That is so cool! One of these days, I want to get into a store that might cary the Megaboom. Just because I want to see the size difference.
I’m very happy with the regular Boom. If you are in contact with the developer, maybe you can give them a reminder that the new power on feature is still not accessible with Voiceover in the app. I’ve gotten pretty good, at turning VO off, then tapping the middlish top center to power on my Boom from across the room. This is a very cool concept, I just wish it worked with Voiceover turned on. I’ve contacted them a couple times about this. A total side note & not very important, but were you impressed with the UE Boom Mega, packaging? I certainly was with my Boom, and as a bonus, the cord & charger are nice as well. Traci On Jun 11, 2015, at 9:57 AM, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: > Hi Traci, UE have recently come out with a speaker that's slightly bigger, > and according to all their literature, better sound, particularly in the > bass, the Megaboom. > I've been in the market for a speaker by accident, actually. Doing a lot of > international travel, I was pretty happy with my Jambox, which is compact and > fills a hotel room nicely. But I'm getting married in two weeks, and our > wedding venue was going to charge $300 for a sound system. I thought if I was > going to have to pay something like that, I may as well invest in a solution > I can keep, rather than see money go down the drain. > After a lot of review reading, I decided that UE's new Megaboom was my best > bet. It's cylindrical, so it doesn't matter whether you lay the unit on its > side, stand it up, or even have it upside down, the sound is equally good, > and being cylindrical, you can't be behind the speaker, you always have sound > coming out directly ahead of you. It's also capable of being submerged in up > to a meter of water for 30 minutes. Not a factor in my purchase, but I guess > it does mean you can have incredible sound in the shower :). > It has up to 20 hours battery life and it really does live up to those specs. > Range is fantastic, about 30 meters, which I believe translates to about 100 > feet. > When you pair the device with an iPhone for the first time, a handy screen > pops up telling you that the accessory supports an app you don't have, and > asking if you want to install it. The app is not perfect in terms of > accessibility, but useable for the most part. You can set graphical equaliser > preferences, update the firmware, and perform a range of other tasks. It has > a built-in alarm feature, a little challenging with VO right now but I hope > to work with them on this. The speaker can power itself up and play whatever > you want it to at a preset time. > A very nice feature of this speaker is that once it's paired with your > iPhone, the battery percentage of the speaker is displayed right on the > status bar of your iPhone, next to the Bluetooth icon. You can also press the > up and down volume buttons on the speaker together, and a synthesised voice > speaks the battery percentage. > With some Bluetooth speakers, you have two variables involved in controlling > the volume- the volume of the speaker and the volume of your iPhone. Once > it's paired, the Megaboom's volume is controlled totally by adjusting the > volume of the iPhone. > This thing is loud. Very loud. And there is no discernible distortion at high > levels despite bass that is remarkable for a speaker of this size. > The reason I'm telling you all this in the context of your question, is that > the sound of this thing was so remarkable that I bought a second one. Using > the app, you can set up a double-up mode and configure it in two ways. You > can set each speaker to play both channels, great for having speakers in > separate rooms or a wide distance apart. In the other mode, you set up each > speaker to broadcast a single channel, so you get stereo. It's worked > flawlessly for me every time, and I've had the Megabooms for two weeks now. > I imagine the UE Booms work just as well if you pair two together, although > I've not had any direct experience of this. > For me though, the UE Megaboom has been a brilliant, unexpected investment in > very high quality portable audio solution that can just work with any > Bluetooth device, and of course it has a line input too. > > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > >> On 12/06/2015, at 2:51 am, Traci Duncan <our4p...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thank you for the advice. Do you have experience using the UE Boom as >> left/right stereo pair? If so, how was it? Did it consistently work each >> time? Holding the connection? >> >> Thanks, >> Traci >> >> On Jun 10, 2015, at 2:26 PM, Traci Duncan <our4p...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Has anyone used a TV sound bar as their stereo speaker system for their >>> iDevice? I was reading about this one on Amazon... >>> Amazon.com: Sony HT-XT1 2.1 Channel Sound Bar with Built-In Subwoofer: >>> Electronics >>> http://www.amazon.com/Sony-HT-XT1-Channel-Built--Subwoofer/dp/B00IWQREOE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433970705&sr=8-1&keywords=Sony+HT-XT1 >>> >>> It reads pretty well, & not a bad price point. My 2 thoughts are: >>> 1. Takes up a small amount of space — under our TV in fact. :) >>> 2. I miss stereo sound with my iDevice music, so I’m hoping I may hear that >>> with this unit. >>> >>> I have a UE Boom & love it, but of course, I don’t have that stereo >>> separation with one boom. >>> >>> What are your thoughts? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Traci >>> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any >> questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a >> member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators >> directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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