When this Sony popped up in my Amazon Vine queue for products available for sampling and review, I almost passed on it since I already have all I need in small BT speakers, but the synced lighting effects on the face of the unit looked kind of fun to me (besides affording my wife the opportunity to roll her eyes at me saying, "Really
I usually don't like products that also have an app, because the app is usually crap, but not so with this one
Awesome sound though with nice bass; an overall great little product.
But neither detracts from what is a simply an outstanding product!In short, there are no downsides for me - and overall, I could not be happier with this unit
I don`t know if I got a defective product or that`s just how they are
20 Hz–20,000 Hz (44.1 kHz sampling)Overall, I would indeed recommend this if being waterproof, dustproof, and rustproof are important to you, or if you feel the need for the gimmicky lights and PartyBooster sounds
Hopefully they'll update the app to let you totally disable the strobe lights (like, really, they're an actual health issue for some people)
However, I expect longer life now that I have seen all the lighting modes I need to see and have disabled the lighting
We turned off the stupid lights--a bug to us olds, but you might like them
I like that its water and dust proof and the lights are cool
We love music in our house and this speaker feels like an experience itself
I got to thinking, in order to be fair and give Sony the benefit of the doubt, I had failed to consider in my first test run and review, that the short battery life might have been the victim of running the "light show" on the speaker, the whole time that it was playing loud music
It's lazy, and it ruins anything but a subset of popular music with no complexity to lose in the first place
While this is fine music, it's not so great for normal speech
If the music is even moderately loud, the tapping and hitting registers enough to trip the lights, but the playing of the music apparently overrides the party booster action.
Sony also reduced the number of controls on the top of the device, which is okay, since you are able to access all of the options via the Sony Music app
Sony doesn't disappoint with this small portable Bluetooth speaker
I’m not really sure what made Sony throw in all these different gimmicks, but they would have to be for a small curated audience I would think
(Sony XB10 Portable Wireless Speaker with Bluetooth, Black) speakers and assumed these would be like those but bigger and better
Sony severely missed the mark on this one which makes me sad, because I really wanted to like this speaker.
Nice all in all...great bass but treble is a little weak on vocals.
The sound profile was lacking bass and lacking good human singing voice reproduction, the sound's dimension felt small and narrow, and did not hold up in high volume
The sound quality is very good with excellent bass for such a small speaker
Great bass and the lights are pretty cool when you have them going
These small Bluetooth speakers purposely overemphasize bass and trick the ear into being impressed
The color changing LED’s are really fun and give a cool ambiance to any party scene.
We use it for background music at home as well as when my daughters are practicing routines with their music.
One issue I did have and found that other people have, though, is that it will stutter as if it’s buffering about once per song when connected to an Android phone running 6.0 Marshmallow, which admittedly is a few years old now
If you pour water on your speaker you don't have to worry as it will bead off the thing.
On my first test run, I had played it with the light show going the full time, as well as with the above average sound level
The color changing LED’s are really fun and give a cool ambiance to any party scene.
Worst case scenario, after having deleted the app (apps; there are two that sounded likely but
One issue I did have and found that other people have, though, is that it will stutter as if it’s buffering about once per song when connected to an Android phone running 6.0 Marshmallow, which admittedly is a few years old now
We use it for background music at home as well as when my daughters are practicing routines with their music.
Worst case scenario, after having deleted the app (apps; there are two that sounded likely but
While the flashing lights are great for when I have guests, personally I enjoy the lights when I'm home alone too because I just love a bit of a light show any old time
The IP67 rating and the other features mentioned make it a decent option that will provide some durability that's missing from many other portables, but the bass response and lack of charger detract a bit.
The light system, while gimmicky, adds a bit of fun, as does the ability to setup multiple speakers in a group
The music app is a bit difficult for me at first, yet it all depended on if I had enabled Bluetooth, and registering this baby was not allowed at one point,
It's always a bit difficult to review a non-book item as I never know how long it will last
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