I love these! If i had friends, and they came over, I'd make sure they were sitting right underneath one of these. If they didn't notice, I'd turn the volume up a click every few minutes. How could they miss them though, with those green notes streaming out of it.
I insistently gave the greatest idea for a little stupid prank every time that light bulb came up and you here shot me down time and time again. I still think you guys are a great big disappointment right now....
@djslack i said i was going to stuff the blub in a closet playing dull moans and silly pillow talk so it sounds like our neighbors are doing it all night long. I figured people would like that.... Would have tried again to. If it hadn't been foiled by you meddling Meh and your silly mascot irk too
Ive been visiting MEh for a few months now. Ive learned what they make money on. 1.Refurbished Chromebooks 2.Any type of Bluetooth speaker (Including headphones) 3. Mini Drones
@Coupe Bullet #4: "Speakers have a one-to-one Bluetooth connection limit, so unfortunately you can't string them together into some kind of wall of sound. Or should that be ceiling of sound? In any case, you can't do that, is what we're saying."
@luxuryluke With a combination of Bluetooth splitters and audio splitters (or more audio splitters and plain old Bluetooth transmitters) you can pair multiple speakers and still do a ceiling of sound. You're just not gonna do it with an iPhone and a six pack of speaker lights alone.
@Coupe there's an app for that but you have to have multiple devices. Ampme synchs audio between multiple devices using wifi. If you have a phone and tablet you can synch both up and use with 2 speakers
@Coupe Just an FYI for anyone trying to do this without any extra hardware from a Mac - I was successfully able to stream to two of these simultaneously after pairing them both and configuring them as an aggregate device, but I was never able to get one to act as left and one to act as right channel. I feel like it should be possible, but I had to keep running into the bathroom, jumping up on the sink, then returning to the computer in the living room in order to test things… and that got old pretty quickly. Regardless, if you don't care about using them as a stereo pair, it's easy to stream to (at least) two of these from a Mac.
If one of these will fit in those lights mounted in swimming pool walls, easy way to listen to music or Olympic commentary replays to motivate you while you swim, no earbuds required!
I finally thought of a use for all these Bluetooth speakers. I want to put them all over the house so I can play some theme music before I enter a room.
I am waiting for the "weird stuff that shouldn't have bluetooth" pack... you guys could toss a couple of these in there, one of those wall blutoothspeaker chargers things... and there has to be another weird bluetooth thing you sell... hmm...
I picked these up, with the thought that they might have a neat purpose.
I have discovered that the only real advantage these have over other devices is the ability to permanently add an audio source, that doesn't need batteries, in areas that have a light bulb socket but no (or few) standard wall plug socket.
Places like this includes closets, bathrooms, utility rooms are ideal. I put one in the vent fan by the shower for tunes. The problem is, only the small one fits, and it is VERY dim. I think I've seen brighter candles. Seriously.
@pamu If it accepts standard size light bulbs and you have a gadget that can stream music by bluetooth (smartphone, tablet, etc), then sure it would work.
Ignoring the obvious issues of "where in the world should I use such a product?", "Where can I put them such that their ENORMOUS size won't be terribly disgusting?", and "Bluetooth LED speaker lights; WTF?"...
My biggest reasons for a hearty "Meh" are these, in no particular order:
- Light quality; Cruddy quality LEDs are no better than the less environmentally-friendly CFLs, and considerably worse for colour reproduction than most other options (Poor CRI ratings, poor light output, poor shape of light output, etc). I like my pictures and everything else to look as colourful as they were meant to look. As the exact details on this LED fixture are not particularly precise, my guess would put the CRI on this at maybe 70-80 out of 100, as opposed to archaic incandescents, which score about 90, CFLs, which are between 80-90, and halogen, which can be anywhere between 85-95 - all dependent on how much you are wiling to spend for quality. - Light temperature; If I wanted my house to look like it was lit by yellowy, wax candles, I would buy bluetooth speaker candelabras for my 2700-3000K lighting needs. As such, this will never match my house, which varies by room, from 4000-5500K white light. - Sound quality; I have yet to see anyone offer any positive review as to the sound quality. If it can't play loudly, and it can't play accurately (loudly, without nasty distortion), and it can't play any bass to save its life... What's the point of the speaker again? I think that I'd sooner duct-tape a little Logitech/Beats/Sonos/pick-your-poison bluetooth speaker to the ceiling, and paint it to blend in - Although I don't personally have to, since I have a home theatre system that is already wired and good to go for up to three different zones.
