Re: SV: Bose Soundlink Mini II: Initial Impressions

[Hamit Campos]

Oooo I love love love love the SoundLink III. My sister Johana had 
1. It was epic. For music and with all the bass for film. Godzilla 
1998's tornado blast roar sounded epic on it. Cause when it does it 
there's this hi pitched wistle kinda squeal at the start of it and the 
SL III reprodused this verry well. Too bad my nephew Jonathan messed it up.



On 3/23/2017 8:59 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
The Bose Soundlink - or Bose Soundlink III given its proper name - is 
a bigger unit than the Mini and thus I don't compare the two because 
they do sound obviously different given their size.


I had a Soundlink III and enjoyed it though the Soundlink III - like 
just about every other Bose product on Planet earth - suffers from 
that Bose trademark like over saturated bass which colours the sound 
in my view.


A lot of people like this sort of thing and I wouldn't say the Bose 
Soundlink III is a horrible speaker because it certainly isn't that 
but if you appreciate your music through a good Hi-Fi system when 
you're at your home then you could certainly do better with something 
else like the B T7 and a few others.


The Bose Soundlink III has been around a fair while now so I'm 
wondering whether Bose will update this model as they did with the 
Soundlink Mini? Certainly the Soundlink is due for an update, most 
Bluetooth speakers have some sort of transport control but the 
Soundlink III does not.


I appreciate the power of the Soundlink III certainly and the control 
layout, simple and logical.




On 23/03/2017 8:32 PM, Brian Olesen wrote:

Hi,
There is also the Bose SoundLink Bluetooth 3 which is better suited 
for music.


Brian

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Sendt: 23. marts 2017 08:33
Til: PC Audio Discussion List 
Emne: Re: Bose Soundlink Mini II: Initial Impressions

I don’t have one of these in front of me - not now at any rate - so 
can’t exactly remember the control layout precisely.
If I recall correctly, the button on the top left turns on the power 
and the button to the right of that is the “Pairing” button which you 
use to pair another device.



On 23 Mar 2017, at 7:57 am, Fred Quick  wrote:

I just received mine a few minutes ago. Nice solid metal construction.
Could someone give me a mini startup hint? Found the buttons on the
top but can't get it to turn on. Thanks.

Fred

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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Anders Holmberg
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 5:51 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Bose Soundlink Mini II: Initial Impressions

Hi!
NOt yet.
I was going to do that but something went wrong so i have to try 
that again.

/A
20 mars 2017 kl. 13:23 skrev Dane Trethowan 
:


Have you tried using the Hands free Speakerphone facility yet? If
you've

tried it then can other people hear you clearly?



On 20/03/2017 11:03 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote:

Hi!
Well i have this little beast.
Its really great for that size.
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19 mars 2017 kl. 10:55 skrev Dane Trethowan 
:


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 

Re: SV: Bose Soundlink Mini II: Initial Impressions

[Dane Trethowan]

The Bose Soundlink - or Bose Soundlink III given its proper name - is a 
bigger unit than the Mini and thus I don't compare the two because they 
do sound obviously different given their size.


I had a Soundlink III and enjoyed it though the Soundlink III - like 
just about every other Bose product on Planet earth - suffers from that 
Bose trademark like over saturated bass which colours the sound in my view.


A lot of people like this sort of thing and I wouldn't say the Bose 
Soundlink III is a horrible speaker because it certainly isn't that but 
if you appreciate your music through a good Hi-Fi system when you're at 
your home then you could certainly do better with something else like 
the B T7 and a few others.


The Bose Soundlink III has been around a fair while now so I'm wondering 
whether Bose will update this model as they did with the Soundlink Mini? 
Certainly the Soundlink is due for an update, most Bluetooth speakers 
have some sort of transport control but the Soundlink III does not.


I appreciate the power of the Soundlink III certainly and the control 
layout, simple and logical.




On 23/03/2017 8:32 PM, Brian Olesen wrote:

Hi,
There is also the Bose SoundLink Bluetooth 3 which is better suited for music.

Brian

-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Dane Trethowan
Sendt: 23. marts 2017 08:33
Til: PC Audio Discussion List 
Emne: Re: Bose Soundlink Mini II: Initial Impressions

I don’t have one of these in front of me - not now at any rate - so can’t 
exactly remember the control layout precisely.
If I recall correctly, the button on the top left turns on the power and the 
button to the right of that is the “Pairing” button which you use to pair 
another device.


On 23 Mar 2017, at 7:57 am, Fred Quick  wrote:

I just received mine a few minutes ago. Nice solid metal construction.
Could someone give me a mini startup hint? Found the buttons on the
top but can't get it to turn on. Thanks.

Fred

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Anders Holmberg
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 5:51 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Bose Soundlink Mini II: Initial Impressions

Hi!
NOt yet.
I was going to do that but something went wrong so i have to try that again.
/A

20 mars 2017 kl. 13:23 skrev Dane Trethowan :

Have you tried using the Hands free Speakerphone facility yet? If
you've

tried it then can other people hear you clearly?



On 20/03/2017 11:03 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote:

Hi!
Well i have this little beast.
Its really great for that size.
/AD

19 mars 2017 kl. 10:55 skrev Dane Trethowan :

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