Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted November 27, 2024 Volunteer Posted November 27, 2024 Looking for some advice on a portable battery-powered Bluetooth speaker. It would be used in my ancient car that has no connectivity. I’ve looked at the Ultimate Ears and JBL offerings but no idea if they are any good. Also not looking to spend much more than ~$100
aussievintage Posted November 27, 2024 Posted November 27, 2024 2 hours ago, sir sanders zingmore said: Looking for some advice on a portable battery-powered Bluetooth speaker. It would be used in my ancient car that has no connectivity. I’ve looked at the Ultimate Ears and JBL offerings but no idea if they are any good. Also not looking to spend much more than ~$100 I have liked a JBL Charge 3 I have had for some time now. A bit bass heavy - but that's a good thing in a car where the bass often gets lost in the road noise. 1
aechmea Posted November 28, 2024 Posted November 28, 2024 I bought a JBL Flip 5 for Mrs A to use in her "craft" room. I am impressed. It was cheap (~$50) and easy enough to set up. Sounds good to me considering how small the actual driver must be. Superceded by newer model so should be attractively priced on runout. The latest model Flip 6 is closer to $100, I think.
Robertoh Posted January 7 Posted January 7 On 27/11/2024 at 6:21 PM, sir sanders zingmore said: Looking for some advice on a portable battery-powered Bluetooth speaker. It would be used in my ancient car that has no connectivity. I’ve looked at the Ultimate Ears and JBL offerings but no idea if they are any good. Also not looking to spend much more than ~$100 Do you need microphone capabilities for hands-free calls, or purely speaker(s) for listening to music (or other sounds) from a Bluetooth device?
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted January 7 Author Volunteer Posted January 7 30 minutes ago, Robertoh said: Do you need microphone capabilities for hands-free calls, or purely speaker(s) for listening to music (or other sounds) from a Bluetooth device? No I don’t. Ended up getting the JBL Flip 6 on special from JB Hifi. Must say it’s not great. I’m surprised at how good the bass is for such a small device but even in a noisy car setting the top end is a bit overdone. I believe there’s an app that allows some eq but I haven’t tried it yet
Luc Posted January 7 Posted January 7 Err, Zingalingalonga, you do know that you can take that old jalopy of yours into a car audio joint and get a nice after market screen fitted into the dash that'll do all your BT needs(Google maps so you don't get lost when out at Epping, for instance...). Cheap and nasty BT speaker or cheap and nasty hard wired speakers. Cost is bugger all
Volunteer sir sanders zingmore Posted January 7 Author Volunteer Posted January 7 29 minutes ago, Luc said: old jalopy Have you seen the old jalopy? Anything aftermarket is going to be worth more than the car itself!! 1
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