The Bose SoundLink Revolve aims to solve the main problem with most wireless speakers: despite their convenience, they’re usually directional, sounding their best in one specific spot. The Bose SoundLink Revolve continues the company’s history of excellent build quality and sound and crams it all into a cylindrical speaker you can take with you on the go. One negative point we’ll mention straight away is that the IPX4 rating on the SoundLink Revolve means the speaker will survive splashes but probably not a dip in the pool or a trip to the beach. The Revolve takes the design of its predecessor the SoundLink Mini II and stretches it into a cylindrical shape that slightly resembles the Dalek robots from Dr. Who.
The Bose SoundLink Revolve feels extremely well made, and should put up with being tossed in a bag with keys and knick knacks (for example). On top of the Revolve speaker you’ll find buttons for controlling every feature of the unit, including volume, playback, Bluetooth 4.0, aux and power. The SoundLink revolve works great as a speakerphone for taking calls – something lacking on one of this speaker’s well-regarded contemporaries, the UE Wonderboom. It’s disappointing that Bose didn’t throw in the $30 (£19.95) charging dock for free like it does with the slightly cheaper SoundLink Mini II, which costs $180 (£170, AU$300).
On the inside the Revolve features a dual passive radiator setup running up the sides of the speaker to fill out the lower end of the audio spectrum. Mids and trebles are handled by a downward facing transducer, which uses a deflector plate to distribute sound equally in all directions.
Compared to the aging SoundLink Mini II, the SoundLink Revolve sounds almost as good but can’t match the expansive soundstage and instrumental separation of the Mini II – though, admittedly both speakers sound very good and you’ll be hard pressed to notice the difference unless you listen to them side by side. Both the Color II and Revolve are IPX4 rated, which means they’ll survive splashes but you won’t want to dunk either speaker in the pool.
If bass is your game, the JBL Charge 3 is an excellent fully waterproof speaker that sounds great, but is big and heavy along with it.
Bose SoundLink Revolve review
There’s no shortage of portable Bluetooth speakers on the market, but the £200 Bose SoundLink Revolve ticks all the right boxes – and then some – to stand out from the rest. Inside the sturdy aluminium casing, there’s a full-range driver firing downwards into a patented diffuser plate, which aims to spread the sound out evenly in all directions.
The speaker has a decent heft – it feels more substantial than the similar-sized Google Home, for instance – but it can still be held in the palm of your hand. The Revolve is a straightforward Bluetooth speaker – pairing is swift, and it automatically connects to your smartphone the next time you fire it up.
The six buttons on the rubber top of the speaker let you switch between these two inputs (an LED lights up to indicate connection), adjust volume and turn the power on and off. Bose SoundLink Revolve Bluetooth Yes Inputs 3.5mm Battery life 12 hours Dimensions (hwd) 15 x 8 x 8cm Weight 0.66kg A neat touch from Bose is that you can pause, play and skip through your music using the multifunction button (the one with the three dots). We play Linkin Park’s One Step Closer and the drums hit with a satisfying thump, basslines are deep and full bodied, and the rhythm is punchy and gripping.
Small Bluetooth speakers have a tendency to exaggerate the lower frequencies in a bid to impress – Bose has been guilty of that in the past – but the Revolve strikes an enjoyable balance. The guitar strums in Death Cab for Cutie’s A Lack of Colour sound delicate and precise, while voices are gentle and melodic.
Bose SoundLink Revolve II Review: The Same but Better
Bose might not have changed much but the SoundLink Revolve II has a lot to like if you’re looking for a compact Bluetooth speaker with 360-degree sound and some smart features. This is still a compact cylinder that’s wider at the bottom than the top and there are rubber sections at either end to absorb impacts if you do happen to drop the speaker.
The SoundLink Revolve II sounds great for a wide range of music, able to deliver enough oomph for The Prodigy while handling the delicate guitar and vocals of Ben Howard. It does sound best at medium volume levels, but quality does take a bit of a dip at the higher end if you’re trying to fill a large space. Instead, you get some basic info and settings like battery level and the ability to adjust the auto-off timer and switch the voice prompts if they get annoying. You can buy a charging cradle – it’s a bit like the base of a kettle – which make things a lot easier, although you’ll have to cough up another £24.95 for it. The Bose SoundLink Revolve II is available to buy now priced at £179.95, although it’s discounted to £154.95 on the official store at the time of writing. You can also buy it from Currys PC World and John Lewis for effectively the RRP, while Amazon and Argos have the speaker for £199.
The app could do with an EQ and it is surprising to see Micro-USB on a high-end speaker in 2021, but with battery life extending way beyond the quoted figure of 13 hours, these are fairly easy to forget about.
