If your wireless router supports WPS you can simply set up the speaker using the WPS buttons on your router and the speaker. Setup of the S1 speaker itself is pretty straightforward. Only the currently selected input type will be lit, letting you easily tell how the S1 is currently ready to play. You’ll also find a circular option button, which toggles the various input selections, as well as lit areas for the various connection types - WiFi, Bluetooth, Digital, and Analog. Here you’ll see play controls such as the typical play/pause, volume up and down, and forward/back controls. To get to those functions simply swipe your finger across the top of the S1 and it will spring to life. The power button is always illuminated, though most all other controls are blacked out when not in use. The entire top includes your touch input for most functions of the speaker in addition to an NFC pairing point for phones that support it. The top of the S1 is really pretty slick. That really only leaves the top of the device to talk about. The base has a female threaded port in case you’d like to mount the S1 somewhere. The sides are relatively ordinary, only showing the wider base and significantly thinner top of the speaker. Directly to the right of the flap-covered ports is the power input. Here you’ll find WPS and Mode buttons, Micro USB, AUX-in, Optical in, and USB inputs. Review Samsung T650 Soundbar with SWA-8500S 2.0 Speaker SystemĬontinuing to explore the back of the device, you’ll find all of your wired input options as well as some setup buttons under another rubber flap at the bottom. The S1 is small enough though, that you should still be able to pick it up with one hand using different grabbing points. The S1 is the only speaker in the Soundstage line that does not have its own dedicated handle, and while the vented area might seem like a good handle replacement, I always felt awkward trying to grab the S1 in that area, and didn’t want to break anything on the speaker. Between those there is a vented area covered by a loose rubber cover. Monster did not skimp on the speakers simply because this is the smallest in the Soundstage line (but we’ll get to that later). Moving to the back of the device, you’ll immediately notice the two large circular bumps behind the biggest speakers. This is definitely a solid feeling speaker. The speaker itself has a decent heft to it, it’s a bit heavier than you’d imagine it would be.
The Monster logo is adhered at the bottom in the middle of the front panel. The speaker is slightly curved with a black speaker grille covering the entirety of the front panel. While the S1 is the smallest of the Soundstage speakers, it shares many of the same design cues with it’s bigger brethren.
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In this Monster Soundstage S1 review I’ll take a look at how the smallest speaker in the series handles everything I could throw at it. They’ve recently released the Monster Soundstage series, a set of wireless speakers with quite a few different ways to connect.
We’ve had the chance to look at a few pairs of Monster headphones recently, but headphones aren’t the only thing that Monster has going on these days.
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