Re: Bose Soundlink Mini II: Initial Impressions

[Hamit Campos]

So how mucch of the origenal bass did Bose cut from the 2? Cause the 
origenal Mini which I have has pretty cinimatic bass for something so 
small like Dane said.



On 3/19/2017 8:03 PM, 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 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 passion is to listen to music 
with all its detail and perhaps the thought from Bose is that - with such a 
speaker as this - you can't hear all the detail?








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Re: Bose Soundlink Mini II: Initial Impressions

[Anders Holmberg]

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 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 passion is to listen to 
> music with all its detail and perhaps the thought from Bose is that - with 
> such a speaker as this - you can't hear all the detail?
> 
> 
> 

Re: Bose Soundlink Mini II: Initial Impressions

[Hamit Campos]

Yes they do but they are all 5.1. No 7.1 yet and the newest system still 
doesn't support DTS HD Master audio. So you still need to tell your BD 
player to spit it at it as PCM.



On 3/19/2017 5:05 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Yes AptX has been out for quite some time, no excuse for Bose not 
adopting it when just about every other manufacturer of standing has, 
the cheaper company's like Logitech and so on haven't but then again 
they market to those who love gimmicks and - on the whole - aren't 
interested in quality stuff.


I thought Bose did have a surround-sound system of some kind, I'm sure 
a list member has talked about it at different times.




On 20/03/2017 7:14 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
Was APTX a thing when the Mini 2 came out though? That's my beef with 
Bose too. They don't still have a 7.1 life style system. Let alone an 
epic Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 system.



On 3/19/2017 5:55 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

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 passion is to listen to music with all its detail 
and perhaps the thought from Bose is that - with such a speaker as 
this - you can't hear all the detail?







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Re: Bose Soundlink Mini II: Initial Impressions

[Dane Trethowan]

Yes AptX has been out for quite some time, no excuse for Bose not 
adopting it when just about every other manufacturer of standing has, 
the cheaper company's like Logitech and so on haven't but then again 
they market to those who love gimmicks and - on the whole - aren't 
interested in quality stuff.


I thought Bose did have a surround-sound system of some kind, I'm sure a 
list member has talked about it at different times.




On 20/03/2017 7:14 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
Was APTX a thing when the Mini 2 came out though? That's my beef with 
Bose too. They don't still have a 7.1 life style system. Let alone an 
epic Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 system.



On 3/19/2017 5:55 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

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 passion is to listen to music with all its detail 
and perhaps the thought from Bose is that - with such a speaker as 
this - you can't hear all the detail?







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Re: Bose Soundlink Mini II: Initial Impressions

[Hamit Campos]

Was APTX a thing when the Mini 2 came out though? That's my beef with 
Bose too. They don't still have a 7.1 life style system. Let alone an 
epic Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 system.



On 3/19/2017 5:55 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

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 passion is to listen to music with all its detail and perhaps the 
thought from Bose is that - with such a speaker as this - you can't 
hear all the detail?







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