Most folks gained’t be listening to the Everboom on their desktop, after all, so I did most of my testing outside, the place the speaker actually steps up. I notably loved its sound from round 10 toes or extra, marked by full-bodied punch within the bass and midrange and refined readability within the greater frequencies, with a contact of stereo separation. There’s a pulpy heat that hits good when rendering snappy percussion, jangly strings, or crisp vocals.
You can crank it fairly heartily to fill a giant house, together with partaking the Outdoor Mode for a bit extra punch, although you’ll probably discover some digital compression at high quantity that may tamp down the joy. The Everboom simply serves up a fuller sound out within the open when in comparison with the smaller Boom 4 and my growing older JBL Flip 5, in addition to the brawnier Beats Pill, which tends to sharpen up within the greater registers outside.
It’s a lot tougher to distinguish between the Everboom and Megaboom 4. Over a number of hours of important listening, the Everboom revealed a smoother contact, with hotter and fuller midbass and barely extra energy, whereas the Megaboom is extra targeted within the mids and fewer refined within the treble. It’s a distinction that is unlikely to make a massive impression, particularly if you’re kicking again a few drinks at a barbecue or out of doors gathering.
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Neither speaker can dig into the sub-bass areas with a lot authority. If you need larger bass, you’ll probably want to leap as much as bigger choices just like the Epicboom (which I’ve but to check) or one thing even pricier just like the physics-defying Brane X (9/10, WIRED Recommends), although the latter doesn’t supply the identical form of go-anywhere, do-anything safety that Ultimate Ears supplies.
What actually makes UE’s “Boom” audio system so interesting is their steadiness of excessive efficiency and top-notch sturdiness. Like its cheaper siblings, the Everboom serves up a nice cocktail of sound, options, and battery life in a body that feels prefer it may very well be tossed into a wooden chipper and are available out the opposite finish (please do not do this). Then once more so do a lot of choices on our Best Bluetooth speaker record, many for much less cash.
I by no means discovered a sturdy sufficient argument for the Everboom’s heftier value, leaving me pointing to the tried-and-true Megaboom 4, or JBL’s Charge 5 in order for you a speaker that costs your telephone. Those on tighter budgets will discover comparable spoils within the Boom 4 or JBL Flip 6. Barring a good sale, that’s the place I’d put my cash.
