NS2-101US NS2 Air Monitors V2 Bookshelf Speaker (Black)

Great speakers for Mac and while the product arrived in the time expected it was a different color than I ordered.I ordered Yellow and got Red.A decent audio speaker with good blue tooth connectivity.

The setup was annoying and it took much too long to get it connected to the point where it would play music and then it would delay. AirPlay might as well not even be advertised, because it doesn't work really and when it does, the iPhone doesn't provide volume controls in its OS for certain apps, so you can't turn it down. Seriously. You can AirPlay it, but you cannot control the volume. How they let that one get past them, I have no idea. But when paired to Bluetooth, it does pair faithfully each time, yet I wonder why the sound quality is all mid and lows, barely any hi's at all. I tried pairing them to my MacBook and I got the same reaction from it, although I could turn it a bit higher (because of different sound cards in different devices.) but still not the quality I expected. Also, they are rather smaller than you think, think of them as just slightly bigger computer speakers. The pictures make them look like they are least a foot tall and they're barely. But they are powerful and loud. If that's what we are basing it on, then okay. But I need all three levels. High/Mid/Low.Back to the setup again, I have no clue if these were ever on the right firmware or not, I tried to update it like 20 times and it never told me if I was successful or not.Upon figuring out they are based here in Chicago, I almost decided to email and ask for them to let me show them what I meant and if they had any different way of tuning or updating them...but I will instead return them and try the Sonos Play:1's & a sub.

¡ALERT! They just arrived today!Wanting to hear music, pianos & violins, in my bedroom I took a chance on the NOC NS2 v2 Air Monitors. My vintage 2007 iMac hardly running OS X 10.10.3 Yosemite might not withstand any more new software so I thought only of using Apple AirPlay compatible speakers. Doing so permitted me to utilize already created iTunes playlists. Because of their free iPhone app, set-up could not have been simpler although for some reason the speakers would only connect to - see - my wireless router's 2.4G band not its 5G. In minutes I was able to stream music from the computer, located in the living room. The air monitors include 2-lengths connector cable wires enabling them to better create stereo ambience by setting the speakers further apart from one another. They sit on Samson MS200 monitor stands. While not having been "played-in," and having no sub woofer, the NOCS NS2 still produce a rich clear sound (compared to a pair of Logitech X-230 wired computer speakers). The speakers are expensive, but so far I'm very pleased with them.UPDATE 07/15:Even more Amazingly Brilliant!!I've been using the speakers everyday since they had arrive and they're SUPER! They seem to sound best with "real" instruments as opposed to electronically created music such as electronic and rap. Vocals sound excellent. Their stereo ambience is room filling. The NOCS can be controlled thru iTunes running on either the computer or by utilizing Apple's Remote iDevice app that controls the computer's iTunes Library including volume control and iTunes "UP NEXT" feature can be utilized as well. Apple just launched their new Apple Music. All of its features can be streamed to the NOCS including BEATS RADIO, and music placed in CONNECT from either the computer or iDevice. Wonderful!

Well, their customer support team accepted my request for a refund due to input switching issues - then after sending them back (cost me 60$ to ship there) they denied my refund request, and now I'm out 460$. Awesome.My speakers had input switching problems, and the AUX input would stop working after a period of inactivity, making it necessary to execute a seemingly random and tedious input switching and setup process until they would finally start outputting what was being sent to the AUX input.Their customer support was the worst I've experienced (believe it!). Their response time is between 1 week and never, and averages about 2 1/2 weeks to get a response to anything. There is no phone number available for support. Their support team has not seemed to have any training in support - they invalidate my claims that the speakers don't work right, and will outright not respond to reply emails detailing answers to their technical response questions. --?? They will lose context of the previous emails in the chain, making it necessary to start over on various points for each email. It has been 5 weeks since I've last asked them to reconsider. I my last plea to reconsider restated everything including the technical issue, the email history, and the refund confirmation, (because they lose email context). I don't think I will see the speakers or my money again.

Your Wifi name MUST be alphanumeric for it to work! The speakers sounded amazing. The only criticism I have is that the input switching sucks if you are trying to use them with multiple sources. I was looking for a single solution for improving my TV sound as well as using the Airplay streaming, but this is not it.