Tronsmart Halo 200

General Information

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  • 3 Way Sound System​

  • 120W Tremendous Sound​

  • Syncs Audio across 100+ Speakers​

  • 5 Lighting Modes​

  • Stereo Pairing​

  • Custom EQ & Lights via APP​

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nikbr

Headphoneus Supremus
Tronsmart Halo 200 - Here To Party!
Pros: Robust
Lightweight
Good Quality
Full of Features
Joyous Looking
Controlled Through an Intuitive App
Customizable EQ
Stable Connection
Great Price To Performance
Cons: Could Have Stronger Bass
A Bit Slow Charge Time
Firstly, a warm welcome to everyone reading this. Summer is upon us and with that the evenings get warmer, longer, and simply more party-friendly. Now, what are the key ingredients for cooking up a joyous party? People? Yep. Drinks? Sure. Food? Yeah, why not. A pretty location? Preferably. What have I forgotten? Oh snap, imagine a quiet ‘party’, let us take care of that too! Tronsmart has just the answer to make your next party a truly outstanding one that your friends will remember for a good little while.

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I am talking about a very capable medium-sized unit that is there to help you get the party up to another level. Tronsmart Halo 200 is always ready to sing.

Let us start with the price just so we get a feel for what to expect and see whether our expectations are met. It currently retails for 159.99USD. You can find out more about the product here: https://www.tronsmart.com/products/tronsmart-halo-200-karaoke-party-speaker#/38-accessories-standard

It is available for purchase via Amazon: https://bit.ly/3Q7f7bA

Disclaimer: I have received this unit free of charge from Tronsmart in exchange for an article. This will not sway my thoughts and I will remain completely transparent as to how I feel about the item. If it’s good, it’s good, and if not …, I would struggle to hide my disappointment anyway.

A Bit About Me

Currently I am 27 years old and more in awe of sheer power of music by the day. I have always been moved by music just that slight bit more than average, I'd say. My spending started with a roughly 200€ Bose bluetooth speaker back in my first grade of highschool. What an extra-terrestrial thing that was in early 2010s. And it keeps on playing to this day – a true testament of quality. Also sounded fantastic back then, nowadays … yeah, not so much. Lots of BT speakers, TWS, car audio speakers, IEMs, etc., later bring me to this day when I truly consider myself an audiophile. What brings me the most joy beside listening to music is singing, so I am currently participating in a choir and challenging myself with solo vocal covers (check the links in my signature to hear my projects). Unsure where all this leads, but the journey itself is marvellous and life is nothing but a journey.

Let's Get Going!

All the technical data is adequately covered in speaker's official material, hence I will instead be describing the aspects I deem most important for a portable party speaker in real use. Robustness, battery life, loudness, fun features, sound quality. So without further ado, let's go through these.

How can you expect to receive your unit? It comes in a large box – obviously, but it isn't protected much from any potential side impact. You'd have to be awfully unlucky to have something happen to it, though. Mine came in perfect condition. All the accessories are on top and laid out very cleanly when you open the box. I have received two BT microphones as well which can be had for a tad more money. I will mention those again under the 'fun features' category.

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I have had a JBL Partybox 310 before and this unit feels just as high quality as that one did, while costing about a third of the price. It is a fully plastic construction, but all touch points are sufficiently high quality and seem really robust and able to withstand abuse rather well. When the party gets going, there will always be some that love to feel like DJs and have absolutely no respect towards the speaker, so being robust is an absolute must (IPX4 is what Tronsmart guarantees). I am very sensitive to button feedback and how their 'click' or 'turn' action feels. Halo 200 gets high marks for that too – no slack or weird feedback on either of the buttons. I love the huge volume knob which is immediately recognizable by its shape and size as well as the LED light that surrounds it. It also works as intended. Overall size of the unit and its weight (6,1kg) are very respectable. Easy to throw it in any car even if it's full of luggage or simply carry it while going to the beach. Honestly, no negatives in this section.

