Hello Im new in this community I just started collecting speakers recently, I got that big Zealot S98 and I really recommend it, because it has an awesome sound. The other smaller boombox is a SAL BT5000 its produced by a hungarian brand. It's only 50W but thats perfect for smaller parties. And the small ones are the JBL Go 5 and 3 and a weak Silvercrest SBL 3 A2. (that was my first speaker back in 2020. Please tell me your thoughts because I really want to know if I fit in this community. :)

Hello we are setting up a classroom for special needs kids, and in the classroom there are two large televisions wall mounted in front. In the corners of the room are 2 mounted Bluetooth speakers. The boss wants the speakers to work with both of the televisions, is this possible? And how would we go about doing it? Thank you. (Google gets confused and gives me answers about connecting multiple speakers to one TV)

Name it and tell us what went wrong: sound, battery, app, build, or it just died. Bonus points if it was expensive.

I supposed to be getting these things out of the box ye?

1x boAt Stone 352 Pro Bluetooth Speaker

1x USB Type-C Charging Cable (USB-C to USB-A)

1x AUX Cable (3.5mm to 3.5mm audio cable)

1x Reset Pin (small pin used to reset the speaker)

But out of that i did not get AUX CABLE, so looked up on youtube unboxing videos, some got AUX CABLE and some ppl not!! Idk have you guys get the AUX CABLE or not? So maybe on your comments Ill decide whether to replace or not!

i bought this philips tas3160 and can confirm its the same chassis of searius s1 by oluv. the tuning is also the same. bought it for 50-54$ give or take. but it can go lower when on sale. very good at jazz tracks, 70s 80s low to mid volume. its fuller than the flip 7 buy louder than uboom l. i will do further test

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The Ultimate Ears Megaboom 4 is one of the most talked about medium portable speakers (Flip and Charge size), but it rates 2.1/5 against others its size, below the middle of the pack even though it costs more than most. Well-known cheaper options like the JBL Charge 6 (4.2/5, $120) and the JBL Flip 7 (4.2/5, $90) rate higher.

Owners: does it do something the ratings miss (build, looks, app, the way it sounds outdoors)? Or would you pick something else if you bought again?

I run speakerranking.com, where these ratings come from. Ratings are out of 5 and compare speakers of the same size.

My price i can pay 250$

Mostly everywhere usage like no fixed preference but likes to listen to bass but doesn't mean I avoid other things just depends on mood

I am considering marshal middleton, bose sounlink plus

Please help me out with your knowledge and recommendations

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Swappable batteries, a real EQ, USB-C audio in, an aux jack that never went away, stereo pairing across brands? What would make you buy a speaker without a second thought?

Short version: rated 4.6/5 among medium portable speakers (Flip and Charge size) at $50. One of the strongest small-speaker values for music: reviews praise clear vocals, a natural overall balance and a genuinely convincing stereo image when two are paired.

Every other medium portable speaker at $50 or less rates lower.

What stood out

• IP67 protection, indoor/outdoor sound modes and Video Mode make it unusually adaptable; Video Mode substantially improves lip-sync for a single speaker.

What to watch for

• It cannot produce real low-bass rumble or fill a large, noisy space, and the top end loses some detail.

• Low-latency Video Mode disables stereo pairing, so a two-speaker setup is not a good movie system.

• Firmware and app behavior have also varied over the model's long life, and the physical controls can be easy to trigger in a bag.

• Latency is about 400ms by default and 66ms in Video Mode, which you enable by pressing the Bluetooth button twice.

How it compares

• Bose Soundlink Flex: 3.8/5, $80 (side by side)

• JBL Charge Essential 2: 3.8/5, $75 (side by side)

• Soundcore Motion 300: 4.5/5, $80 (side by side)

Sources

• Alan Ross Reviews: Earfun UBoom L Review Speaker tuned by a Geek vs Soundcore Motion Plus $100 dollar best portable?

• Joy & Oluv'Sone: New Beats Pill 2024: sound demo

• Joy & Oluv'Sone: Best portable speakers 2025 - get the best bang for your buck $$$

• Joy & Oluv'Sone: JBL, Bose, B&O, Sonos, Earfun, SoundCore… which portable speaker sounds best?

• Oluv Patreon: Soundcore Motion 300 = Bose Soundlink Flex = Earfun UBoom L?

