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5.0 out of 5 stars Now updated for stereo pairing
I absolutely love this speaker. There’s enough reviews below so I don’t need to add anything else other than saying it’s a piece of electronic wizardry that looks and sounds fantastic. My only disappointment was there was no stereo pairing with another max at the time of release. This has now changed with a recent firmware update. I can now pair two max speakers in either stereo or party mode and they sound even better. This is one of the best things I’ve bought in a long time.
5.0 out of 5 stars OMG this is an exceptional speaker
Apart from the price (don’t forget to use the voucher), there is nothing to criticise about this speaker.The sound is very impressive and if bass is your thing, then this speaker won’t disappoint.This speaker will fill a room with sound, perfect for a party and would be fine in most gardens.Invest in quality.Very highly recommended (like…Very!)
5.0 out of 5 stars Bass machine!
The weight which feels like 5kg or five packets of sugar is the first thing you can't help notice with the promise to deliver heavy bass and Holy crap! it delivers it well.On testing it at work people rushed in to see where the big sound was coming from and struggled to believe it came out of such small sized speaker.Internet music quality varies so CD's are the best to utilise its full potential. Not sure why they allow you to tweet the sound levels as factory setting is best. I've heard quite a few Bluetooth speakers in my time but this one is on another level.Best Bluetooth speaker I've ever owned to date, with JBL coming second.The price is well justified for the power you get in return which in my opinion you actually get more for your money on this particular speaker.Bose have really outdone themselves as per usual.When I'll replace it it will be for next few model up.It wouldn't surprise me if it doesn't win awards in "what hi-fi" magazine.NOTE: Best use a charger that fits the cable provided as it can take ages to charge with standard phone charging cable.
4.0 out of 5 stars Great sound, but tricky pairing and some some interface niggles
The speaker comes with no written instructions, but help is available via the QR code and the app. It was 30% charged on arrival, and came with a USB-C cable but no charger. Instructions were simply to charge it, so I used a 65W phone charger and it charged pretty quickly. The app gives a clear charge status indicator, but on the machine itself it’s not obvious (light blinks very slowly while charging, stays on when charged) - holding down the power button will announce the percentage charged. The USB-C port is charge-out as well as charge-in, so you can charge your phone from it if you need to. There's no microphone.Pairing it with my phone was a frustrating experience. The speaker is “Ready to connect”, but then rejects pairing requests from my Android phone - I checked permissions, tried manual pairing, unpaired my old Bose speaker, rebooted the phone. It eventually worked seemingly at random, though the app said it hadn’t.The sound quality is actually quite superb - almost as good as my hi-fi system - it’s stereo and while the drivers are obviously much closer together than speakers in a hi-fi system, it has great depth for such a small box and a deep bass. The app allows you to interactively adjust the bass, mid and treble ranges.The Bluetooth 5.3 does indeed have a “strong, continuous connection within 30 feet (9 metres) of your device”: I tested this by taking my phone as far as I could into my back garden - I’m not sure whether it was exactly 9 metres but it kept on playing so it does have great range.In summary, the design is attractive, it's compact and rugged. The sound and range are big, but so is the price. I haven’t included a recording of the speaker in operation as the sound quality would just be that of the phone used to record it.
