![]() Other features of the UE Boom 2 and Ultimate Ears Blast Waterproofing and dustproofingīoth speakers are incredibly well-built small cylinders whose customers report have tolerated lots of drops, dunks, and other abuse. ![]() It’s an easy way to have much better and bigger sound while on the go. Using two UE Boom 2s together allows you to create true stereo sound, or to simply link up friends’ speakers as the size of your gathering increases. We see this capability as a major advantage for the UE Boom 2. The Ultimate Ears Blast (and Megablast) unfortunately lack this feature. UE’s mobile apps (for iOS and Android) allow you to link various up to 150 UE Boom 2s (as well as Megabooms or the original UE Boom) to create a much larger mobile party. Link up multiple speakers: A major advantage of the UE Boom 2 Note that the UE Boom 2 does itself offer some basic integration with Alexa as well as Google Now and Siri you can speak to it for music cues like skipping tracks or launching a playlist (but not to ask for stock quotes, do your shopping, get information…). If you’re more in the Google universe, you might opt for the Google Home Miniinstead. Or pair the Dot to a home speaker system for the really top-level sound that only a larger system can provide. UE Boom 2 + Echo Dot Or, even better, purchase an Amazon Echo Dot for the smart features and pair it to your UE Boom 2, which is the more fully featured portable speaker. Are the Ultimate Ears Blast’s “smart speaker” features worth it? They also both excel at providing 360-degree sound they’re designed to be placed right in the center of the party and sound lovely no matter where around them you are standing/busting your moves.ĭo note, however, that you can definitely get better sound by pairing two or more UE Boom 2s (not possible with the Blast). To sum up, they’re both excellent speakers for their size (also nearly identical), and there’s there’s not enough of a difference to base one’s decision in this area. The UE Boom 2 has just a bit more bass to some critics’ ears, whereas the Ultimate Ears Blast is just a bit more evenly balanced. Both excel in providing quite a bit of separation and soundstage for such small speakers, and have powerful, punchy bass ends. Most professional critics who listened to the Ultimate Ears Blast and compared it to the UE Boom 2 felt that they were not quite identical, but very similar in sound. Does the newer Ultimate Ears Blast sound better than the UE Boom 2?Ĭheck on AmazonIt’s debatable some listeners say yes, some say no. We’re far from the only ones who love the UE Boom 2 it has been at or near the top of lists of audiophiles, bloggers, and consumer testing organizations for a couple of years. The UE Boom 2 has long been our most-recommended speaker for travellers as it fills a room or animates an outdoor party with even sound, excellent punchy bass - and yet is only the size of a tall beer can. They’re also a good step up in terms of sound quality from Amazon’s own speaker offerings. UE/Logitech) are a bit taller, a bit thinner than the Amazon Echo (2nd generation). The Blast and Boom 2 from Ultimate Ears (a.k.a.
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