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hotspot Shield service makes your internet browsing safer more secure and fully private click now to learn more who found which is one of those things that manufacturers claim that often makes me kind of I can't really do it but whatever raise an eyebrow because huge sound is not the same thing as good sound however Ultimate Ears has enough of a reputation for sound that isn't horrible that I was like okay normally when manufacturers contact me they're like wow yeah we've got this Bluetooth battery-powered speaker you guys totally unbox and check it out I'm kind of like hmm because who cares there's so many of them so I tend to focus on the ones that offer something interesting like the raucous which is solar powered the rugged ruckus which is solar powered and is like splash resistant and drop proof and all that kind of cool stuff so with ultimate years I was like okay I'm interested in you because you've got a brand name to protect here so it better not sound bad the jam box from jawbone sounds bad it was one of the first ones though so I guess it can get a bit of a pass but let's cover the features of the mini boom it has a 10-hour battery it's Bluetooth it supports for ipod iphone ipad and pretty much anything else it's bluetooth but to branding it's got a 50 foot range it obviously has a built-in speakerphone just like all of them do it's available in a variety of colors and like four or five different colors but you can see them all on the website and it has kind of a unique shape to it it's pretty rugged looking I guess it's not actually meant to sit like that there you go it it knows it knows what's up get it what's up because the buttons go up so speaking of the buttons you've got volume up volume down these are nice little tactile buttons as well as your bluetooth pairing button on the side over here you've got some Ultimate Ears branding on the bottom you've got some information that's hard to read some more Ultimate Ears branding speaker grille power switch as well as three-and-a-half millimeter and microUSB for charging there's a port there for bass presumably and on the front is yet another speaker grille so we got a couple colors because they have another feature that we've seen before but again and have high expectations for something else meteors wants you to be $100 for and that is that you can set them up using the free downloadable app how many times have we heard that before a free downloadable app you have got to be kidding me so you can use the free downloadable app to set them up in stereo mode that they're claiming actually sounds pretty darn good so we're going to set that up and we'll be back in just a moment oh yeah hidden away in the little compartment here is a microUSB cable that you can use to charge it but they do not include an AC adapter so you're gonna have to already have one or a computer or something in order to charge it so why don't I just give you guys some idea of what to expect in terms of volume with one of my favorite all-time songs so this is at about 70% this is where my mic is so that should give you some idea when I'm talking like pretty loud it's about like someone kind of yelling at you now let's crank it up if you want oh no you probably pretty much can't hear me over it which should give you some idea how much volume we're talking here they are extremely loud we definitely give the edge to them in terms of that and there is a fair amount of bass the only issue that I have with them in terms of the bass is that it can tend to overpower the mids a little bit and it does make the vocal sound a little bit muddy but with that said if the intention is to grab one of these or a couple of them and take them with the to the beach with you and create as much sound as possible with as little actual space taken up as possible these might be pretty much the way to go so let's go back to the app for a minute here here we go mini boom and let's go to high yes the the settings so I was going to show you this to you guys before shows you the battery life you can set up the speaker name EQ settings out loud is the loudest vocals personally I didn't like that much but intimate actually is probably the best balanced one in terms of how it sounds to me you can set up alerts sounds don't forget yes you can use the speakerphone and all that good stuff but I yes this is where things start to get interesting double up mode so you press the Bluetooth button twice on another one after you click start here we go and you can either run them in stereo or just run the same sounds off both of them there we go in order to just get more sound and it gets pretty darn loud so distortion wise there's actually not much even at maximum volume which is quite impressive if we had Awards around here we'd go ahead and probably give these an editor's choice of some sort because they sound pretty good they get extremely loud as advertised and the app actually just works it was it was flawless even while music is still playing we can switch between double-up mode single mode stereo mode without any difficulty I don't know if stereo mode is what I would really use it for I think it's more like stack them up double them up get more sound out of it and get an extremely pleasing and a crowd pleasing experience out of a very small form-factor before we were so rudely interrupted I was going to tell you to like the video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it leave a comment if your feelings were much more complicated than what can be expressed with a simple thumbs up and thumbs down and don't forget to check out the Linus tech tips com forum for lots of great discussion about technology related stuff