According to the user manual, these can be Stereo paired: https://fcc.report/FCC-ID/2ATJS-PUNCH/4574210.pdf
“46W Total” sounds hightly suspect. That’s pretty high for a small bluetooth speaker like this. Anyone have this, and can confirm?
For everyone over 40, this isn’t the Nakamichi you remember. Nakamichi was acquired by a holding company in 1998, so this is just a recognizable name slapped on a generic product.
Definitely not an expert here, but I do have one. This thing is actually pretty big (check out image #4 for size reference). It’s about twice as big as a JBL Charge 5 and closer in size to the Xtreme 3 honestly. As far as sound output, it gets pretty loud 
, that’s about all I can tell you.
Yup the sad truth about a lot of brand names, but this one particularly bothered me when I saw dollar-store quality earbuds with Nakamichi branding selling online. “Back in the day” (yells the old guy!) I don’t think Nakamichi was into earbuds. I don’t even think earbuds existed.
I still have my Nakamichi 480 cassette deck I bought when I was in college. Not sure why, because I don’t really use it. Cost about the same as University of California reg fees (they didn’t call it tuition) for a quarter, but back then it was about $400.
EDIT all that said, this might not be a bad unit, and a comment above seems to imply it might be larger and better than a lot of other small units that show up here. The USB-C charging at least indicates it’s fairly recent (a lot of bargain older units will have failing internal batteries). I have a bunch of those I need to find a way to safely recycle but almost nobody takes old crappy electronics anymore.
So might actually buy 2 of these if the stereo pairing thing turns out to be true.
This is what would make me want to actually try one (two.) Though the info on what they call TWS is a little lacking because it doesn’t seem to make any mention of a Left+Right stereo config. I’m wondering it it’s more like a mono “party mode” where you can set them up in various settings (or in 2 rooms of a house) to play something to both simultaneously. Most things that really support this (and some claims are misleading) have a part of setup where Left or Right is chosen or auto-assigned (in which case some have voice prompts telling you).
Yeah, I have heard they’re trying to move into quality electronics, so it might be worth it.
Niro Nakamichi started a different company that makes $10k-$60k surround sound receivers he calls “engines”.
As someone who had some of the older Pioneer Elite and other audio equipment of the day that has had names change hands, it can be hard to see some of the legacies not be met with modern rebadged goods. But it can be nice when they actually release a decent product, even if it doesn’t quite match the market/audience that they originally targeted.
I have a similar, newer Nakamichi Bluetooth speaker like this (courtesy of a BoC) - while it won’t be replacing my Schiit/Emotiva desktop system, it is a very decent portable speaker. USB-C charging is great, and the sound profile is decent enough for the format (especially with a hint of EQ). It actually compares very well to a Logitech UE Boom speaker that used to sell for well over $100.
The holding company is Chinese, if you’re wondering about quality
Just got them. Very impressive single and paired. Excellent buy/value. Ordered more as possible gifts.
Lot of useful opinions and likely facts. And I was almost ready to buy a couple of these. Nakamichi might still have some great products, their Dragon Soundbar is often said to be the best Soundbar system of the past few years. Till Sony just released their Bravia Quad speakers that are pretty amazing.
Anyways, stats that concern me is 4-6hrs battery life. Most of my current portable speakers are 10-24 hours, even cheap $20 Anker speakers do 24hrs. And while current Bluetooth is up to 5.3 LE or something like that. These are Bluetooth 4.3 . Not huge deal for just basic music listening. Not great if you want to use with audio/video watching. Sync will likely be an issue.
I am still tempted to buy, just to hear/use myself. But, likely skip till more chime in next time when they are $30.
Don’t let that stop you if you still have $40 burning a hole in your pocket, they might be excellent speakers.
But do they pair into a STEREO pair?
Claims to have TWS.
The term TWS or True Wireless Stereo refers to a technology that allows you to pair two audio devices via Bluetooth, meaning that you can transmit the L channel (left) and the channel R (right) separately. The ones I have did pair easily.
I have listened to several different similar speakers. This one to me, seems bigger and louder. Maybe not as good battery life, as expected when playing it loud. Most people may not even turn this up more than 40%.
They are bigger than they look in the pics. Here is one next to a three liter water bottle to show better perspective of size.
With my 20000 mAh Samsung battery backup, I can recharge them and easily extend the battery life.
And here it is as compared to a 10 pound, long haired, unimpressed Chihuahua.
They arrived yesterday, and I’m pleased. The TWS (pair two for stereo) works, is in sync, and is indeed in Stereo (and not just two mono speakers). Pretty loud, too.
Doggie is not enthused with the photo or the sound check in my opinion but awfully damn cute. 