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This is a very decided, definite, and indubitable "meh" from me.
I bought these two different times and would buy again but I no longer have any places that I want to install them. For me, its perfect in my room, as I can use the remote to turn the lights on and off from my bed, and the bluetooth is connected to my laptop for my movies/tv shows. I'm no audiophile, but compared to the speakers in my laptop, this sounds way better.
@fredboy - Doesn't almost anything (other than Apple's packaged-in earbuds) sound better than laptop speakers?! :D
I actually am an audiophile, hence my earlier concern about quality, but I appreciate hearing someone approve, at least with a qualified statement of a specific usage scenario. And that sounded way wordier than the actual idea; I just meant thanks for saying something.
@arosiriak You want an audiophile-friendly review? They sound worse than my Audience 2+2s driven by my Vinnie Rossi LIO, but better than any other lightbulb in my apartment. In all seriousness, of course they're not audiophile-grade — they combine a power supply, LEDs, LED driver circuitry, bluetooth circuitry, a class D chip amp, a speaker, and space-eating heatsinks into a package the size of a lightbulb (or, the size of a small hatchback in the case of the normal-sized version). Given all that, they sound better than I expected, and at least some thought seems to have gone into them. The speakers (while clearly a no-name off-the-shelf part) are a bit chunkier and contain larger magnets than I anticipated as well.
There must be some way I can screw these into my tail lights so every time I hit my brakes, it makes the sound of screeching tires and a Wilhelm scream. Would also be fun to yell insults at tailgaters. I do believe I need to go patent this idea.
@DeadTaco Dismantle, bypass the rectifier, run a separate power source, a buck converter for the voltage, a relay for the brake light portion ... yeah, it's not that bad.
I would probably need to set up some beacons to make this work but, with enough of these, you could probably play the most disorienting game of marco polo ever.
Specs
Mini:
Original:
Remote included with the Mini works on the Original and vice versa
Condition: New
Warranty: 1 Year Awox
Estimated Delivery: 4/13 - 4/15
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
2x LED light with Bluetooth speaker
2x Remote control with batteries
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Warranty
90 days
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Boo!
Ya!
No more bluetooth!
@mcemanuel speaker for yourself!
First the pillows, now this!
@mcemanuel
Wait! They had Bluetooth pillows?! How'd I miss that one?
@mcemanuel At least pillows have a reason for existing.
Put a speaker-light on a quad-copter that will also charge my iPhone and I'll take one
doon't waant thee striimlight, meeh
Use this in the outside front porch to scare of door to door sales meh trying to sell better Bluetooth lamps, because after all were @ meh.com
When one of your comments is used as a description for the daily deal :D.
I love these! If i had friends, and they came over, I'd make sure they were sitting right underneath one of these. If they didn't notice, I'd turn the volume up a click every few minutes. How could they miss them though, with those green notes streaming out of it.
That big one looks like it could defeat many light fixtures. No thanks, bring back speaker docks pls thx
// No thanks, bring back speaker docks pls thx //
That was their goal from the beginning
That was exciting for the first 5 minutes.
I insistently gave the greatest idea for a little stupid prank every time that light bulb came up and you here shot me down time and time again. I still think you guys are a great big disappointment right now....
@boredashell what's the big idea?
@djslack i said i was going to stuff the blub in a closet playing dull moans and silly pillow talk so it sounds like our neighbors are doing it all night long. I figured people would like that.... Would have tried again to. If it hadn't been foiled by you meddling Meh and your silly mascot irk too
Watts up ? Speaker lights - meh time has begun
I didn't use my VMP for March and April isn't looking any better.
@cwillbwill5
Last December for me.
Sorry, I'm light on puns tonight.
@gyozilla In other words, you're a wry-less speaker.
@awk and lysdexic too.
@gyozilla Speakering until your blue in the tooth?
Ive been visiting MEh for a few months now. Ive learned what they make money on.
1.Refurbished Chromebooks
2.Any type of Bluetooth speaker (Including headphones)
3. Mini Drones
@ryanj17347 Actually, the "make money" part hasn't been figured out yet.
