Let us be honest, is the SoundLink Colour to a low-cost device from Bose, it would truly be unrealistic if the SoundLink Colour now better or rather "more impressive" sound would make as the SoundLink Mini. The SoundLink Colour nevertheless has but its good justification why, I want to run here.
As the SoundLink Mini was introduced over 1 year ago, there were sound nothing like this size. About Bose's sound tuning and how to find them personally, one might argue, is also certain taste, but only after one year there are some manufacturers provide similar or even better performance at a partially cheaper offer.
If the SoundLink Colour break the magic 100 limit, I would certainly have forgiven him all the stars, because it could so shake up the entire market in this price range, I am thinking, for example, Jabra SoleMate, JBL Flip, JBL batch, UE Mini Boom and all other Blechdosendüdelkisten ! The SoundLink Colour sounds more mature a lot as all those, but it simply lacks the surprise factor, to the SoundLink Mini could trigger. The SoundLink Colour sounds solid, it has no real weaknesses, the upper bass range is bosetypisch slightly raised, as well as the lower heights, but the bass is not enough when SoundLink Colour quite as deep and is sealed off already at 80Hz, while the SoundLink Mini but to 60Hz down plays and in those same "kick" in the bass range has is missing the Colour. For playing the Colour in the heights not as directed and also a total of a little more clearly. He also does not sound quite as hard as the Mini, in which the bass can begin to boom especially rich mix already. Even the maximum volume is the color a track higher and at the same time he turns not so much dynamic compression to, of course, he screwed well as already noticeable bass back, but the sound is between soft and loud not so inhomogeneous as the Mini.
Unless you look at this enormous BassKick the SoundLink Mini expected I would the color in some cases even to give preference, as it also has some other advantages.
The SoundLink Colour Although volumsmäßig larger than the SoundLink Mini, but it is also lighter and by the flat design also better transportable. It is built so that it loosely without prejudice survives a day in a pocket or backpack along with other items, while the Mini, despite superedlem aluminum case would be rather battered and scratched. I myself have managed 2 Minis either dent it within the shortest possible time to the grid or to scratch, the presumed robustness is unfortunately only fooled the Mini. It is rather something for pretty shelf at home when out for a real application. According to Bose will soon be offered special even for the SoundLink Colour Neoprene covered, then even better optimize it for a Ausseineinsatz out.
There are also innovations in Bluetooth, so the SoundLink Colour with 2 devices can connect simultaneously, and switching between different sources is also thanks to the voice prompts (which of course you can turn off completely) straightforward as is always announced in advance which device currently connected is to be searched or what can with many other Bluetooth speakers often degenerate into a frustrating experience (even with the SoundLink Mini) because they partout not want to connect to the actual player device itself, but only on one device appear to be made, you then must force the connection, or on the other device Bluetooth only off etc. I have there already so many experienced.
The big advantage as that of Colour finally be recharged via microUSB, and that one has the possibility to switch directly from the unit title to start or music etc. The volume is the way finally in sync to the speaker and playback devices (zumndest in iOS) and bosetypisch one yet has the full 100 volume levels while many other speakers have only 15 levels, but hardly as a sensitive volume control is possible, especially at low volumes. Such tricks as low input volume on the playback devices and for high volume on the speaker, which thanks to the dynamic EQ provides more oblique results, are no longer possible with the Colour.
I must say, Bose has really done a good job in order to further develop the SoundLink concept and improve. If desired, I would have only the additional pairing of 2 sound links to a stereo system. Meanwhile, the already cheap speakers as the TDK Trek Micro dominate example. Unfortunately, there are still hardly grown sounding speakers that would offer this possibility, UE Boom, Mini Boom, Mini Jambox etc although may be all linked as a stereo pair, but they sound this does not really better then düdeln halt in stereo there. When SoundLink Colour one would expect a respectable sound result in a double but already.
Looking at the competition in this price range, but it is then but close. At 10 euros more there is the JBL batch 2, there is an extremely linear tuned sound with sufficient pressure and transparency, all similar alternatives (including SoundLink Mini, or Sony SRS-X3) can mutate into unbalanced Brummelkisten, not to mention the SoundLink Colour, because the sound just can not keep up and then compared suddenly sounds more hollow transistor radio. To 20 euro more, you can pick up the Sound Blaster Roar, although the sound is not really sounds better, but overall a bit more power has. I have the SoundLink Colour also compared against the Fugoo, and although the Fugoo not play bass so stressed by far, it sounds much more open, spatial, wider. He is by 360 ° radiation also far less critical in the formation, and although I like bass, I then but mostly preferred to Fugoo in effect. In jazz recordings at SoundLink Colour of piano sound in the speakers seemed to be caught while the Fugoo felt the piano would hover around the speaker. A stereo separation is the SoundLink Colour virtually non-existent, even though I originally even had the presumption Bose would here like Geneva Lab special techniques such as "Embracing Sound" used to actually improve stereo imaging. Embracing Sound sets two directly adjacent chassis ahead with a partition between them. You peeping through the lattice, such a partition even the SoundLink Colour would ernahnbar, but from a stereo image is still not the slightest foreboding. He sounds like a mono speaker, no matter how you turn it, or turns. Already alone for the reason that the possibility of stereo coupling of 2 devices would certainly not have been wrong.
The SoundLink Colour is not a bad speaker, Bose has enough experience, they know how to speakers tuned so that it (what can not be said of many companies that would otherwise produce more computer mice and keyboards) and pleasant sound, but he simply sets No new standards more. It sounds neither particularly balanced nor particularly dynamic or particularly loud, the other can be better, but to make it negative at any point to attract attention and already earned also by a better grade than many others.
For me, the SoundLink Colour a little the flair of a portable radio, just without radio receiver but with Bluetooth, which you expect from a player device with internet connection then also can do a lot more than just listen subprime radio stations that anyway only the same top 10 crap up and down play. And such a great sounding radio I've not yet heard a Tivoli PAL sounds against the Bose more than modest.
