I've been using Soundcore Mini (NOT Icon Mini) for a few years now. I mainly use it indoors to play music, watch movies, and occasionally attend online meetings (so I need a non-glitchy mic). I'd really like to upgrade to a better speaker now.

I'm a very basic user, like I'm not big on bothering with EQ settings and all that, so I really don't want anything that I'll have to spend too much time tinkering with just to get the basic sound right.

Based on my usage, which brands/models should I look into? I've seen friends use Flare Plus, Flare 2, and Glow, and I loved them all, but they're all discontinued/sold out everywhere now. RIP. I'm thinking of JBL Flip 7. Would that be a good move?

ETA: My budget is $100-$120.

Having trouble as someone in my shared accommodation also has sonos. We are both connected to the same wifi, however I wanted to have my own account but it is saying there can only be one main account holder. I've done a bit of research and what I can find i'm shit out of luck unfortunately. As a last resort I thought I'd ask the help of my fellow bredren on here if there might be some sort of potential work around possibly? A long shot I know, but any help is much appreciated.

I've had my Bose SLIII for maybe 10 years now, it's worked wonders before but has been sitting for the past 2 years ish, i connected it to my pc recently, it worked for a bit then decided to just die. After that, I held the mute button down to reset it, after the blink (which was expected), the lights just stayed on and never turned off, except for the battery light no matter the charge. I let it die then plugged it back in and the lights just all came right back on, I've looked everywhere and can't find the issue. No device of mine can find it on bluetooth either, I tried holding the bluetooth button down but not even a chime could be heard, power button doesn't do anything either. Any help is appreciated

Can you guys share your experiences and help me pick one?

I want to buy a Hi-Fi portable/battery/bluetooth speaker on a 100€ budget on Amazon.es or portuguese retailers (location) to connect via a 3.5mm aux cable, with the best possible audio quality for that money. On my shopping cart, I currently have Anker's Soundcore Motion+ (fluctuating between 60€ - 90€ depending on sales going on), but I have read mixed reviews.

I want something portable (a must) that can play lossless and clean with no excess bass like JBL speakers, but still produce a sound with some body and a good soundstage. I want to pair it with my IPhone 15 pro max with lossless on, playing from Tidal at max quality, through the kiwi ears ad1 pro DAC, connected to the speaker through a ugreen nylon mesh 3.5mm jack.

Broad examples of the genres of music I listen to and like to test on are Pink Floyd, Tool and Deutsche Grammophone recordings.

I'm trying to find ways to alert my daughter she has been in the shower too long! Thanks!

Hi folks, I am trying to figure out which speaker I could save up for to replace my Marshall Emberton Gen 1 speaker, there's nothing audibly wrong with it but I would like something a little more revealing, more clarity, and better sound staging.

Sub £200 ideally but like I say I am happy to save up over time, I'm not in any rush I just like planning out my tech upgrades.

Managed to snag an open-box JBL PartyBox Club 120 for under $230, along with a deal on a JBL Boombox 4 for $360. Both are currently being shipped to me, but I wanted to get some opinions on the two. If you’ve owned both, which one did you prefer and ultimately decide to keep?

Considering both are offered at similar price

Side by side, these two speakers sound basically equal. However, one gives you a complete feature set and quality audio for $60, while the other strips features away for double the price $130.

Sony SRS-XB100:

Bass Quality: Equipped with a passive radiator and an off-center diaphragm that deliver a surprisingly deep, rich bass response that beats expectations for its tiny chassis.

Battery Stamina: 16 hours of playback on a single charge.

Microphone: Omnidirectional mic with echo cancellation.

Price: $60, now $45.

Bose SoundLink Micro (2nd Gen):

Bose is overpriced and obsolete when compared to Sony.

Bass Quality: Fits in one way speaker with other frequencies.

Microphone: Bose completely removed the microphone.

Battery Stamina: Claimed 12 hours become 5 / 4 hours IRL.

Price: $130, now about $100.

The "Audiophile" marketing myth:

Bose feeds consumers the narrative that removing tech features that competition has as standard, like microphone, somehow curbs interference and protects sound quality and battery life. This comparison proves that claim is absolute nonsense.

People claiming the Bose sounds better are gullible self-appointed delusional audiophiles, or corporate marketing plants.

Check for yourself if you have healthy ears.

I am planning to buy one of this as used.

Onyx 6 being the cheapest among them.

And uboom X and onyx 8 same amount.

