Bluetooth speaker

[mickael572]

Hi everyone, so already I want to thank you for all the info I could find here, thanks to all of you I was able to find a combo Smartphone/ closed headphone that is great for what I listen to, solely jazz from the 50s and 60s. And this combo is none other than a LG G7 with the famous QUAD DAC and a Status Audio CB1 (which I typed in promo on the official website at 55 euros delivered with customs and all the mess). I don’t tell you how enjoyable it is especially since I discovered how to make the QUAD DAC work to its maximum. I went to the CB1 thanks to this article: https://homestudiobasics.com/the-best-h ... -findings/
So yes for many of you it remains very basic stuff but honestly me it is more than enough for me.

So I’m gonna need your help with another set-up because right now I’m having a harder time finding reliable infos. When I want to enjoy an album and immerse myself in it, I put on the headphones, put myself down anywhere and it does it, but I like to have music when I do almost everything and anything, whether it’s when I’m on forums, when I do tidying up, Anyway, you got me. So I think a bluetooth speaker would be really good, but then I’m completely lost in the huge choice. Clearly the only thing I’m looking for is sound. It will only be indoor. I hope some of you can help me.

Budget wise will be around 100 euros, read lots of things about the Anker Soundcore Motion+.

 

[jamiejmuk]

Samsung recently did a deal giving away Harman Kardon Citation One Mk2's with phones. I know because I got one. A side effect is that there are plenty of them new on ebay for 1/2 their original price. They stereo pair reasonably well too. They are often described as too bassy, and they are to a certain extent but that is moderated by good placement.

 

[mickael572]

Thank you but as I'm in France and this deal wouldn't be available from Samsung, chances are pretty thin to find one.

 

[jamiejmuk]

Ah, you might still get a good deal on ebay. Like I said there are loads of new examples driving prices down

 

[mickael572]

You're right! Thank you.

Better than Anker Soundcore Motion +?

 

[jamiejmuk]

"Better" is different for each person. I like the Citation One, but my only other bluetooth speaker is a beoplay A1 which I also like. It does the job for casual listening and as well has having bluetooth the Citation One connects over wi-fi from my phone for a higher bit rate.

 

[mickael572]

Oh don't know about that, so with wifi I can play my FLAC files on my sd card in my phone without losing quality ?

 

[jamiejmuk]

Yes. You connect the speaker to wifi, connect your phone and use the compatible player app. Your phone streams the music to the speaker at the max bit rate that your file/phone/speaker have in common. Generally it will be better than bluetooth.

 

[AudioCats]

if you already have a speaker system of some kind, how about just add a bluetooth DAC as the signal source?

https://www.amazon.com/Lavaudio-Blu...jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==