Multimedia iLoud Studio Quality Portable Bluetooth Speaker For iPad & iPhone, Black

I am actually quite embarrassed as to how many portable speakers I bought before stumbling across the iLoud, thank goodness for Amazon's amazing returns policy. I was after a portable speaker for my honeymoon and also for the occasional fire in the garden. I also work as a DJ in some venues lacking monitor speakers so required something that sounded decent at reasonable levels.So my journey starts with the Bolse BTS12, a great little speaker for the money but just a little bit too tinny for my snobby ears. I love my music to sound as true to the original recording as possible, this is good for the size and is ok if you are on a budget.Next up was the Denon Envaya Mini, this one really impressed me for the size and the stereo imaging out of such a small speaker is incredible. If I were very limited for space in my luggage and didn't mind always listening at low levels, I would have held onto this speaker - it really does produce a staggering detailed sound. Unfortunately not loud enough for my needs and the battery was not amazing.Next was the turn of the Bose Soundlink Mini II. At first, I was blown away by the bottom end this thing produced - how can such a tiny speaker produce such deep bass!? My amazement soon turned to major disappointment as I auditioned some of my favourite albums on it. The killer blow was listening to Daft Punk's - One More Time. The vocals were muddy, the drums started phasing and it basically sounded horrid compared with the Denon. All the stereo imaging was lost, I am convinced everything is mixed into mono with this speaker. I was gutted as I had upped my budget for this speaker only to be left seriously underwhelmed. If you think this speaker sounds good, you seriously need your ears syringed. Great build quality and looks nice on a shelf, that is the only positive I can bring myself to say about this speaker.Now onto the iLoud. I had mixed expectations of this speaker after my Bose experience, the reviews have been mixed but the truth of the matter is this; the iLoud speaker sounds incredible! The sound whilst not in the same league as a pair of expensive studio monitors, is clear, detailed and VERY LOUD. The bass response is spot on, not too muddy and overblown. I can not stress enough how loud this thing goes, I use it at DJ gigs on a weekly basis and it really is the perfect portable DJ monitor. If you need this for beach parties or to use by the pool, you are going to make the kids with Beat Pill speakers cry with the sheer power of this thing. It blows the competition away by a very large margin, the build and sound quality are just incredible. It is about the size of an average hardback book and the power supply is similar to a laptop one. Granted it is not the cheapest but if you want a brilliant portable Bluetooth speaker for the money, this is the one to go for.Just to clarify, I don't work for iLoud - I am just a very fussy sound engineer, DJ and Hifi snob. I am very happy to have found the perfect Bluetooth speaker and monitor for my needs. If I were to be very picky, the power button on the back can easily be switched on which meant I had a flat battery when I arrived in the Maldives. It does not take long to charge and I should perhaps invest in a case rather than wrapping it in my shirts.Now just stop dithering, go buy one and get dirty looks on holiday for owning such a brilliant little product.

I really like this product, it is incredibly well made and sounds great, it is very compact, and a very good solution for those with limited space or who are on the move.. It has a good flat response for monitoring purposes.. I would say that it is not a replacement or total monitoring solution but an addition to ones monitoring needs.. Saying that it is a great piece of kit, and I am very happy with it.. It is certainly loud, and given its size its quite amazing!.. Recommended.. I paid for this and did not get any incentives to review!

I'd done a bit of research on portable speakers before buying this one and had seen good reviews alongside bad ones. What tipped it for me was the angle of it being created specifically for musicians. Myself being a guitarist and looking for something to use with iOS apps was in need of something to accurately transmit the sounds of what I was using, hence this review is weighted towards it's use in this area.I have been using Ampkit and more recently Bias and Jamup Pro so this is what I set about using. The first thing that struck me was how rubbish my own presets were on these apps as I'd created them on dynamic headphones rather than a more flat response system like this so points already for showing me up.It's worth pointing out that your own expectations of the tone at this point must take into account that if you dial in something like a Marshall stack, you're not going to get something that sounds like a Marshall stack through something like this. What you get is the sound of a digitally recreated stack, recorded with a digitally recreated microphone in a digitally recreated room, the signal of which is then fed through the speakers in front of you. Having recorded before with real gear quite extensively I have some basis for comparison and the sound that was delivered was very clear and showed up the nuances of the tone that the apps were creating, sparkling highs, some chunky bass and miss that cut through where it was needed. All in all it projects well and was chunky enough to deliver for general use. The amp responds particularly well to reverb effects and retains a big enough sound to make these effects cut through whilst retaining warmth and character.The other main reason for this was to aid in a home recording and practice setup. Running a backing track in GarageBand and jamming over the top there was good definition between the music of the track and what I was playing over the top. I've found with some speakers that the two can get lost sometimes and interfere with each other resulting in a generally poorer quality of sound. There was none of this with the iLoud and both elements remain clear and distinct. I've not tried mixing with it yet so can't comment on it as a tool for this.Finally it works well as a general purpose sound system for home use. It's loud enough when it needs to be and has a great quality and presence when playing music in the background.All in all very happy with this. If it got nicked or was broken I'd buy another at the drop of a hat. Great piece of kit.

Simply the best sounding portable speaker I have owned , the RRP of £239 is not 100% accurate as most sites have it at £200 or there about's but even at £200 its a great buy let alone £169 when I bought it. Damn the black friday deals as whoever bought it at £125 on that day got a complete bargain.Bass is low and not boomy or bloated muffled like some others and mids and treble just right, not used bluetooth on mine but wired in from my Fiio X1 and equaliser turned off it seriously kicks all other competition in the price range out of the water and compares and even exceeds the sound quality of speakers in the £300 plus range.I have been using this speaker at work on my fork truck and the only downside is battery life as the name suggests this speaker does go "Loud" but at considerable battery drain with 3-4 hrs maximum at a respectable sound level. The best solution was to use an external battery pack 20,000 ma H which keeps the speaker going for 2 x 8hr shifts at work.One thing to note is that the speaker has a bass port at the back so when placed in a corner at home the bass sounds deeper than if you have it it the center of the room, place the speaker near to a wall and the bass kicks in.