hi mary,
i've got two new bluetooth speakers a week ago both of which are fine one
is outstanding but costs more and the other has three diferent versions
each one stepping up in size.
both of these have built in speech that tells you when it's pairing and
when connected and the cheaper one even speaks what battery power is left.
there both made by creative, the dearer one:
sound blaster roar
has outstanding sound with 30 watts output from a unit that is roughly the
size of an A5 sheet of paper and 2 inches tall.
it has bass boost, the ability to expand the sound field, has a micro sd
card slot it's own built in music player and works as a speaker phone.
if you have an sd card inserted you can either play music that is on it,
press a record button to record memos or lectures and such like or if you
are on a phone call via bluetooth to the speaker a press of the record
button will even record your conversation which you can play back using the
buttons on the speaker.
it also has up to date codex built in so it can play uncompressed audio via
bluetooth or via the 3.5 aux in socket, it even has an alarm switch that
when activated a press of a button makes it work as a siron.
it works from both the mains or from the built in battery.
in UK pounds it cost £129 but i don't think it's much more in dollars
in the states.
the second is the:
creative muvo mini.
which i think is also known as the muvo 10.
this is about 7 inches long and 2 inches tall and deep.
it has a rubber coating and is suitable for use in bathrooms, on the beech
and anywhere outdoors even in light rain or where it will get splashed.
it's not as powerful as the roar but still has reasonable sound and works
as a speaker phone.
this one cost £50 UK pounds.creative do another couple of models of the
muvo with the rubber coating with each one being bigger and more powerful
and i think they are called the muvo 20 and muvo 30.
pete.
I have, or should I say had, a Bose Soundlink 3 speaker for use with
portable bluetooth capable devices. For reasons not particularly
relevant to this list, I won't have access to that speaker during the
school year, since it will be going to school with my spouse. So I'm
wondering about other alternatives, perhaps even some that might not be
as pricy as the Bose. I've just read about the B&W t7, which actually
costs more than the Bose. Then there are Braven models which look
interesting, albeit not much less costly than the Bose.
Since all my devices are ios, I could also use airplay, not necessary
to have bluetooth. What are people using and really liking in this
category?
Mary
