Bose SoundTouch 30 Series III Wireless Music System

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The Bose SoundTouch 30 is a large, likable tabletop Wi-Fi speaker which offers convenience features like Bluetooth and shortcut buttons. However, Apple device owners can use Apple AirPlay 2 to group the SoundTouch 30 speaker – Series III with Bose Home Speaker family products for multi-room synchronized playback. The speaker ships with a remote, which is a welcome addition for a device without a touchscreen and limited controls. In comparison the Sonos' bass sounded patchy, but at least it was able to replay without distorting. While not perhaps with the meticulousness of Audio Pro’s C-series – the sonic aptitude of which makes it feel an unfair comparison for some rivals – their confident handling of a beat and grasping of rhythms are closer than many.

The system is compatible with the free SoundTouch app-this app controls music sources and presets the system. Unlike the Play:5, which now comes with both tone controls and a room correction feature, the Bose speaker only comes with a bass control. When we reviewed the first-gen SoundTouch 20 in 2014, we balked at the lack of WAV and FLAC support.All the basics are in place: pairing is simple, grouping components or conversely setting them apart is simple and well synchronised, and it runs smoothly. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio products, including headphones and speakers. For instance, we initially had difficulty adding music from a Twonky server on a networked laptop (it simply wouldn't find it), while the Sonos system had no problem. Ty was nominated for Best New Journalist at the Australian IT Journalism awards, but he has only ever won one thing.

The speaker and the system it sits within is controlled via the SoundTouch app, which also features the same six shortcuts seen on the speaker and remote. The competing Sonos offers more services over Wi-Fi, more sound-tailoring features and a better app.Assign a preset for your best Spotify party playlist, another for the Internet radio station you recently discovered through TuneIn, and a third for all the tracks ever recorded by that artist you love. These functions are carried out through Bose’s SoundTouch controller app, available for iOS and Android devices. The SoundTouch® 30 Series III System from Bose® has a dynamic woofer that reproduces the bass notes with profundity and precision. Well, the Bose speaker comes with a few features the Play:5 doesn't have: Bluetooth connectivity (in addition to Wi-Fi), a remote, and a presets system that allows you to get your favorite playlists or Internet radio stations up and running instantly. Happily there were zero problems with synchronization when listening to both a SoundTouch 10 and a SoundTouch 30 in a simulated house environment.