Cleer Scene Moveable Bluetooth Speaker Overview

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I’ve beforehand reviewed fairly just a few Cleer earphones and headphones. They’ve been a persistently good model offering high-quality merchandise at a pretty value level. I reviewed the Cleer Ally Plus II over a 12 months in the past, and I nonetheless use them fairly continuously now.

Cleer is now hoping to make a dent within the moveable speaker market. Very like earphones, this can be a extremely aggressive area of interest with loads of well-established manufacturers. So, can the Cleer Scene stand out from the group?

Specification

• IPX7 waterproof and shockproof design
• Twin 48mm dynamic drivers for room-filling sound
• Highly effective digital stereo amplifier
• Constructed-in noise cancellation microphone
• Prolonged 12 hour battery life

Design & Construct High quality

That is reasonably extra engaging than among the audio system I’ve reviewed just lately (the entire Tronsmart audio system), nevertheless it isn’t as trendy because the Marshall Emberton II or Edifier MP230.

The Edifier sacrifices sturdiness for these seems to be. It lacks any IP scores, whereas this has an IPX7 score, so you possibly can really feel secure taking it to the seashore or poolside.

On every finish of the speaker is a passive radiator, and with the music dialled up, you will note them bounce together with the tune. The twin passive radiator design appears to permit these to supply a very good stage of bass with out it being extreme or dropping off at larger volumes.

There may be not a lot else occurring with the speaker. You may have your typical buttons to energy up, Bluetooth pairing and easy controls. The USB-C port and three.5mm port are protected behind a rubber tab to take care of that IPX7 score.

The speaker additionally has a built-in microphone so you possibly can take calls and so on.

There isn’t any app, WiFi, speaker pairing, EQ or any fancy options. At this value level, that’s what I might count on, and I favor it this manner, I simply need a speaker to sound good.

In Use / Sound High quality

I’ve to confess that small Bluetooth audio system aren’t my favorite merchandise. The small dimension makes them ideally suited for travelling, however as a rule I discover that they wrestle to supply the amount or bass that I need from a speaker. I’d sooner go to the effort of lugging round one thing bigger so I can take pleasure in issues correctly.

That is totally different.

It doesn’t appear to be the loudest small speaker I’ve reviewed, however I discovered that while you dial up the amount, it doesn’t endure from the identical harshness as most different audio system. It appears to have the ability to preserve the bass ranges relative to the opposite frequencies. I used to be capable of comfortably dial this as much as full quantity with out affected by any important distortion. For competing audio system, I typically discover that I can solely dial issues as much as 50%, any larger, and I discover the harshness that will get launched turns into uncomfortable.  

The general sound high quality is general, very pleasurable. There may be bass emphasis, however it’s not extreme as you may discover with some audio system.

I used this in my kitchen on a picket desk. Usually this can be a difficult atmosphere for small audio system with plenty of exhausting surfaces in a giant room, however this handles issues with ease. Once I left the room and walked round the home, I might nonetheless simply hear it, and once more, it sounded good, as if it was a a lot bigger speaker.

I haven’t timed the battery life, however 12 hours is a bit on the low finish for these audio system. The Emberton II has a 30-hour life! Nonetheless, I haven’t had a problem with it, you cost it by way of USB-C and might lengthen the battery utilizing an influence financial institution.

Worth and Various Choices

The Cleer Scene is priced at £99 and is accessible by way of Hifiheadphones.co.uk and AV.com.

Hifiheadphones.co.uk have already knocked 10% off, taking it right down to £89

I’ve just lately reviewed the Edifier MP230, which is identical value and much more engaging than this speaker, however it’s not waterproof and doesn’t sound nearly as good.

The Marshall Emberton II is £150, however the authentic is round £100. The Emberton can be far more engaging, they usually have an app to customize the sound, however once more, I favor the sound high quality of this speaker.

I’ve not used it, however you possibly can not often go improper with Soundcore, they usually have the Soundcore Movement Growth, which is a bit cheaper, larger (1.5 kg vs 1.3kg) and certain louder. It’s a well-reviewed speaker and possibly a very good different. The Growth Plus isn’t far more costly, and that’s a lot larger and louder.

General

I’ve been very impressed with the Cleer Scene speaker. The place it lacks in fancy options, it makes up for in sound high quality. In case you simply need a Bluetooth speaker that sounds good with none app management, multi audio system or good options, then I believe you may be hard-pressed to search out one thing a lot better than this for £100.