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News: Minirig - now with Bluetooth!
Yes, finally Minirigs brought us their great Minirig with Bluetooth included, something many owners were already asking for from the beginning. The great thing about the new one: it supports AptX for...
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Review: RIVA Turbo X - Vrrooommmm!!!
Despite the sheer number of Bluetooth speakers that flood the market every day, it is still quite seldom that a unit manages to stick out of the whole crowd in some particular way. The B&W T7 stood...
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Coming soon: Oluv's speaker audio database
I would like to briefly introduce the upcoming speaker audio database. All programming work has been meanwhile finished. I also finished the first recordings of most speakers I currently have at...
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First impressions: RIVA (Turbo) S - sneak peek and interview with chief...
I got a visit of RIVA's and ADX' chief engineer Donald North and we had lots of talk about RIVA's current and upcoming products as well as portable speakers in general. I have prepared a short...
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News: JBL Flip 3 coming soon - shrinked JBL Charge 2?
It seems Dutch Mediamarkt leaked a video of the upcoming JBL Flip 3, as there has been no official announcement yet.In contrast to the farting bassreflex port of the previous versions that were not...
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News: Finally! JBL Charge 2 - 1.4.1 firmwarefix
Finally with the latest firmware the JBL Charge 2 manages to be what it should have been from the very beginning back in September, when it still suffered from teething troubles.Until now I couldn't...
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News: Bose Soundlink Mini II released
Not quite surprising 2 years after the announcement of the original Soundlink Mini, Bose just revealed the new Bose Soundlink Mini II, sucessor of the maybe most popular portable speaker worldwide that...
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News: JBL Xtreme coming soon - blown up JBL Charge 2?
Mediamarkt Netherlands posted another interesting video showing a supposedly new speaker similar to the JBL Charge 2 or rather Infinity One: the JBL "Xtreme". Similar to the JBL Flip 3 the JBL Xtreme...
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Review: Sony SRS-X33 - who is going to be killed this time?
When I reviewed the "Bose Soundlink Mini-killer" Sony SRS-X3 nearly one year ago, I was quite taken with it because it was the first smaller portable speaker that achieved a similarly full-bodied...
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Review: Bose Soundlink Mini II - lots of improvements and still on top?
The original Bose Soundlink Mini was released nearly 2 years ago and managed to change the current portable Bluetooth speaker market completely. While most compact portable speakers prior to the...
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News: JBL Xtreme available for preorder for 299€
The JBL Xtreme is already listed for preorder on the European JBL Site and should be available from 25.6.There are new details regarding power and battery, and this Xtreme thing will have a 10.000mAh...
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News: Class A speakers - Braven BRV-PRO, UE Roll...
It is quite rare that iLounge gives an "A"-mark for a speaker, which according to them would mean "highly recommended". Now 2 recent releases got an A with the Braven BRV-PRO which got a straight flat...
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Review: JBL Charge 2+ where's the plus?
It's time for an update of the JBL Charge 2. After Bose added "II" to their new Soundlink Mini, Sony made an X33 out of the old X3, now JBL added a "+" to the new JBL Charge 2 which in contrast to the...
View ArticleNews: oluvsgadgets.net and speaker comparison tool (beta)
Dear readers&friends,Maybe some have already noticed, but oluvsgadgets is now reachable through its own domain:http://www.oluvsgadgets.net/I would also like to give my trusty readers the ability to...
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First Impressions: Marshall Kilburn & JBL Xtreme... and the winner is?
It was a stressful evening. I got the Marshall Kilburn from my friend and wanted to concentrate on this next, prepare a preview some video or even a full review. But arriving at home the JBL Xtreme was...
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Review: Braven BRV-PRO
Braven BRV-PRO Review: :by Kyle Weldon (July 1, 2015)Braven’s latest rugged outdoor entry into the portable bluetooth speaker scene is an overall solid speaker. The design follows it’s little brother,...
View ArticleNews: JBL Charge 2 firmwareupdate 1.4.1 - do it yourself
Thanks to this great community here, some anonymous contributor has published a way how to update the JBL Charge 2 on your own. The necessary firmware file was already posted by someone else some time...
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Review: JBL Xtreme - how much bass can you handle?
The JBL Xtreme (not to confuse with the older and meanwhile discontinued JBL OnBeat Xtreme) suddenly appeared in an inconspicuous way without any preceding official announcement. There was just a leak...
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Review: JBL Flip 3 - the UE Boom killer
According to JBL the Flip together with the Flip 2 are their most popular portable speakers. To tell the truth, neither of them really managed to impress me. They were rather tinny sounding, the first...
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News: IFA - best portable speakers
I could not attend the IFA and I think all the hullabaloo wouldn't be the right place for me. But I read lots of announcements during my holidays and needed some time to sort everything before finally...
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