Was APTX a thing when the Mini 2 came out though? That's my beef with
Bose too. They don't still have a 7.1 life style system. Let alone an
epic Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 system.
On 3/19/2017 5:55 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Hi!
I saw the Bose Soundlink Mini II for the first time today and I came
away satisfied with what I'd heard.
I owned the original Bose Soundlink Mini speaker which I thought to be
very good, a little bass heavy - as Bose products are - but an
incredibly powerful sounding unit for the size.
The Soundlink Mini II sounds very similar though the mid range seems
to have a little more presence which adds to the subtlety and the
charm of the sound.
Its worth noting the differences between the original Soundlink Mini
and newer model.
The Soundlink Mini didn't have a TTS - Text To Speech - module
built-in whereas the Soundlink Mini II does and one of the nice
features here is that - when powered up - the soundlink Mini II tells
you what device it has paired with, something that no other Bluetooth
speaker I've ever owned has done - I don't think even the Jawbone
Jambox did that - so a very nice touch particularly if you plan to use
the Mini II with multiple speakers.
The Mini II can be charged from a USB power source - whether that be a
power adapter or powerbank - whereas the original Bose Soundlink Mini
could not, you had to carry about the 12 volt AC adapter.
Build quality is about the same, the nice rugged alaminium body though
I'd still recommend a carry case or rubber sleeve if you plan to carry
this beast about.
The original Mini had a dedicated Aux-In source button whereas the
button has disappeared on the newer model, connecting a patch cord to
the Aux-In socket automatically switches the source to that mode.
The Mini II has a microphone so can be used as a convenient hands free
speakerphone with your paired device, unfortunately I wasn't in a
position to try out this feature.
The Bose Soundlink Mini II still comes at a premium price of nearly
300 Australian dollars but you certainly get what you pay for with
this little mite if you're wanting a powerful sound.
I still have a few gripes with Bose and one of the main being the
decision by Bose not to use AptX decoding on any of their speakers,
something that IOS users probably won't bother about but Android users
are probably used to by now, having AptX makes all the difference if
your passion is to listen to music with all its detail and perhaps the
thought from Bose is that - with such a speaker as this - you can't
hear all the detail?
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