Reviews for JAMBOX by Jawbone Wireless Speaker - Black

This small rectangular box makes the most incredible music! Not only that, it synced so quickly that I was shocked! Music began playing and everyone was fighting over MY speaker! It speaks to tell you when the battery is low, it connects and charges quickly, THIS IS THE HOTTEST SPEAKER EVER, and my sons were fighting thinking they could have it.
I take it to work and it works as a speakerphone which is so much nicer then the one on my ear, the sound quality is so amazing, it's everything and more than I thought it would be.
The store had two, two when I bought one, and I think you will have to order online as the person after me who saw it, then bought the last one and it will be the hottest speaker around for a VERY LONG time!
Thank you Jawbone! I'm jammin, working and playing with this wonderful box!

I travel a lot and was looking for a sound set-up that was compact, lightweight, and, obviously, with decent sound.
I am quite impressed! Sound was better than I expected. It's easy to use and like how it looks. I picked up a small 'cosmetics' zip bag (like a pencil case) to store it along with the plug, cable, etc.
I would definitely recommend it.

Pros
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Battery life lasts for hours, of course it depends on the volume setting and type of sound being played.
Compact.
Reliable Bluetooth, rare among Bluetooth devices. It connects and stays connects while battery is strong enough.
Simple battery indicator.
Sound is descent. Not as tiny as I had expected. Not overly bassy.

Cons
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I use it to watch movies on my iPhone/iPad.
Unfortunately, much of the movies digitized on on the Internet, especially Netflix has not been done correctly. Meaning, some movies are fine, but most have audio problems. The sound is barely audible on a lot of movies, especially before digital audio recordings was popular.
Jambox lacks a hardware algorithm called sound normalization, which could solve this problem. It's cheap, uses little power and highhly effective. Small speakers could all use this.

Sound accuracy could be better. Especially in the higher frequency and voice range, which should be within the realm of possibility for speakers this size.

Rape/hiphop is not the cup of tea for many listeners so for me at least base is not important.

Speakerphone mic could be a whole lot better and have noise cancelation function for a device of this size especially.

Hisss from the speakers. Reminds me of the old analog days. Not a goood thing.

The sharp 90 degree corners will definately show wear and tear very quickly as well as be weak poonts if ever dropped.




Recommended uses.
Listening to music in cars.
Use on the bedside, when home theater systems are not welcomed by neighbors.

The Jambox Spreaker is very great, very small and very nice. The sound is excellent.

This is surely a cool item. Super-portable, wireless, and good range. Perhaps my expectations were too high, but the high end sound quality is certainly lacking, and the speaker phone is sub-par at best. I've tried the speaker phone a number of times with little success. When sitting 3 feet from the Jambox, all of the callers have said "I can't really hear you very well", and I have ended up switching to the handset. Certainly expected a bit more from Jawbone.

Though the bass from the speakers is somewhat astounding(it will literally move the Jambox), the higher end frequencies sound metallic and distorted....even at moderate volume.

Upside: Bluetooth range is great. Very portable and comes with well designed collapsable case. Easy sync with all of my devices...iPod, iPhone, iPad, and MacBook.

I got this on the Black Friday sale and paid $150 for it. I don't feel cheated perse, but disappointed. There are many speaker systems and headphones out there for the normal $200 price tag that I would invest in before the Jambox. I get the feeling that this is the first generation of a product that will see tremendous improvement in future generations. So I would wait.

I like my Jambox overall. It has a pretty good sound overall and works as promised.

However, there are a few issues. One is that updating the software via the website is too difficult. It's odd to install software that needs to be open and then visit a website -- why not just have the software itself update the firmware?

A bigger issue is that pairing isn't as easy as it should be. When I bought this I thought it used AirPlay -- it does not -- only bluetooth (or a direct wire). The bluetooth drops quite frequently -- and then I have to do a complete bluetooth / power cycle. It's quite annoying to deal with this as often as it happens.

Also, the system sounds are a bit over the top. At first I thought it was kind of fun, but now I just think they are way too loud.

I'm still pretty happy with my purchase, but there are quite a few improvements they could make.

The sound that comes out of this JamBox is amazing. Just received my jambox this morning and I am blown away buy the sound quality that this puts out. Well worth the money for sure. It is pretty loud. If you are looking for a bluetooth speaker this is the one you want to get!

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

Despite the fact that you need a construction kit to get the packaging open, they make Bose sound systems look and sound like a joke. Seamless and easy set-up. Love the wireless capabilities; it's just 2, 3 less cords and cables I have to worry about getting tangled up behind my laptop! The software Jawbone gives you to stay up to date is easy to download and use. They're super compact, so don't expect a home-theater sized speaker, but for its size it delivers ridiculously high quality sound and bass. Still I never would have expected sound like this from speakers this small. Well worth the price. Ignore the users that are critical, they don't know what they're doing when they set up theirs and they don't know how to use the software.