I don’t think an ordinary iPod portable speaker needs any introduction, but for this one, I will make an exception as it prides on being better in design than most mp3 accessories, and even more, puts them to shame. As for the design, it may be able to do that, since the Card Speaker has been developed by IDEA International, to come in an (so-called) elegant case. We all know that light travels faster than sound, so that’s probably why the Card Speaker shines, as long as it doesn’t play.
Sure, just regarding the design, this is definitely something different from the common accessories of this kind, but there’s not much stuff to be said about the audio. I mean, I know that with nowadays’ technology, manufacturers are capable of developing very thin and slim products, but just by looking at the picture of the Card Speaker, I can tell that the company surely exaggerated when claiming “puts most every mp3 accessory to shame with its good looks and crisp fidelity.”
Well, at least the crisp fidelity part is definitely bogus, or very likely to be. First of all, because fidelity is not something you just add or embed in a product, but something that you actually work for, optimize, redo, redesign, optimize again, smash the product and start all over again. As a high fidelity fan, and a former sound engineer, I really think that companies have been abusing and dirtying words like this one.
Nevertheless, let us not deprive the Card Speaker of all its pride, and continue detailing that the package is complete with two cables – one with a 3.5mm plug and USB for charging the Card Speaker’s internal battery, the other with two 3.5mm jacks for the audio source. Speaking of audio source and charging, the Card Speaker is said to last on playback for about five hours on a single charge, audio source independent. All this for the price of $75.