Bose SoundLink Color II: Portable Wireless Speaker

2 features are most important to me: good sound and durability (water resistance etc.). Price is of course a factor and assuming bt connectivity and other basic stuff is working as expected.
I got this speaker during Prime Day which was a great deal – around 30% discount!
I found that the sound quality is very impressive for the size of this speaker. I haven’t heard many better sounding speakers this size. Cost wise, I think you can find similar sounding speakers for the same price as the original price of this item (without the discount) but they would be bigger in size.
As always with any speaker that it ‘compact’ – one of the biggest questions would be the ‘bass performance’ i.e. how clear, deep etc are the lows. It seems like with bass there is no true replacement for size but this speaker does a decent job in providing pretty good lows with small size. There’s also the mids and highs where quality matter a lot, and my thought was that this speaker does better in these areas than others I’ve seen (or actually heard).
My view is that for a decent bass you’d have to go “one step” higher i.e. the next level of speaker size. It will of course impact portability so for compact speakers I would definitely recommend this one with the compromise of having less than perfect bass.
Also, note that Bose only include ‘splash resistance’ with this speaker while others may offer full waterproof including submersion in water.
One last thing: I love the design of this speaker and the silicon cover. Very sleek. Important to note though that this is not a “360” speaker.

Good unit, great sound. Listen to music daily.

I am a musician/songwriter/producer with a very discerning ear, and I was stunningly surprised by the sound of this little gem … the bass response was the very first thing I heard, and I really didn’t “hear” it, I FELT it – the volume was way down (just out of the box) and one of my cats looked very concerned as she hates thunder and thought that’s what is WAS, (as did I) … as I slowly turned it up the other frequencies kicked in and the clarity and sound quality clearly was just as impressive. The pairing is quick and seamless, the controls very user-friendly, and the volume it reaches without sacrificing quality is beyond surprising for such a size … I swore I’d never spend a lot on bluetooth speakers, (as I own a recording studio and have a great stereo system there and in my house), so I got one of these at a bit over a Franklin, and within twenty minutes of listening to the Bose Soundlink Color II, I bought ANOTHER, as they can be used in tandem and in true STEREO. The sound of both is really superb, and comparable to my very expensive studio near-field monitors. I rarely take the time to write reviews for Amazon, (though I buy almost everything here), but I just HAD to share the joy and pleasure of these little bargains! I love the midnight blue color as well, the water-resistance, the non-slip texturing, and the amazing battery life. A++

The battery lasts a long time, the surface is easy to clean, and it is compact. Bluetooth works well, as well as the direct jack. It’s a little annoying how it always tells me the battery life when I turn it on, but I suppose that’s good for some people. I usually use it at home, so it’s easy enough to find a plug when I need it. It lasts for a good while after you get the low battery please charge now message so you don’t need to go running for the cord right away.

I have the black one, I like it more than the colorful ones made for millennials and children…It’s a nice silicone finish, so if I get stuff on it while baking or whatever it wipes right off.

The sound quality isn’t quite as good as my larger bose sound wave, but it’s much better than other little portable speakers! It fills up the room well, and can get plenty loud enough for me. Don’t spend less on the crummy brand, just get this one and you won’t have to get another for a long time.

O som é surpreendentemente alto pro tamanho dela e não distorce. Mas acho que a melhor coisa nela é que tu pode ligar ela pelo celular, pelo app da Bose. Tu nunca precisa levantar pra ligar.

Bought it a while ago now. Was impressed at first, but wondered how it would age. Really, it’s aged well.

It’s still the go-to speaker in our house, for anything we care about really hearing – uplifting playlist while doing house chores, listening to a film on a PC, or getting deep-frequency brown noise to fall asleep to.

Even after connecting it to several controllers (PC’s & phones), it’s been pretty intuitive. No security problems. No firmware update hassles. It “just works,” looks nice, and its sound puts our other devices to shame.