This is The Wirecutter's top rated budget bluetooth speaker, and they've intensively tested hundreds of them. Was £29.99, but if you click on promotions and go to the last one, it will give you 25% off.
If you’re looking for an inexpensive Bluetooth speaker for day-to-day listening, the DOSS SoundBox Touch is a fantastic choice. It has a fuller, more natural sound than any other model we’ve tried in its price range, and it plays loud enough to fill a fairly large room. It also looks much nicer than most budget Bluetooth speakers, with an elegant design and cool illuminated, touch-sensitive controls. In our tests, it outperformed all similarly priced speakers with its 8.5-hour battery life and 31-foot range, but it fell substantially short of our top pick’s capabilities. For its price, the DOSS SoundBox Touch really has no significant downsides, but we think most people will get enough benefit from the greater portability and flexibility, longer battery life, and farther range of our top pick to justify the premium.
The top pick they are talking about here is the UE Roll 2 which is £60 on amazon.
15 comments
Damanc
17 Sep 17#1
Awesome.
Was looking for a Speaker that had a SD slot after the other deal - wanted a Doss, no discount. Now discount = ordred without hesitation.
Cheers
HottyHotty to Damanc
17 Sep 17#2
Do you mean you can load an SD card with music and stick it in this?
Damanc to HottyHotty
17 Sep 17#7
Yup :smile: I was going to pull the trigger on the Aukey deal but the lack of SD slot put me off. The Doss does seem to get great reviews so its a no brainer for me.
cheekster to Damanc
17 Sep 17#11
How do you navigate through the music stored on a microSD card as this item doesn't look as though it has a text display unless I'm missing something?
Edit: found the answer...
You have no way to browse the music, though: The SoundBox Touch just plays each album folder in alphabetical order, and each tune on an album in numerical order. You can use the top panel controls to skip forward and back.
Understandable, I guess for this price point.
AVANTIME
17 Sep 17#3
Will this be any better than my current JBL flip 3?
inonefly
17 Sep 17#4
Thanks OP, ordered, hopefully this is better than the AUKEY S1.
Strange. Not got one myself but as per post was rated best budget BT speaker by wirecutter. Then again the hot/cold of this site never does always make sense :smile:
jacjacatac
17 Sep 17#8
Wow, that woman has a tiny hand.
Rickardo to jacjacatac
17 Sep 17#10
Perhaps it's Donald Trump?
xenept
17 Sep 17#9
Thanks I've ordered.
GoonerGetYa
18 Sep 17#12
I was gonna get this instead of the aukey speaker but when I watched this video I am glad I changed my mind. I got my Aukey speaker yesterday and it sounds amazing!! The bass is good and the mids are not washed out. The tops are not overpowering too. Just my personal opinion. The doss speaker is still good but from this video it sounds a bit too tinny.
popoyaya to GoonerGetYa
18 Sep 17#13
I have to agree. My Aukey just arrived... really loud, rich sound, deep bass. Quality.
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Opening post
From The Wirecutter:
If you’re looking for an inexpensive Bluetooth speaker for day-to-day listening, the DOSS SoundBox Touch is a fantastic choice. It has a fuller, more natural sound than any other model we’ve tried in its price range, and it plays loud enough to fill a fairly large room. It also looks much nicer than most budget Bluetooth speakers, with an elegant design and cool illuminated, touch-sensitive controls. In our tests, it outperformed all similarly priced speakers with its 8.5-hour battery life and 31-foot range, but it fell substantially short of our top pick’s capabilities. For its price, the DOSS SoundBox Touch really has no significant downsides, but we think most people will get enough benefit from the greater portability and flexibility, longer battery life, and farther range of our top pick to justify the premium.
The top pick they are talking about here is the UE Roll 2 which is £60 on amazon.
15 comments
Was looking for a Speaker that had a SD slot after the other deal - wanted a Doss, no discount. Now discount = ordred without hesitation.
Cheers
Edit: found the answer...
You have no way to browse the music, though: The SoundBox Touch just plays each album folder in alphabetical order, and each tune on an album in numerical order. You can use the top panel controls to skip forward and back.
Understandable, I guess for this price point.