News News Blog: UE Boom 2

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't be fooled by its size, the UE Boom 2 can fill a room with music without breaking a sweat </td></tr>
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THE UE Boom 2 has a loud colour scheme - and a speaker to match.</div>
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<li><em><span style="color: green;"><strong>Pros –</strong></span> Fun, Colourful Design. Loud and Clear Sound. Portable, with Great Bluetooth Range. Completely Waterproof.</em></li>
<li><em><span style="color: red;"><strong>Cons –</strong> </span>Gestures to Control Music Don't Work Very Well. Rudimentary iOS Companion App.</em></li>
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The UE Boom 2 stands out from the sea of portable Bluetooth speakers thanks to its lively and bright personality.</div>
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Part of this personality comes from the six vibrant colour combinations available for the cylindrical speaker, which is about the width of a can of beer.</div>
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Turn on the UE Boom 2 and you are greeted by the sound of a drum roll, and extra tap on the snare drum lets you know that it has found a paired bluetooth device and successfully connected.</div>
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It's a nice touch. Plus, it makes a nice change from the incomprehensible and endless R2D2 <em>beeps</em> and <em>whoops</em> some speakers use to try and communicate.  </div>
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Ultimate Ears have packed the slim cylindrical frame of the Boom 2 with an impressive speaker that blasts out music 360-degrees around the speaker.</div>
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Up to eight different devices can pair with the UE Boom, with two connected and putting together a playlist at any one time. </div>
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The speakers can also be linked and music playback can be synced across multiple portable speakers.</div>
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Ultimate Ears claims the speaker has a 15 hour battery life. In our experience, the UE Boom did not quite live up to that claim, but it is very fast to recharge.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The UE Boom 2 is some 25 per cent louder than the first generation speaker</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The top of the Bluetooth speaker houses the Power and Bluetooth switch</td></tr>
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UE says the Boom 2 is 25 per cent more powerful than its predecessor and, having tested out the speaker, we can confirm that that's definitely not marketing mumbo-jumbo.</div>
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The UE Boom 2 is loud. <em>Very loud</em>.</div>
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That sound is powered by two 45mm active drivers and two 45mm by 80mm passive radiators that can blast at a maximum sound level of some 90dBA.</div>
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But more impressive than its volume, is the Boom 2's ability to withstand water.</div>
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The speaker is rated IPX7, which means there's no need to worry if your summer BBQ gets caught out by the Great British weather, or if your speaker gets a little too close to the swimming pool.</div>
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Not that there’s any reason to place the UE Boom 2 by the side of the pool - the portable speaker boasts a staggering 30 metre Bluetooth range.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">UE have built a couple of gesture controls into its portable speaker, including a tap-to-pause</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The clip, microUSB charging port and 3.5mm AUX port are found on the bottom of the Boom 2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The speaker is rated IPX7 and can withstand 30 minutes in a metre of water</td></tr>
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And in our tests, the speaker lived up to its manufacturers’ lofty claims.</div>
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You can leave your paired iPhone charging in a room on the other side of the house and carry the UE Boom 2 speaker around with you.</div>
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And should you need to pause, or skip a song - Ultimate Ears have built a few handy gesture controls into the speaker.</div>
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Tap a flat palm on the top of the speaker to pause the current song. Tap twice to skip ahead.</div>
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Unfortunately, we found the speaker wasn't as responsive to these gestures as we hoped.</div>
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In fact, we'd often find ourselves <em>hammering</em> the top of the Boom 2 like an almost-empty Ketchup bottle as we desperately tried to skip a track.</div>
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But that's a small complaint for an otherwise staggeringly impressive speaker.</div>
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Do not be fooled by the UE Boom 2’s portable size, it can fill a room with music without breaking a sweat.</div>
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And with a two-year hardware warranty and its waterproof casing – its an easy choice if you are looking for a portable Bluetooth speaker.</div>
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However, the UE Boom 2's build quality and waterproof design come at a price. At <strong>£169.99</strong>, the speaker is <em>hardly</em> an impulse buy.</div>
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But when compared to the seven-hour battery and dry-land-only Beats Pill 2, which retails for £149.99, it seems worth every penny.</div>
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UE Boom 2 is on-sale now for <strong>£169.99</strong></div>
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UE Boom 2 - Review

Don't be fooled by its size, the UE Boom 2 can fill a room with music without breaking a sweat THE UE Boom 2 has a loud colour sche...

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