Ultimate Ears Everboom: Good Speaker, Tough Sell

Most radical won’t beryllium listening to the Everboom connected their desktop, of course, truthful I did astir of my investigating outdoors, wherever the talker truly steps up. I peculiarly enjoyed its dependable from astir 10 feet oregon more, marked by full-bodied punch successful the bass and midrange and refined clarity successful the higher frequencies, with a interaction of stereo separation. There’s a pulpy warmth that hits conscionable close erstwhile rendering snappy percussion, jangly strings, oregon crisp vocals.

You tin crank it beauteous heartily to capable a ample space, including engaging the Outdoor Mode for a spot much punch, though you’ll apt announcement immoderate integer compression astatine apical measurement that tin tamp down the excitement. The Everboom easy serves up a fuller dependable retired successful the unfastened erstwhile compared to the smaller Boom 4 and my aging JBL Flip 5, arsenic good arsenic the brawnier Beats Pill, which tends to sharpen up successful the higher registers outdoors.

It's overmuch harder to differentiate betwixt the Everboom and Megaboom 4. Over respective hours of captious listening, the Everboom revealed a smoother touch, with warmer and fuller midbass and somewhat much power, portion the Megaboom is much focused successful the mids and little refined successful the treble. It’s a quality that's improbable to marque a large impression, particularly erstwhile you're kicking backmost a fewer drinks astatine a barbecue oregon outdoor gathering.

Neither talker tin excavation into the sub-bass regions with overmuch authority. If you privation bigger bass, you’ll apt request to leap up to larger options similar the Epicboom (which I person yet to test) oregon thing adjacent pricier similar the physics-defying Brane X (9/10, WIRED Recommends), though the second doesn’t connection the aforesaid benignant of go-anywhere, do-anything information that Ultimate Ears provides.

What truly makes UE’s “Boom” speakers truthful appealing is their equilibrium of precocious show and top-notch durability. Like its cheaper siblings, the Everboom serves up a large cocktail of sound, features, and artillery beingness successful a framework that feels similar it could beryllium tossed into a wood chipper and travel retired the different extremity (please bash not bash that). Then again truthful bash a batch of options connected our Best Bluetooth talker list, galore for little money.

I ne'er recovered a beardown capable statement for the Everboom's heftier price, leaving maine pointing to the tried-and-true Megaboom 4, oregon JBL's Charge 5 if you privation a talker that charges your phone. Those connected tighter budgets volition find akin spoils successful the Boom 4 oregon JBL Flip 6. Barring a bully sale, that’s wherever I’d enactment my money.