Review: Inateck BP2001 Bluetooth Speaker

Disclaimer first. Inateck offered me this Inateck BP2001 Bluetooth Speaker for review.

This is my first wireless speaker and I'm really impressed by the sound quality coming out of it.

Inateck BP2001 is a Bluetooth speaker that you can pair with any of your devices running Bluetooth V2.1. So far I've tried it on my Mac, Android phone and iPad. It works flawlessly with each one.

Just turn on the Bluetooth of your device and the speaker gets discovered and connected within seconds. The speaker powers with a tone. After it gets connected via Bluetooth, it will make another tone.

At no time did it break connection during use. The distance at which it can connect is about 15 walking steps away.

The power is inbuilt and you can charge it with a USB cable provided. There's also a 3.5mm audio jack provided if you want to plug in but the wire is a rather short.

Design of the speaker is simple and beautiful. The left right, actually all edges are rounded off. Right in the centre is the Play/Pause button that you can use to pause when a phone call is coming in.

On the top is a long slot that you can use to put your iPad. Since the iPad is rather big, you need to extend the bracket behind the speaker for support. It's very stable. The speaker supports the iPad in both upright and landscape position.

The audio quality is impressive. For such a small speaker, it has nice clarity. There's a little stereo thing going on too but it's of course not as good as the two speakers inside are still quite close together. The volume can go quite loud. I usually listen to it at just 3 out of the 16 volume levels on the Mac. It can go very loud while retaining its clarity but near maximum volume you'll start to hear faint static buzzing.

One downside is the auto-power off feature. It powers off by itself after 5 minutes of inactivity when nothing is playing. The only way to wake it up is the power it off and on again. It's quite inconvenient because you might not be listening all the time, and the next time you want to listen, you have to power it on again.

The other downside is there's a milli-second lag if you're watching a Youtube video and listening. The music does not sync perfectly with the lips. It's an issue to note if you're watching a video, but a non-issue if you're just playing music and not watching anything.

It's a quality speaker despite the downside. I enjoyed using it. It's extremely portable so it's a great choice to bright it outdoors or around.

I'll rate it 4 out of 5 stars.

Below are some photos.

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That's the back of the speakers showing, from left to right, the power switch, 3.5mm audio jack, power port and speaker bracket.