Bose - SoundLink Plus Portable Bluetooth Speaker

The Bose SL Plus will likely be a solid fit for you as Bose has a pretty balanced sound, out of the box. Not sure if you’re looking for indoor v outdoor but you might look into getting two SL Flex and setting them up in stereo mode. They sound incredible.

Just got my pair of Soundlink Plus today, the Yellow colour is pretty wild, but fits the summer vibe in my part of the world. I ordered it with the Black one - funny how it looks smaller than the Yellow when hung off a hook on a black coat stand. Wow the sound is really good as a stereo pair, although I am using them in small room (about 10 square metres) with a tiled floor. I find the EQ surprisingly effective too, you can really dial down the bass and make a noticeable change to the mids and highs. They were quite expensive to buy, as I could have bought the Max for the same price, but I'm very happy with them and the smaller form factor is just perfect.

I bought a pair of SL Plus for stereo mode and with stock EQ they do sound rather boomy, but to my surprise the mids and highs didn't sound muffled which was the impression I got from listening to many reviews of the SL Max. I am using mine in a small room with not much soft furnishings so that doesn't help with the low end. I found the EQ pretty good though for taming the bass. The Charge 6 looks a very decent speaker for the price and is probably a better buy for most until Bose drop the price of the SL Plus.

Garbage is a ridiculous thing to say, sure they are not audiophile speakers for serious listening, but they sound great when the EQ is tuned. HEAD Acoustics have an MQDAS score for different aspects of audio quality and the SL Plus score 3.3 (considered high for a bluetooth speaker) vs 2.7 for JBL Charge 6. [https://www.soundguys.com/bose-soundlink-plus-review-better-than-the-jbl-charge-6-139985/](https://www.soundguys.com/bose-soundlink-plus-review-better-than-the-jbl-charge-6-139985/)

You don't like the speaker, I get it! Yes, the app has a 3-band EQ and it makes a huge difference.

Speaking of flaws, my Soundlink Plus will not connect to the Bose app, I'm desperate to reduce the bass on the equalizer. No problem with the flex just the plus? The app doesnt even feature the Plus? Confused?

maybe they werent muffled because 3-10khz responsw is boosted like 6db. This speaker sounds like a total garbage

what eq? you mean this 3 band eq? it doesnt fix the sound, this speaker sounds like bose soundlink mini

The soundlink plus is a bit disappointing, and is more expensive than the rest. The charge 6 and ULT 3 are great, i'd give the edge to the jbl. The sony has a larger cabinet with a smaller driver, it doesn't produce as much low bass, and it distorts if you try getting some deep bass out of it.

Interesting... that's what i was expecting. I really like the design of the bose, the fact that everything is hidden. But yea the charge 6 is just a beast for way less money. It provides pretty crisp and detailed sound while having a surprising bass response, Especially with some eq. The bose is solid but the bass is too boomy, there's not much you can do with the eq as well. But maybe i'll get it sometime.

I couldn't help it, i already got it on ebay A blue one😆 I think i'm a bit infected by the bose syndrome. Something about the design and signature of the recent bose speakers that really drags me into buying it

So iv'e been using the bose for more than a week now, and i'm ready to share my experience next to the year and a half old soundlink max. As far as the max, it's not the most loved speaker but it's the best speaker from bose yet, Offering it's unique soft sound signature and heavy upperbass. Lot's of people consider it being better than the new middleton 2 (future comparison will happen). The new soundlink plus, the smaller brother of the max, brings certain things to the table, but degrades others: ■Good upgrades over the max: -Better battery life -more clarity at higher volumes and treble detail -slightly smaller and lighter ■Downgrades from the max: -lacking in the mids -peaky 8khz area of treble -mono audio So those pretty much are my main factors when it comes to how both compare, but let's be more specific. Some of those can be fixed on the plus with a firmware, including the peak on the treble that increases especially when adding treble and mids using the bose eq. Also boost the mids a bit, to get more body to the sound and vocals. There is some lowend rumble that isn't very noticeable (depends on placement), but i prefer to have more mids and upper bass like on the max than having that useless rumble that just shakes the speaker without much being heard. When it comes to drivers, i believe that the soundlink plus uses one of the woofers of the max, and a tweeter from the max, but in this case they're crossovered, unlike the max which got the woofers playing full range, which is also why it has the clarity advantage over the max. My overall conclusion is, that the plus is not a bad speaker at all, i just think it could be better. Especially for the price. If the max goes on sale for 300$, it's a no brainer to get the max. The size difference between both is not huge, but you are losing a lot in the sound department if getting the plus instead. I believe that if bose balances out the plus in terms of treble and mids and maybe reduces that useless low end at low volumes and adds more upperbass instead, it would have a better status than it currently has even against the charge 6. Anyway thanks guys!

yup, i second this take. the JBL is probably the best of the bunch. i do think the bose puts out a touch more bass by default, but if you're after balanced sound the JBL is the way to go.

Interesting, as my wife and I just did our own sound test with the Charge 6 and the SoundLink Plus and found the results totally opposite of the linked review above: almost every song we played, or instrumental, sounded much better on the Plus than the Charge 6. My wife initially like the 6 better but once we did some serious listening she went for the Plus. Vocals sounded much clearer, more lifelike, on it. Also, at lower listening levels the speaker excelled. We also tested the SoundLink Flex and the JBL Xtreme 4. The Flex sounded quite nice, but the Xtreme offered nothing better than the Charge 6 for the money.

I bought it and kind of regret it since it is BARELY better than the regular Flex. It is definitely a mids and highs forward speaker with nearly the same amount of bass as the standard Flex. I'll keep it for now, but will most likely sell it to get the Max instead. The standard Flex has a much warmer sound. The Flex Plus is too bright and the mids smash you in the face over everything else. I think they did this to give the appearance of being louder and clearer.

We have one of those still going that is older than 2017. Not sure when we bought it, but have had it forever. Only travel speaker we take on our adventures.

Same here! My 2 soundlinks are still going strong and I even still have my sounddock from when I was young.