But power? It’s a secret – as is the type of amplification the Flex uses, although I reckon Class D is a pretty safe bet. Yes, the Flex will go from ‘flat’ to ‘full’ after a couple of hours attached to the mains via its USB-C input. Yes, the battery is good for twelve hours of playback (as long as you’re circumspect with the volume level). Featuresīose plays its cards mighty close to its chest sometimes, and where certain aspects of the SoundLink Flex’s specification are concerned the company’s poker face is unwavering. ![]() ![]() As well as the ‘stone’ blue of this review sample, ‘smoke’ white and plain old black are available. The Flex is yours in a choice of finishes. The chassis features little moulded feet to allow the Flex to stand in the ‘landscape’ position or lie flat on its back, while there’s a hefty fabric loop at one end to allow it to hang off a carabiner, a hook or what-have-you. Add in its robust, hard-wearing soft silicone finish with powder-coated steel grille (fitted so snugly the Flex has an IP67 rating against moisture or dust intrusion) and the Bose has ‘portability’ pretty much covered.īose has fitted the SoundLink Flex with its ‘PositionIQ’ technology (which is ‘accelerometers’ to anyone who doesn’t work in the marketing department), so that it knows its orientation and can adjust its EQs accordingly. Bose seems to understand this, happily, so the SoundLink Flex is a tidy 9 x 20 x 5cm and a flyweight 600g. If you want your Bluetooth speaker to be truly portable, then ‘design’ is a big part of the deal. This is no walk in the park for Bose, in other words, no matter how portable its speaker is. As well as the increasingly ubiquitous Sonos Roam, this sort of money buys very agreeable alternatives from the likes of Ultimate Ears and JBL. Customers in the United States will be asked for around $149, while in Australia it’s priced up at AU$199 or something very like it.Īs already mentioned, this pitches the Flex into quite a considerable scrap. The Bose SoundLink Flex is on sale now, and in the UK you should expect to pay very nearly £150. Does it have what it takes to turn your head? Or, even more importantly, your ears? But when you consider just how many very decent portable Bluetooth speakers are available at this sort of money ( Sonos, Sony, JBL and Ultimate Ears – to name just a few – all want to part you from your cash) it becomes obvious the SoundLink Flex has its work cut out. If the company’s latest portable Bluetooth speaker is going to make an impression, it’s going to have to do a bit more than just show up with a big ‘Bose’ logo on its face.Īdmittedly, Bose has never struck me as a company happy to rest on its laurels. ![]() So it doesn’t matter that profiles don’t come much higher than that of Bose. T he days when being a ‘big’ brand with a ‘big’ reputation was all that was required to dominate a particular section of the consumer electronics market are, happily, over.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |