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Altec Lansing Boom Jacket Portable Bluetooth Speaker: Blast your favorite tunes on the beach with this speaker's water- and sand-resistant design. Bluetooth and NFC (near-field communication) connectivity make it easy to stream music from your phone or tablet.
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3
OK speaker for outside, but only at a sales price!
on November 17, 2015
Posted by: HYCE
This speaker wasn't what most reviews I've came across had explained for the sound quality. Maybe I've became spoiled from starting off with the the JBL charge 2 speakers, which I regret selling them to get this, thinking I would get a little more while they were on sale.
-The build quality is solid, though the rubber protective cover fills like it wants to roll of the plastic housing. The speakers are covered with a metal grill guard, and the ports have a thick rubber cover to give them a water tight seal
-When you power on the unit, it doesn't yell at you "Powering on!, Welcome to Altec Lansing!", and "You are now pared, enjoy!", as loud as the MiniH20. I REALLY love the feature when you hold down the volume up or down button it skips the track, and if you press the power button (not hold) it will pause and play the music (something I wish JBL did with charge 2). This feature helped bypass the need to unlock my phone every time I wanted to skip songs.
-Now for sound, the speakers are powerful but it's the enclosure that the they're in, is what I think, are hindering it's potential. Because of the purpose for what these were designed for, the speaker is a completely sealed unit to give it that water proof, dust proof capability, and therefore, prevents low ends from airing out to give some nice bass tones. It has a very punchy bass because of this, and the speaker drivers are very treble heavy, it's hard to get a good sound out of it if you sit and listen. The speakers also seem to project in a narrow path in front of it and not really fill the area it's in with sound. I found that part to be annoying since I use this at work and move around my desk, that's were I notice there was a sweet spot to hear them correctly. Even with an equalizer, I still couldn't get the right low's and mid's.
-The speaker is great strictly for outdoor use, with some ok sound quality, that's able to charge your phone. It's also awesome to change tracks without getting your phone out in wet environments. Only good if you get it on sale, but for the sound, not worth the $200 price tag. Will be going with the JBL Charge 2+ instead.
-The build quality is solid, though the rubber protective cover fills like it wants to roll of the plastic housing. The speakers are covered with a metal grill guard, and the ports have a thick rubber cover to give them a water tight seal
-When you power on the unit, it doesn't yell at you "Powering on!, Welcome to Altec Lansing!", and "You are now pared, enjoy!", as loud as the MiniH20. I REALLY love the feature when you hold down the volume up or down button it skips the track, and if you press the power button (not hold) it will pause and play the music (something I wish JBL did with charge 2). This feature helped bypass the need to unlock my phone every time I wanted to skip songs.
-Now for sound, the speakers are powerful but it's the enclosure that the they're in, is what I think, are hindering it's potential. Because of the purpose for what these were designed for, the speaker is a completely sealed unit to give it that water proof, dust proof capability, and therefore, prevents low ends from airing out to give some nice bass tones. It has a very punchy bass because of this, and the speaker drivers are very treble heavy, it's hard to get a good sound out of it if you sit and listen. The speakers also seem to project in a narrow path in front of it and not really fill the area it's in with sound. I found that part to be annoying since I use this at work and move around my desk, that's were I notice there was a sweet spot to hear them correctly. Even with an equalizer, I still couldn't get the right low's and mid's.
-The speaker is great strictly for outdoor use, with some ok sound quality, that's able to charge your phone. It's also awesome to change tracks without getting your phone out in wet environments. Only good if you get it on sale, but for the sound, not worth the $200 price tag. Will be going with the JBL Charge 2+ instead.
My Best Buy number: 3450448491
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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