Portable boom boxes

[Oilchange]

Just bought a rather natty Marshall Emberton2 speaker after simply using the phones speaker or headphones.
What a thing! the power coming from such a teensy thing.
Big thumbs up!

[rottenegg]

Nice one!

When I stayed in the Karma Sanctum hotel in Soho recently, they had Marshal Action IIIs in every room and I nearly bought one as they sound fantastic! Very surprised to see such loud speakers in a hotel to be honest but I wasn't complaining Hopefully the people in the room next door didn't either as I cranked it up.

I was denied by the missus sadly as she claims I have far too many speakers as it is

The JBL and B&O boom boxes sound great as well.

[Oilchange]

There was an Acton in the hotel room my daughter stayed in, in Ireland, she was so impressed she's off out to buy one lol!

[Time4another]

Had a Boom for a few years. Been good but lacked any real bass. Bought a JBL Extreme 3 and it's a great little thing.

[M11rph]

Handy little things. I looked at the Marshall Willen, but went for the Tribit Stormbox Micro2.

Really compact, great battery life, slighly better BT than the opposition and importantly has a decent user definable EQ via the a simple app rather than just presets. Has a nice solid/robust feel to it.

Great for travelling as I don't want headphones in all the time.

[Boom78]

Modern Bluetooth speakers are superb! I’ve got a JBL Go for the garden (as not too loud) and a JBL Flip for around the house. Sound is really good and they’re a doddle to use, can’t remember the last time I used my HiFi separates/speakers.

[rottenegg]

Yeah they're great. Clever use of EQ to get the most out of the tiny volume, and active speakers just generally sound more punchy and airy compared to passive speakers to my ears, hence why I use them in the house as well

[Oilchange]

My little Emberton can be linked up to other Marshall portables in a network to give a bigger sound, which is a nice touch.

[Doofus]

M11rph said:

Handy little things. I looked at the Marshall Willen, but went for the Tribit Stormbox Micro2.

We've just bought a Tribit to replace a Bose Soundlink whose battery gave out. I'm very impressed, particulary given the price.

[M11rph]

Doofus said:

We've just bought a Tribit to replace a Bose Soundlink whose battery gave out. I'm very impressed, particulary given the price.

I've used mine on a couple of trips recently and am impressed. Was a little sceptical buying a brand I'd never heard of but it has proved a success.

The recent Tribit software update fixed one issue. Previously when it auto shutdown after a period of inactivity it gave a loud tone, loud enough to wake me up if I'd nodded off. The update allows you to disable that so that it goes to sleep silently.

The custom EQ via the app really helps, and like all these little speakers if you position it near a wall/corner then it gets some bass reinforcement.

I spend quite a bit of time away so it's nice to have some decent sounds in hotel rooms and not wear headphones as much.

[Doofus]

How do you update the software? I didn't know that was a thing,

[Douglas Quaid]

How do they compare to the Bose Soundlink mini 2? The Marshall looks fantastic and very similar to the Bose. The Bose is pretty old now though I’ve had one 10 years or something like that anyway and maybe things have moved on.

[M11rph]

Doofus said:

How do you update the software? I didn't know that was a thing,

You need to be using the TriBit App. It is pleasingly basic and doesn't want your life history/bank details before working either which makes a nice change.

Then tap on My Device > Settings and it brings up this page...



... > Upgrade Firmware . It only takes a few seconds.

(Mine isn't turned on hence the ??? by the Firmware Version).

HTH

[Doofus]

I didn't know there was an app.

Thank you.

ETA: Done.

Edited by Doofus on Sunday 21st July 09:33

[Oilchange]

App available for the Marshall too, has three presets to keep it uncomplicated, ‘Marshall, Push and Voice’. Push gives extra bass, as if you needed it. The bass is already very strong for such a teensie thing.
And of course the stack mode to add other speakers

[bodhi]

Much like the rest of the kit in our house we went down the Sony route when looking for one of these, and ended up with the below:

https://www.sony.co.uk/store/product/srsxb43l.eu8/...

No longer made, but it's a cracking bit of kit. Works well with the app and produces pleasingly weighty sounds.

Just annoying they've rebranded their bass boost from the 90's - what was wrong with MEGA BASS?