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Battery Seems To Last Forever.
However, as always, it will be dependent on use case (per specs: music: up to 18 hours (on 50% volume), karaoke: up to 10 hours (on 60% volume)). Having the LED light show turned on will shorten the playtime. Having the volume turned all the way up is going to cost it too. Let me put it this way, you will easily go through that usual late evening into early night party without worrying about the battery depleting. That means playing at a calmer 50-70% volume without LEDs from 6 till 9PM, then slowly upping the firepower and turning it to 100% volume as well as showing off the dancing LEDs (which have multiple settings ranging from calmer to crazier visual stimuli along with the rhythm) until the police show up. Hopefully not, but it may happen. Why? Because this rather unassuming looking and overall still a smaller speaker can get quite loud – what a great segue onto the next topic.

Powerful For Its Size!
Story time. You've probably been there before. You turn up to a pool party or a barbecue full of attractive ladies with a BT speaker thinking you're the man and you'll show them how to party (check out the pic below, I am now talking about something like the Tronsmart Mirtune C2 on the left - good little speaker, just not up to the task of partying).

You go ahead and turn that bad boy on and start creeping up in volume on your phone step by step. Carefully, so you don't show all attributes from the start already. But, you keep on pressing that volume button and the background noise as well as the fact you're now stood outside, not surrounded by walls and windows either side of you, makes this poor little BT speaker disappear. Oh-oh! You're at 80% volume and only now can others make out that there's actually music playing from somewhere. They turn to you all excited and say »Yeah, John! Crank it up, that's my song!«. So you press the volume button three more times to reach the maximum, the speaker starts distorting, and barely gets any louder. You feel bad, the party dies off and they go back to talking, and the speaker is having a horrible time, too. Yikes … Let's avoid that next time and please bring an actual party speaker to that next party.

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Halo 200 is here to assist (with its 120W rated power output). This little fella can get respectably loud while remaining composed sounding. No real distortion to speak of, but the bass won't be able to keep up with the mids and treble after about 80%. Still, even when you're done turning up the volume and people are dancing, there's that other party trick to impress – LED lightshow! Wooohooo! »Wow, John, that's an awesome speaker!«, says that same girl that was left wanting more previously.

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Sound Quality
Upon first listen I was impressed with just how grown up this speaker sounds indoors. Vocals are clearly presented and never get too weighty or shouty. Bass supports the whole presentation in a capable manner – no boominess, no lack of pace, no abnormal texturing, just a sweet experience. Mids are never really in the forefront of such speakers, however I was not left completely cold and thinking how this is just another V-shaped mess of a sound signature. In stock tuning it is pleasantly balanced. Treble is handled by a single tweeter up top, so it cannot really paint that ethereal 3D picture of dancing cymbals, hihats, what-have-you. It keeps up with the bass and mids and avoids sibilance, shout or any seriously annoying peaks to make you squint and think what the heck was that. And if you want to make it your own there's an app in which you can 5-band EQ this guy to sing to your liking even more.

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Then I took it outdoors to a local park where we played some sports. You know that is not going to be a quiet environment with men playing sports. Still I had to put on some energetic deep house tunes and 50% volume was ideal for that additional motivation to give it our best. When we had enough of sports and night fell, it was time to bring out the best party trick you can ever bring. Microphones. Two wireless BT microphones that not only feel decent quality, but also sound impressive. Karaoke puts a smile on everyone's face except the one that's up next, haha! Awesome fun guaranteed. Since I got two microphones that means there's always at least one in action while the other circles around searching for someone else courageous enough to go for it and sing their lungs out!

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In summary
This speaker really ticks all the boxes as a portable party speaker at this price. All the quintessential traits are here and ready to show what they're made of. Since summer is already in full swing here, I am looking forward to the next party and that impressed lady to come to me instead of that John guy from our story.

I have no problem recommending this one to anyone that's looking for something similar to liven their parties or use it as an indoor speaker too.

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