Calling all audiophiles🔈🔉🔊

I need help.

Im wanting to get a portable speaker to use in my home and at work - so i can groove while im doing stuff.

Anyone got any recommendations?

Im currently down this rabbit hole of bang and olufsen, minirig, and maybe even jbl.
Klipsch is in there but....oh i dunno.

Honestly - its all very confusing.

Im not a bass junkie, even tho i like low frequency stuff. I love clear sound.
Any distortion of the high end and it literally makes my head hurt and i feel queasy.

Any help would be appreciated 🤗

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Adogslife · 61-69, M

I’ve been down the same road. I chose Sonos. The sound quality is excellent. Their “Move” speaker has great depth, both highs and lows and fills a room well. It can work off wifi or Bluetooth. You can take it outside too, unwired.

I have Sonos all over my house. As you grow your system, you can designate what you’d like to play and where as the app integrates with Spotify and all the other apps.

Don’t choose a small speaker to start. If you like hifi, you’ll just be disappointed.

OogieBoogie · F

@Adogslife thanks.
And you make a good point: its prolly better to slowly connect a system, yet still be able to use individual parts.
I hadnt considered that initially.

Wifi AND bluetooth is handy.

Thanks for being specific, as i know each brand has its dud models, while others they can be excellent .

Appreciate it🤗

Adogslife · 61-69, M

@OogieBoogie As a side note, I tested quite a few systems. Maybe your ears are different, but I found JBL to be very heavy with their base which I don’t happen to care for. I want to hear the highs and midrange not just heavy base. If you really want that, add a subwoofer to your sound system.

Anyway, go to a store, like a Best Buy, and test out a few speakers. Ask the salesperson if there’s an app that’s flexible for rooom by room control.

Any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. I probably have 10 Sonos speakers in my house now in different rooms and of varying sizes.

OogieBoogie · F

@Adogslife im not a fan of that high base "thumpa thumpa thumpa" either.

I DO love the feels of really low frequency bass sounds, but not to an overpowering level.

I like a slightly warm sound, but not so warm as you lose the treble and mid frequencies.
Clarity is paramount.

And i HATE distortion. I need something that's gonna keep its clarity when i wanna turn it up a bit.

Not that i can handle much volume, I've got 'sensitive lil" ears'😅

Im trying to narrow it down to a handful so i dont numb my ears trying out too many.

Plus....where i live - its a smallish island and we dobt have many audiophile stores🤷‍♀

I was kinda getting out of control before this post, and my searches were slowing getting more and more expensive.
I was getting pretty super keen on the Bang and Olufsen A1 gen 3,
But it was a shitload of buckeroos for just a nice lil travel speaker.

The was one Jbl i was kinda looki g at, but then i found a Harman Karmon one, the Go 3, and its a pearler.

Then @Kiesel put me onto the Doxx Spundbox and thats a pretty nice speaker without the hefty price tag.

So my choices are narrowing.
The thing is....the more i look, the more i find - the more i have to go through the comparison process.

Still....i think something like this is worth the research. Id prefer to over spend $200 on something i loved, than waste $200 bucks on something that ends up disappointing.

Adogslife · 61-69, M

@OogieBoogie I don’t envy you. There’s so much of an inclination to overspend without flexibility for future growth. Then there’s inside versus outside, Bluetooth vs wired. It’ll drive ya nuts.

If you have access to a Sonos Move 2 (or older Move) , it’s worth a listen. It’s also a smart speaker.