Not every beach on the planet has high rise hotels up to the sand and a boardwalk. The beaches where I live in Scotland are wild.
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Bang & Olufsen Announces 'Beosound Explore' Anodized Aluminum Bluetooth Speaker Featuring 27-Hour Battery Life
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I had a B&O A1 ($250) that had incredible sound when new but that developed all kinds of quirks rather quickly, inconsistent battery life, connectivity, even sound, it’s main asset, degraded and sounded muffled, etc.
I am hesitant to trust them again, as someone said above me, their portable speakers sound really good but they tend to fail, longevity and build quality is simply not there for such expensive portable speakers.
Now that normality and travel are slowly coming back, Im in the market for a new portable speaker, so, I find this new product exciting but at the same time, the also new Sonos Roam seems like a good proposition at the same price point. And the Roam has Airplay 2, would love a comparison in the sound quality department.
I am hesitant to trust them again, as someone said above me, their portable speakers sound really good but they tend to fail, longevity and build quality is simply not there for such expensive portable speakers.
Now that normality and travel are slowly coming back, Im in the market for a new portable speaker, so, I find this new product exciting but at the same time, the also new Sonos Roam seems like a good proposition at the same price point. And the Roam has Airplay 2, would love a comparison in the sound quality department.
I find the process of pairing and selecting Bluetooth devices annoying as hell. Don’t know if its the nature of BT or the iOS implementation but they never auto connect when I want them to, digging in the BT settings is cumbersome, there’s timeouts,…. Airplay is much better. There should be an Airplay for situations when there’s no WiFi
Portable speakers so morons can take their music where other people are forced to listen to it. dudes, get some earphones!
You can turn on your phone’s hotspot and airplay through that, for airplay/wifi enabled devices that is.
The $169 Sonos Roam has this capability, though I imagine it doesn’t sound as good as the bluetooth only $250 Beoplay A1 or this new $199 Beoplay Explore. Would love for someone to compared them all three.
Yes, so AirPlay would be valuable when its plugged in.
For the 'scarce' moments that you're not hiking, probably like 99% of the time you live.
This one looks like an air freshener.
And it will look much worse after any real camping or hiking with that silly finish that will wear off onto whatever you have the speaker attached to.
Ok maybe not that speaker so much but my Beosound 2 speakers still look and sound great.
Yeah, that's why I only carried an additional 631g of asymmetrically arranged extra weight in the form of whiskey in a flask whenever we had a mutli-day overland hike.
Dood, if I'm glamping, I'm hauling out a generator, my Kontrol S5, and some proper monitors. This thing is not going to work with the parties we throw.
Perfect for listening to Barry Manilow while you gut your fish for dinner on the lake shore.
I agree that they make terrific products. Highly recommend.
It’s funny. I’m an avid hiker and trekker, having gone on many 7-10 day long camping and trekking trips. I also love music and have an full house audio setup.
And I’ve never once seen a single person bring a speaker on a hike. Not once. Ever.
And I’ve never once seen a single person bring a speaker on a hike. Not once. Ever.
I don’t go hiking that often anymore because of the insane tick infestation in my state but when I did, I’d bring a small speaker not unlike this one and *quietly* play a podcast or audiobook along the hike.
I like the looks of this, wouldn’t use it for hiking but I’ll take a more durable portable aluminum speaker any day.
I like the looks of this, wouldn’t use it for hiking but I’ll take a more durable portable aluminum speaker any day.
Looks amazing! AirPlay 2 would have made it perfect and an instant buy (not literally, obviously wait for reviews) !
Maybe a new range of hiking socks, sold in threes?Anodised but with a metal carabiner rubbing on it and enjoying an outdoor lifestyle? Fast lane to becoming a scratched mess. Or maybe a range of add on cases?
I thought it was the hand of a homeless holding a can asking for spare change
I guess, technically it's doable. It would mean that the Wi-Fi is disabled automatically as soon as the power plug is detached. A peculiar feature.
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Don't be a jerk and play your bluetooth music while around others outdoors. So many of these people on trails forcing their noise on to others.
Portable speakers have ruined most parks for me. I dont understand how people dont realize other people dont want to listen to their music.
music is not allowed at our pool and yet there is always someone with their crappy speaker pretending to be the life of the party