Bose SoundLink Micro: Portable Bluetooth Speaker

Muy buena calidad de audio (para un altavoz de su clase), muy buena construcción y acabado.
Mi mayor interés es usar el Soundlink Micro conjuntamente con un Bose Home Speaker 300. Para ello hay que ir a “agrupar altavoces” en la app Bose Music, hay que tener en cuenta que con algunos teléfonos móviles da muchos problemas para que se agregue, no sé la causa (he probado con 2, en uno he podido y en otro no). Existe la app Bose Connect para vincular el Soundlink Micro a un móvil o tablet; también puede dar problemas dependiendo del móvil (no es que de muchas posibilidades de uso, pero funciona correctamente).
Como altavoz portátil es excelente, y si tienes un altavoz inteligente Bose Soundlink puede servir de altavoz suplementario.

I was going to give this 4 stars because it’s not perfect, but it’s far better than 4 out of 5 so I thought 5 stars was more fair.

Considering it’s size, the sound of this speaker is absolutely remarkable. I’m using it for casual listening in hotel rooms while traveling and it gives a very listenable sound with a very full but natural bass – better than a typical TV or even cheap mini system (though of course it’s not stereo unless you shell out for two). There are plenty of speakers that can offer a lot of bass but it’s very forced and boomy; the Bose isn’t like that at all. Of course if you were trying to have a party I’m sure you would struggle to get high SPL from it, but that’s true of any battery-powered speaker.

I have only two minor complaints. The first is that the sound is a bit too bass-heavy and could do with more treble. I’m not sure if this is a consequence of the waterproof design or just that they were trying to distance themselves from the tinny-ness of listening to music on a mobile phone speaker, but IMHO they have gone a bit too far and made it a bit dull. By using some software jiggery-pokery on my laptop I was able to get both the bose and the tinny built-in speakers playing at the same time and that gave a more balanced result.

The second gripe is that it isn’t really stable when stood on its end (i.e. with the speaker facing outwards horizontally). You can balance it in that position but it has a tendency to fall over. There’s just no excuse for this other than to maintain the “pebble” aesthetic of the shape. You can lean it against something but this tends to tip the balance even further towards the bass end, so I’d prefer to have it a few inches away from the rear wall.

In spite of these, I’m really chuffed with it. it’s an amazing piece of engineering.

Bought this for my wife as a somewhat belated Christmas present for use in her office space. Prior to purchasing this, she and I have used Google Nest Minis. The Nest Mini is convenient, but there’s a very clear difference in sound quality between that and the SoundLink Micro despite the two being roughly the same size.

In my wife’s case, she just sits the speaker flat in one corner of her office space versus mounting it. That is, the speaker is mostly projecting up and outward rather than being more directed – think how you would orient a sound bar. Despite that placement, the sound quality is excellent. Bass comes through strongly without being overly heavy to being muddy. Trebles are crisp, but not sharp or thin. Though she doesn’t use it at very high volume levels, I don’t think this speaker would have much trouble being the primary sound source if you were to use it for a small house party or gathering indoors.

Setup is about as simple as you could expect for a strictly Bluetooth connected device. To be explicit here, the Google Nest Mini is a connected home device that happens to also work as a wireless speaker – sound quality and the experience of that is really not its primary point. Because of the Nest Mini’s wider use case variety (e.g.: Google voice commands – possibly across multiple rooms if you have multiple devices), it’s also more of a hassle to setup if you’re only using it as a speaker. The SoundLink Micro – like most basic Bluetooth only devices – only needs to be powered on, put into being discoverable, and then connecting to the speaker on whatever device you want to connect up to it.

FINALLY! A shower speaker that is loud enough in the shower. I have gone through 3 or 4 shower speakers prior to this, and NOT just cheap ones, that I couldn’t even hear when I was washing my hair, etc. This one finally does it.
I like to watch some comedies while I bathe, especially because I am in a wheelchair right now due to a car accident. The shower is my relaxing place and since it takes me 30 minutes to get setup and longer to do each shower task, I make sure I take a longer shower and relax. Thus I will watch Friends or some other innocuous comedy while showering. Every speaker I have had has not gotten nearly loud enough to hear. This one is finally my answer. Plenty loud, even below full level, words are not garbled and I don’t have to stop and listen carefully or jump back to rehear something.
I have used it 3 times for an entire showering/dressing time (at minimal 70 minutes each) and it still has a charge left. I also like that it verbally tells you what percent it is at when you turn on or off so you know if you need to plug it up before your next use. Though I do wish it was a type C instead of the older style.
Well built and feels sturdy. I bought the rubber cover but it shipped separately so I haven’t used it yet. I got it because I want to be able to hang it better than that weird rubber strap on the back does.
I am not an audiofile but it is loud, sounds good, is super easy to setup/connect, tells you the battery level and is sturdy. At $100 it is a little pricey but I think it will last for years. Only con is that it isn’t a C type charging port.