The Jawbone Big Jambox is a triumphant, grander version of the original Jawbone Jambox. It’s become six times larger by volume, a move that’s allowed it to incorporate some quite breathtaking acoustics. It’s really in a class of its own when it comes to battery powered wireless speakers – nothing comes close to pulling off the kind of design that the Big Jambox does.
The Big Jambox uses the same Yves Behar wave, hex, and dot relief textures as the original Jambox, and they look even cooler at this larger size (if I’d have to guess, I’d say about 20% cooler.) The Jambox is also completely covered in that distinctive perforated steel mesh, providing a lot of strength to the device – this is a speaker that’s going to last you a while. There’s even an elastomer rubber that covers the end caps for an extra bit of impact resistance.
Despite its name, and its relative increase in size compared to the original Jambox, the Big Jambox is still easily portable – you can carry it one hand without problems. It comes with the same inputs as its predecessor – a 3.5 mm stereo jack, a micro USB jack, a 360 degree echo cancelling microphone, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and some comfortably large and spongey buttons. There are buttons for volume up, volume down, talk, skip forward, skip back and play / pause.
You can also download apps, customisable voice alerts and a programmable digital signal processor (DSP) which’ll allow you to switch to the LiveView listening mode, which grants a more immersive but focused sound. LiveView is good enough that you can pick out individual pieces of an orchestra, with 3D positioning good enough that it can convince you there’s a sound flying around your head. It’s an impressive ability for a non-surround system, and really shows off the audio tech that’s been including in the Big Jambox.
The whole Jambox Big Bluetooth speaker runs on a 2600 mAh rechargeable battery that should be good for between 10 and 15 hours of play, depending on how loud and thumpy you like your music. And that audio quality is plenty good – far better than anything I’ve heard before from a portable speaker, and sounds better than a lot of wired full set speakers I’ve used too!
If you’re looking for excellent sound quality, unhampered mobility and the ability to share sound with others around you, then you can’t do better than the Jawbone Big Jambox. For more information, check out the product page link below:
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