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for the last few months Bose has been releasing innovative but weird products like their new sleep buds which are supposed to help you sleep better and their Bose sound where a companion speaker which is a $300 speaker you wear around your neck I mean yeah it sounds good but it's a tough sell because it's a $300 speaker you wear around your neck but today we're gonna break down Bose this portable speaker lineup which I feel is also a little weird we have the Bose Soundlink micro the Soundlink color to the Soundlink revolve and the sound like revolve Plus first off I just wanna start off by saying that the bose sound like many too isn't here because it looks like bose is phasing it out if you go over to their site the mini two isn't a part of any other promotional materials and if you try to buy one says that it's unavailable and the sound of Mini 2 is nowhere to be found on other big-box retailer site but let's talk money the Bose Soundlink micro currently retails for $99 the Soundlink color 2 retails for $129 the Soundlink revolve retails for $199 and the sunlit revolve plus retails for a whopping $299 if you want to pick either of these speakers up I'll have links to description below and if you use the Ling's you really helps out to channel I suggest you check them out because the micro sometimes goes on sale so you may get lucky and also check out the new more shelf down below unlike Sony's or JBL's portable speaker lineup which all share a distinct design language across the board both the speaker lineup is split right down the middle the sound like micro and color 2 both have silicone cover bodies which make them very rugged if you plan on taking them on the go with you whereas the sound like revolve and revolve plus both have exposed aluminum bodies which were very elegant but they can easily get scratched or dented if you were to travel with them on a regular basis but both the revolver evolved plus carrying that ipx4 certification so a little splash of water shouldn't be a problem whereas the sound like micro carries an ipx7 certification so combined with the silicone body the sound like micro is definitely the most rugged speaker in boses lineups so far but now let's talk about ports the Soundlink color 2 revolver rolfe plus all charged via my curious be part and they all have in our Shack for wired listening but interestingly enough the sounding micro doesn't have an ox jack but like I've said in past videos I feel a speaker's dismal not having an ox Jack is in a big deal but the revolver Roth plus both have a universal screw mount on the bottom so you're gonna test them to a tripod if you needed to and you'll also notice four dots here which are the contact points for the optional charging cradle now when it comes to battery lives I feel all these speakers have respectable battery lights for their small size the caller to revolve and revolve Plus should have no problem asking you at least one hole straight day of listening on a single charge except for the sound like micro I've always really liked the micro because it sounds very impressive for its small size but unfortunately its battery life he isn't the best Bose advertises six hours of playback time but with real-world listening I usually end up averaging just three hours of playback time and I feel both drastically needs to improve the micros battery life the carrying strap on the back of the micro makes it an amazing little speaker to take with you on the go cuz you can easily attach it to your backpack or bike frame but ensure a battery life renders it to a useless hardly plug a few hours later ok now talking about speaker setup is cursed or also pretty different the sound like micro has a single transducer and dual passive radiator all housed underneath the poor fretted portion of the speaker and like I just said the micro sounds very impressive for its size the color too is kind of like a bigger version of the micro you have slightly larger dual transducers and a dual passive radiator up top and both the micro and the color 2 are very directional speakers whereas the revolve and revolve plus or 360 degree speakers both of these speakers share the same setups except the plus is slightly larger there's a single downward firing transducer which shoots sound into an acoustic deflector which evenly spreads out your music and towards the top of the speaker there's also dual passive radiators and personally one of my favorite things about the Raval speakers is that if you look at them at the right angle when they're playing music you can see the internals at work Oh overall both of speaker line up put an emphasis on vocals over everything else but there is still a good amount of bass like I've met some multiple times already I like to sound like micro because it sounds very impressive for its size it has way more bass and I would expect from a speaker of its size and it does a really good job of preventing distortion at higher volumes but I feel the selling color to doesn't sound all that impressive for its size keep in mind that it is the oldest speaker here but if you listen to it at lower volumes the bass does fall short and if you listen to it at higher volumes then there is a considerable amount of distortion but if we look at the revolver evolved plus these speakers also have way more bass than I would expect for their small size the revolver evolved plus both sound the same but the plus modal manages to get louder and there is overall more bass and the music does sound fuller on the plus but even though both of these revolve speakers do get pretty loud they also suffer from a considerable amount of distortion and how our volumes I feel these speakers sound decent all the way up to the 85% volume mark and after that they just start to sound way too bright when it comes to Bluetooth connectivity all these speakers have solid connections that go through multiple walls and I haven't really had any connection issues whatsoever but all of these speakers do have a little bit of latency when watching videos it's not huge but it is noticeable if you're someone like me who watches a lot of videos on your phone and it can get a little annoying after all I mean this is this is the type of latency we're talking about it's not huge but it's there but now let's talk about boses Connect app because it is very well built and it's pretty useful my favorite thing about Bose is connect up is that you can remotely turn on either of your speakers if you're in range not a lot of other speakers do this granted it does drain your speaker's battery life but I feel it's worth it and straight from the app itself you can pair up another speaker and some thing that bose allows you to do that other manufacturers don't and so you can get left and right stereo mode going with two different model speakers with Sony or JBL in order to get left and right stereo mode to work you need to have two of the same speakers you can mix and match but the major drawback with bose is that you can only connect up to two speakers together sony and JBL brag about being able to pair up to 100 speakers together and obviously nobody really needs that but i would like to be able to pair up to at least five bose speakers together so overall one half of boses portable speaker line-up is durable and rugged whereas the other half is elegant and sophisticated even though I do like the sound like micro because of its impressive sound we're only concerned of getting it if it was on sale because it is expensive for what it is at $99 and personally I'm not the biggest fan of the Soundlink color - I think you'd be much better off with either two JBL charge 3 pulse 3 or the sony xba-1 but then there's the Bose sound with revolve and revolve plus I actually do feel these speakers are worth the premium because they're more than just a speaker's they're machined aluminum bodies make these speakers look like they're pieces of art that he can proudly display in your living room dining room or kitchen without having them clash with any of your other decor it's obvious Bose is going for a more mature demographic with these speakers and that's perfectly OK not everybody wants a brightly colored fabric speaker in the middle of the room and not everybody who wants pulsating lights with their music but given the revolve and revolve plus performance these aren't speakers you should pick up if you want wall shaking ways or if you really want to jam out with them these are speakers you should get if you want to have constant background music around the house that you're going to play at lower to moderate listening levels I actually think both should split their current portable speaker lineup and have two distinct portable speaker lineups have a regular lineup made up of the micro and updated Soundlink color 3 and a larger rugged $250.00 speaker that competes up against extreme tool and XP 41 and I would have the fancy revolve lineup made up of the revolve + revolve and $100 revolve minion who knows since I have a is a few weeks away it could happen if you made it this far I guess you enjoyed the video so hit that like button and get subscribed it helps out more than you realize support the channel by clicking on the links down below and I'll catch you next time