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Likewise, you\u2019ll have to keep your expectations in check when it comes to bass. Despite its festive LED light show, it\u2019s not a party speaker. You\u2019ll hear some lows, and if you place the speaker on a large surface like a non-marble kitchen counter, you may feel them. For its size, I have no complaints. Moreover, if you place the StormBox Mini+ in a corner or up against a wall, the boundary gain effect can offer significant bass enhancement.<\/p>\n
Tribit\u2019s newly added, app-based EQ function is worth experimenting with. The available nine-channel custom equalizer is overkill for such a small speaker, but I\u2019ve got to hand it to Tribit: If you\u2019re going to offer an equalizer, you need to let people save their favorite mixes, and this lets you save 15 of them. I had better luck with the five built-in presets (Music, Audiobook, Classical, Rock, and Jazz).<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n Photograph: Simon Cohen<\/span><\/p>\n The speakerphone function works well. That said, the gain on the built-in mic is a tad on the low side. If I moved further than about two feet from the speaker, my voice became a lot fainter. Other reviewers have tested the StormBox Mini+ for phone calls and noted that the speaker disconnected. I had no such problems. I also had no problem summoning Siri. A long press on the multifunction button was followed by two tones, one to confirm the long press and a second to let you know Siri was now listening.<\/p>\n Tribit claims you\u2019ll get 12 hours of playtime on a single charge (you\u2019ll need 2.5 hours to charge it from empty). If you keep the volume at 50% and turn off the LED ring, you\u2019ll probably get pretty close to that number. In my testing, using a variety of volume levels (mostly above 50%), with the ring lit continuously, it was closer to 9.5 hours. These aren\u2019t the best specs for a portable speaker, but given that you can get almost a whole day out of a charge, they aren\u2019t a deal-breaker, either.<\/p>\n The StormBox Mini+ has no shortage of competitors in the portable Bluetooth speaker market. You can go smaller and less expensive with the Soundcore Select 4 Go, you can spend more for slightly better sound in UE Wonderboom 4, and the sky\u2019s the limit for more powerful options, including the excellent JBL Flip 7 ($150), Ultimate Ears Megaboom 4 ($150), and Marshall Middleton ($320). However, I\u2019d argue that for its unique combination of price, sound quality, and features, you\u2019d be hard pressed to find another waterproof model that checks as many boxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Likewise, you\u2019ll have to keep your expectations in check when it comes to bass. Despite its festive LED light show, it\u2019s not a party speaker. You\u2019ll hear some lows, and if you place the speaker on a large surface like a non-marble kitchen counter, you may feel them. For its size, I have no complaints.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[7325,118,1106,4545,1085,3297,8770,8769],"class_list":{"0":"post-15180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-cheap","9":"tag-great","10":"tag-mini","11":"tag-portable","12":"tag-review","13":"tag-speaker","14":"tag-stormbox","15":"tag-tribit"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}