Yes your comments about the bass and top end reflect pretty much my
toughts on the Bose Soundlink III.
On 27/02/2017 4:07 AM, Gordon Smith wrote:
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.
