Reviews for JAMBOX by Jawbone Wireless Speaker

Bought it thinking it would sound good. Tested with: 1)Gym Class Hero-Martryial Girl and 2)fighter. 3) Nicki Minaj-Roman Revenge and a bunch others.

The sound of the speaker is minimal. If you want a loud speaker, avoid this one . The sound is very muted. it sounds like if you were to put a blanket over your speaker. That is what the Jambox sounds like. That said the speaker can't handle bass very well. It is cracking at the loudest volume. The treble is set low so it's not very clear. Horrible quality. Will end up returning today.

I did buy the Beats Pills by Dr Dre. It sounds much clearer, much louder, and can handle the bass of the 3 songs mentioned above. I would have kept it, except that it doesn't support the iphone5. Seriously??? Husband called their support line and was told that we will have to mail it to them so that they can upgrade the firmware. Forget that. I'm not mailing anything. The Pill is going back to the store too.

Will try the Bose next...

We have 2 Macbooks (OS X 10.5.8). I bought the Jambox as a birthday present for my partner. He is a music enthusiast with over 13000 music tracks stored on his Macbook. I bought him the Jambox because of his interest. It won't pair with either of our Macbooks. It will however pair with the iPad, which although gives a good sound, is absolutely pointless for us as you can't store a high volume of mp3s on an iPad. Can't believe this item is sold through the Apple store with this fault. I really don't know or care whether it's Apple or Jawbone at fault, I'm left with a piece of kit that doesn't work as promised. You don't have a landmark birthday every year and this put a damper on the day.

Upon purchasing my first Jambox, the device never held more than 50% charge. After several days of use, the device stopped holding any charge. The speaker would play with static and sputtering power if plugged into AC power, but died after several seconds running only on the battery. I returned the device to the Apple store, where they replaced it and acknowledged they had seen this issue before.

With the new device, trying to do things by the book to ensure no user error, I plugged the device in for 4 hours. When I returned to use the Jambox, it was completely unresponsive. I will have to exchange again or return completely.

I am very disappointed that a product with such high potential for good sound, mobility, and external design, could rely un such faulty electronics. Certainly not worth $200.

sounds terrible on MACBOOK Pro, even after updating the jam box..... boohoo

My unit connected an worked for phone calls but no bluetooth audio. Playing with the line in cable supplied highlighted that it was an issue with the AUX port. Very bad quality control. Their forums are littered with similar tales. I'd buy it from a store and check it works. I hope it's not an issue that will occur after the warranty expires.

For the 20 seconds of sound I was able to steal out of the 4 hours of tinkering with this $200 speaker, I have to say I'm extremely disappointed. The device pairs with both my iPad and iPhone but will not push any audio out via bluetooth. I was able to muster 3 seconds with each powering on and off session, then the sound would cut off and disappear. I have already downloaded the updater program which has had no effect in solving the problem.

After plugging in the stereo jack and removing it, the speaker would play wirelessly for a minute then cut off as before. Have already reset both iPad, iPhone, and JAMBOX multiple times.

It seems to me this product is defective. I'm hesitant to get a replacement in fear of going through the same turmoil from today. Had it worked from the get-go, I'd have given it 4 stars (still too expensive) for the portability, size, and design (well, maybe not so much the engineering design).