Reviews for Bose SoundLink® Bluetooth® Mobile speaker II—Leather Edition

Sound quality that can be expected from Bose. Clear, warm, and therefore pleasant.

I exchanged this for the Big Jambox, having tried it for several days but couldn't quite get over the how it sounded. I wrote a review of it here too, so that people who purchase it can maximize it's potential if they need the speakerphone functionality. But this review is not a thrashing of the Big Jambox. It's about Bose.

It's reassuring when you open the box and the first thing you see is a leaflet that says "Our Commitment to You" and they back that commitment with what you hear compared to others. Even a policy that supports this commitment should you not be happy with it. I work in a company (NOT Bose, not even in the same industry) that gives similar promise and can relate.

The finishing and detail is high quality, down to the power, aux, & service connectors, and power supply. It feels like something that will last. I also have the Bose In-Ear and On-Ear headphones for a couple of years and they are still as good as when I bought them. So with that baseline, I trust this will be the same.

In the box, you only have the unit and the power supply. Very simple. Wished there was a 3mm jack connector too. But was not a deal breaker for me. I wrote on my Big Jambox review that battery life was what kept me away initially from this product. But I found that sound quality is my prime objective and therefore can 'live with' some shortcomings.

Overall, great product and hope to enjoy it for years to come.

44 of 50 people found this useful

I used mine for the first time today. Sound quality is excellent. Very easy to pair with my iPad and iPhone. I switched back and forth from either. I can't recommend this speaker highly enough.

11 of 11 people found this useful

I did a lot of research and I could have bought one of the Bose Portable or Bose speakers or even a Jambox but no other of those is as portable as this unit. Someone who purchases this is looking for a compromise as the larger Bose units no doubt have better fuller sound but this unit puts out excellent sound for its size and weight. You can easily put this in your carry on bag and the lithioum recharchable battery is a big plus as you can set it anywhere without the power connected. The foldable stand and the way the magnets close it on the speaker face is cool and practical. I don't believe that you need to pay the extra $50 for the leather as the nylon will do just fine. Again, if compact sound is what you want, this is the unit for you.

9 of 10 people found this useful

The sound is OK and it does pretty much what it says on the tin, but the battery on my 6 month old Soundlink is clearly not upto the task. I charge the unit, use it for an hour and next week there's no power left in the cell at all and It has to be recharged; hardly an endorsement of a cable-free system! Bose Customer Services weren't interested, just saying that Li-Ion batteries do that....rubbish.
I wouldn't bother with this unit again...there are better units out there at the price....and with better customer support.

12 of 19 people found this useful

Easy to set up and use both with Bluetooth and wired, but it sounds muddy and muffled. The highs lack brilliance and the lows sound overdriven. Not worth 350 IMHO. Returning today.