Hello everybody This thread started life as a private one between Dane and myself. However, I wanted to give others the opportunity to see it because it has changed somewhat for me, you’ll see why. I am going to quote Dane’s text in a lynne-style, (like a conversation). Lynne used to find this very helpful so given that there are relevant comments to both contributors, (so far), I am doing it this way quite deliberately. Note: I have deliberately deleted Dane’s E-Mail address in the interests of his privacy.
On 24 Feb 2017, at 23:29, Dane Trethowan wrote: • Even though the Bose Soundlink Mini has TTS I think you did better to get the Soundlink 3. Thank you! I did do some homework on this one before I bought it and I determined that it would be a good addition to my collection of useful devices. I only buy the ones I think I will need and, as this thread will reveal, I was kind of on the fence here. • The Soundlink 3 is a bigger speaker that provides more power. Having said that I can say a lot about the Soundlink 3. I’m very happy with mine, I have to say. • Yes, I owned one at one time, the previous generation to the current one on sale. The previous generation was more powerful than the current however the current generation I’m told sounds a little better and has more what I call convenience type functions than did the previous generation. The current Soundlink Mini will charge from a USB connection, has a Hands free speakerphone and has TTS but I’ve not been able to find out just how good the Speakerphone in the unit is so that’s why I’ve held off buying one for the moment until I get further information. To be honest, I don’t think the version I have has a speaker phone, but then again I haven’t gone looking for one. It isn’t the Mini, of course, which probably makes the difference. There are only five buttons on the device; Power on/off, Pairing, Play/Stop, Volume Down and Volume Up. So I’m not quite sure what you mean by “Convenience” controls. Unless, of course, you mean track prev/Next buttons. In which case, no, they don’t exist. • I liked the Bose Soundlink for its size - a bit smaller than a Jawbone Jambox - and its incredible built quality, a pure metal beast through and through so I hope Bose have stuck to the same design. the Soundlink Mini - when I owned one - had plenty of power to drive it though it did have a bit of a Box-like type sound rather than the type of natural speaker sound you hear from the B&W T7 but I never held that against the Soundlink Mini, how the hell you got such a big sound out of such a small size is a wonder in itself so there’s bound to be some sort of compromise somewhere. The SoundLink3 sounds great at what we’ll call “Normal to quite Loud” volume level. But it does ten to distort a little if you crank it above that level. That was testing by me personally on audio which I know does not contain any distortion whatsoever. So clearly there’s something which has changed. But given that I don’t need it at that kind of volume levels anyway, it isn’t an issue which concerns me over much. After all, if one were to take the speaker on a buss or train, into a hotel or whatever, I doubt that one would be thanked for playing one’s music at excessively high volume levels. No, for normal listening it is perfectly comfortable, and distortion-free. The base levels are very pronounced, but the high-end of the spectrum is just a little dull. Again, for my application, it is perfectly acceptable. I will split this discussion into two threads because I have another product that I’d like to touch on.
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