Bose SoundLink Revolve Review
Nadelen De speaker speelt geen muziek af van een usb stick. Ik denk dat dit een van de beste draagbare Bluetooth-luidsprekers ooit is. De luidspreker kan 360 graden geluid leveren om een consistente en gelijkmatige dekking te bereiken. Bose SoundLink Revolve heeft een heel mooi en eenvoudig ontwerp.
De speaker speelt geen muziek af van een usb stick. Ik ontdekte dat de Bose SoundLink Revolve verrassend luid en helder geluid produceert.
Dit keer zorgde Bose er ook voor dat de bas niet te hoog zou worden.Het geluid is niet perfect, ik hoop dat het geluid helderder zal zijn. Daarnaast is er een 3,5 mm ingang voor andere aansluitingen met dit apparaat.
U kunt op de aan / uit-knop drukken en er zal een stem zijn die u het batterijniveau vertelt. De Bose SoundLink Revolve heeft ook een party mode, waarmee je meerdere draaiende speakers tegelijk kunt bespelen. Daarnaast zijn er twee radiatoren binnenin die lage frequenties kunnen versterken. De twee koellichamen zijn tegenover elkaar geplaatst om trillingen te elimineren.
Ik vind de Bose SoundLink Revolve een in het oog springende speaker die in elke kamer in huis gebruikt kan worden. De Bose SoundLink Revolve is gemakkelijk te dragen aan het handvat. De Bose SoundLink Revolve is erg compact en kan met je meegenomen worden.
Bose SoundLink Revolve review: Mini Bluetooth speaker, maximum sound
The Google Home however feels cheap in comparison to the Bose: It weighs less, doesn’t have an integrated battery and must be plugged into a power source. While the Revolve seems at first glance more like an indoor speaker, it’s both water- as well as shock-resistant and is designed with outdoor use in mind. Enlarge Image The buttons on top of the speaker control playback and volume. As I stated previously, there are a lot of cylindrical shaped speakers out there, and the Revolve’s biggest competitors include the UE Boom 2, UE Wonderboom, JBL Flip 4 and JBL Charge 3 (a Charge 4 is on the way).
It also beats the higher priced UE Boom 2 and B&O Play’s hamburger-sized Beoplay A1, which costs $250 (£199, AU$379) and sounds very good for its size. The Revolve is only capable of so much, and can’t quite escape the boundaries inherent in streaming audio over Bluetooth to a small speaker.
What separates the Bose from its competitors is the ability play a little louder, put out more bass without distorting and sound a little more natural with decent detail. For example, UE’s Wonderboom, which retails for a third of the price and is an excellent mini Bluetooth speaker, stumbled over parts of the bass line in the Shaun Frank remix of The Chainsmokers’ “Closer.” Audiophiles will find fault with the Revolve’s sound, particularly compared to wired $200 speakers. But the vast majority of people will think it’s a great sounding little speaker that can be easily moved from room to room or carried outside, where it can fill a patio area with sound — maybe not at dance party-level, but certainly at background music volumes.
As I said, I personally find myself leaning towards spending the extra dough on the SoundLink Revolve Plus, but if you don’t need that extra bit of fullness and volume, you’ll be quite happy saving some money with the Revolve.
Bose SoundLink Revolve Review
On the upside, it does a great job of understanding speech from a distance, even in noisy environments.
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Review: Bose Soundlink Revolve (Bluetooth Speaker)
Mobieler, maar nog steeds in staat een diep geluid neer te zetten zo blijkt tijdens de test. En dan vergeten we bijna de robuustheid die we je in onze unboxing laten zien.
In de doos vinden we namelijk ook een strak vormgegeven USB lader met bijpassend snoer.
Daarbij heeft de aluminium behuizing geen zichtbare naden en is rondom keurig uitgeboord.
Hierdoor heb je in de verschillende richtingen toch iets klankverschil al verdwijnt dit op afstand. De Bose Soundlink Revolve heeft een heel ander design en is eigenlijk opgebouwd rondom een downfiring speakerdriver, twee passieve radiatoren en de akoestische deflector die het geluid rondom moet uitwaaieren. De accucapaciteit is dan ook echt een sterk punt voor deze speaker. Deze blijkt voor een laadplateau te zijn dat je bij Bose kunt aanschaffen.
Jammer dat Bose niet voor de Qi draadloze standaard heeft gekozen, maar commercieel gezien snappen we dit natuurlijk ook wel ;-). Op onze sample zitten dan ook twee hele kleine beschadigingen na deze tests. Daar zien we dat siliconen rand niet dok genoeg is om beschadigingen te voorkomen. Niet alleen is dit een goede speakerphone, maar de integratie van Apple’s Siri en Google Now is ook goed uitgewerkt.
Zo kan de speaker je dus ook vertellen die jou belt. Tijdens mijn vakantie heb ik ook wat films gekeken met de speaker naast me en dat is echt een feestje.
Mits van een goede bron kan er dan nog net wat meer detail uit het geluid gehaald worden, maar dit is niet waar je deze speaker voor koopt.
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