Ultimate Ears Everboom: Good Speaker, Tough Sell

Most individuals received’t be listening to the Everboom on their desktop, in fact, so I did most of my testing open air, the place the speaker actually steps up. I notably loved its sound from round 10 toes or extra, marked by full-bodied punch within the bass and midrange and refined readability within the greater frequencies, with a contact of stereo separation. There’s a pulpy heat that hits excellent when rendering snappy percussion, jangly strings, or crisp vocals.

You may crank it fairly heartily to fill a big house, together with participating the Out of doors Mode for a bit extra punch, although you’ll doubtless discover some digital compression at prime quantity that may tamp down the joy. The Everboom simply serves up a fuller sound out within the open when in comparison with the smaller Increase 4 and my growing old JBL Flip 5, in addition to the brawnier Beats Tablet, which tends to sharpen up within the greater registers open air.

It is a lot tougher to distinguish between the Everboom and Megaboom 4. Over a number of hours of vital listening, the Everboom revealed a smoother contact, with hotter and fuller midbass and barely extra energy, whereas the Megaboom is extra targeted within the mids and fewer refined within the treble. It’s a distinction that is unlikely to make an enormous impression, particularly while you’re kicking again a couple of drinks at a barbecue or outside gathering.

Neither speaker can dig into the sub-bass areas with a lot authority. If you would like greater bass, you’ll doubtless want to leap as much as bigger choices just like the Epicboom (which I’ve but to check) or one thing even pricier just like the physics-defying Brane X (9/10, WIRED Recommends), although the latter doesn’t provide the identical type of go-anywhere, do-anything safety that Final Ears supplies.

What actually makes UE’s “Increase” audio system so interesting is their stability of excessive efficiency and top-notch sturdiness. Like its cheaper siblings, the Everboom serves up a fantastic cocktail of sound, options, and battery life in a body that feels prefer it may very well be tossed right into a wooden chipper and are available out the opposite finish (please do not try this). Then once more so do loads of choices on our Best Bluetooth speaker list, many for much less cash.

I by no means discovered a robust sufficient argument for the Everboom’s heftier worth, leaving me pointing to the tried-and-true Megaboom 4, or JBL’s Charge 5 if you need a speaker that prices your telephone. These on tighter budgets will discover comparable spoils within the Boom 4 or JBL Flip 6. Barring a superb sale, that’s the place I’d put my cash.