I thought you must be wrong about the early Flips. My first bluetooth speaker was a Flip 2 and I only stopped using it because it wouldn't charge any longer and the process to replace the battery just wasn't worth it. Looked up the specs and was surprised to see that it has 2 40mm drivers. And it came with a carrying case!
Things have come a long way since then but I just started the search for a replacement for my second bluetooth speaker and noted the flip 6/7 is mono. That was surprising but then I wondered how far apart do the drivers need to be to make stereo a real thing (or how close do I need to be). Makes sense to be mono. And if you pair two then we have both a tweeter and mid rather than a left and right with two basic drivers as in many other speakers. But I am only buying one speaker now.
My searches before for a small speaker were simple: Flip was the big name in 2014. I saw a sale for Tribit Stormbox in 2019. Now I'm researching and it's so difficult to decide what to go with, especially when comparing single vs dual driver models. I think that means most name brand ones are good quality and I won't have regrets no matter which I go with.
Thanks for your post.
Yeah, realistically that isn't going to happen, replacing 10 speakers with 1-3 is tough as it is, much less when those 10 speakers were designed for the space they are in and those 1-3 are jammed into an enclosure with the amp and battery in a single unit... I mean the closest you will get is a one of the big JBL Party Boxes which honestly isn't very portable at like 75 pounds and 45 inches tall, not to mention they run a grand or so.
If you just want decent sound quality -AND- portability the JBL Flip, Charge, or even the Extreme series are pretty decent, but for high end quality you are going to be going well over the $500 mark... KEF, Bowers & Wilkens, Sonos, etc.
And Bose... Yeah, I am not a huge fan... I would take the Infinity system in my Hyundai over it in a heartbeat for sound quality.
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