Jabra Bulks Up the Bluetooth Speaker

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Jabra Bulks Up the Bluetooth Speaker
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The Jabra Solemate Max is ** ordinary portable Bluetooth speaker (http://mashable.com/category/bluetooth-speakers/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss). At 6.2 pounds, it weighs 130% more than the Jawbone Big Jambox (http://mashable.com/2012/05/01/big-jambox-review/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), a popular competitor. At $399, it costs 60% more. Its rugged design is dust- and splash-resistant. And it has a USB digital input, so you don’t even have to use the Bluetooth if you’ve got a computer handy. But is all this bulk what people really want in a portable speaker?

As Bluetooth speakers go, the Solemate Max (http://www.jabra.com/products/speakers/jabra_solemate_max/jabra_solemate_max) packs some serious guts. It has separate woofers and tweeters for better fidelity, plus a rear passive radiator to pump up the bass. A free iOS or Android app adds a seven-band graphic equalizer plus Dolby Sound Space Expander processing Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/10/jabra-solemate-max-review/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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