Hi Steve, That was a great review. I have the big JamBox and have two questions. First, how does one answer phone calls with the unit? Also, how does one enable it to talk upon power up? Thanks.
Les On Nov 8, 2012, at 3:04 PM, Steve <pipeguy...@gmail.com> 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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