Roberts Beacon 320 Bluetooth Speaker - Dusky Pink

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Charging a device from the speaker will shorten the play-time available from the speaker’s battery before it needs charging.

As mentioned, you can link two Roberts Beacon 330 speakers together for a wireless stereo setup although we weren't able to test this for ourselves. To cancel stereo mode pairing give a long press on the Stereo Mode button on either speaker while they are connected. Sadly for Roberts, that convenience almost pales into insignificance when reminded of the R-Line S2’s sound quality. Two Beacon 330 speakers may be linked to form a stereo pair with one playing the left channel and the other playing the right.The Beacon 330 is a respectable sounding portable speaker with great looks. How much that appeals depends on whether you value style as much as – if not more so – than the audio. You shouldn’t buy the Roberts Beacon 330 if…

Control the volume using the Volume Up or Down buttons on the speaker. You can press and hold the buttons to more rapidly change the volume. Your product or AC/DC adaptor should not be exposed to liquids, steam, sand, dripping or splashing and no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the product or adaptor. Still, looking so good and feeling like a quality daily speaker ensures that the Roberts Beacon 330 will still be appealing to many. The speaker will flash the battery status LEDs to indicate maximum or minimum volume level is reached. Battery life is 15 hours – presumably each circle on the top plate counts for five hours – and recharging the battery to full takes three hours. The Bluetooth classification isn’t revealed in the specs, but we’re assuming its Bluetooth 5.0.

The Roberts Beacon 330 is one of the most stylish Bluetooth speakers around but falls short of its competitors in some key areas

The Beacon 330 offers five EQ modes to choose from: Normal, Classic, Bass Boost, Outdoors and Speech. Press the power button – not too hard or long, or else you’ll turn the speaker off – and press either the volume “+” or “–” buttons once for Classic, twice for Bass Boost and four times for Outdoor mode. The small LED light beneath the Equalizer bar will flash a set number of times to indicate the mode the speaker is in. The three little circles in the indicate battery status, while the bars at the bottom are there to help decipher the speaker’s EQ mode. The Roberts Beacon 330 comes with dual bass radiators that should bring with it "rich, powerful and clear sound" according to Roberts. In reality, it's certainly clear but we're not convinced by the power. The volume requires turning up more so than with other speakers in this price range and, even then, the energy isn't quite as potent. The sound will change as you step through the options. After a few seconds without button presses the speaker will store the new setting.