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Bluetooth Speakers TaoTronics Stereo 20W Wireless Portable Speaker Dual 10W Drivers Dual Passive Subwoofers Strong Bass Aluminum Alloy Bluetooth 4 0 Built in Microphone

Last Updated: November 24, 2018 (Refresh Now)
8.4
SCORE
/10
Total Reviews
1000
Old Reviews
0
Unverified
38
Spam Test
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396 meters
SIZE
Yes
BLUETOOTH
5200 mAh
BATTERY CAPACITY
Yes
USB

Review Analysis - 962 recent, verified reviews

Detailed Mode
Sound Quality
 548
sounds, bose, loud, volume, bass
+93%
-7%
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" ...  Good sounding speaker. ... It still has a better sound than any small speaker I have.  ...  "
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" ...  With that said, the sound is solid, the bass deep, and it's really easy to connect to your phone, with the bluetooth being reliable so long as your phone is close to the speaker.  ...  "
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" ...  Good sound quality for the price  ...  "
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" ...  The sound quality is excellent, and the speaker is loud enough to fill my living room and then some.  ...  "
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" ...  + Amazing sound and built quality. ... The speaker now gives a good battery backup and I absolutely love these speakers.  ...  "
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" ...  The seller is awesome, it sent me a replacement due to an unknown problem with the speaker. ... New Speaker is the best, VAVA speaker, it's really, really awesome and sound very nice.  ...  "
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" ...  Perfect speaker still going strong  ...  "
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" ...  Great sound at medium and higher levels.  ...  "
Volume
 216
loud, volume, louder, sounds, bass
+79%
-21%
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" ...  Good sounding speaker. ... It still has a better sound than any small speaker I have.  ...  "
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" ...  The sound quality is excellent, and the speaker is loud enough to fill my living room and then some.  ...  "
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" ...  Perfect speaker still going strong  ...  "
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" ...  Great sound at medium and higher levels.  ...  "
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" ...  It's a nice speaker with a deep rich sound and plenty of volume without distortion.  ...  "
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" ...  Sound is great and loud.  ...  "
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" ...  This BT speaker has a deep, rich bass up to max volume. ... It will get loud and sound great.  ...  "
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" ...  Sounds absolutely amazing especially for the price you pay, definitely would recommend as it gets very loud.  ...  "
Bass
 186
speaker, highs, deep, crisp, clarity
+94%
-6%
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" ...  With that said, the sound is solid, the bass deep, and it's really easy to connect to your phone, with the bluetooth being reliable so long as your phone is close to the speaker.  ...  "
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" ...  It's a nice speaker with a deep rich sound and plenty of volume without distortion.  ...  "
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" ...  This BT speaker has a deep, rich bass up to max volume.  ...  "
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" ...  Good sound with brilliant highs and mids, and strong bass (for the size of the speaker).  ...  "
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" ...  The bass is great too and the battery last for 10-12 hours of playtime!  ...  "
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" ...  The bass, the volume and all around sound quality should not be achievable in a package this small .  ...  "
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" ...  Bass better than other products in this price range.  ...  "
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" ...  has very good bass!  ...  "
Price
 185
speaker, money, value, speakers, point
+97%
-3%
comment
" ...  Good deal for money. ... Good sound quality for the price  ...  "
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" ...  Great sound for the price  ...  "
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" ...  For the money, this is the best thing going.  ...  "
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" ...  The sound and build quality is great for the price.  ...  "
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" ...  Compared the price for Bose, this speaker way better.  ...  "
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" ...  A great speaker at this price point.  ...  "
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" ...  These are worth the extra money, bigger and better sound.  ...  "
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" ...  is very good with reasonable price, i recommend to everyone who is looking for the product like this.  ...  "
Bluetooth
 152
speaker, pairing, taotronics, tooth, tt
+90%
-10%
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" ...  Best Bluetooth speaker I ever owned.  ...  "
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" ...  Decent Blue Tooth range.  ...  "
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" ...  You can take this to an outdoor party and have people share music by BT.  ...  "
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" ...  I have a 4-year-old Logitec Bluetooth speaker that still sounds great for its size and no charging issues.  ...  "
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" ...  The bluetooth connection is reliable, the battery life is OK, and the sound is really quite good.  ...  "
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" ...  The bluetooth pairing distance is about 25 max and I can hear this speaker across our 3,000 sq ft house with ease.  ...  "
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" ...  A very good wireless speaker.  ...  "
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" ...  love taotronics Bluetooth speaker.  ...  "
Battery Life
 125
charge, hours, battery life, speaker, charged
+57%
-43%
comment
" ...  The speaker now gives a good battery backup and I absolutely love these speakers.  ...  "
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" ...  I was willing to suffer with the poor/mediocre sound quality as it is only used in my office, but now battery will not charge. ... we will see how the battery holds up.  ...  "