5.0 out of 5 stars Very impressive SQ, bass, clarity, power/volume and soundstage from a Portable Speaker. But no LDAC
Ordered from vine, this is my impartial review.For some background, I am an audiophile of many years, and I do have my Hi-Fidelity 2.1 Klipsch stereo system with subwoofer, DAC etc which in total is vastly more expensive.However, with realistic expectations I was excited to test this.But to review this impartially, i'm very aware that is a mid-high end, upgraded version of their previous and very popular SoundLink Flex. So as a Portable Bluetooth speaker, I won't be directly comparing or rating this versus my Mini studio and stereo Hi Fi setup, as they're just two entirely different products designed for different purposes.That said, I was expecting to be surprised by this. I had a Bose factory speaker system in my 370Z Nismo, and it was fantastic. So I know Bose is one of the big names, and that certainly turned out to be the case again.🔹 Main Features & Design 🔹The Bose Soundlink Max in black, looks fantastic and very premium in my opinion. I also feels the same, whilst using soft and premium materials. It's made out of Nylon, Silicone, Plastic, Metal, Rubber, which allows it to remain under 2.3KG according to Bose, much of that will be the Lithium Ion rechargeable battery. So this isn't very heavy at all and remains extremely portable.Made even easier with its rope-like, very comfortable carrying strap/handle. And custom alternative colour options can be purchased separately. I think the black one looks fine as it is is.So with these specially selected materials, on different parts of the speaker. It remains extremely durable, robust especially for outdoor use. It's not likely to get scratched on marks easily, as long as you're reasonably careful. And further still, with a IP67 rating, it is both water/moisture and dust proof, it claims you needn't worry about rain. There is actually a built in detection system which notifies you if there is water ingress within the speaker, and in particular the input/outputs, although they're well positioned at the back.It's also designed to be somewhat shockproof, rust resistant. And it can handle accidental drops, but "accidental" being the operative word, I wouldn't want to drop it from 4ft onto the ground, and precisely how "drop proof" it is is unknown, and not something I'd want to test.But in general with all this protection you'd have to be quite careless to damage to soft and premium outer materials, or to damage the speaker entirely. So it's clear a lot of R&D has been put into this, to make it a durable indoor and outdoor speaker.As for the battery, we don't know its mAh or capacity. However, Bose claims up to 20 hours of playback, but this is dependent on the volume its played at. As when played at the absolute maximum volume, more like 4 hours is realistic. And if you can party/dance for even 4 hours non stop, that's pretty respectable. With much greater up to 20hrs duration when played at more comfortable, medium or typical easier listening volume levels.Without trying to compare this to its rivals, I think this is perfectly fine. Since adding a larger battery would increase it's size, weight and sacrificing portability. And if I were using it for an indoor party, i'd simply keep it plugged in via the supplied type C cable.As for ports, the USB C input is only for charging and firmware updates, however it can also be used to charge devices, making the speaker a power bank if necessary, although this will be discharging the devices battery. And it has a typical 3.5mm stereo aux input for connecting any wired devices, instead of Bluetooth. And with this port alone, either with the supplied cable, or various RCA to 3.5mm stereo adapters. You can connect this to almost anything with an audio output.With Smart phones being the most likely source device, if it does not have a headphone/aux out port, you can buy a lightning or Type C to 3.5mm cable/adapter. It's great they have this versatile option to have a wired input connection from almost all devices that have an output, such as Tablets, computers, laptops, MP3 players. Too many to name if they have any aux output, though you would want to avoid connecting something like a mini headphone DAC/Amplifier, as too much amplification could damage the speakers. Though this is most likely to be used as a Bluetooth Portable speaker primarily.🔹 Operation & Controls 🔹There's nothing complicated here, all of the physical controls are on the top of the speaker, under the strap with intuitive icons that you simply press, and not buttons. This further reduces the risk of water ingress.Another easy way or accessing and operating various features, including an EQ setting, and eventually (in a later firmware update) pairing of multiple devices. The iOS or Android Bose app, allows you to control the device using your phone, including bass, midrange and treble, control connected devices, check battery percentage and customise the sound.🔹 Sound Quality 🔹Sound staging is the main difference between any single Portable speaker, and any typical 2.0 system where the left and right speakers can be metres apart. But for its length, or rather width. I was expecting to at least be somewhat impressed by its ability. But this actually exceeding those anticipated expectations even further. Quite how they manage to create such a wide soundstage technically speaking, and base I'm curious to know. But unfortunately Bose haven't published any information, specs or photos of the internal setup.Also the good news is that as with the former models, Bose have stated that in a future update firmware they intend to allow you to pair two of these devices together, now that could replicate true stereo sound. And actually many years ago now in my self-owned Ford transit connect Traffic management van, with Fords basic awful speakers. I purchased a pair of JBL Xtreme 2 Portable speakers, new at the