Hi guys, I am thinking of getting a bluetooth speaker.
I have sonos in the lounge which is very good. Also had one in the bedroom but sold the forum it because it rarely got used.
Now that there is 4month old in the house, I find that I play music from the ipad/iphone/laptop a lot around the house. I also find that I am spending more time in the kitchen cooking nowadays!.
Well I thought about buying 2 or 3 sonos play gears but I find the following disadvantages
1) Not portable outside my network since a bridge is needed for it to work
2) Cant connect to laptop to watch films while away from home or in the garden ....
3) Too much hassle tinkering with the sonos app/controller when playing the occasional music
So a decent option is to go with [semi] portable bluetooth speakers
So I read some reviews, went down to my local currys & John lewis to try a few speakers out ... and I narrowed down to a couple of speakers, not is a particular order :-
1) Sony SRS BTX 300 £89 - tested in currys
2) Sony SRS BTX 500 £149
3) Jawbone Big Jambox £199 - tested in currys
4) Bose bose soundlink mini £169 - tested in currys
5) Logitech UE Boombox £89
6) HMDX Jam Classic wireless £19
I used my iPhone 4s music app and tune in radio to test the speakers
The Jawbone has the biggest bass of the ones i tested, followed by the Bose but I think the bass on the Jawbone was better and did not distort at high volumes compared to the Bose. For some reason I found the Bose kept disconnecting frequently ... but that could be bcos its a demo.
The bass on sony SRS-BTX300 was not as much as the previous 2 but it seems to be quite decent and precise. The Sony has a button to change Bass settings and I think this is pretty useful as tone settings on the iPod are pretty useless in bluetooth mode (i don't even know if it works!). Since I have not been able to test the sony-BTX500 I can only imagine that the Bass will likely equal the Bose/Jawbone ....
The HMDX is cheap and ultra potable but have never heard it and it seems to have good reviews
If I had to choose, I am leaning towards the Sony SRS 300/500 mostly because of its Bass Boost feature which is lacking in the others. I am not a big fan of sony as far as there repair/replacement arrangements where sometimes parts could cost as much as the unit (I learnt my lessons 6 years 6 years ago when I bought a Vaio Laptop for £900 and sony wanted £600 to replace the damaged screen). So have always avoided sony products ... except my PS3
One thing I have not considered with these speakers is the battery life and most importantly battery replacements.
well enough ramblings from me .....
Please can you share their views about the speakers mentioned and possibly recommend others as well
Thanks
I have sonos in the lounge which is very good. Also had one in the bedroom but sold the forum it because it rarely got used.
Now that there is 4month old in the house, I find that I play music from the ipad/iphone/laptop a lot around the house. I also find that I am spending more time in the kitchen cooking nowadays!.
Well I thought about buying 2 or 3 sonos play gears but I find the following disadvantages
1) Not portable outside my network since a bridge is needed for it to work
2) Cant connect to laptop to watch films while away from home or in the garden ....
3) Too much hassle tinkering with the sonos app/controller when playing the occasional music
So a decent option is to go with [semi] portable bluetooth speakers
So I read some reviews, went down to my local currys & John lewis to try a few speakers out ... and I narrowed down to a couple of speakers, not is a particular order :-
1) Sony SRS BTX 300 £89 - tested in currys
2) Sony SRS BTX 500 £149
3) Jawbone Big Jambox £199 - tested in currys
4) Bose bose soundlink mini £169 - tested in currys
5) Logitech UE Boombox £89
6) HMDX Jam Classic wireless £19
I used my iPhone 4s music app and tune in radio to test the speakers
The Jawbone has the biggest bass of the ones i tested, followed by the Bose but I think the bass on the Jawbone was better and did not distort at high volumes compared to the Bose. For some reason I found the Bose kept disconnecting frequently ... but that could be bcos its a demo.
The bass on sony SRS-BTX300 was not as much as the previous 2 but it seems to be quite decent and precise. The Sony has a button to change Bass settings and I think this is pretty useful as tone settings on the iPod are pretty useless in bluetooth mode (i don't even know if it works!). Since I have not been able to test the sony-BTX500 I can only imagine that the Bass will likely equal the Bose/Jawbone ....
The HMDX is cheap and ultra potable but have never heard it and it seems to have good reviews
If I had to choose, I am leaning towards the Sony SRS 300/500 mostly because of its Bass Boost feature which is lacking in the others. I am not a big fan of sony as far as there repair/replacement arrangements where sometimes parts could cost as much as the unit (I learnt my lessons 6 years 6 years ago when I bought a Vaio Laptop for £900 and sony wanted £600 to replace the damaged screen). So have always avoided sony products ... except my PS3
One thing I have not considered with these speakers is the battery life and most importantly battery replacements.
well enough ramblings from me .....
Please can you share their views about the speakers mentioned and possibly recommend others as well
Thanks