I am not really sure if this product category exists, poked around a little and couldn't find exactly what I'm looking for. I have an AirPort Express set up in my apt to stream mp3s through the stereo. I'd love to be able to have an inexpensive boombox-type thing to stream music in the bedroom or kitchen, which I could control with my iPhone remote. Do they make such a thing? Seems like it would be pretty useful.
― Mark, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 05:02 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/technology/personaltech/19pogue.html
― Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ (dyao), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 05:21 (fifteen years ago)
Thanks. 400 clams, guess an affordable option is still a ways off. Could buy another base station and more speakers, but that' less portable, more stuff to plug in.
― Mark, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 05:25 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/products/squeezebox-boom.html
Pretty sure there's an app that lets you control the squeezebox machines with an iPhone. Doesn't need the airport express, just a wireless router.
― Cricket riding a tumbleweed (Plasmon), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 07:56 (fifteen years ago)
Looking for something relatively cheap and simple, just to play stuff off my phone or laptop. Doesn't need to be able to be house-rocklingly loud, but nice clear sound is always good...
Thinking about one of these: https://jawbone.com/speakers/jambox/overview
Anyone got any suggestions?
― brio, Thursday, 6 December 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago)
Just found out about Oontz last night, haven't tested them but their big selling point is they're less than half the price of Jambox:
http://www.theoontz.com/
― Spectrist, Thursday, 6 December 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago)
thanks! i could afford two of those suckers relatively guilt-free...
― brio, Thursday, 6 December 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago)
I have a Jambox and it sounds great. Completely recommend it.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 7 December 2012 00:25 (twelve years ago)
not wifi, but this is the tits http://minirigs.co.uk/
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Friday, 7 December 2012 00:33 (twelve years ago)
Oh jeez. The minirig looks like a beer cozy. The jambox a strange sort of nerf humidor/purse? What's wrong with speakers looking like speakers? And even the $70 Oontz looks overpriced for what you get. It doesn't sound like brio needs actually portable speakers, so why not these? M-Audio Studiophile AV40 Powered Monitor Speakers
For actual portable, nothing beats my backpack that I customized with some Polk 45W marine speakers, an amp and a cheap rechargeable 12V battery, at least for the price!
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 7 December 2012 06:07 (twelve years ago)
what speakers do you all use, wired or otherwise? i have dj monitors which i use in one room but lately feel like i want something small with a bit of wallop for my kitchen and/or bedroom.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Friday, 7 December 2012 11:25 (twelve years ago)
Monitors in my bedroom - secondhand, I don't think they're particularly good ones. I moved house a couple of weeks ago and still haven't set them up yet. I've been surviving with my Minirig and honestly, I could fucking street team for that thing I know, but it's almost as good as those speakers. Really really clear, takes ages to run out of batteries, goes really (really) loud without distorting, portable, rechargable etc...
― besides Sunny Real Estate (dog latin), Friday, 7 December 2012 11:50 (twelve years ago)
Minirig is great for a long-lasting portable speaker, goes really loud as well - although I can definitely hear distortion and limiting on it, it's a pleasing character. Obviously next to a good bigger speaker the bass is lacking, but you can even use it for portable parties. A few of us had a mini-rave in a car park post-club for an hour while waiting for the first train earlier in the year.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 7 December 2012 13:15 (twelve years ago)
what about this solar-powered joint, so I can keep rocking the tasty jams in a Cormac McCarthy's The Road-type scenario:http://www.etoncorp.com/product_card/?p_ProductDbId=1837766
― brio, Friday, 7 December 2012 15:01 (twelve years ago)