If stereo is not necessary then h/k Luna is a great portable option with great sound quality. Jbl flip 7 is also decent but battery life is pretty mediocre.
If stereo is needed Anker soundcore motion 300 is great for its price with decent stereo seperation and volume.
Mate both the soundcore motion 300 or the tribit xsound plus 2 sound right up your street. The soundcore is louder and heavier and tougher, the Tribit is smaller and very light (590 grams). Both need custom EQ'd though their respective apps for the best sound.
This is amongst the most impressive bluetooth speakers I've ever used.
Impactful bass but which in settings can dialed back some for clarity. Pretty detailed. Definitely better than the DOSS Ultra XL and at a fraction of the size. Compared to the Earboom L these are likely similar speakers but I think the Soundcore Motion 300 likely is better simply because it has much better codec support and more EQ app settings that are available. Earboom L does have 3.5mm which is unfortunately a rarity but the Motion 300 has LDAC.
The LDAC oddly enough is not installed out of the box and to enable LDAC you have to download the app and then update the speaker. It's a tiny update but kind of odd. Using adaptive LDAC I can definitely notice when it shifts between quality settings. I have it currently set on the highest quality LDAC and it is quite good.
A few things about portable bluetooth speakers. I find that I often have better experiences with these compared to earphones or standalone bookshelf speakers that are supposed to be a dozen feet away from you. There's something about having a speaker on your body and listening to the music come out from inches away from your face that makes these things really work, and especially in the past five years they've improved significantly compared to speakers ten years ago which often relied on SBC.
Probably this is because they can operate at lower volumes when closer to your ear so compared to bookshelf speakers the speaker material can be more forgiving due to the lower power. I have often noticed that at most concerts the detail of the music isn't actually very good and the best they can do is to simply boost the volume to something that is uncomfortable to listen to without earplugs.
But also compared to TWS or to wired IEM's speakers have better soundstages due to inherent properties and IMO give a better experience for music enjoyment even if they don't have as good detail as a wired IEM might. Of course TWS is invaluable as earplugs when in public places and wired IEM's shine on subway or public transit where you can't use a bluetooth speaker.
I have it enabled but it doesn't seem that drastic to me.
This thing also has white noise and "brain boost" settings in the app. This is kind of a big deal since Endel wants to charge like $8 a month for similar features.
I just picked up this Bluetooth speaker after eyeing it for a while. I've had a few different Bluetooth speakers over the past few years ranging from the stormbox blast down to the soundcore glow mini. I was looking for something with high quality sound in a package that could fit in a backpack. Previously I used my x300s which are great but I just wanted to try something else that was one speaker.
So far I'm happy with the purchase. I've been comparing it directly to my x300 paired in stereo with an EQ provided by u/Speaker_Critic777. The bosasing only comes with three modes which is a little disappointing but the "3D stereo" mode is the most enjoyable one to me.
I'm not an audio expert but the bogasing has a cleaner sound with better highs and mids. The low end is comparable in volume but the bogasing seems smoother. The biggest thing I've noticed is the instrument separation on the bogasing, with "3D stereo" on it has an excellent sound stage, even better than two x300s. It doesn't seem to mess with the track which is something I've heard about other 3D effects speakers. The x300s will go louder but they start to sound bad over 80%, the bogasing at 100% is about as loud as the motions at 80% but it doesn't distort at max volume.
Overall the speaker is impressive, I might try the New Trent Vibe Pro next since it's a similar 5 driver setup and doesn't seem to have any legit reviews.
AciVici