@ryanj17347
4. pocket knives
Can the audio to these guys be synced up? Say for bedside lamps, one on each nightstand?
@Coupe with this you could: http://www.monoprice.com/mobile/product/details/9722
@djslack OK. I followed that link & was certain it said "bluetooth spitter" & for the first time the word "bluetooth" meant something to me.
@Coupe
Bullet #4:
"Speakers have a one-to-one Bluetooth connection limit, so unfortunately you can't string them together into some kind of wall of sound. Or should that be ceiling of sound? In any case, you can't do that, is what we're saying."
@luxuryluke ... hence, the aforementioned BT splitter.
@luxuryluke With a combination of Bluetooth splitters and audio splitters (or more audio splitters and plain old Bluetooth transmitters) you can pair multiple speakers and still do a ceiling of sound. You're just not gonna do it with an iPhone and a six pack of speaker lights alone.
@Coupe there's an app for that but you have to have multiple devices. Ampme synchs audio between multiple devices using wifi. If you have a phone and tablet you can synch both up and use with 2 speakers
@gertiestn I thought that was just code for a Smurf brawl.
@Coupe Just an FYI for anyone trying to do this without any extra hardware from a Mac - I was successfully able to stream to two of these simultaneously after pairing them both and configuring them as an aggregate device, but I was never able to get one to act as left and one to act as right channel. I feel like it should be possible, but I had to keep running into the bathroom, jumping up on the sink, then returning to the computer in the living room in order to test things… and that got old pretty quickly. Regardless, if you don't care about using them as a stereo pair, it's easy to stream to (at least) two of these from a Mac.
If one of these will fit in those lights mounted in swimming pool walls, easy way to listen to music or Olympic commentary replays to motivate you while you swim, no earbuds required!
More disappointing than what Villanova did to my bracket.
I prefer my music coming from directly above my head, so this is perfect.
@cation Put a chair under them so that your legs don't get tired.
Oy Meh !
I do not want these in the lamp, on the desk on which it's clamp.
I do not want these in the room, for the light is dim and all too gloom.
I do not want these in the yard, for the lack of proofing water shards.
I do not want these AwoX lights, so why you selling this shit tonight?!
@narfcake not bad!
@therealjrn Yeah, but not good enough for @dave to take notice for a free set either. I suppose I could blame the goat ... but not now.
It's like a bluetooth speaker, but worse.
I finally thought of a use for all these Bluetooth speakers. I want to put them all over the house so I can play some theme music before I enter a room.
@LankHairdoo Or Sheldon Cooper's "Bazinga!"
I am waiting for the "weird stuff that shouldn't have bluetooth" pack... you guys could toss a couple of these in there, one of those wall blutoothspeaker chargers things... and there has to be another weird bluetooth thing you sell... hmm...
Too Meh to meh the meh button
Forget scaring the salesman, voice of god for Jehovah witnesses, voice of the devil for politicians who pop by my house.
You could probably use them to broadcast any inane idea you have, to turn it into a bright idea.
I'm a little light on puns tonight otherwise.
Get enough of these and you could have your own laugh track following you throughout your home.
maybe we should all just suck it up and buy some of these things so we don't have to see them twice a month for the next year.
I don't think I could get drunk enough to come up the idea of a Bluetooth LED speaker light. What?
Pair this with an Echo Dot and reenact every episode of star trek the next generation.
If I put this in my table lamp will it auto-play "You Light Up My Life?" If not, it's kind of worthless. How many batteries does this take anyway?
I picked these up, with the thought that they might have a neat purpose.
I have discovered that the only real advantage these have over other devices is the ability to permanently add an audio source, that doesn't need batteries, in areas that have a light bulb socket but no (or few) standard wall plug socket.
Places like this includes closets, bathrooms, utility rooms are ideal. I put one in the vent fan by the shower for tunes. The problem is, only the small one fits, and it is VERY dim. I think I've seen brighter candles. Seriously.
Hmmm... would this be good for my vintage camper which has a built-in 8-track system and NO counter space?
@pamu If it accepts standard size light bulbs and you have a gadget that can stream music by bluetooth (smartphone, tablet, etc), then sure it would work.