time and similar to this design. I paired them together via Bluetooth and fastened them down, one on the Left side of the dashboard and the other on the Right.With the OEM speakers unused, the addition of two of these gave my work van very loud, clear and Hi-Fi quality stereo sound with loads of bass, I had to buy 2x of their car chargers for maximum power output, and so they'd remain charged as soon as the engine was running. It was a very easy way to significantly improve the SQ, and with loads of volume.This much newer, more expensive and higher quality Bose SoundLink Max is significantly better than those. And whilst it's not your typical usage scenario, if I still had the Van, i'd definitely consider doing the same with these. Although the bass and volume of just a single unit at full volume is very very much louder, easily enough to fill a decent sized room let alone a van, or even outside. So although these are not cheap, and just not designed as static 2.0 speakers. If money was not limit, two of these positioned a few metres apart would be greater than one, even though they're not only forward facing, and that's why they have almost an omnidirectional sound stage where just one unit alone can be the life of party, indoors and/or outside.So to describe the sound quality of this SoundLink Max. The maximum yet unknown power output i.e volume of this, is very impressive indeed, with emphasis on bass. As for highs and midrange, without using analysis software, using my ears only it seems to cover the full frequency range very well. And this can be altered in the Bose app also, with EQ settings.The detailing, clarity and music separation also, exceeded my expectations. As did my old JBLs in 2019, but whatever mid-woofers, teeters and subwoofer design this uses, Hi-Fi for portable speakers at this higher price point shows me that audio has come a long way. And although I can understand why its not deemed necessary for this portable outdoor or indoor product, the audiophile in me has me very curious to know how they achieve it, what are the more detailed specs. Whatever drivers they use, music and clarity is very clear.Before we move onto the next topic, I will say that using the stereo/aux in port, using own of my own dual RCA to 3.5mm stereo cables, I had to test when connected to my Topping E70 Velvet which at £500 is one of the best sub £500 AKM DACs, and doing this made a significant improvement all around compared to the Products already impressive sound when relying on its unknown internal DAC.So although it won't be appropriate in anything other than static, wired and indoor setups as is by no means essential. This is an option if anyone has an existing, high end DAC.🔹 Bluetooth Codecs 🔹This brings me to the devices its primary input, being that this a Portable Bluetooth speaker. I've already said it sounds great from my iPhones AAC Bluetooth codec, and that's the best an iPhone can do anyway.For androids, some Computers and many Bluetooth streaming devices, the Soundlink Max supports Bluetooth 5.3, with its Snapdragon Sound™ it optimises sound quality, connection stability and latency. This allows it to support with Qualcomms® highest aptX™ Adaptive codec, adaptive since it will monitor the connection and adjust the sound quality accordingly.This means it will range from 279kbps all the way up to 420kbps, lowering the quality when the range or connection is poor to prevent drop outs, which will depend on the environment. But within it's optimum range and stability it will increase it up to 420kbps whenever possible, which is not bad, it's superior to the maximum 320kbps MP3s and it's the 2nd best bluetooth codec currently available.It can support 16bit or 24bit depths and also 44.1, 48, and 96 kHz sample rates. Most sources are either 44.1 kHz or 48Khz by default, and 96Khz. So this can play/stream Spotify at its highest 320kps, and most of Tidal Hi-Fi masters 24bit 96Khz, but not quite all tracks. As I regularly play Tidal at 24bit and 192Khz Lossless audio, though the difference is very little and most will not notice this at all, which is not lossless, technically not Bluetooth codex is. But it's already above CD Quality SQ when the connection is strong, and this Portable speaker is not a device where the absolute best bitrate and sample rate is very important.However, whilst Aptx Adaptive is still very good, it' not the highest Bluetooth codec available, that belongs to Sony's and is called LDAC. And whilst the majority will not know, or even notice the difference. To someone who wanted to really maximise its potential, LDAC would have been a noticable improvement, with the source also being optimal.I think this is a shame, and a bit of a missed opportunity. As whilst iPhones cannot stream LDAC or AptxAdaptive, Virtually all Android phones, and some Bluetooth DAPs, even Windows computers (With some special Alternative A2DP Drivers/Software) can be setup to stream LDAC, if it were supported. And considering Smart phones are likely to be the primacy audio source, with somewhere around 50% of them being Android... For some reason, despite many equally large and reputable brands now using Sony LDAC, even some smaller brands are supporting it, a £50 set of bluetooth earphones I reviewed a few weeks supported LDAC and they were not a large or well known brand like Bose is. And as far as I know Bose haven't paid for the LDAC licensing or for whatever reason choose not to implement LDAC support on any of their audio products.So whilst the 24bit and 192Khz, is not far off and not likely to be noticed. In terms of Bitrate, LDAC has three bitrate settings that similarly switch in order to maintain a stable connection. The lowest of these is 330kbps, followed by 660kbps, with LDACs maximum being a 990kbps, over double that of AptX Adaptives . Now to be clear, this doe not translate to twice the audio quality by any means, and in a loud indoor or outdoor party scenario, most