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hi I'm David Carnot executive editor for cnet.com and I'm here with the Cambridge sound works oops line of Bluetooth speaker that's right oops that's a weird sounding name but there are two of them there's the oats angle that looks a little bit like a pyramid and then there's the standard booms which is actually the higher-end model and that does sound a little bit better it's a little bit bigger speaker and offers a little bit more bass the nice thing about these speakers that they are well priced the un's angle is $39.99 and the regular oontz is $49.99 and they do sound like more expensive models the regular oontz was actually $69.99 originally but the prices since come down so it is a better value compared early speaking there are a lot of other mini wireless bluetooth speakers very similar to these speakers these do sound a little bit better for the money you'll find speakers that cost $79 or $89 that are very similar list but these do offer a little bit better clarity as I said the step-up boots has a little bit better bass one other bonus feature you'll find in both speakers is speakerphone capability so you can use this as a speakerphone for your cell phone your music will cut out when a call comes in and there's a call answer and button there are so control buttons built into the unit itself you do get a few more controls on the step-up oontz there are transport controls on that as well as volume controls there's also an auxilary input if you have a non bluetooth device what I will say about both these speakers is they do have a customized generic feel to them what I mean is that there are some elements to them that are a little bit inexpensive for instance around back there's a mini USB port instead of the more standard micro USB port that's a little bit disappointing the other small design element that may some people is the blue light on the front it's a little bit bright it didn't bother me so much but it did bother another editor here at C net and unfortunately that blue light can't be dimmed or turned off altogether but all in all for the money both these speakers sound relatively good they also offer very good battery life both of them are rated above 10 hours you can actually do much better than that if you play these at moderate volumes and the designs are also attractive they come in multiple color options so the un's funny name but all in all a good value I'm David Carr Noy and that's the Cambridge sound works loose Bluetooth speaker line thank you for watching