Just to be clear, I didn't necessarily buy the speakers on account of the possibility that the Victor Stream may one day accommodate Blue Tooth! I was looking for a speaker that would give me good stereo sound...but that was portable; just so happens that these JBLs _are_ "Blue Tooth!" Will most likely not need that side of the speaker, so am not really concerned with that; I mainly wanted something with good sound and something that wouldn't be too hard to carry, should I want to listen out on my front porch or something! I didn't really think of HumanWare as a place to get speakers; I had been told about this one I ended up buying and they seem to be pretty doggone good, considering the size and all! Tom Kaufman
-----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 10:47 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Subject: Re: Help With JBL Flip 2 Needed Don't get me wrong, this speaker seems to be a good choice given its price but anyone who waits for Humans Beware to do something or other and buys a pair of speakers just because they might is living in a fools paradise, I'm sure I read on a list not all that long ago - may have even been this list - that Humans Beware had no intention whatever of introducing Bluetooth to the Victor Reader stream, the claim was made that a survey had been done and users of Victor weren't interested in anything so practical and that's a shame as adding Bluetooth would have added huge potential to the stream by making it compatible with a whole heap of devices such as your JBL, making it compatible with hearing instruments and so it goes on. Again, I'm not having shots but just a pair of speakers would have been for the purposes of the Victor Reader Stream, if one day - by chance - Humans Beware came out with a Bluetooth model then look at the option then as there will be a whole new set of Bluetooth gadgets around if and when that day ever arrives. On 6/08/2015 10:10 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: > Dane: I had heard about this speaker (was looking for something that was > portable) figured this would serve my purposes (and it does) I tried a > speaker called the Soundpod (not a bad speaker...but no stereo sound! So I > had heard about this JBL model and decided to try it! So now if they ever > do make the Victor Stream Blue Tooth compatible, I'll be all set! > Tom Kaufman > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane > Trethowan > Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 2:58 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Subject: Re: Help With JBL Flip 2 Needed > > I've just been looking at some reviews, its certainly one of the better > mini blue tooth speaker sets out there for its price but I won't be > buying one given I have a Bose Soundlink Mini model, I've had it for 12 > months and Bose released an updated version which I may get in the > future but perhaps you can clear something up for me. > > Why did you buy this JBL model if the victor Reader stream doesn't have > Bluetooth? I mean you could get far cheaper solutions with an Aux-in and > without blue tooth. > > > > On 6/08/2015 1:23 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: >> Hello list: Today I purchased the JBL Flip 2 Blue Tooth speaker from > Radio >> Shack! It's a great speaker (I am going to use it to listen to my Victor >> Stream through) well the rechargeable battery has died, so I need to > charge >> it up; this is where I need help: I get that you have to plug in the end >> that has the USB end into the adapter. However the adapter seems to have > no >> prongs on it to plug into the receptacle; just two holes! So how am I >> supposed to plug this little thing into the receptacle if there are no >> prongs? Am I missing something here; did Radio Shack forget to include >> something in my package of stuff I was supposed to get? Or is it that > this >> only fits certain types of receptacles? Also, I am told that with this >> particular speaker, one _must_ let the battery run all the way down until > it >> cuts off before charging; is this also true? I was listening to the > stream >> tonight, when the speaker just shut off; no warning; nothing to indicate >> that my power supply was getting low! Anyhow right now I'm mainly >> interested in getting this thing charged up; there just seems to me that >> there is no way to do so, for there is nothing to plug into the > receptacle, >> that is, unless I am missing something! Help will be much appreciated. >> >> Tom Kaufman >> -- ********** Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves
