Saregama Carvaan Mini: Great on looks, sound, utility. Song library? Umm...

It's an elegant, compact piece with a quasi-vintage feel that you can take along with you in a carry bag. It's got great sound and is very user-friendly. But the pre-collection could have been better

Saregama, India’s oldest music label owned by the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group of companies, recently launched the Carvaan Mini at Rs 2,490. The Bluetooth-enabled speaker, which has USB and AUX connectivity and an FM/AM receiver, also comes with a pre-loaded playlist of 351 songs that makes it a unique proposition in the portable speaker segment.

Design

The Carvaan Mini is similar in design to single-side cassette players, which were quite famous back in the days when the phones weren't so smart and music CD players wore a halo of exclusivity. Saregama's piece is a near-perfect geometrical cube with curved corners, in