You like music, you like your tablet you like your phone, but you hate docking them. Or maybe you’re tired of finding an outlet for your iHome, know I was. Until I talked myself into this fancy gadget, my mobile devices were rarely used for music, i’d plug my Vivid into my wife’s iHome or into my surround sound, but this has made all of that pointless.
The Jawbone Jambox, runs a scant $199.99, and gives insane sound quality, decent bass, and plenty of volume. Packing a litthium-ion battery you have no need to drag wires with you until your 10 hour battery life has died out. The frequency response is pretty impressive for a wireless set up giving you a 60Hz-20kHz in range. Some of your sub bass is lost, but I haven’t found a song that I noticed yet.
The sound coming from this 6″ x 3″ box is stunning, it’s a touch muddy, and the blue tooth does compress the highs a bit, but comparing it to other blue-tooth pieces utilizing A2DP, this guy puts a lovely signal through. As per Jawbones MO the device is customizable through the myTalk web interface. The interface gives you access to device customization settings as well as the newly release live audio software. Live audio gives you simulated surround sound, and a sort of concert hall style reverb for music. Live audio was the real clincher for mr, songs with drastic stereo panning can be fully experienced without expensive monitors or using your home surround, hearing on this one is believing.
Aside from the painful battery drain to your mobile for the consistent blue-tooth and data stream, this device is well worth it’s weight. It’s made it’s way into my shoulder bag permanently for random street parties that may break out. Don’t judge they’ll happen eventually, I swear.