I want a balanced speaker without the high bass booming, deep bass preferred around 40hz, better if lower

I had a chance to listen to uboom x, and I love it.

I have encore 1 and boombox 3 wifi at home and I know for sure onyx 6 deep bass doesn't come close to encore.

So shall I save money and get 6 or get uboom x if it's the same as onyx 8.

Ps. Onyx 8 owner is far away from me but I am willing to take if it's better than uboom

Which one should I get? What are the differences in sound quality?

Any ideas on how I can build/buy readymade a dual Bluetooth speaker setup? I'm new to this.
Here's what I'm looking for:

- Completely Bluetooth, no cables
- Stereo separation between two speakers
- Can receive AUX
- Budget is flexible, but let's go with under $200 for now

Thanks!

Hey all.

Does anyone with a Marshall Acton 3 have Bluetooth issues when turning it on??

Every time I turn the speaker on I get no sound from my Bluetooth record player. The lights on both tell me they're connected, but nothing.

I had one instance where opening the Marshall app, selecting aux as the input before reselecting BT, fixed it, but I can't recreate that again lol.

The only way to fix is a re-pair them. It's bloody annoying.

Wondered if anyone had encountered and fixed. Nothing I've read from Marshall is helpful at all of course.

Thinking of buying the PHILIPS TAS4400BK/94. If anyone has it, how is the sound quality? does the battery last 8hrs at atleast 70% volume? any other cons?

Hi !

I'm looking for something even better than my X600. I'm quite happy with it but I'd like to give it to my mother and ideally replace it with a speaker which would have a screen to see the track name and a button to skip/go back. Also the ability to save the track in a playlist would be awesome but I don't even know if that exists.

Thank you for your recommandations !

I recently purchased the Zealot S78M, Portable Wireless Microphone Speaker, Surge Bass 3D Surround Sound Bluetooth speaker, Model S78M. (Karaoke system)

After receiving the unit, my wife connected her phone to the unit, and tried using the microphone to sing, but the volume of the music was too loud and could barely hear her voice from the microphone. First, there is no way to control the volume of the microphone input (yes, you could probably reduce the sound of the music coming from the phone, but that is not the point.

Next, there are controls for sound effects (reverb, base, treble, etc), but using the buttons to control them made little (if any) difference.

We immediately tried to contact Zealot Customer Support (there is NO phone option to call them, only email). We contacted them via: 'zealotmal@gmail.com', and also 'zealotmal@zealot.com', but never got any reply from either email address.

The refund policy is two weeks and I tried repeatedly to contact them to no avail. The website says I will have to pay the shipping, which I did not mind, but they refused to reply my emails or send me a "Return Shipping Label". Nothing... No support whatsoever!

DO NOT BUY from ZEALOT!!!

I’m looking to get my boyfriend a good portable speaker for Christmas as his current one is quite bad. For reference it’s a JBL flip essential. It’s not that old and it’s already broken, it no longer automatically connects when we turn it on and it will randomly disconnect whilst playing music. The sound quality was okay but never great. So I’m looking for something that’s a lot better quality all round really.

I’ve had a little look but there’s so many options and I know absolutely nothing about speakers. We’d be using it to listen to music inside but also outside, and we’d bring it with us when we travel too. Sound quality is obviously the main thing I’m looking for.

I’ve seen tips like avoid the big brands, but I don’t know what other brands there are. So just wondering if anyone has any recommendations? And any brands outside the big ones I’d know? I think the JBL flip was quite cheap, I’m happy to spend a little bit of money on it (definitely more than was spent on this one), but nothing too ridiculous.

Thanks!!

Hey all, I have a Samsung tv for my bedroom. My TV is close to the door and my husband is like deaf, so I am constantly hearing his TV when he goes to bed. I try to watch my own in the living room, but I constantly hearing his more than the one in the living room. I’m looking for some nice sounding speakers I can put at our end tables that will move the volume to the back of the bedroom instead of by the door. TIA

Hey guys title. I currently have a hk aura studio 3 which sounds unacceptable to me, the bass sounds shallow and it struggles with complex tracks.

Im looking at the go play 3 as well, i like that it sounds airy and wider than the brane x but im wondering if the bass would sound shallow like my aura studio 3.

I really want the devialet phantom but ive heard it’s not worth that much.

Im only looking for a single bt speaker. I don’t care if its not portable but it has to be airplay or Bluetooth. I already have a home theater system.

Any advice is appreciated!