![]() ![]() There are various ways to trick the unwary as to power output. Unfortunately that is only true for a single speaker, you can't compare volume across speakers via watts. Watts are used as a proxy for loudness because consumers are trained to look for that number, and they feel that they understand there is a direct relationship between watts and loudness. A small inefficient bookshelf speaker may only do about 83dB with 1 watt. ![]() A large horn speaker like the Klipschorn can do >100dB SPL with around 1 watt. If you can, find some independent tests that measure SPL and/or frequency response, that's the only thing that will really help you decide other than listening for yourself.Įven in the hi-fi world, watts don't tell you too much about loudness. (they never mention sensitivity, do they?) My company was fairly honest in terms of wattage, but our competitors were lying about watts so much that my CEO eventually decided to publish peak numbers only. Whether they are accurate, made up entirely, or just inflated (usually the latter two) they don't tell you anything about how loud the speaker goes. The watt numbers are worse than useless, ignore them. I will check HOM in detail, but I can say that I already like their "wood" design.Ĭlick to expand.I can give you one piece of strong advice about portable speakers. I also see that Harman Kardon will launch in september a new go + play model, and the old one had good review too, so maybe could be interesting (more power than the Onyx). Just one point that aware me is that lot of review say that the Onyx have lot of directivity in the sound (you nee to face the speaker to have best experience), I don't know if it is a problem or not. After all, the Boomster is 42 watts, and it was "enough" for our 45m² living room, I just would have like to get more power, but sound quality is the first point. I forget it because it is 50 watts "only", but maybe I have to think, if the sound is so good maybe I can deal with the power. I have seen the Onyx before, I like the design and I have seen ggod review about son quality. And I am not sure if they have more than 60 watts. I checked the Vifas, but I don"t know why here in France they are expensive, and more than 400 €. Thank you a lot for your answer (this forum is really active, it is pleasure). What do you think about these models ? Or maybe have you other ideas ? Thank you a lot. Marshall Tufton : this one for me is the opposite of the JBL, I really love the look, but does it sounds good ? And maybe it is a bit outdated too ? And my last concern is about the one year garantee, I read that some people have problems just after that, don't know if it true however. UE Hyperboom : again it seems really good, but I read it is a bit "outdated" compared to the JBL (and more pricey in the same time) ? JBL boombox 3 : it seems to be awesome when I read review on all points, but if we speak only about sound quality (not power, or bass boom, but really about quality), is it good ? My only concern is that it is not really "interior looking", but I can deal with that if the rest is good. So now I am a little loste and I don't know what to buy, I am thinking about : But without these dysfunction, it will be a really good speaker. ANd I don't want to buy it again, because If I can have more power it will be great. One month ago I bought a Teufel Boomster, and I was really happy with it, the sound quality was really goog (I precise I am looking for sounf quality, but I am not an audiophile "professional"), unfortunatly it appear to have some build dysfonction (sometimes bass just "disappeared" and comme back few minutes later, and the battery had a default, I just can listen music at 50% volume about 4 hours. I don't neead any voice assistant or things like that, for me it is only music. ![]() And powerfull enough, I will at least 60 watts. Portable : the speaker will be always in my home and garden, so I will not go outside with it but I will like to moove it in the house, reason why I will prefer one with battery (at first I thinked about Stanmore 3, Sonos Era 100 or Audio pro c10 MKII, but after thinking I prefer a portable one). I understand that I will not have a sound quality of very expensive speakers, but my goal is to find the best quality possible under 400 €. I am not an hardcore bass lover, I am looking for something well balanced to listen every kind of music (I can listen Mozart and five minutes later Muse, AC/DC, ambient chill etc. I need advices to choose a home speaker under 400 € with this criteria : ![]()
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