The processing of the case is impeccable, albeit a slightly less than the wertig elegant aluminum body of Bose. For me convinced, and that is important, the sound of Sony. This plays over the entire frequency range of balanced and more transparent than the Bose. The Bose SoundLink like to start a little more impressed by a somewhat more voluminous bass. However, this works fast overemphasized and some booming for prolonged use. The Sony offers bass, but clearly contoured. The more important for most music genres medium and high tones are the Sony audible balanced and clear again as the truly not bad SoundLink mini Bose. This makes prolonged listening a lot more relaxed. Since Sony is also to have a little cheaper, there is a strong buy recommendation. Only disturbing I find the clearly short charging cable and the lack of volume indicator. For me, however, no reason to deduct a star.