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hey everyone and welcome to another review by James review room today we'll be looking at a Bose Soundlink mini I've been anticipating this for quite some time since I do own its bigger brother the Bose Soundlink speaker 2 now I did do a review in this already and it's an excellent speaker but definitely check out the review for the in-depth analysis but again we're speaking about the Soundlink mini and this competes in the smaller bluetooth speakers segment and it competes with likes of JBL flip b Jawbone Jambox or the beats by dre pill so how does it sound we'll find out you all right so let's get started here so I purchased this speaker for $199 at the time of this review now in regards to price I've had a hard time finding a cheaper deal from reputable retailers both online and in store so pretty much in both fashion they rarely go on sale so the speaker comes only in silver but you have skins to put around the unit to personalize each skin retails for about $25 and it does come in blue orange or green the finish itself is very sleek and clean and it has a sophisticated feel it's an all aluminum body with rubberized bottom and rubberized buttons on top now the speaker weighs in at 1.5 pounds which he does feel heavier than the other Bluetooth speakers in the in its segment right now but because of its weight it really does feel solid and you want to expect this thing to sound not good but actually great I guess you can say when you hold on to it it feels like it has a lot of meat to it so in regards to size this speaker stands 2 inches tall 7 inches wide and 2.3 inches deep this figure comes with a micro USB wall charger and a cradle to dock the speaker for charging you can charge the speaker without the cradle as well but the cradle actually came in handy as you just drop and pick up the speaker at your desire there's no need to unplug wires just again pick up and go the speaker has a front and rear-facing grille with the front having BOCES moniker again the buttons on top are rubber and features on and off mute volume buttons bluetooth pairing and lastly the button to connect your device physically with a three-and-a-half millimeter cable the aux cable which is not supply now Bose has two smallest speakers on the front and directly in the middle is a passive radiator that helps with low frequency performance which in turns means better base and on the rear also has another passive Raider so with any subwoofer or speaker that's great on bass put this against the wall a corner of the room and you will get an amazing increase in bass compared to if you did it so the big question is does it really perform hey I'll tell you hell yeah it does so for her speaker in the small / portable bluetooth segment this speaker is possibly the best I've heard so far the bass is amazing surprisingly it is as good as the bigger brother the Soundlink - there's just absolutely no distortion and low-end whatsoever so for all you base lovers this is very pleasing to the ears the highs if you pay real close attention though had a slight ringing at the very high pitches but in general the audio sounds amazing for the smaller booth to segment that's what I've heard so far so sounds are crisp deep and warm so let me play a small sample here this is recorded on a condenser microphone with a pop filter hope you guys enjoy let me show you yeah and I'm sick of being goodnight while I'm on my King land while I'm drinking Bud Light um can you get it when you miss me like I'm a whiskey drinking champagne then baby do you do it do it that way do you do that did you take a break you know that I'm a beast when I kill it on the Beast like a sex on the beach like it's not a girl just to the California way we go we can visit you in California Kayla Brianna I said it might I put it there like this 24/7 they had the get in sequence so there's a small sample there so moving out in connectivity as easy as you can get I've used my iPad and it's flawless during setup and you only need to do it once simply press and hold that Bluetooth button on the speaker and then choose the Soundlink mini from your source device and that's it next time you need to sync them just press that Bluetooth button on the speaker itself and it'll find your phone or device like it sound link to both claims to memorize up to six devices and no need to connect any wires to the speaker itself or connectivity now the range of the speaker is decent my house is approximately 2,400 square feet and again Bose claims up to 30 feet of connection so during my test I was able to get about 35 feet or so and it went through one wall before the connections started breaking up at about 30 feet going through several walls and through the first floor ceiling there before the connections started breaking up and lastly the better is intended to last up to seven hours of continuous play so this speaker doesn't feature a speakerphone function like some on the market today but if you don't think you're needing to conduct hands-free phone calls or doing a corporate board meeting you probably don't even need that function now the battery life is a bit lower than the competitors but honestly I want a speaker that sounds great first before I consider better life and besides seven hours of play isn't too bad at all and prices on other speakers in this range and the size have slowly gone down over the years now this Soundlink many did just come out there and both again really I've seen reduce their prices but you honestly get what you pay for as my previous review on the Bose Soundlink speaker - I said Bose was probably overrated before I listened to that speaker and TV actually did that other speaker blew it out of the water it's an amazing speaker and there's no exception to this one as well they both sound like many again phenomenal product I haven't listened to other Bose products but the two that I have listened to so far and owned I mean bass sound amazing this is perfect the mids the lows especially the lows are really good the highs are very good as well again the like I mentioned earlier there's a little bit of tanginess but you have to really pay attention to that but again it's very fulfilling it's a very warm sound from this little speaker here I would recommend it if you were to purchase it you know get it free a bedroom your bathroom and that's where I have my other speaker located every morning before I get to work or start work you know I play that you know bring it on the boat bring it to the park have an outdoor barbecue and bring it out there and you know just entertain your guests it is a phenomenal speaker but again you do pay for what you get and again there's no exception to either one of these Bose products these sound like speaker 2 or the Bose mini again these are both excellent products so that's about it if you have not yet done so please subscribe to my channel right now if you're not logged in to your Gmail or Google Account get on Facebook and like me on facebook comm slash Jim's review room there I can I'm a little bit more personable on there since I don't have to upload a video but I do give updates behind the scenes I take photos I also ask questions and try to interact with the community as well so definitely get on that other than that that's about it check out my other videos and this is Jimmy from Jim's review room take care everyone bye