![]() JBL portable, the brand’s dedicated app for its Bluetooth speakers, can be a little bit temperamental for some – common complaints include misgivings about the quality of the stereo experience and difficulty with pairing – so it’s a bit of a relief that the link portable is controlled through the solid Google Home app. Classic FM was slightly thinner and less characterful, but still absolutely serviceable. ![]() ![]() But it handled Radio 1’s Greg James and his Ten Minute Takeover of tunes from Fatman Scoop to Mumford and Sons nicely. Radio streams have very slightly less kick to them than music played via Bluetooth, and that slightly loose, thumpy bottom end is a little more noticeable. Live recordings have an air and space to them, and a recording of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata has a sense of energy and fullness to it. Read more: Does Devialet’s phantom I wireless speaker deserve a listen? That bass can occasionally feel a little vague and roomy, more a broad rumble than defined bottom end, and that feeling only becomes more acute when the speaker is off its charging cradle. A play of Vampire Weekend’s This Life and Can I Kick It? by A Tribe Called Quest on Spotify, shows it can pick out the dusty, sepia-tinted textures in the mix while not obscuring the bass. The detail is pretty remarkable as well, even at higher volume. The perennial problem of working out where to plonk your speaker for optimum sound coverage is taken care of by a genuinely 360-degree range, too. JBL has form for small but mighty sound from its speakers, and the link portable’s 20W speaker comfortably fills a room at half volume. Be warned though, the extra kit it carries to become a proper smart speaker does make it a bit beefier than its JBL brethren, and you’ll feel that touch more weight in your tote bag if you pack it for some cans in the park with mates. Most of the time when you’re at home it will likely sit in its charging cradle, but after three and a half hours it’s fully charged and will play for eight hours. The power, microphone off and Bluetooth pairing buttons and USB-C port are stowed out of the way on a back panel, as is the battery level indicator – a single strip of light which gradually fades down. They’re invisible when the speaker’s off, but light up out of nowhere when it’s on. The neatest little feature is the four LEDs which show you how high the volume is and what mode the link portable is in. And with its rounded edges, fabric covering and top control panel it looks a little like an Apple HomePod which has been through a mangle. It is a little smaller and stouter than the company’s flip and essential speakers but it isn’t a huge departure. Same for installing the BluOS on MacOS, you do not find it in the normal AppStore, you need to download it from their website.The look will be familiar if you’ve come across a JBL speaker before. In the normal Google Home setup, you first need to mention the brand names to add new devices, unfortunately NAD, BlueSound & Lenbrook are not listed (in spite of a very, very long list) That means that BlueSound/aka blue voice decided to use a non-standard way to implement theirs devices. Chinese’s) manufacturers (lights, multimedia.) that work well with the Google assistant. I have currently more than 160 devices from a lot of different (incl. It does not work, and I am far from there! Unfortunately after spending a hole afternoon and more on research and lot of try-out, I feel disappointed. ![]() And this fact was also confirmed on the NAD website. I am a NEW (happy, still) user of an M10.īefore purchasing this item at my dealer i wanted to be sure it was Google assistant compatible and the answer was YES! I didn’t want to downgraded my ONKYO streamer experience moving to NAD. ![]()
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