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JBL Charge 2+ in wacky colors can be had for half price just because it's not black:
http://a.co/i2KP7Qz

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They're the size of a tall 16oz/500ml soda can; the volume/quality of output (especially bass) is dumbfounding.
I gladly picked up a "safety orange" model for $77 w/ S&H a week ago, brand new (not refurbished) instead of in "dull black" for $150.

If you get two of them, you can simultaneously us both, either as dedicated L + R speakers or both mirrored in "party mode"

FYI, the charge 3 model is significantly larger/heavier and no-where near as portable.
That price makes a lot more sense.
 
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Unfortunately, they're still overpriced by around 10%. People have caught on that the Beats product line is all marketing. The sound quality doesn't justify the premium price. Apple should've never bought this company.
 
Unfortunately, they're still overpriced by around 10%. People have caught on that the Beats product line is all marketing. The sound quality doesn't justify the premium price. Apple should've never bought this company.
That's exactly why Apple bought them ... to fit in with their existing pricing scheme. ;)
 
Two words that do not go together are Apple and discount. Also, they would have to give me a 90% discount to even consider these.
 
Apple... can't even engineer a set of wireless headphones.

Wow. It's comments like these that make me wonder why you even comment for the sake of nothing. And for the record, you're wrong. But....that may come as a shock to you.
 
Please to explain why people still buy $150-$200 bluetooth portable speakers when you can buy great sounding bluetooth speakers for around $20 now at nearly any store.
Is it because of a stupid brand logo on it similar to a piece of fruit with a bite taken out of it plastered on a lot of white and aluminum overpriced products? LOL

ALSO, for the record, bluetooth sucks for music. The compression and small bandwidth is just not made for music. They need to start making more wifi devices similar to the chomecast audio but with peer to peer wifi.
Such as?

A decent speaker JBL, Sonos, Sony, Panasonic and even the discontinued Jawbone costs way more than 20$.

And yes, Beats are overpriced, I've never bought one, but the rest of your comment makes no sense at all.
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JBL Charge 2+ in wacky colors can be had for half price just because it's not black:
http://a.co/i2KP7Qz

2060593_orig.jpg


They're the size of a tall 16oz/500ml soda can; the volume/quality of output (especially bass) is dumbfounding.
I gladly picked up a "safety orange" model for $77 w/ S&H a week ago, brand new (not refurbished) instead of in "dull black" for $150.

If you get two of them, you can simultaneously us both, either as dedicated L + R speakers or both mirrored in "party mode"

FYI, the charge 3 model is significantly larger/heavier and no-where near as portable.
I have one, they sounds great :)
 
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Can someone please make up some Apple rumours?
These non-stories are slowly killing this site..
"Tim will step down to run for office in the next cycle..."
"Jony Ive has left Apple to start his own design house..."
"Apple car project discovered to actually be a spaceship... further rumors suggest its code name is AC2"

There hope that helps. Let me know if you need more. :D
 
Unfortunately, they're still overpriced by around 10%. People have caught on that the Beats product line is all marketing. The sound quality doesn't justify the premium price. Apple should've never bought this company.

Your comment was invalidated in 2014 when the Solo 2's were released and blew the competition out of the water. Time to update your trolling.
 
Your comment was invalidated in 2014 when the Solo 2's were released and blew the competition out of the water. Time to update your trolling.

Agree. Most people don't care for the sound quality they listen to on headphones, for a start its been compressed and most likely not at the best quality. Just look at the marketing for Beats, it's all arts/cultural and sports aimed for the youth market who care more for branding than for fidelity.

I just got my first Beats product, the PowerBeats 3. The sound quality isn't very good, I knew it wouldn't be but with the W1 chip the syncing difficulty I had with other bluetooth headphones has disappeared. The Beats products which have the W1 chip I would recommend very much but not for their sound quality.
 
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