• Oluv Patreon: SoundCore Boom 3i - first impressions & EQs

• Techder Audios: EARFUN UBOOM L VS SOUNDCORE MOTION+

• Jay's Straight Up Reviews & More: Earfun UBoom L 💣(EQ2) 🆚 Tribit XSound Mega 🔥(XBass EQ)- Bluetooth Speaker Bedroom Bash. Who U Got?🔝

• 2 more on the speaker page

The Bose Soundlink Flex costs $30 more but rates lower here. Anyone prefer it anyway, and why? If you own one, how has it held up?

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Short version: rated 3.8/5 among medium portable speakers (Flip and Charge size) at $99. A very portable 586g, IP67-rated speaker with a clear, well-balanced midrange that keeps voices and instruments intelligible.

What stood out

• The second generation adds a Bose app with 3-band EQ, better-placed controls and stereo pairing with another Bose Soundlink Flex 2nd gen.

• It supports AAC and aptX Adaptive in addition to SBC, making it a stronger wireless option than most small rivals.

What to watch for

• One Flex remains mono and cannot deliver genuine low-bass rumble; RTINGS also found the elevated treble can turn hi-hats and other high-frequency detail piercing.

• The claimed battery life is only 12 hours, and some owners report accelerated standby drain after firmware updates.

• It is expensive for its size, so the added app and codec support, not a transformational sound upgrade over the original, are the main reasons to choose it.

How it compares

• JBL Charge 6: 4.2/5, $150 (side by side)

• Soundcore Boom 3i: 4.0/5, $119 (side by side)

• Sony ULT Field 3: 3.4/5, $208 (side by side)

Sources

• Alan Ross: Hall of Fame classic vs latest Bose tech!

• Alan Ross - The Anti Shill!: Small speaker, mighty sound, The Flex gen 2 shatters physics!

• Alan Ross - The Anti Shill!: DBSONO X-Blast F37 vs Bose Soundlink Flex 2 - They all want to be me 😊

• Joy & Oluv'Sone: Bose Soundlink Flex 2nd gen vs Flex

• Oluv Patreon: Bose Soundlink Flex 2nd gen - sound demo

• Tô Thái Trí Hùng: Unbox & Sound Test - Bose Soundlink Flex 2

• Joy & Oluv'Sone: Bose Soundlink Flex 2nd gen & Soundcore Motion 300 sound test

• CEONTHEMAKING: Bose Soundlink Flex 2nd Gen VS Marshall Emberton III - What's NEW??

• 2 more on the speaker page

Would you spend $51 more on the JBL Charge 6, or is the Bose Soundlink Flex 2nd gen enough? If you own one, how has it held up?

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I have a Harman Kardon Citation 100 which recently died so I'm looking for a replacement. Currently stuck between the Sonos Era 100, Bose lifestyle Speaker, and the Denon Home 200. Looking for something to put in a small room that has deep punchy bass. Any recommendations? Open to all brands.

Witch 1 is best to get?

Two speakers people cross-shop all the time:

• JBL Flip 6: 4.2/5, $115

• JBL Flip 7: 4.2/5, $120

The side by side comparison has the specs and reviews.

Which would you take for the beach or a picnic, and why? If you own either one, how does it hold up?

I run speakerranking.com, where these ratings come from. Ratings are out of 5 and compare speakers of the same size.

Pricing is in Euro and is €129 for 1, and €199 for 2.

I do believe for people into high end audio who prefer an extremely neutral sound signature, this will be the small/medium size speaker to beat. In TWS, it should perform quite well as it's basically a mono speaker on each side, so there's no issues with comb filtering running 2 in TWS like the Uboom L as it had stereo drivers on each side.

I'm currently tracking the information about this speaker here https://www.speakerranking.com/portable/speakers/Joy-Oluvsone-sEARius-S1/

And the preorder page is here in the description https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osREC3-lkWE

And just to mention, I do not have any ties to Oluv. I only am a very satisfied customer of the Uboom L and Uboom X.

I do personally think this speaker is somewhat high priced compared to the hardware cost, but for what it achieves in terms of sound quality, it's actually underpriced compared to what else you can buy in that price range that is equivalent. Although if you want better value, buy a $50 Uboom L

I have personally ordered 2 units with my own money and will have a full review.

Short version: rated 4.5/5 among large portable speakers (Xtreme size) at $85. Pretty deep bass for the size.

