I would consider the Bose speakers to be more limited overall, however. They have a remarkable ability to reproduce low-end in a small package.
UM BOOM SPEAKER PORTABLE
If you’re looking for something with lots of low end resonance, you might want to look at Bose’s Soundlink line of portable Bluetooth speakers. It’s not especially mind blowing at lower volumes. It always felt like the sound was coming from a small portable speaker (which it was). The nagging issue was, at the lower volume, the speaker had the tendency to come across narrow. Track after track I was thoroughly impressed with the sound dynamics. On the first song - “Ain’t That Easy” - the bass kicked while the vocals popped nicely and floated at the top of the constantly grooving song.
The album is a diverse collection of songs which relies heavily on bass runs, but also uses multiple types of guitars across different songs and never treats the vocals identically. To get a sense of the speaker’s capabilities, I placed it across a medium-sized living room at one-third volume and played D’Angelo’s newest album Black Messiah.
The Megaboom can be taken anywhere, but is ideal for indoor settings.
UM BOOM SPEAKER MANUAL
I stuck to the default “Standard” for testing, but beyond the few presets, you also have manual control over a limited number of sound frequencies. The nice thing is if the UE Megaboom doesn’t sound quite the way you were hoping, the company also provides a mobile app for tweaking the EQ. On first listen the sound is probably more than you were hoping for from something the size of a large sub sandwich. The UE Megaboom offers enough bass resonance to keep songs from sounding tinny, but the high end of the spectrum isn’t ever drowned out either. In fact, after switching back and forth between the UE Boom and UE Megaboom, I quickly felt unimpressed with the smaller version as it tried to keep up with its bigger sibling. That was my first thought and straight out of the box I wasn’t disappointed. The Megaboom is bigger, so the thought is that it must sound better. The original UE Boom has received rave reviews, so there’s a warranted expectation with the UE Megaboom. It doesn’t matter how long a company can get the battery to last, for instance, if a speaker can’t produce good sound. Having tried a few Bluetooth speakers recently, the original UE Boom and now the UE Megaboom are exciting because they get the basics right and build out the product from there.
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