Reviews for JAMBOX by Jawbone Wireless Speaker - Black

if your sound is fuzzy, it's connecting 'mono' not stereo. click disconnect when prompted and it will ask again if you wan to connect in stereo. stereo sound amazing, mono sounds like complete garbage.

min will not charge though, i just got it yesterday, guess I'll go back tomorrow and trade it in, wish me luck.

22 of 26 people found this useful

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.

20 of 23 people found this useful

Purchased to use with my Macbook Pro and iPhone 4S ... worked great with the iPhone but had constant problems with bluetooth connectivity with Macbook Pro... would drop signal every few minutes. Reset device and same problem. The price is high so it should be an amazing product, but the sound is good ... not quite amazing as i was hoping. After all this I can't say I would recommend it... I returned it to the store.

18 of 20 people found this useful

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

25 of 29 people found this useful

WOW, if you don't expect bass that is outside the possibility of this compact powerhouse, then it is a 5 star product, if you teach, if you travel and need a quality speaker phone, if you need a quality sound box for 90% of uses.

It updates well, you must read directions though, it is very sophisticated and flexible. Bose has bass but my Bose does not have clear fresh sound that this mini briefcase capable box with great travel case has.

27 of 27 people found this useful

I picked up the jambox yesterday, straight out of the box it was dead. Plugging into usb or the wall outlet I was greeted to a super loud, long beep. Thought that was odd - couldn't find any information about it. After trying some different usb outlets, the beep stopped and began to charge. I let it charge for about an hour, then updated to the 2.1 firmware an I was ready to try it out.

LiveAudio sounded a little better than the standard mode, but it too quiet to really enjoy (using iTunes equalizer I could bump it up a bit, but thats only in iTunes). I mostly listen to electronic music, tracks with moderate bass. I found it clipped very easy, and sound quality was poor. This was over bluetooth on my iMac (yes, setup as bluetooth headphones), so I tried my iPhone - same results. Plugged directly in via the audio cable, again same thing. Having read tons of reviews praising the quality of it, I thought I might of had a dud.

Returned my first one, tried a 2nd unit. It was worse than my first. Now tracks that previously had mild distortion were clipping in a really unpleasant manner. Leading me to believe its just a poor quality product overall. Other nitpicky things: no way to mute UI sounds, UI sounds don't adjust to the volume level (as in when its low volume the up and down sounds should match accordingly).

I really wanted to enjoy it - It looks great, the way it pairs and its customizable features are nice, but in the end it's sound that matters, and this doesn't deliver. I have a feeling most people aren't as obsessed about sound quality as me. At $200 this isn't acceptable. $50-80 would be a better price point for the sound output of this device.

Hopefully Jambox 2, if a new one is created, solves these issues.

17 of 19 people found this useful

This little thing puts out. It doubles as a decent gaming mic, I know that sounds weird (I felt the same way about it) but you will be surprised how nice it is to have a hands free wireless mic that doesn't have to be on your head. The sound is great. Paring is kind of annoying, and battery life isn't superb. Honestly this thing has great bass.

6 of 6 people found this useful

My dad brought this home the other day as an early birthday present to go along with my new Macbook Pro. I'm incredibly picky when it comes to sound quality for speakers or headphones so naturally I was a bit skeptical when he brought home a tiny little speaker to help improve the sound of my music for my mac book pro. As everybody knows laptops and even desktops don't come with very good sounding speakers. So naturally you are forced to by an additional speaker or two. As soon as I plugged this little babe in I was BLOWN AWAY. The two things I noticed was the bass was HUGE for something so small but it wasn't so in your face either. The highs were incredibly clear and pristine. The quality of the sound is by far the best any small speaker system I have ever heard. It comes with a lot of stuff two. Two USB cords, a carrying case, a stereo cable, and mine even came with a stand but I got it from a different place so yours might not. And the battery life is PHENOMENAL!!! I've gotten about 5 hours of use so far and it still says it has 75% of the battery left. All in all this is pricey, and you could get a much bigger speaker thats louder for the price. But for the portability, sound quality, convenient size and the easiness in how it is operated this is SO worth it.

9 of 10 people found this useful

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.

24 of 29 people found this useful

The primary use is a mobile bluetooth speaker system. Secondarily, it is a speakerphone. The sound quality for the size is amazing. A lot more bass than I expected. I didn't give it five stars because of I didn't think about the impact of it being an "all-in-one" speaker system. If you are very far away from it, you are going to have a great mono experience. If it is sitting on the desk in front of you, not an issue. If it is further away, the sound suffers only because the speakers are so close to each other. If you just want to make noise, or use it close by, and you have $200 to burn... knock yourself out. You won't be disappointed.

5 of 5 people found this useful