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Not much to say besides, I bought it because my mom has one n I really liked it. Bose has really good quality stuff, n this is no exception. would take this over any JBL my battle buddies have any day all day! Pretty good investment also. It cost me 280 in 2018, n now it's selling for 320!I have both. Here is my thoughts:1. Appearance:SoundLink 3 has a old-timer classic look. The silver part of the box is paint sprayed mesh. the black parts around have a fine texture on it. The top is soft rubber. The whole thing feels like a old radio (in a good way) with a modern touch. I personally like it better than the jawbone box or UE style, which is way too future-ish young-kids looking. SoundLink 3 is also pretty heavy. Won't be a good choice to carry around. All in all, very solid build.SoundLine Mini reminds me the Iphone. It is a whole piece of Aluminum, as least looks like it. Also heavy for its size. but much more portable.2. Sound quality:Low Volume: SoundLink3 sounds better than SoundLink2 hands down. When played at same low volume, soundLink3 is MUCH better than soundLink2 in my opinion. The sound is much more clear, vocal really stands out. the high pitch is better, but still not quite there. The mini actually sounds the best at low volume. SoundLink 3 has a "deeper/wider/thicker" sound than the mini, but some how the mini sounds more "clear" at low volume and my ear find it very pleasing.When I say low volume, I mean put it on my office desk. close the door and listen to it when working.High Volume: SoundLink 3 can get really loud. I can not bear how loud it gets when I crank it up. but I never liked loud music so keep that in mind. For my life, I will never need that much noise. But you may want it. when turn the volume up, SoundLink 3 start to sounds better than the Mini. I am impressed it can go quite loud without much distortion. I am not saying mini is not loud. To me, Mini is good enough for my medium size room, I don't even need to turn it up that much for it starts to feel too loud. I don't know why I would ever need SoundLink 3's loud volume. Unless I want to throw a pool party.Base: The base on the Mini is just amazing. I still can not believe how such a small thing can pump out that much base. Very good. The main complain I have about UE boom box and Jawbone is they do have better high but the base is just lacking. But that again is a personal preference. My friend loves his UE box and complains every time when he hear my mini saying "too much base no high." But I like the base a lot, the music is "fuller". My opinion, UE & Jawbone sounds tin-can-ish. I don't want that much high with no base. But again "sound better" is your feeling, so listen to them and make your own decision.SoundLink 3 has good base, too. also it can maintain a clear layer of sound with that base. the base is not as heavy flavored as the mini. At low volume, I think mini has a more noticeable base. At high volume, soundLink 3 start to catch up.Conclusion:1. If you like full base like me, go for Bose, if you likes high pitch better UE boom may be better. it is cheaper than Mini, and has a microphone you can make call, also has a cool app. I totally don't care about those. I want better sound for music.2. For bose, SoundLink 3 can get much louder than Mini and it sounds better at high volume. If you want loud music so your office mate next door can go complain to the boss, chose soundLink3. If you only need to fill a medium office/living room with clear music, go for mini.3. don't forget mini is 100 less than SoundLink 3. For me, if I can only keep one, I will keep the mini, it is good for all my needs. But I will keep both, I may start a party in the hall way, you never know.--Update--One more thing:Do you know that the Bluetooth devices you use to connect to those speaker make a difference? I used Samsung Note phone, Iphone, Ipad & Kindle HDX to test the same song on SoundLink3, they actually sounds different form each device. Which is very strange. Isn't this suppose to be digital? Anyway, They are obviously different to me. The best sound actually comes from my Kindle HDX, Ipad and Iphone are OK, Samsung note sounds the worst. So if you have more than one bluetooth device, try pair them all and find out if they really sound different or I am just crazy.This bluetooth speaker still desperately wants five stars, but it's lack of features now holds it back. The sound quality when compared to my Mini II and a UE Megaboom is excellent (for a portable bluetooth speaker). I think the retro styling is sort of cool, and it's size is convenient if you're looking for something that has better audio quality than the Mini II.I think it should come with the optional charging cradle like the Mini II so you can give it a permanent home next to a wall somewhere where it will sound the best and keep it charged for when you want to take it somewhere. Paying an extra $30 for a weighted piece of plastic with a couple electrical contacts built in is a bit ridiculous.As Bose suggests, it does sound better when placed with it's back a few inches from a wall (meaning the depth of the bass improves). However, near a wall, or in the middle of the room, the Soundlink III sounds provides much better sound than either the UE Megaboom I tried or the Mini II that I own. It's not really much louder than the Mini II when I tested it with a dB meter, but it doesn't distort the way the Mini II does at those high levels. The bass is still clear and defined at high volumes whereas the bass on both the Mini II and UE Megaboom distort with a low raspy buzz (yuck). The Megaboom is a tad louder than the Soundlink III, but not by much, and comes with that distorted (not in a good way) rather than clean sound (along with a few other issues). Even when you back the Megaboom off to a comparable volume with that of the Soundlink III, you can still hear the Megaboom breaking up and distorting a bit.Compared to other similarly sized portable speakers currently on the market, I think the Soundlink III's battery life is somewhat lacking, but good enough. You'll need to remember to charge it more than you'd probably like to. Unlike the Mini II there is no audible cue that tells you exactly where the battery level is at, only a light which changes color displaying full, medium, and low. I'm sorry, but that's lame. Knowing whether it's at 40% or 70% makes a big difference as to whether or not I'm going to need to charge it.Also, the volume controls, well, I think they, in a