![]() ![]() If you’re on a budget and have limited space, consider checking out the UE MINI BOOM. This speaker is a keeper. It’s just earned its place as my favorite portable Bluetooth speaker. Speaker Charging Dock For Ultimate Ears UE Boom 3 / Megaboom 3 Bluetooth Speaker. Portable Bluetooth speakers in this price range are all over the map as far as sound quality, but wow, the UE MINI BOOM is best smallest speaker I’ve tested so far. UE Megaboom 3 video showing speaker not charging - filmed to support. Even listening through a streaming service like Pandora or Google was not disappointing. Vocals, drums, piano, horns, etc, all sounded clear. Then I switched to pop, rock and even dubstep tunes and thought I was listening through a much larger speaker. Each plucked string was crisp and clear and each strum warm and soothing. I played some fingerstyle ukulele instrumentals that sounded like the person was playing the instrument right next to me. Highs, mids and lows are all balanced, so all types of music sounded good through the speaker. Bass is surprisingly thumpy considering how small it is. This little speaker is crazy impressive not just when it comes to volume, but sound quality too. UE says that the UE MINI BOOM offers “unexpectedly huge sound”, and they aren’t lying. The app also shows battery level, EQ setting and the ability to turn off notification tones so that texts and other alerts won’t interrupt your tunes. If you install the UE app on your iOS or Android device, you can use it to connect 2 UE MINI BOOMS together for wide stereo separation. I was able to leave the speaker in my basement office, walk upstairs to the main floor and then up another set of stairs into my bonus room with no loss of audio. The speaker has a 10 hr battery life and a 50 ft range Bluetooth range. Of course, if you don’t have an NFC capable device, you can still pair manually. I really like the convenience of not having to drill down into my phone’s settings to manually pair the speaker. This is my 3 or 4th speaker with NFC and I’ll admit that my initial indifference for the feature has done a 360. Just tap your NFC enabled phone on the speaker and it will automatically do the Bluetooth pairing for you. It also has an NFC tag on top of the UE MINI BOOM. The top has volume buttons and a Bluetooth pair button which doubles as a call answer/end button for the speakerphone feature. There’s a UE carved into each side, but you don’t notice it. I also appreciate the lack of overly noticeable branding. The front and back are made of perforated metal and the top, bottom and sides are covered in a black rubber. ![]() Neither of those are accepted by my recycle center. UE, if you are going to use packaging like this, can you at least make it with a more universally recyclable plastic? The base is a #7 and the clear part is a #6. It comes in a thick plastic box that will promptly be trashed. The packaging for the UE MINI BOOM isn’t cool, it’s just over the top wasteful. Usually I don’t talk much about product packaging unless it’s unusually cool or noteworthy. Hardware specsĭrivers = Two 1.5″, 4 Ohm Drivers One 3″ x 1.5″ Passive Radiatorīefore we really get into the UE MINI BOOM review, I have to start with a gripe. Note: Images can be clicked to view a larger size. ![]()
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