Convenience is not all
It is the golden age of Bluetooth related products. The problem of power usage is still not solved, but the greatest advantage of wireless connection is convenience. Bluetooth earsets allow you to talk on the phone wireless, listen to music and transfer files. If you have a cell phone that supports both HSDPA and Bluetooth, and a laptop with a module, you can use the cell phone as a wireless modem and use the Internet anywhere. Of course, there is a problem Bluetooth has to overcome, and that is speed of data related function, and sound quality of music related parts.

There have been many sound devices that use Bluetooth, but the common disadvantage of these devices was that the sound was not good. Therefore, although people know how convenient Bluetooth is, those who are sensitive to sound kept on using earphones with cables. Since then, products that users say are quite okay have continuously been released. The recently released YA-BS300 is one of those devices.

The 300 is tolerant
BS300 is a small portable Bluetooth speaker. It uses all the strong points of Samsung Electronics to support a variety of products. First, it can connect wirelessly to Bluetooth products to listen to music, and when connected to Bluetooth cell phones, you can listen to music and talk on the phone through speaker phone. Most Bluetooth speaker products are not tolerant of products that do not have a Bluetooth module, but the BS300 can be connected with a stereo cable. Also, a stereo cable is included in the package.

What about design?
The BS300 does not follow the design of most small speakers. It is true that the hard black color speaker does not offer a good first impression of the thin thickness that is too thin to be called a speaker. A lot of the times the low tones of a speaker are proportionate to the overall size of the speaker. Therefore, the smaller the speaker is, the harder it is to expect low tones. The BS300 takes this point into consideration and uses the 4 modes of the DNSe 2.0 to support insufficient low tones.

The speakers are inside either side of the black net, and a bass reflex hole is on the bottom, and helps support the low tones which could be insufficient because of the thinness. These details prevent the user from thinking there is a lack of low tones when actually listening to music.

The upper part is the control part. In order from the very left is power, previous/next song selection, volume, DNSe activation and 4 selection buttons. Previous/next song selection Yes. The BS300 has an AVRCP(Audio/Video Remote Control Profile), like a true recent Bluetooth product.

There is a strap loop and USB charging port on the left, and a stereo phone jack on the right which has a terminal that receives line-in signals. In the front there is a status mark, LED that shows charging status, phone related button and mic for wireless chatting on the phone.

How good is it?
It is clearly too much as for a sound that binds the entire body and touches the user with a universal feeling from a speaker this small, but the BS300 offers better sound than its size. In short, is good enough for people to be saying, the small product has a good sound, or that s a good sound. The output is 0.7w per channel, and it takes 3 hours to recharge to the fullest, and it can be used for around 4 hours at maximum volume when fully charged.

The unique thing about sound quality is that it includes the DNSe 2.0 that is included in the recent P2. It does not have as many modes as those included in the P2, but has 4 modes (normal, 3D, stress low tones, and 3D+stress low tones). The bad part is you cannot use DNSe when using the line-in cable. It is partly understandable because the BS300 itself is a Bluetooth based product, but it is still a shame. Like the DNSe 2.0 of the P2, the differences between each of the modes are clear.

Various Bluetooth related functions
The BS300 is a product that is supposed to be connected with Bluetooth. Therefore, it is important what kind of Bluetooth profile it offers. It supports A2DP, AVRCP, HSP, HPF profiles based on Bluetooth 2.0, as a recent product should. This profile allows cell phone connection, hands free (talking on the phone and call rejection, dialing by voice), music transfer, and music playing controls. You can also connect to 2 products at once.

If you are listening to music through your cell phone, connected to the BS300, you can press the call button of the BS300 to talk on the speaker phone, and the reception tone can be adjusted with the - + button, and calls can be dialed by voice if the cell phone supports this function. To reject a call, press the call button for 2 seconds, and press the call button briefly to call the latest number dialed. You can also select the number you want to call with your cell phone and press the call button of the BS300 to connect the call. It even includes a function where you can accept an incoming call while you are on the phone. Of course all these functions can be used when connected to 2 Bluetooth products. In other words, you can connect the BS300 and P2 by stereo, and a cell phone and BS300 with headsets.

In order for this multi function, the BS300 includes an echo-prevention and noise elimination function. The appropriate range of talking on the phone is around 40cm from the BS300 mic. If the distance gets farther than that, surrounding noise enters or the volume of the call becomes weaker.

Conclusion : A product worth buying
In conclusion, the BS300 is a product worth buying. It is especially worth buying for consumers who know the limitations of small speakers and frequently use Bluetooth related functions. As I mentioned earlier, there is the disadvantage of not being able to use for a long time because it is supposed to be used in connection with Bluetooth, but it is not such a big disadvantage to be a con because it can be used with all products that have a Bluetooth module.