SternWake
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I got sick of wires getting caught on things when I have my phone and a speaker in my tool belt. I also worry about stressing the 3.5MM jack on the phone by always having a cord plugged into it.
Also, I lent my former wired portable speaker:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61MA3N6SNfL._SL1000_.jpg
to a friend for an outing, and apparently it decided it had lived for long enough.
While I was impressed with the sound coming from such a small lightweight speaker, the technology was ancient, by technology's standards anyway.
So Now that I've been a smart phone owner for a year now, I decided to acquire a small Bluetooth speaker that claims to last for 8 hours and charges from a USB port. (0.5 amperes at 5v, 2.5 watts) most smart phones can consume twice that amount of current.
I chose this product for the relatively small size:
http://www.amazon.com/Turcom-Enhanc...ie=UTF8&qid=1424934103&sr=1-5&keywords=turcom
It arrived today, paired with my phone quickly, and has impressive sound and volume. Got some weight to it, feels solid and well built.
It won't take much Lead acid battery juice to charge, and uses much less juice than my Van's stereo does just turned on and not even playing music. Sometimes, when I stream movies my laptop speakers are inadequate, and plugging into my Stereo is just overkill, this would be perfect, and wireless too, but it is not stereo. Not a concern for me.
Anyway, for 25$, I'm happy. I'll see how long the battery lasts tomorrow, if I decide to put in 8 hours worth or work.
It comes with a micro USB charging cable, and a double male 3.5MM stereo mini plug if one chooses to use the wired/non bluetooth option.
I have not been able to detect any difference in sound quality between BT and wired, which surprised me.
My Phone seems to decide to unpair from it on occasion, as it decided to do with my sister's Bo$e bluetooth speaker. It could not have been a distance thing as it was mere inches away. Not sure what is up with that, but pretty sure it is the phone's fault, not the speakers'.
Just an option for somebody wanting some fairly good sound quality for not a lot of battery consumption.
Also, I lent my former wired portable speaker:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61MA3N6SNfL._SL1000_.jpg
to a friend for an outing, and apparently it decided it had lived for long enough.
While I was impressed with the sound coming from such a small lightweight speaker, the technology was ancient, by technology's standards anyway.
So Now that I've been a smart phone owner for a year now, I decided to acquire a small Bluetooth speaker that claims to last for 8 hours and charges from a USB port. (0.5 amperes at 5v, 2.5 watts) most smart phones can consume twice that amount of current.
I chose this product for the relatively small size:
http://www.amazon.com/Turcom-Enhanc...ie=UTF8&qid=1424934103&sr=1-5&keywords=turcom
It arrived today, paired with my phone quickly, and has impressive sound and volume. Got some weight to it, feels solid and well built.
It won't take much Lead acid battery juice to charge, and uses much less juice than my Van's stereo does just turned on and not even playing music. Sometimes, when I stream movies my laptop speakers are inadequate, and plugging into my Stereo is just overkill, this would be perfect, and wireless too, but it is not stereo. Not a concern for me.
Anyway, for 25$, I'm happy. I'll see how long the battery lasts tomorrow, if I decide to put in 8 hours worth or work.
It comes with a micro USB charging cable, and a double male 3.5MM stereo mini plug if one chooses to use the wired/non bluetooth option.
I have not been able to detect any difference in sound quality between BT and wired, which surprised me.
My Phone seems to decide to unpair from it on occasion, as it decided to do with my sister's Bo$e bluetooth speaker. It could not have been a distance thing as it was mere inches away. Not sure what is up with that, but pretty sure it is the phone's fault, not the speakers'.
Just an option for somebody wanting some fairly good sound quality for not a lot of battery consumption.