word, suck. There is no cue to tell you when the audio is at full, so you find yourself pressing on the button until it doesn't seem to be getting any louder. Wait, was that only the song getting louder, or the speaker, how do you know...so you keep pressing a little longer. To make matters worse, the volume buttons only seem to respond to a continued press rather than working incrementally. So, you've finally reached full volume, but that's a bit too loud so you want to back it off a couple increments. Well, you tap the "-" button a couple times, and nothing seems to happen, a couple more, did it change? So, you hold the button down, whoops way too far down now. I'm a surfer, and this is like trying to surf blindfolded. Surfing blindfolded would be a stupid thing to do. Adjusting the volume on the Soundlink III is similarly ridiculous.So, I guess at this point in time the Soundlink III desperately needs a feature and battery update to remain competitive in its price point. If you're all about the sound quality, and could care less about the lack of some simple use-ability features, then the Soundlink III is still probably the clear choice (even after the 3 years since it's release). However, if battery life and some of the other features competitors are offering are attractive for some reason, then you may want to shop around a bit more. If Bose releases something with the same or better audio quality, better battery performance, and some additional use-ability features, it would stomp all the competition, and regain that last star.What more do I have to say it’s BoseNo es tan necesario ahondar en sus cualidades puesto que en los review, no solo de amazon, si no de otros lugares es unánime: Es una magnífica bocina.Sólo por esta ocasión me centraré en un contra que le veo y en el servicio de amazon, por que vale la pena comentar de ello.Y yo tuve la fortuna de encontrarla en el Buen Fin a un increíble precio, ¡$3,600.!, es algo de lo que amazon hace que me enganche a su página, por que de pronto hay muy muy buenas ofertas, el chiste es saber que estás buscando y estar cazando el mejor precio y te puedes conseguir verdaderas gangas como esta me pareció a mi ... Y eso convierte en un contra para esta bocina.Por el precio que pagué, la volvería a comprar inclusive para regalarla. Pero por su precio "Normal" que ronda los $6,000 ($5,399 justo el 20 de diciembre del 2017) por ese precio mejor me voy con una opción de la misma marca, pero más acual: SoundLink Revolve (sobre todo la "revolve +").El detalle negativo que trato de expresar es que ya se le nota los años a esta. Salió por primera vez a la venta, si no mal recuerdo, a finales del 2013. Si bien es portátil al tener una muy buena batería, no se siente "ergonomicamente" portátil, es un poco robusta a los estandares de hoy en día. Su forma no la hace que la lleves a todos lados y por otro lado está que no cuenta con resistencia al agua que para lo que pretende su potabilidad ya es algo ya inclusive "estándar" en la industria.Si llega a bajar de precio, a digamos, debajo de los $4,000 yo no dudaría en comprarla, por su magnífico sonido y su ya respetada calidad que le da Bose a sus productos. Pero, es una bocina que se ve mejor en tu estante, en el comedor, en tu sala; dentro de tu casa. Afuera quizá en una pequeña reunión en una terraza y hasta ahi, inclusive desentona si la llevas a un día de campo o a acampar por que si se tiene la sensación de que si no la cuidas, cualquier cosa le puede pasar. Insisto, si quieres más versatilidad, por el precio arriba de los $4,000 que menciono, lo mejor es otras muchísimas opciones, comenzando por la SoundLink Revolve+.Great product… it can easily fill a large room, campsite, or any impromptu location with really good sound.But as stated by numerous other reviews, it tends to be heavy on bass frequencies. Of course there are certain market sectors that think if it doesn’t thump your chest and rattle your skull, then it ain’t music, but for someone looking for high quality, balanced sound imaging it can be annoying.The good news is that at least it is capable of strong bass, and a simple fix is to use a music player app with good EQ functions. If yours is an Android device have a look at Neutron player… a fully parametric EQ that lets you shape the sound the way you want.Update: When I wrote the review above I had used the speaker in a variety of indoor and outdoor locations, but the outdoor ones always involved fairly close proximity to either a vehicle or a building. Last week I used it on a camping trip for the first time and quickly discovered that in a wide open space the EQ settings sound best FLAT, no correction at any frequency except perhaps a bit of reduced highs. So clearly Bose has calibrated EQ for this type of environment. Can’t blame them for that… it’s a great application and the speaker sounds great.Just remember it’s not waterproof.Excelente producto, comparé mucho antes de decidirme por la soundlink iii, y ya que la tengo, no me decepcionó. La super recomiendo. Solo note q cuando la batería ya esta baja (el color marrón led) se vuelve intermitente la señal bluetooth y por ende interrumpe la música o se entrecorta. Debo suponer q es por la baja de batería, pues al conectar la corriente vuelve a la normalidad.No se arrepentirán, es una joya.Algo me faltaba, le distancia de conexión vía bluetooth se menciona dentro del rango de los 10 metros, les comento q estuve transmitiendo música (en salón) desde el iPhone y me alejaba sin exagerar poco más de 30 metros y la música jamas se interrumpió, creo q mucho ayudó el equipo celular, pero de cualquier forma me pareció más que suficiente, estar a 30 metros y seguir manejando mi música sin problemas.El costo sí es muy elevado, pero los productos de calidad bien lo valen, y este va más allá de una marca de renombre. Si tienen la oportunidad de escuchar el sonido q emite antes de comprarla, les aseguro q reafirman sus ganas de tenerla.Excelente calidad de materiales, calidad de sonido, peso, batería, que decir es Bose! eso lo dice todo.Me sorprendió la potencia que tiene la bocina para el tamaño que es, es una bocina diseñada para un cuarto promedio, tiene la capacidad de que se escuche más allá de un cuarto promedio, me atrevería a decir que en media casa se escucha la bocina.La probé en la estancia y se escucha claramente los instrumentos, es un producto completo, grandes bajos, me atrevería a decir que se puede usar en exteriores y la fidelidad de sonido no se afecta.Altamente recomendable, la obtuve de oferta y no me arrepiento.
