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Wow! STEREO Pairing AND GREAT Sound! UPDATE: 6-12-23
By bobj90 on Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2019
Update: 6-12-23These are still going strong! Just used one of them as a phone speaker and it worked great. Clear with no echo. Has not lost sound quality or battery life. I cannot stress enough: these sound waaay better than their price suggests. Get a pair of them and pair them blue tooth, and you will be very pleased. The bass is so good that you cannot place these speakers where loose objects are or they will make them vibrate. These little speakers will also walk off a shelf due to the bass they put out so make sure there is a ledge or something to keep them from falling off a shelf or rail on your patio.Updated 5-4-19:I returned the Anker Soundcore II due to the speaker losing bass and the power button went wonky. Anker did step up and sent me FOR FREE an Anker SoundCore Boost 20W Bluetooth Speaker with BassUp Techno! These sound way better than a single Oontz Angle 3 Ultra, way better. But, I would take a pair of the OontZ speakers and listen in stereo. You can get 2 Oontz Angle 3 Ultars for the price of one Anker. The Anker speaker rocks, but stereo is much better listening experience.Oh, Anker upgraded my speaker and honored the warranty even though 30 day window had passed.CHANGES TO ORIGINAL REVIEW:1. The OontZ Angle 3 Ultra (oa3u) sounds better in bass and full sound than the Anker Soundcore II (ASII). Not as clear in the highs but better overall sound2. Higher volumes, the OAS3U beats the ASII.3. While not suited for a outdoor party filled with drinking friends who are talking loudly, they are more than adequate for a family gathering where people are talking but not drunk. More for patio than yard use.4. When used with jetAudio EQ, these little speakers sound extremely good and the bass moves up, while not distorting.I listened to the following songs and compared these OA3U speakers with the ASII: Damian Marley - All Night; Depeche Mode - Lie To Me; Supertramp - Oh Darling; Level 42 - Something About You. Each of therse songs NEED to have bass and the OA3U won when playing each of these songs. Still like the ASII, but the OA3U are better.Review is for: OontZ Angle 3 Ultra (OA3U)Dual Portable Bluetooth SpeakerI wanted to let those searching for a great speaker for a budget price and good sound, you have found it. I have tried, used and enjoyed the following speakers: -Harmon-Kardan Onyx Studio II (pair) -JBL: Clip; Clip+; Flip; Flip II; Charge -LG PK3 -Anker Soundcore II -Aomais Sport II Portable 4.0These pair easily, but not intuitively. Read the pages 14-15 of the getting started manual and you are set. They even play a stored sound file that tells you which is the left and right channel. It plays in true stereo.For under a $75 for a pair of good BT speakers, that PAIR in true stereo, pump out good (not great) bass and are loud, this purchase is a no brainer.Out of a 4 Class system defined by me: -Class 1: HK Onyx Studio II -Class 2: JLB Charge II and subsequent models; OontZ Angle 3XL ULTRA; LG PK3 -Class 3: Flip-Flip X, Soundcore II, Oontz Angle Ultra III -Class 4: JBL Clip and similar pocket speakers.FOR ITS CLASS, this is at the top! In fact I am unsure if these speakers should move up a class when paired! I tried the Aomais brand speakers but they were too weak on bass, thoguh they are also true stereo. The Soundcore II actually sounds the best of Class 3, but it does not pair to play stereo. I would have gone with a pair of Anker Soundcore II if they played in true stereo. The SC II handles bass the best, and rival or beat Bose Soundlink II Mini.If you are going with one speaker under $50 and do not care about playing in stereo, the Anker Soundcore II beats the OA3U across the board. How? The bass is better, the rest is quality highs and lows and MOST of the volume range.The OA3U remain paired to each other even after turned off and then turned back on. In fact, you should disconnect BT connection if you use several devices with the OA3U or you will will have to go find the last device you paired them with and disconnect the BT. These pair with only one device at a time.Listening to "Holding Back the Years" - Simply Red. Without at least some decent bass this song would be ruined. Also listened to "How 'Bout Us" - Champaign and "I Wanna get Next to You" - Rose Royce. All three of these songs require good bass to do them justice and these OA3U speakers do them justice. Whoa, Rush "Tom Sawyer" now playing. Decent bass for this song but this type of song needs the volume and bass of the HK Onyx Studio II CRANKED up. However, the little OA3U speakers are holding their own."Black" - Pearl Jam, sounding good! Damn good and I have the speakers at about 65% ZERO distortion.Finally, these are NOT outdoor party, fill the yard with sound and drown out the guests. These are great indoor speakers (that can be used outdoors thanks to IPX rating) and are more than adequate for a good sized living room. People expect whichever speaker they are buying to be light, have a 24 hour battery and pump out at night club quality bass for less than $100, ain't happening. That said, these are way above their pay grade.