listeners if they're even aware of it or care at all, may not be be able to tell the difference - It does sound great regardless.But my point here is not that the lack of LDAC is highly relevant or detrimental to this product, as most people don't even know about LDAC or Bluetooth codecs. And this is certainly the Audiophile side of me, as we notoriously want perfection. And the quality of the Speaker parts, drivers and setup itself is far more significant. However, with that said, with an increasingly large number of all types of audio products and their brands now implementing the most desirable LDAC bluetooth codec, and at prices well under £400.For those really interested in getting the very best out of this speaker, and indeed for any earphones/headphones costing as much as £400, music enthusiasts are increasingly expecting high quality products such as this to have LDAC. It doesn't suffer without it, but I feel it's slight missed opportunity to really optimise this speakers sound quality.🔹 Conclusion 🔹At 37 years old, i'll be honest as I think my days of group indoor or outdoor parties, and breakdancing as seen on the marketing photos are beyond me. This is aimed primarily at younger and active music enthusiasts. But if I did not already have an existing system, this is perfectly capable of playing loud, detailed sound with clarity, a lot of bass and more soundstage than I had anticipated.I am really not familiar with the many rivals of this product to give this a comparative rating, only that it is quite a bit more expensive than its previous, yet older SoundLink Flex model. But although its not a great deal wider in length, its overall depth and height and mass combined makes this at least twice the size of its predecessor. Without Bose listing any specs at all its difficult to know how much "better" overall this new model is. But as expected, its certainly much louder, with more bass, more detailed sound quality, and significantly more volume.That's not to mention its upgraded Snapdragon Adaptive Aptx Codec, and many other improvements that have been designed to make this even more portable, and to play great sounding music for much longer.Whether or not, it's worth more than 2.5x the price of the Flex, I couldn't say. And prospective buyers who are patient, will be awaiting for inevitable discounts. But depending on sales and it's popularity, Bose have quite intentionally moved this model into a higher price bracket. Some of my audio equipment remains the same price for over a year before its discounted or put on sale.So although I would have expected LDAC to be features on this, for whatever reason Bose chose not to use LDAC in all of their products, as far as I know. I'm not sure why, and it does not take much away from he product. But for those semi-audiophiles who do care about maximising optimal bluetooth sound quality, I think LDAC would have further justified the £399 price tag, and been one of the best features of this Portable speaker.But once again, for the average buyer using this as it is marketed, I don't think the majority will even know what LDAC is, or be able to tell the difference, since the design of this speaker plays from all sides. I would certainly notice, but thats because I do stream Tidal at 24bit 192Khz, and it takes a trained ear.So what i'd like to give this honestly is a 4.5/5, as I'm strict on my 5/5s and save them for perfect products. But because the sound quality impressed me so much, and it looks so nice to look at and touch, I definitely do not fell it's worth a 4 star rating.So i'm going to round this up to 5/5 stars, because as stated. My only issue is that in 2024 and for this price point, Bose should be adding LDAC. But also I recognise this is subjective, and going to be less important to many, some are satisfied with the very most basic iOs codex and still can't tell the difference,If I had a comprehensive list of the specs and info of the midwoofers, tweeters, bass port, and if it has any decent internal DAC I'd have more to say. But the reason they don't publish it, is because in the Portable speaker world. Many prospective only care that it sounds good, and don't care how or why.5/5
Must buy for music lover
Amazing fit and finish. Sound quality is awesome. Update software version through Bose app. Worth every penny.
Prima speaker, niet bijzonder, wel mooi.
Op zich een prima bluetooth speaker. Voor mijn smaak standaard veel te veel bas, waardoor het geluid modderig overkomt. Goed te verhelpen met wat equalizing. Batterijduur is prima. De speaker is handzaam en ziet er heel mooi uit.
Cool crisp amazing sound!
Easy to connect, fast charging, durable and sleek design ready on the go.Party star indeed 🎉
Finalmente uno speaker bluetooth stereo, buon dettaglio musicale e potenza
Aspettavo da tempo uno speaker bluetooth Bose stereo. Ho altri prodotti bose, il soundlink revolve e il soundink flex che aprezzo molto per qualità sonora e portabilità. Devo dire che il max colpisce per miglior dettaglio sonoro, arriva a riprodurre frequenze più basse rispetto al revolve e al flex. In trasparenza si vedono gli altoparlanti, due larga banda con un tweeter centrale, mentre lateralmente ci sono due radiatori passivi. Essendo comunque compatto i due driver largabanda sono abbastanza vicini e la sterofonia perde efficenza, forse se nel progetto li avessero orientati un pochino verso l'esterno sarebbe stato meglio, ma suppongo che lo speaker sarebbe diventato più grande. Il prezzo è alto ma preso con un pò di sconto diventa un ottimo acquisto. Complessivamente mi sento soddisfatto.
Sonido espectacular
Sonido calidad Bose y la potencia que le hacía falta en algunas ocasiones (outdoor) a su hermano pequeño el mini Soundlink. El acabado está muy conseguido y encima resistente al agua y polvo. Lo recomiendo encarecidamente a aquellos que buscan el sonido de calidad y algo más de potencia.
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