All good things are not always three

Like its predecessor, the speaker comes in a simple package with a power adapter for European and English ports. It lies a multi-lingual instructions, but actually everything is self-explanatory.

SoundLink III follows the color scheme and the simple operating concept of IIer, processing continues to be impeccable,
the selected materials fall off it. The robust yet elegant design with leather cover made the IIer special. The III rock have over other brands have their own style, in-house competition they lose.

The Bose load continues to be very fast in just under two hours, it is very easy with all Bluetooth device (iPhone5, Note3, iPad3, Pad Pro 12) pair, turn over key between active connections to and can browse through 3.5 "blade cable over . the AUX channel are fed has also remained the more layout: Keys to turn on / off, mute and volume rules or behind a port for firmware updates.
No equalizer, no Apps control except volume.
In so far as still true Bose can not do much, but the right.

Has improved compared to the Bose IIern weight, endurance incl (in practice between 1-2 hours more) and the volume. Bass. Unfortunately, the sound has thus generally deteriorated slightly. In the upper volume range more than 80% are in the middle and upper range surprisingly strong distortion and the bass is rather boomy rather than with a sharp kick. The IIer were much more stable level here.
In fairness it must be said that they already deploy a significant volume without distortion even at 80%.
In the normal range of volume they are quite neutral, very heavy and center with warm tone. This has its advantages in songs that are dominated by vocals and solo pieces and on its own have little space. But the closer it comes to club music and surround sound, for example, show the recently tested Sony Speaker how to conjure up more fresh heights and detailed / spatially positioned sound of a small box.

Conclusion. The III rock are not bad per se boxes and have an individual sound character, into which one can fall in love.
It is better also because it is not adaptable.
However, this will also have the SoundLink II, from whose shadow the III rock can not be solved and so still represent the better offer.