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SOUNARC A3 Pro, P2, M1 showcase

Written By Miguel Ty
Published • February 16th, 2024
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Sounarc is a brand that makes some loud and powerful auditory listening hardware. Their portable party speakers and earphones give end-users a great sound stage with some nifty features for relatively affordable prices.

And if you checked out our video before on the SOUNARC K1, you know what to expect.

In this article, we’ll be looking at not one, not two, but THREE speakers. From their party speaker lineup, we got the A3 Pro and M1 karaoke speakers respectively.

BUT, we also got the P2, a much more affordable speaker that doubles down on the essentials for its cost without the fancy karaoke features.

Stick around if you want to find out more!

Table of Contents

What’s in the box

Alright, let’s get box contents out of the way.

Apart from the speakers themselves, all three come with 3.5mm auxiliary and USB Type-A to C cables for wired listening and charging respectively.

The A3 Pro and M1 come from the Karaoke Party line of Sounarc’s portable speakers, so these units also come with two wireless microphones and remote controls.

Design and Construction

Moving over to the build and construction of all three.

Some of you may have already noticed that all three speakers have a sense of ruggedness in their design. But why the rubberized buttons and seals, metal carrying loops, and allen bolts.

This is because all three speakers feature IP ratings for protection against the elements when bringing them around.

The Sounarc P2 gets an IPX5 water resistance rating, while the M1 and A3 Pro feature IPX6. These resistances should definitely protect them from accidental splashes of water and the rain.

But please, do not try to submerge any of these speakers in a pool.

For I/O all units get 3.5mm auxiliary ports, a USB Type-A port for USB playback, and microSD card slots for playback as well.

The Sounarc P2 is the only one from the three that you cannot use as an emergency power bank.

The M1 and A3 Pro feature orange accented Type-A ports to indicate it’s hybrid use for charging your phone or the included wireless microphones those units come with.

The A3 Pro also gets extra inputs behind its rubber seal, featuring a headphone jack and two TS or Tip Sleeve ports for a guitar or wired microphones.

Before we move onto buttons, I wanted to point out that the biggest boy A3 Pro features a shoulder strap.

Additionally, the M1 and A3 Pro’s speaker grilles are also woven conversely to the standard normie grille on the P2. This is probably why the M1 and A3 Pro get higher IP ratings.

Buttons and Connectivity

Starting off with the A3 Pro, as it has the most complete button layout of the bunch.

First is the power button, which also doubles as the control button to toggle between the preset RGB profiles for the lighting on the sides.

Next to it is the microphone button used to pair the mics inclusive to the speaker. (and yes, Sounarc’s wireless microphones are cross-compatible with their karaoke party speaker lineup.)

To its right is the A/E button, which is for switching vocal reduction on or off.

Then, we get buttons to lower or raise the microphone’s reverb. Next to those are buttons to adjust the volume of the microphones themselves.

Below all those is the M button, short for Mode. The M button allows us to toggle between Bluetooth, auxiliary, USB or a microSD card for playback.

Next, we have the EQ button which has three modes. You can switch from 3D Surround Sound Mode, Stereo Sound Mode, and Extra Bass Mode. We usually just leave this off during casual use, but to each their own!

And finally, we get media playback buttons in the form of Play/Pause, volume up, and volume down.

The M1’s button layout is Power, Mode, EQ, Play/Pause, volume up and down. We also got a new one in the middle for stereo pairing. Users can use this in tandem with another Sounarc M1 in the room to output Left and Right audio channels independently on each speaker.

This button also doubles as the microphone pairing button, which we can activate by holding down for 2 seconds. Either way, the M1 also features a remote where users get access to all functions.

It’s also worth mentioning that the M1 is the only one out of the bunch featuring an illuminated button layout (which is pretty cool.)

Lastly, we have the P2, with the little guy featuring only the essentials. Again, this isn’t from their Karaoke Party speaker lineup. So, all it gets is power, play/pause, and volume control.

