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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's review broom beads last week released the replacement to the pill 2.0 claiming to offer better dynamic range and definition to the sound characteristics there's improved better life and a few more features that I'll go over as well now pricing wise this is an e very high upper end for mid-sized Bluetooth speakers even more so than they both sound like mini two from both and that is considered as a premium product now I personally paid two hundred and twenty nine dollars retail for this and if you want to check today's updated pricing I place a link in the video description below and that leads to what Amazon is offering today so without further ado add me on to Facebook Twitter or Instagram and if you haven't already subscribed to my channel I'm here to help you make a purchase decision welcome everyone to jim's review room the pill plus does get a bit bigger than the older model and considering beats didn't disclose the weight on their website I was kind of surprised how beefy it feels when I pick it up for the first time compared to the older model and other mid-sized bluetooth speakers out there this is somewhat on the heavier side and you will notice it once you put it in your bag however though it's still very much portable and easy to manage the front and rear still features the very durable grill practically indestructible but new surrounding the width of the speaker is a grippy silicon like texture perfect for having to stay on your table and make this easy to grab going over the top here on and off with a five light remaining battery indicator in the middle is the beats logo that does light up and it's actually a button which allows you to control your music pause play skip tracks and even answer phone calls and to the right are your vibe up and down buttons now rotating to the rear and covered by a flap that pill plus offers a charge out port enabling you to charge any device with a USB cable and if you ever need to charge your phone and just give it a little bit of juice next is a 3.5 millimeter port to physically connect your device instead of going Wireless and last familiar to Apple users a lightning port is used to charge the speaker I personally would have preferred a micro USB connection instead since I have phone chargers and micro USB cables laying all around the house as I'm sure as you do as well so if you're going anywhere remember you have to bring your lightning cable and speaking of batteries beats claim up to 12 hours of use and from my standard test that I do on most of my Bluetooth speakers leaving this at 50% volume to have a median number to compare I play this the entire day in the pill Plus that in 13 hours and nine minutes a very much improved test over last year's model now recharging wise from a dead battery until full this did take three hours to do another feature that makes it come back is the ability to pair another pill plus so two speakers can play at the same time offering more room filling music a bigger perk I thing if you do have two of these again you can have separate audio channels one left and one for the right basically stereo separation at the time this video you can only pair the pill pluses via the app for both Apple and Android platforms and just real quick regarding the app it's really basic with options just to pair those speakers as I just mentioned rename your speaker to your desired name and independent volume control and that's basically it there's no built-in equalizer and no built-in sound boosting features and let's before I go into my sound test I know there's no such thing as a Bluetooth speaker that has every feature in the market but one thing that I did notice that beats did remove is NFC Near Field Communication is what it stands for allows for NFC enabled devices and phones to just tap on the side of the speaker and pair your device immediately it's very convenient and I believe it's underrated that's no longer here and before I forget here the Bluetooth range has been excellent testing this with the newest phones on the market this one all the way to the other side of my house downstairs going through several walls of course and the first floor ceiling the connection never cut out or disconnected altogether so let's get to the part that you've been waiting for the sound test I'll play several sounds or several songs here and give you my verdict afterwards I can't wait I get you looking oh not so hot just like in a day maybe some you and there you have it folks of course sound recorded on my end and then played through your speakers or not the best depiction of audio quality but hence my review here keep in mind I test a huge amount of Bluetooth speakers so branding weather beats or Apple or this was even boast or JBL to be honest with you it really doesn't matter to me I just want to point out what I hear and how it stacks up with the others now because it's a midsize speaker it's not a full-size like the recalled pill XL you won't have deep sub bass levels but if you're a bass lover definitely still consider this bass is there and more bassy than most mid-size speakers on the market the mid range of audio where vocals and most instruments resides for the average consumer it will sound decent with voices and instruments being pronounced enough the speaker itself is still very loud filling up small rooms for Shore and midsize rooms to a good degree the sound signature is not bright and I'm sure with being very much Basie it's not intended to for those listening to hip-hop this will sound perfectly fine those who listen to more pop music with lighter notes you may notice some slight vocal droning and some songs where the vocals may sound slightly suppressed now regarding the highs this is where I noticed a bit of distortion sadly I'm very high vocals cymbal crashes snare drums it gets jumbled and not clear up top this is very much noticeable in volume is near or at maximum volume it just doesn't retain its clarity as much as I would have liked now keep in mind this speaker as a whole I believe does well it's not garbage by any means and the pill plus does sound much better than the older model it's just some songs played very well while some songs in John Rose on the other hand didn't play as nice now I would say if you're a bass lover for sure this is worth the consideration if you're not deep into bass I believe the other sound characteristics are a bit lacking now as for audio separation and soundstage that's performed like many other mid-sized Bluetooth speakers out there because the speakers inside the unit are small and so close together it's hard for the channels to separate left and right again that's pretty typical so in the comments section below let me know what you think of the pill plus I personally think it's still a very capable and good speaker but more so in the right John rrah but then again if your money conscious the price tag does hurt a bit so let 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