Steve,
We also have the big jambox and really like it. We have an inmotion air
from alteklancing which sounds great but is really a bear to pair as you
describe below. No audio feedback, so it's hard to know if you're in
pairing mode or not. Also, no audible battery indicator.
The big jambox is definitely the way to go in my opinion.
Also, I tried adjusting the equalizer on the iphone 4s and it did seem
to help a bit.
Don
On 11/8/2012 12:04 PM, Steve wrote:
Casey,
I posted on this a couple weeks ago in a different discussion. I have
both speakers. You can look at more in-depth reviews on either one on
large sites like Amazon.
First, as to sound quality and loudness. The Big Jambox is a bit louder
than the Bose SoundLink. When we're in the hot tub, it is a bit harder
to talk with the Jambox than the Bose, so the Jambox is slightly
louder. As for sound quality, both are great. I'd say the Jambox has
more presence.
From an audiophile standpoint, presence is a slightly more marked or
prevalent midrange. The Bose Soundlink, on the other hand, has slightly
better bass, but I don't think the midrange or high-end is quite as
crisp. Several Jambox reviews on Amazon have noted that you can, if you
want, duplicate the extra bass by adjusting your iPod/iPhone equalizer.
There is no, absolutely no, contest when it comes to usability. The
Jambox wins hands-down.
The Bose is basically a speaker-only. It has six buttons across the
top; power, aux, bluetooth, a slight gap then mute, volume down and
volume up. The only time the Bose will beep is when you plug in the
charger or hold the bluetooth button in long enough (about ten seconds)
to erase all the bluetooth memories. It is the size of a hard-back book
and the cover opens to allow the speaker to stand on it. Closing the
cover will turn off the speaker. The Bose has a bit shorter battery
life than the Jambox, and there is no way to get feedback on remaining
battery charge unless you can see the Led display and remember the
two-button command. If you only plan to pair it with one device, then
the following will probably not apply. However, if like us, you intend
to pair it with more than one device, you will find that the pairing
process can be a bit frustrating. Rarely, it will be nice and pair by
just selecting the bluetooth option on the Bose. More often than not, I
have to hold the bluetooth button in for three seconds to put it in
discovery mode, go to the iPhone and go into Setting, General Bluetooth
and select the Bose from the list.
The Jambox, on the other hand, almost pairs too easily. At times, I've
turned it on and it will automatically see my phone and pair. All of a
sudden, the phone comes blasting through the speaker. Even though my
wife and I alternate who's phone is going to play music on a particular
day, we rarely have to go into settings on our iPhone to pair, the
Jambox automatically remembers these things and will usually pair
without any extra crap. Rarely, I've had to hit the bluetooth discovery
button on the Jambox, but very rarely. In addition, the Jambox can be
set up to talk whenevery you turn it on. It will tell you the battery
level remaining, whether it is in discovery mode or not, whether you
have normal or Live Mode selected, etc. The Jambox has two pushbutton
switches on the side, the upper one is power, the bottom one is
Bluetooth discovery. Across the top are six buttons. The left
circular one is Talk and it will tell you battery level, the next one is
Play/Pause if I recall, the next two are rewind and fast-forward (they
work just like the rewind and fast-forward buttons on your music player,
double-tap to go back or up to the next song; hold in for rewinding or
fast-forwarding in a song), the final two buttons are minus and plus for
volume. If you hold both those in, if I recall correctly, you switch
between Normal and Live mode. The Jambox also has a microphone built
in, so if you get a phone call, you can answer the phone.
Both the Bose site and the Jambox site seem difficult to use if you want
to update the software. I don't think an update is out yet for the
Bigger Jambox. I've written Jambox support about the accessibility
issues, and found them very responsive, but I don't think they have made
any changes on their website. The one update I think I managed to do on
the Bose Soundlink was a real challenge. I had to use the Jaws
Convenient OCR as there were graphics you needed to click that none of
the Windows-based screen-readers would recognize, and this also applied
during the software installation process on the Soundlink.
Hth,
"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to
live at the expense of everybody else."
-Frederic Bastiat
Steve
Lansing, MI
----- Original Message ----- From: "Casey" <cwoll...@wi.rr.com>
To: <viphone@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 5:37 PM
Subject: the big jam box or the Bose sound link mobil speker
Hi I am now trying to decide whether to get the big jam box.
Or the Bose sound link Mobil speaker for my I Phone.
I have the small jam box but that sounds like a transistor radio.
I have a dock but I really don't use it much.
Because to charge my I Phone I have to take it completely out of its
case and then charge it.
So if I could get either the big jam box Mobil speaker or the Bose
sound link Mobil speaker.
So if anyone out here has listened to or owns what of these units?
What made you choose to purchase either one of these units?
Also what are your thoughts on either one of these units?
Wis of these to speakers would give me the better sound and battery life?
I guess I would like to get the best sound that I could for what I may
have to spend on either one of these units.
So thank you all and I will look forward to reading all of your
responses on this.
--
Casey
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone"
Google Group.
To search the VIPhone public archive, visit
http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/.
To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google
Group.
To search the VIPhone public archive, visit
http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/.
To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
