Sound Beyond Size. Warning: Unbelieveably Loud. The Best Just Got Better.

Hmn. Great one-liners, we must acknowlege, that we read on the box containing the X-mini Max II we just got recently.

And we must also add, they're pretty much consistent with the performance of this teeny-wheeny blasters.

Generation two of the X-mini Max will not make you think twice of shelling out quite a large sum for a miniscule pair of portable speakers.

Not that the original X-mini needed an improvement, it's just that in technology, good things can always get better. So the first-born which made a lot happy for being one of the best-sounding portable speaker systems in the market must bow to the new-born baby from XM-I Technology.

And here's our take on the X-mini Max II.

The drivers are angled at a slight 10 degrees toward the user, and we must note the absence of speaker grilles.

With cone-shaped speaker domes and the Alien-type shape of the speaker opening, the Max II should not stick out like a sore thumb in a space shuttle cabin.

Available in three colors: black (which we got), white and red, the Max II is quite easy to use. You split the speaker into two halves, and nothing could be easier than that. No clip, no twisting, since the two speakers held firmly together only by magnetic bases.

You then twist and extend each half to fully extend the accordian bass tube. Or you may choose to use these speakers in compact or extended modes.

In the Max II, like the original Max, you can use both speakers together for stereo output or each on its own for the same monaural effect. The USB cable with the volume control built-in provides the audio signal as well as power to recharge the built-in batteries in the Max II.

The Max II is really one heck of a blaster, and you can pump up the volume to some higher level without inducing distortion.

XM-I Pte. Ltd. is billed as the creator of the Capsule Speaker genre. The company hailed the arrival of their latest innovation, the X-Mini MAX II speakers, as the better X-mini with key aesthetic improvements.

Developed in Singapore, the X-Mini Max II is expertly designed to be ultraportable and precisely engineered to deliver a superior sound.

Just consider: with a simple twist and lift, the avant garde capsule-shaped design unveils a pair of mean blasters. These stylish speakers, which can also be used individually, pop open to reveal the patented accordion-like Bass Xpansion System (BXS) which successfully mimics the resonance of a sub woofer.

Defying the conventional notion that size does matter, the X-mini Max II is a moveable feast of sounds. Its new 40 mm driver, expanded BXS, extended playback time and modular “Buddy-Jack” design, enables it to effectively generate high-quality and extensive aural ranges, be it the rich timbres of a soprano or the pulsating electronic beats of the latest dance track.

New to the design aesthetics of the X-mini Max II is the open and angled drivers for a directional audio enhancement as well as a richer bass output. Promoting communal usage with friends who have any second generation Xmini speakers is the “Buddy-Jack” function that enables you to connect one Xmini to another, capable of forming an almost endless “daisy chain” of selfpowered, bass-enhanced portable speaker system.

The powerful yet compact X-Mini Max II produces high-fidelity sound at any pitch or volume and is perfect in all environments.

Sound Beyond Size. Warning: Unbelieveably Loud. The Best Just Got Better.

Hmn. Yup. We agree.