMS with the subwoofer giving out 12 watts RMS and the satellites outputting 4 watts RMS each. There are only three controls on the device- volume wheel, paring button and the on-off switch, making it simple to use.

Being wall mountable, it becomes crucial to include a remote. Sadly its missing, something which should be included for the price you are paying— Rs. 10,920. Incase you don’t own a Bluetooth device or a computer you can still use the speakers, the wired way. It comes bundled with a cable with a 3.5mm jack.

Wall Mount, Bluetooth Dongle, Cable for wired connectivity

Performance
The sound quality is good but nothing exceptional, not something which would appease an audiophile and even though it has a separate 2.5-inch subwoofer, the bass distorts. So if you listen to a lot of hip-hop or hard rock, this is not for you. But the speakers reproduced the mids and highs pretty well and sounded good with other genres of music like classical, jazz, basically the ones with not too much of bass.

The range (between the speakers and the Bluetooth device or the speakers and the Bluetooth dongle attached to your PC) is pretty much as advertised and the sound quality doesn’t deteriorate with distance when within range. We could go as far as 8 meters with a wall in between.

Conclusion
The speakers from VU is a true lifestyle product. Think of this, you could mount it in your bathroom (no messy cables!) and stream music to it from your phone lying in your room. As mentioned before, sound quality is above average but sound tracks with heavy bass make the speakers distort. At Rs. 10,920, we would only pay that much for its exclusivity but if you are an audiophile then there are much better 2.1 wired options, like Altec Lansing’s MX 5021 and Klipsch’s GMA-X. The VU Bluetooth speakers come with one year warranty.