Ah yes, there are some wonderful wireless speaker systems out there both in 1 unit and actual separate speakers and the good old names we know and love have cemented themselves into the landscape.
I spoke of the Bose Soundlink III and Soundlink Mini, they’re smaller than what you’re talking about. I have a B&W A5 Wireless speaker system which is about the size of a kitchen toaster but sounds as big as a pair of skippers connected to my Surround-Sound, how something that size can fill a room is still beyond me. I saw a review of a Keff Wireless speaker system and I’m going to make arrangements to hear one in action next year having found a place using Google which sells them. These The Keff speaker system sounds similar to what you’re referring to, its 2 separate speakers but the whole idea is for people who don’t want their speakers connected to an amp or receiver, they look like your standard large type bookshelf speakers and you stream to them. You’re also right when you talk of paying for good quality sound, even the B&W A5 was a considerable outlay. > On 30 Nov 2014, at 12:53 am, pete gurney <p...@gurneyfamily.org.uk> wrote: > > 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 > > > > ********** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
