Audio Lantern
The company- Bose has become synonymous with being the boss of the Bluetooth speaker for quite some time now! The original in the series –Soundlink has been quite a bestseller with the Soundlink Mini continuing the legacy. But the the talk of the market has been 360-degree sound so Bose could not remain far behind! Bose has launched two versions of their tubular speakers which are portable & battery powered – namely the Bose Revolve and Revolve Plus.
These are high on the pocket but worth the money when it comes to sound quality. If you compare the two – the Plus is better having superior bass and ability to play louder with a longer battery life. For a portable speaker – it’s one of the best so far to have hit the market.
The Engineering
Now Bose has provided an integrated handle and a seamless enclosure of aluminium , resembling a lantern , so you can say instead of light it gives out sound. The speakers consists of “dual-opposing passive-radiators with a powerful ultra-efficient transducer – positioned face-down and a new patented acoustic deflector.” Bose is proud of its ability to play quite loud for it’s size with more than adequate bass. They are designed to be both water and shock-resistant as well.
It also comes with a threaded tripod mount at the bottom that allows you to attach it to a stand or a wall mount. Bose also sells a charging cradle for around ₹2000, that makes charging a bit easier than using a standard USB cable.
Shining Sound
This speaker is better than anything I’ve seen in its size class. The Revolve Plus is broader at the base but the biggest difference is that its louder, has a deeper bass and richer sound over all.
But the Revolve is not a big step down, especially if you’re not planning on using your speaker outside a lot. Having said that, both the Revolve and the Revolve Plus are very well-suited to outdoor use and also features good battery life for around 12 hours for Revolve and 16 hours for Revolve Plus of music playback at moderate volume levels. I still think the Revolve is an excellent Bluetooth speaker, it just doesn’t sound as good as it’s Plus brother .
The bigger Revolve Plus sounds louder and the bass response is noticeably better than its little sibling, the Revolve. It offers better and more refined sound than the SoundLink Mini II and also has better bass and clarity than the SoundLink Bluetooth Speaker III.
Both the Revolve speakers play better than compared to their size – they do have a sound limitation but are perfect to suit a dorm room, office or bedroom. One might think that 360-degree sound would mean that the speaker should be placed in the middle of the room – but the actual scenario is the bass improves when it is kept near a wall to get some reflection.
The Bose Revolve Plus sounded the same whether running from its battery or connected to a power source, despite the fact Bose says output is constrained marginally to conserve power when the battery goes under 30 percent. It was hard for me to differentiate, yet a few people may.
The Revolve Plus has an in-built microphone so it can be utilized as speakerphone, which functioned admirably in my tests. There’s NFC tap-to-pair feature and all the more vitally you can remotely pair two of these speakers (or other Bose Bluetooth speakers beginning with the SoundLink Color II) from the Bose Connect application, so that you could use them as an arrangement of stereo speakers or multiplying them up to expand the sound.
Louder, meet Littler
When I say this Bose speaker sounds brilliant, what I truly imply is that it sounds phenomenal as compared to other Bluetooth speakers. The truth is that you might hit a point where the sounds would seem somewhat harsh – or somewhat irregular. The Bose Revolve Plus is just able to do so much, and can’t exactly get away from the limits inalienable in streaming sound over Bluetooth to a little speaker.
What isolates the Bose from its rivals is the ability to play somewhat louder, squeeze out more bass without distorting and sound somewhat more characteristic with much better detail. For instance, The Revolve Plus easily took care over areas of the bass line in the Shaun Frank remix of The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” without an issue and put out altogether more stable and detailed sound by and large.
The Verdict
Is it worth the price? Possibly not, but rather it’s plainly a very nice sounding speaker.
Audiophiles could well discover fault with the Revolve Plus’ sound, especially considering other, less priced wired speakers. In any case, many will believe it to be an awesome sounding speaker that can be effortlessly carried from anywhere, be it inside or outside and it can easily fill a backyard area with sound – perhaps not exactly at a party-level, but rather at an ambient music volumes.
I too like the smaller Bose Revolve – it, as well, is a fantastic speaker for its size – however in the event that I for one, was to decide from the two, there is quite a difference in sound quality (and I like the Plus’s integrated handle) that I’d rather spend the additional batter on the Bose Revolve Plus. All things considered, it’s a disgrace that neither one of the speakers comes with the optional charging cradle.