@pamu The ineffiency of running 120v to this would suggest no.
I'm going to put one in my gun lamp so I can make it randomly play gun noises. Preferably at very high volume while someone is sitting next to it.
@Lokiparts Mom, have you been drinking again?
Can anyone come up with the patent designs for even dumber ideas? I think that should be the theme the next time these are sold.
@jjohns71 Bluetooth pillow with folding knife.
You could create a stereophonic light show for your 80's cover band!
Well, it looks like I can stop my search for the meaning of life. Bluetooth speaker bulbs are the answer!
I'm going to put one in my ceiling fan upstairs and downstairs and hook up my echo dot to it. Should be badass right?
@takeurmoney I really like the idea of pairing this with the Echo Dot.
Ignoring the obvious issues of "where in the world should I use such a product?", "Where can I put them such that their ENORMOUS size won't be terribly disgusting?", and "Bluetooth LED speaker lights; WTF?"...
My biggest reasons for a hearty "Meh" are these, in no particular order:
- Light quality; Cruddy quality LEDs are no better than the less environmentally-friendly CFLs, and considerably worse for colour reproduction than most other options (Poor CRI ratings, poor light output, poor shape of light output, etc). I like my pictures and everything else to look as colourful as they were meant to look. As the exact details on this LED fixture are not particularly precise, my guess would put the CRI on this at maybe 70-80 out of 100, as opposed to archaic incandescents, which score about 90, CFLs, which are between 80-90, and halogen, which can be anywhere between 85-95 - all dependent on how much you are wiling to spend for quality.
- Light temperature; If I wanted my house to look like it was lit by yellowy, wax candles, I would buy bluetooth speaker candelabras for my 2700-3000K lighting needs. As such, this will never match my house, which varies by room, from 4000-5500K white light.
- Sound quality; I have yet to see anyone offer any positive review as to the sound quality. If it can't play loudly, and it can't play accurately (loudly, without nasty distortion), and it can't play any bass to save its life... What's the point of the speaker again? I think that I'd sooner duct-tape a little Logitech/Beats/Sonos/pick-your-poison bluetooth speaker to the ceiling, and paint it to blend in - Although I don't personally have to, since I have a home theatre system that is already wired and good to go for up to three different zones.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This is a very decided, definite, and indubitable "meh" from me.
perfect use case:
reading light for your audiobooks
@virtualmorris rotflmao!!!!
I bought these two different times and would buy again but I no longer have any places that I want to install them. For me, its perfect in my room, as I can use the remote to turn the lights on and off from my bed, and the bluetooth is connected to my laptop for my movies/tv shows. I'm no audiophile, but compared to the speakers in my laptop, this sounds way better.
@fredboy - Doesn't almost anything (other than Apple's packaged-in earbuds) sound better than laptop speakers?! :D
I actually am an audiophile, hence my earlier concern about quality, but I appreciate hearing someone approve, at least with a qualified statement of a specific usage scenario. And that sounded way wordier than the actual idea; I just meant thanks for saying something.
@arosiriak You want an audiophile-friendly review? They sound worse than my Audience 2+2s driven by my Vinnie Rossi LIO, but better than any other lightbulb in my apartment. In all seriousness, of course they're not audiophile-grade — they combine a power supply, LEDs, LED driver circuitry, bluetooth circuitry, a class D chip amp, a speaker, and space-eating heatsinks into a package the size of a lightbulb (or, the size of a small hatchback in the case of the normal-sized version). Given all that, they sound better than I expected, and at least some thought seems to have gone into them. The speakers (while clearly a no-name off-the-shelf part) are a bit chunkier and contain larger magnets than I anticipated as well.
There must be some way I can screw these into my tail lights so every time I hit my brakes, it makes the sound of screeching tires and a Wilhelm scream. Would also be fun to yell insults at tailgaters. I do believe I need to go patent this idea.
@DeadTaco Dismantle, bypass the rectifier, run a separate power source, a buck converter for the voltage, a relay for the brake light portion ... yeah, it's not that bad.
Thanks for the size specs... REALLY like what you did there on the 'original' (mixed fractions and decimals...Duh!)
I would probably need to set up some beacons to make this work but, with enough of these, you could probably play the most disorienting game of marco polo ever.