I found myself standing at the portable speakers in a local Best Buy this afternoon looking at Bose products. I had read about how life like their little blue tooth speakers are. Eh, too boomy to me. I mean for music with a lot of punch they're great. But for jazz and piano or accoustic guitar they sounded muddy. Mids were too off tune and highs all but missing at low (think office) volumes. But nearby there were some JBL speakers that sounded way more natural with a smidge of low end without being boomy. Highs are just about ideal and mids not bad at all. And they cost less than Bose. So I bought this little 5" long (or tall depending on how you place it) cylinder called Flip 6.
The fancy box it came in.
An inkpen next to it for size comparison.
At my job there are days I go into report writing mode and like to play music through my pass through ear buds but.... by song 2 somebody wants to tell me something. Even though I have the volume at a whisper and ear buds in pass through it's still odd carrying on a conversation so I wanted a good sounding speaker. I had some Best Buy cash back so, why not? They're like a tiny little Bazooka brand speaker with full range ability.
When you push the volume up or down the battery meter lights up showing remaining charge. The up/down are like brail with down being a minus, up a plus. There's a "loudness" button they call party boost and a play/skip button. Push once for go or pause, twice quickly for skip. It can be used through a phone so it pauses for answering the phone if you're into that stuff.
I'll use it in the shed, at the office, while grilling, and lots of other stuff. Right now Foghat live is playing through it via an mp3 player at a volume you can talk to a person next to you and it sounds great. Absolutely amazing little piece of technology. One to the right and one to the left would be the ultimate but sitting in front of you aint bad at all. No sound stage presence to speak of but I can live with that in the office.
The fancy box it came in.
An inkpen next to it for size comparison.
At my job there are days I go into report writing mode and like to play music through my pass through ear buds but.... by song 2 somebody wants to tell me something. Even though I have the volume at a whisper and ear buds in pass through it's still odd carrying on a conversation so I wanted a good sounding speaker. I had some Best Buy cash back so, why not? They're like a tiny little Bazooka brand speaker with full range ability.
When you push the volume up or down the battery meter lights up showing remaining charge. The up/down are like brail with down being a minus, up a plus. There's a "loudness" button they call party boost and a play/skip button. Push once for go or pause, twice quickly for skip. It can be used through a phone so it pauses for answering the phone if you're into that stuff.
I'll use it in the shed, at the office, while grilling, and lots of other stuff. Right now Foghat live is playing through it via an mp3 player at a volume you can talk to a person next to you and it sounds great. Absolutely amazing little piece of technology. One to the right and one to the left would be the ultimate but sitting in front of you aint bad at all. No sound stage presence to speak of but I can live with that in the office.
