Tango BT-60 speaker: a retro treat, good sound and a great price

Since we have quite a bit of technology waiting to be tested in the office, the Tango BT-60 Bluetooth speaker stayed in the box for quite some time. When we got our hands on it, we were even more impressed by the shape. Especially the buttons on the top that add that finishing touch to this speaker and make it special.

If we make a short summary for the change from the beginning, we can write that it is retro, likeable, the sound is good, and the price is low.

Bluetooth speaker retro look with buttons that take us back 30 years

The front is fitted with a nice knitted fabric, on the back there are holes from which low tones resonate, the rest is the speaker frame Tango BT-60 it is covered in artificial leather. In our case, white, but you can also think of black.

It stands on four plastic legs, which are a great addition in this context, and on the top side is what impressed us the most - a control panel that takes us several decades into the past. Mainly its right part, which starts on the far right with the on/off lever, the kind we have seen on radios, TVs, and even cars, if you remember, in the last millennium.

It is accompanied by a rotary volume knob in the same style, for bass or low tones, and a treble knob for adjusting high frequencies and adding sharpness. This, in contrast to the bass, can make the highs clearer and more defined, or muffle them to reduce any hissing or harshness of the sound.

The left side is more modern with three play/pause, back and forward buttons, accompanied by USB-A, USB-C and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Although the Tango BT-60 copy, its price easily convinces us

It's hard to avoid mentioning that it's a copy of the Marshall Stanmore III Bluetooth speaker, because just by looking at it without the logo behind the front grille, the uninitiated could easily mistake them. However, you cannot exchange them during a possible purchase, as the price of the Bluetooth speaker SBOX Tango BT-60 is more than half lower. This is another positive surprise, because for less than €150 you can hardly get more.

With two tweeters (63.5 mm each) and one woofer (127 mm), it produces the sound we expect from a speaker with a total power of 60 W. This is not a speaker for big and noisy parties or a sound system that will shake all four walls of a 130 square meter house, but it is a speaker that will still be heard throughout the house or apartment and will provide entertainment and a good sound experience even in a larger space. It makes no sense to turn it all the way up, but even at higher volumes it keeps both high and low tones clear. By turning the knobs, we can catch the frequencies that are most pleasing to our ears.

Connectivity works as it should, but it doesn't have a dedicated app

We have already mentioned the connections, but you will most likely play music on it from your phone in most cases. The Bluetooth wireless connection is stable (BT 5.3) and works as it should. Perhaps we miss a dedicated application with some additional settings, but we are quite successfully comforted by the aforementioned buttons on top of the speaker, which perform their function perfectly. If it's retro, let it be really retro.

The Tago BT-60 speaker is not designed to be truly portable. Of course, we can move it as we please, but we wouldn't carry it around with us every day. The dimensions and weight are more intended for home, stationary use. We happily measured 41x26x28 cm above the home TV for those few days during the test, and the shelf (just as happily) carried the 4.8 kg of additional weight.

If this beauty could stay with me, he would be the permanent head of the living room. And while the battery life is long, I'd keep it plugged in so I wouldn't have to worry about it dying in the middle of hanging out with friends. Therefore, they could add some kind of USB-C connector on the back, which the Tango does not have. It is installed at the top so that the cable is visible. Otherwise, they finished it nicely in the letter L, but still.

We were impressed by the looks, solid sound and retro function buttons on the top, and the price. And the white is given to him. If he happens to disappear from the editorial board after the test, you know where he is.