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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's review ever welcome back to another one of my videos today we're doing a comparison between two speakers that you guys have specifically asked me for products for the last speaker so this is the Bose revolve and also the Bose Soundlink mini - you guys have specifically once compared this because they are very similar in price and also in size and possibly performance which we'll find out later in this video but jumping right into this there's no fancy editing in this comparison they both revolve it's priced at $200 retail the mini - used to be priced at $200 retail but today boasted drop it down to one hundred and eighty one of these I'll place my Amazon affiliate link down in the video description below click on those links it will give you the most updated prices in real time you never know when these things might go out and sale but jumping right into the physical built here both of these feel exceptionally well built here both are basically made of metal aluminum that is cold to the touch and it just feels or is is premium all together the biggest difference here this might make or break your purchase decision is that they both revolved is rugged in the review I did you did see me dropping maybe once or twice or so but behind the scenes we actually dropped about six or seven times trying to get that perfect shot for you guys and there's no Nick's remarks here its cosmetically withstanding drops which is phenomenal but also the speaker of course still work today you don't get any drop resistance with the mini - another feature here is that this is water resistance its splash resistant that is you cannot submerge this underwater unfortunately so don't obviously drop it into the poor so but if you're caught in the rain if you spill a glass of water on it no problems at all so moving on to the physical connections here both the speakers look very similar in regards to connections both is bluetooth of course both of these do have between half a millimeter port for physical connections but with that same microUSB port it is used for charging these speakers but when you revolve you actually can plug this into your PC the PC will charge the speaker same thing with mini - but with revolve you can actually have audio play from your PC into the speaker you don't get that additional feature with this with the MIDI to the other feature that the most revolve has and then the Soundlink mini to unfortunate doesn't have you keep in mind a mini - it's a little bit of an older speaker that is they are involved can actually double up or pair with another speaker that is another Bose speaker and have it play either left or right separate audio channels or haven't played them in sync some people basically have one speaker at one roof and have the other speaker playing a different room again both playing the same exact song with the mini - of course you don't get that and additionally you don't have the both app working with these sound like mini - as well with the numerous speakers the revolve revolve + and I believe the sound link or Soundlink color that is from Bose does work with the Bose app so this again keep that in mind if you guys do value the app experience and having a bit more convenience and functionality next up here regarding a Bluetooth signal I did test both these speakers on my samsung sa + left the speaker's here in the studio walk down the hallway about AV linear feet and although both did claim up to 30 feet no drops in signal at all on both of these speakers and despite this being older and still performed as well as they both revolve now moving on here the next thing is basically battery life Bose is claiming up to 10 hours of life on this one which is a little bit low for today's standards here with the revolve it's climbing up to 12 hours of use if you guys want to know specifically what my results were of course check out the review but with up to 12 hours of use it is pretty much on average with other Bluetooth speakers of this size a small size that is so again take that into consideration when you guys are considering how much is enough for you next up here both of these do have the ability to charge with a docking station or a charging cradle that is the biggest benefit though would they sound like maybe - it actually comes in the package you get this little cradle right here is drop it in no need to mess around with wires no need to mess around with the wall adapter just drop it when you're ready to go pick it up and walk away with the revolve you do have that accessory as well so it is an additional cost and it's $30 right now from BOCES website so that's really the biggest difference between the physical aspects and the feature list as well to the part that you guys have probably been waiting for here is the audio sample the audio test I'll play several songs for you guys and then I'll give you my verdict afterwards Oh Peter lei kung and there you have it folks of course audio recorded on my end and then play through your speakers are not the best depiction of audio quality but hence my review here now first things first you probably can't tell by its physical ability revolve does offer 360 degrees F so places anywhere in the room walk about anywhere in the room you're going to get a very similar or maybe the same audio experience wherever you go to same volume levels the same experience in general wouldn t revolve arms are with these Holly mini two it's a little bit more directional its front firing speakers where the Bose logo is at and that's not necessarily a bad thing I actually do like this a lot because once you have this pointed at you if it's more for personal listening you get a lot more direct sound which means a lot more immersion and would be sound like mini - you get much more fidelity you have much better soundstage and still this figure even though it's older it's still one the best in sound stage quality here where audio is coming from left and right behind you for with you both revolve again it offers 360-degree sound so you lose that immersion of that soundstage and also you do lose a little bit of fidelity you don't lose a little bit of resolution you lose a little bit of detail compared to the sound with mini - now with that being said that's not saying that the audio experience is horrible on this thing here it's actually still one the best in the market if you are into bass this is of course much more bassy than the Soundlink mini - if you were to walk into a room for most average consumers and you heard something playing in the back the speaker you're probably going to say wow that sounds absolutely good especially from a small tiny package it offers a much more fuller sound it gets louder than maybe maybe two with the mini - and I can turn this up to a hundred percent volume and I can turn this to about maybe 75 to 80 percent dime to get an equal performing audio experience in regards to of loudness so again for entertaining entertaining purposes I think the revolve does a little bit better I granted that you do lose a little bit of quality for personal listening I would say go with the mini 2/4 clarity resolution detail soundstage that is it's not as basic but if you do value bass I get the revolve you do lose again that quality but you get more much more fuller sound from your listening audio experience so I hope this review or comparison that is helped you in some way there's a more detailed review of course those videos are linked in the video description check those out and that go of course into detail and each one of these speakers individually so be sure that I can subscribe to help support what I do be sure to follow me on facebook twitter or instagram again i'm jimmy with jim's review and i am here to help you make that purchase decision hope you guys are doing good you guys take care and I will see you on the next one bye