But just like the M1, end-users can pair P2’s together as it also features Stereo Pairing.

The P2 is also the only one that features Bluetooth 5.3, while the A3 Pro and M1 get BT 5.

Battery

For battery, we’ll start with the Sounarc P2. It features a 1,500 mAh cell that can last 15 hours of playback at 50% volume, and takes two and half hours to charge from 0-100%.

The M1 gets a hefty 8,000 mAh battery that lasts 15 hours at 50% volume and 8 hours when using it for karaoke. Charging time takes 6 hours, starting from 0%.

The A3 Pro on the other hand gets a MASSIVE 24,000 mAh battery, promising 20 hours of playback at 50% volume, and charges up from zero in 8-9 hours.

The included Microphones for the M1 and A3 pro are each powered by 1,800 mAh cells and charging each one takes about 2-3 hours.

Everything here including the microphones charge via USB Type-C.

Sound Quality

Moving over to sound quality, the Sounarc sound profile has always been consistently tuned. They have balanced dynamics with hefty preservation of lows, mids, and highs. Clarity can be left more desired at times, but loudness at higher volumes make up for it with minimal distortion.

This is with any karaoke features and EQ modes turned off, by the way. We believe that’s a pretty good generalization of what we get across the board here.

The Sounarc P2 features 10W stereo drivers, and they pack a good punch for its size. It does feature a little subwoofer in the middle, but if you wanted heftier sounding bass, that’s why we have the M1 here to move up to.

The Sounarc M1 features 80W stereo drivers with a bigger woofer in the middle. This gives the bass more of a full sound in a wider soundstage.

Lastly, the Sounarc A3 Pro sports 160W stereo drivers formed in two mid-tweeters and woofers. And of course, the big boy is what you’d want in larger gatherings.

But enough of reading, let’s take a look at some simple sound tests between the three. This is for everyone who would like to get a better idea for reference on how each speaker sounds.

And just like the K1 video, I’ll be using my phone as our baseline.

Final thoughts

Okay so to conclude the article, let’s talk about the price!

The Sounarc P2 Portable speaker will set you guys back PHP 899, officially distributed by Tronsmart. It’s also available online through their official channels, with links below.

The output from the 10W drivers is more than decent for its size, so it’s pretty much a steal! It could even make for a nice gift if you needed to give someone a portable BT speaker.

Also with Bluetooth 5.3 on board, connection distance is great! I just wished it also doubled as a powerbank like the other speakers in this article.

As for the Sounarc M1 Karaoke Party Speaker (the middle one of the three), it’s priced at PHP 5,399. This is a BIG leap from 899. But, we do get access to karaoke features and it comes with two wireless microphones!

The M1 also gets much louder, doubles as a power bank, and at 8,000 mAh it’s still airplane hand-carry safe!

Finally, the Sounarc A3 Pro is a big boy, and big boy portable karaoke speakers get big boy pricing at PHP 8,499. This makes it about PHP 500 more expensive than the Sounarc K1 from a previous video.

I do think the K1’s mini boombox formfactor was cooler, but the K1 outputs at 150W while this A3 Pro is at 160W. So, if you crave loudness for a big group, the Sounarc A3 Pro is what you’re looking for..

Again, all these speakers are available locally from Tronsmart and direct from the Sounarc official website. Anyways, that’s about it for this article, but what did you guys think of the Sounarc P2, M1, and A3 Pro?

Would you consider picking any of these up?

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Miguel Ty

Miguel Paolo Ty is an Executive Producer at YugaTech. Outside Yugatech he's known as a Content Producer that specializes in video production. He first joined YugaTech in 2019 as a Multimedia Producer for a year and returned in 2023 as a senior member of the team, poised to produce engaging tech content for the Yugatech audience. Miguel graduated with a degree in Digital Filmmaking at the De La Salle - College of St. Benilde in 2018.