Bose SoundTouch 20 Series III Wireless (Bluetooth/Wi-Fi) Speaker - Black A

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The Bose SoundTouch 20 is a likeable streaming speaker with capable performance and great sound, but it needs to support more music services. The SoundTouch 20 Series III system supports music files in the format MP3, WMA, AAC, FLAC and Apple Lossless. The Bose has a punchy warm sound that's especially pleasing with rock music and doesn't hurt with gentler styles like folk, either. The SoundTouch 10 is our smallest SoundTouch speaker that delivers full, rich sound and Bose performance that seems to defy its size. But when I try to play something, the title of the channel goes on the Bose speaker screen but no sound comes out.

SoundTouch® systems are effortless -- the easiest, most versatile home wireless music systems available today. October 2015 -- With millions of people streaming music every day, Bose ushers in a new era for playing it all at home with its next-generation SoundTouch wireless music systems.There’s still room for improvement in the sonic and streaming service department, but right now it shapes up to be a good value option for those who are after the whole works. They mention that it is an excellent unit, excels in medium to high volumes, and has a sound quality second to none. Connecting to a Wi-Fi network Connecting your product to a wireless network lets you access streaming music services, group multiple Bose products, control your product and settings from the Bose app and more. It also measures up well in the style department -- it's a pretty sharp-looking speaker with a sleek, minimalist industrial design. The addition of 5 GHz compatibility also offers a better streaming option in crowded environments like apartment buildings in the city.

We’ve never been won over by the sound quality you get streaming through Airplay, so this is a good move which could win over a bigger crowd. This compact music system lets you play music directly from your phones and tablet using the Bluetooth connectivity feature. Like Sonos, the system doesn't tell you tell you which format your music is in, and if it encounters a file type it can't play, the player can simply halt without a warning message (Bose engineers told us this happened because we were playing files from a networked server). Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia curae; Nam placerat vitae mauris ac condimentum.

Using the apps, you can drag and drop specific Pandora or Internet radio stations onto a number to set it as a preset. We had a little trouble with a corporate firewall (no other wireless system we've set up encountered this), but you shouldn't run into this problem at home.

Favourite songs and playlists from your phone, a radio station from TuneIn, or songs from the favourite artist can be assigned a preset button for easy instant listening. The Bose arguably sounds better than the Play:5, with a warm, focused sound that flatters most material. While the number of supported music services is skimpy right now, iPhone users have the benefit of using AirPlay for native apps instead (in other words, you can play Spotify via AirPlay if you want). These observations do come with a caveat: We only tested one speaker and can't comment on how a multiroom system will perform (we'll update our review shortly since Bose is sending additional review samples in the near future).Just press a corresponding button on the SoundTouch speaker or the included remote, and with that one touch, your music starts playing -- no phone needed.