

The BOOM 2 has features other speakers are lacking - mostly in the app - but for the first time ever, it's second place in the sound department. But all in all, I feel like this speaker is more defined by its features than sound quality, which is a bit interesting. It does sound quite good in its own right - very articulate and clear, with decent low end. So, does the BOOM 2 sound better than the original BOOM? Yes. This speaker is more defined by its features than sound quality. If you have a MB and haven't updated it yet, you probably should.

Ue boom 2 indigo update#
Oh, the newest update pushed out by UE - the one that brought Block Party mode - also brings these intuitive gesture controls to MEGABOOM. It's brilliantly simplistic, and I love it. These gestures are stupid-simple to use, too: pick up the speaker (yeah, it has to be in your hand before this will work) and tap the top to pause the music. Instead of cluttering the BOOM 2's simplistic design with more buttons, however, UE went another direction to add this feature to the speaker: gestures. While I get that not everyone cares about this, I always prefer the option of being able to control the music from my phone and the speaker - it just makes sense to me. My biggest complaint about the BOOM speakers has historically been the lack of track controls. UE didn't keep everything the same, however it also had a few tricks up its sleeve for the BOOM 2. This raised the bar even higher for the BOOM 2 - not only does it have to improve on its predecessor, but it also has to compete with the Flip 3, which costs half as much, and Charge 2+, which is still $70 cheaper than the BOOM 2 (and an incredible speaker).Unfortunately, every king gets dethroned eventually. I recently reviewed the Xtreme and Flip 3, both of which blew my mind in a way that I haven't experienced since the original BOOM. Needless to say, Ultimate Ears has been putting out some of my favorite speakers over the last two years.Then JBL came along and changed the game again. The ROLL is the smallest entry from Ultimate Ears, but that didn't stop it from also being incredible. Then came the MEGABOOM, a damn-near double sized BOOM. At the time - and for many months after - this speaker was the benchmark by which all others were judged.
Ue boom 2 indigo Bluetooth#
Back in July of 2014, a speaker came out that changed the way I thought of Bluetooth speakers: the Ultimate Ears BOOM.