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Not for projector due to latency. Stereo pairing has frequent random balance shifting with Bluetooth
By Rory McSweeney on Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2019
Edit 29 August 2019. The Oontz adapter does fix the latency for projector use (same as any AptX low latency BT adapter mind you), it helps with but does not fix the L/R balance sudden shift issues. After receiving a replacement set sent by Oontz and testing (same), then updating the firmware to the one they supply via direct link, the dual stereo balance shifting persists. A singer's voice most noticeably will move from left to right and back making you feel a little ill :). Bypassing the speaker to speaker Bluetooth feature (why I bought it really) using hard wired stereo splitter that also has mono adapters so left and right sounds only go to corresponding speakers fixes that. It is not the source.Oontz have just replied saying they don't have any fix forthcoming so that is that, guess not enough customers who notice this however it is very evident to me. Support have been very responsive however you will still end up with a partly defective product and they know it is. Hardwired up, they work fine as a stereo pair though you can do that with any speakers. They are ok for my projector system as the balance shifting is not so obvious in movies so I'll keep them and hope Oontz do find a firmware fix eventually.Edit 11 August 2019. Oontz support have advised that their separate Bluetooth adaptor will fix the latency issue for video/projectors etc. so I have ordered that, I'm sure it will do the job and great it also has an optical in. Having used them a little more. I'm warming to these speakers, perhaps they need a little time to break in though I'm not sure if this applies to all cones. Oontz support are going to give me an update for the L/R stereo balance glitch I get to test so I shall update if that works.I took a chance that the reviews saying the firmware update had fixed the huge latency were accurate, well from a near second (did not measure) to about 400ms which still spoils Netflix/Youtube etc. One can adjust the video timing on VLC of course. I bought the pair for L/R stereo under the screen mostly. The 50 inch TV has a Genus GX 2.1 speaker set that despite being cheap PC speakers, blows these away in quality but are higher wattage. I needed something for the projector screen wall (300 inches) which is at a right angle to the TV that I could just put in place easily when needed for projector movies.BAD: On internal Bluetooth, the stereo balance shifts suddenly a LOT between the paired speakers and this is not in the original music. Same in two apartments so it is not RF interference. Messaged Cambridge to ask if they have a fix.Workaround for latency and L/R balance shifting: Us the AUX or I happen to have a cheap $8 aptX BT 4.1 low latency equipped Bluetooth receiver and plugged into the AUX of the paired master, this makes them usable with the projector though there is some loss of quality and spacial separation. Oddly the L/R Bluetooth BETWEEN the pair works without any perceivable latency! It is as if someone designed the comms between them with aptX codec but left the device receiver itself as old rubbish? I tried two new phones and two laptops, BT 4.2 etc. and it is not the playback device fault.Audio quality as a L/R pair is way way better, happy with the pair sound. As a single speaker the sound is poor and a but muddy. Not sure what is going in with the sound engineering there to explain this, maybe the cones move faster trying to reproduce one channel each?. Compared to my old JBL Flip 2 I use in the office (much more expensive of course) the pair competes in vibrancy & bass however solo, not even close.I played about with a Y headphone splitter and connected the phone to both my Genus GX 2.1 speakers and these as a stereo pair (AUX in) at the same time :) I then unplugged the Genus mid-high speakers so only the subwoofer running and WOW it sounds amazing with that extra growl only a real subwoofer can provide. Works for the projector as though the woofer is under the TV and at 90 degrees to the screen, it not obvious where the low frequencies are coming from. Just an idea for someone, I will say these paired with the subwoofer sound notably better than the original L/R speakers with the Genus GX 2.1.Overall I am happy enough.. just the built in latency at ~400ms AFTER updating the firmware is a real shame and the external aptX receiver AUX in workaround is ok but... just that little bit of definition loss (however it won't bother too many).On the other hand if using the built in Bluetooth only.. the sudden stereo balance shifts between the pair are a total deal breaker. I am hoping to hear back from CA support on any further firmware update plans to fix this. May return if nothing forthcoming.
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