Bose | SoundLink® Mini Bluetooth® speaker

[Guru]

Morning all,

I'm considering buying one of these as I've heard one and it's excellent.

I was wondering, before I go and spend £200 sheets on this and a case for it, if anyone thinks I can get anything better for the price?

Going on holiday shortly so will need it from a shop rather than online.

Cheers,

G

 

[llamadal]

It's 169 in most places, can't comment on what else is around as I've had limited use with them, the mini is very good, build quality is excellent, used for a few hours at a picnic.

You will always pay a slight premium for the name, so might be cheaper options but I'd quite happily buy one.

 

[dl8860]

If you want something a bit classier looking (and from what I've read sounds better too) then you could take a look at this

http://www.loewe.tv/uk/products/speaker2go/overview

Can be had for sub-£200 in some places, might be hard to find in a shop at that price though.

I have one and although I've never heard a Soundlink mini, I think it sounds better than the Soundlink II, the bigger brother of the mini. Again, looks classy as hell too I think. Perhaps a tad less portable than the mini, but maybe a better long term investment

 

[Psycho Sonny]

BOSE are overrated and usually really expensive and you can usually get better stuff for cheaper.

If your using bluetooth and are after sound quality then you have to have one which uses aptx codec, all others sound like crap in comparison.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-EN-...234736&sr=8-1&keywords=aptx+bluetooth+speaker

that looks good and the black version is £40 more expensive so the silver version looks like a bargain, it uses aptx tech.

if your into something more stylish and "street", 50 cent has one with aptx technology too

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SMS-Audio-W...34736&sr=8-12&keywords=aptx+bluetooth+speaker




you could always buy something like this

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Neet®-Bluetooth-Receiver-Quality-Analogue-BLACK/dp/B00H8ONMGA/ref=pd_cp_ce_0


that can then be used with anything that has a optical input or a 3.5mm input or RCA input once you buy the right cables for it (assuming they don't come with it). it has a wolfson DAC so it's a really good device.

it also can then be used with more than 1 device (car head unit, portable speaker, home cinema system, etc, etc).

then all you need to do is just buy a active portable speaker to go with it

 

[Raymond Lin]

I like Marhshall Standmore...it's quite a bit more money but looks so cool and has RCA, optical, Bluetooth connections.