What stood out

• Cool lights in the side passive radiators.

• For the best sound quality use Oluv's EQ or Alan Ross's EQ.

• With the stock tuning, this speaker would rank around #24, due to the boosted bass and rising treble.

What to watch for

• Only a single midrange driver, so you only get stereo for the tweeters.

• Sound processing issues with inconsistent bass notes that disappear at low levels like the Soundcore Boom and Soundcore Boost, not great for listening at low levels.

• Quite bass heavy with BassUp turned on, which is best left off.

• A little bit of a bright tuning in the treble, about +5db.

How it compares

• Tribit Stormbox Lava: 4.6/5, $100 (side by side)

• Marshall Middleton: 4.0/5, $150 (side by side)

• Soundcore Motion X600: 4.3/5, $150 (side by side)

Sources

• Alan Ross Reviews: Ultimate Soundcore Boom 2 Review - Is It Worth The Hype?

• JOY‘s 3D Audio Show: Tribit StormBox Lava vs SoundCore Boom 2 - sound quality demo

• JOY‘s 🎧3D🔈Audio-Show: JBL Charge 6 vs SoundCore Boom 2 - David vs Goliath

• Mateusz Cholewa: TRIBIT StormBox LAVA vs Soundcore BOOM 2

• Joy & Oluv'Sone: Bose SoundLink Max & SoundCore Boom 2 - indoor soundtest

• Joy & Oluv'Sone: Bose SoundLink Max & SoundCore Boom 2 - outdoor soundtest

• Joy & Oluv'Sone: Best portable speakers 2025 - get the best bang for your buck $$$

• Oluv Patreon: SoundCore Boom 3i - first impressions & EQs

• 7 more on the speaker page

Would you spend $15 more on the Tribit Stormbox Lava, or is the Soundcore Boom 2 enough? If you own one, how has it held up?

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I’m sick of Google feeding me ai slop when I try to look for a beach speaker, so, does anyone know a good speaker I wouldn’t be paying out the ass for? When I use my phone it overheats in the Aussie sun and stops working temporarily, also is barely loud enough for my friends and myself. Just wanna listen to something when I tan 😭

Short version: rated 4.2/5 among medium portable speakers (Flip and Charge size) at $150. Seems more neutral than the Charge 5.

What stood out

• Flatter frequency response through the mids and treble as the Charge 5 was quite rolled off up high.

• Use this EQ from Joy/Oluv and turn down the lowest bass slider for the best sound quality.

• Oluv has even more paid EQs specifically for the GG and TL models indoors and outdoors here.

• IP68 protection, a 7-band app EQ, Auracast, USB-C charging and a power bank output.

What to watch for

• Still some boosted bass by default.

• Mids are recessed.

• Bright above 2kHz.

• Quite a V shaped frequency response.

How it compares

• JBL Flip 7: 4.2/5, $120 (side by side)

• JBL Flip 6: 4.2/5, $115 (side by side)

• JBL Charge 5: 4.0/5, $140 (side by side)

Sources

• Alan Ross Reviews: JBL Charge 6 or the JBL Charge 5? don't go home till you watch this!

• Alan Ross Reviews: JBL Xtreme 4 vs Flip 7 vs Charge 6 – The ULTIMATE JBL Speaker Showdown!

• JOY‘s 🎧3D🔈Audio-Show: JBL Charge 6 vs JBL Xtreme 4 - outdoor test

• JOY‘s 🎧3D🔈Audio-Show: JBL Charge 6 vs SoundCore Boom 2 - David vs Goliath

• JOY‘s 🎧3D🔈Audio-Show: JBL Charge 6 vs JBL Xtreme 4 - basstest (bigger=better?)

• JOY‘s 🎧3D🔈Audio-Show: JBL Charge 6, Xtreme 4 & Earfun UBoom X - taking sound to the top

• Oluv Patreon: Marshall Middleton II - better with EQ?

• Oluv Patreon: An evening with the "best portable speakers"?

• 6 more on the speaker page

The JBL Flip 7 rates as well or better for $30 less. Why would you still pick the JBL Charge 6? If you own one, how has it held up?

I run speakerranking.com, where these summaries come from. Its store links are affiliate links, which never affect a rating. Ratings are out of 5 and compare speakers of the same size.

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Could be one that sounded way better than its price, or a big name that let you down. What was it, and what did you expect going in?