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" ...  The bass is great too and the battery last for 10-12 hours of playtime!  ...  "
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" ...  Seems like it had to be recharged after pretty much every use, even the shorter listening times.  ...  "
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" ...  Battery longevity is wonderful  ...  "
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" ...  Good battery life.  ...  "
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" ...  Battery lasts a long time.  ...  "
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" ...  Battery life is just ok (I usually play it LOUD). ... It reports back (to at least iPhones) it's remaining battery charge level, a plus. ... Taking 1 star for the somewhat low high-end output and battery life, but should be 4.5 stars.  ...  "
Product Reliability
 93
months, stopped working, defective, lasted, stopped
+48%
-52%
comment
" ...  first bought on january and lasted 6 months.  ...  "
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" ...  Over the past four months the device has increasingly started to shut off without apparent explanation.  ...  "
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" ...  Working perfectly for about 2 months, then all of sudden will not work anymore.  ...  "
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" ...  This product did not work for me, I only lasted two days working.  ...  "
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" ...  It is defective!!  ...  "
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" ...  And it keeps making noises periodically, I suppose to let you know that your music has stopped.  ...  "
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" ...  but this thing will not even last through part of a work day .  ...  "
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" ...  After a year this thing just gave out on me. ... The reset worked.  ...  "
Device Compatibility
 91
bluetooth, connected, echo dot, paired, pairing
+87%
-13%
comment
" ...  Right away it connected and functioned beautifully.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to connect.  ...  "
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" ...  A very good wireless speaker.  ...  "
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" ...  I have found that this speaker and the Pulse X benefit greatly from the use of an equalizer on your device. ... Secondly, I recently purchased a new Kindle fire and I realized that the newer device produced much better sound through the speaker compared to my old Nexus 7.  ...  "
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" ...  We connected it to our TV (Bluetooth) and phones almost on a daily basis.  ...  "
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" ...  After connecting it to my Surface Pro 2, I played a few songs.  ...  "
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" ...  I use mine to replace my crappy notebook speakers and she pairs hers with her phone to listen to music.  ...  "
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" ...  I own one Echo and 5 Echo Dots.  ...  "
Charging
 91
speaker, charging, battery, hours, charged
+48%
-52%
comment
" ...  both times were battery wouldnt charge.  ...  "
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" ...  This includes when the speaker is plugged in to power and when I unplug it and allow it to run off of battery.  ...  "
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" ...  The battery never charge.  ...  "
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" ...  Now it won't turn on and it won't charge, just a big silver brick.  ...  "
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" ...  After a year, this product doesn't take a charge.  ...  "
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" ...  Just one major concern about this product that make me give just two stars, once the battery is charged, if you don't use it it didn't remain charged, the battery just doesn't work, it is a very heavy product what I suppose it was due to the battery and it doesn't last as expected, but this problem it is not cool at all.  ...  "
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" ...  It will not turn on, even though it is charged.  ...  "
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" ...  I can't get it to hold a charge or pair with my iPhone or iPad.  ...  "
Build Quality
 87
feels, metal, well built, build quality, well made
+98%
-2%
comment
" ...  so it’s very solid.  ...  "
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" ...  Speaker is heavy and sturdy.  ...  "
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" ...  And very solidly built, too.  ...  "
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" ...  Aluminium build looks premium.  ...  "
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" ...  The aluminum case is very nice and well built.  ...  "
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" ...  * Feel well-built and very solid.  ...  "
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" ...  heavy and very well built.  ...  "
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" ...  It appeared well made as it weighs a good bit compared to its size, but I cannot believe how cheaply it performed.  ...  "
Design
 78
solid, feels, well built, heavy, sleek
+96%
-4%
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" ...  so it’s very solid.  ...  "
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" ...  Beautiful design, quite heavy compared to other speakers but I don't mind because I don't mean to move around with it.  ...  "
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" ...  And very solidly built, too.  ...  "
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" ...  I like the modern design too.  ...  "
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" ...  Appearance / finish: The TTks06 is a nice looking speaker, with nice materials and finish for the price point. ... It is very upscale looking appearing to be worth much more than it sells for. ... Shape/ versatility: While elegant looking one thing that you cannot do with this model vs the Pulse X is stand it upright like a soda can.  ...  "
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" ...  Aluminium build looks premium.  ...  "
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" ...  The aluminum case is very nice and well built.  ...  "
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" ...  * Feel well-built and very solid.  ...  "
Marketplace
 62
company, thank, sent, contacted, vendor
+84%
-16%
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" ...  Thank You for Having "Bo"  ...  "
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" ...  Thank you Taotronics!!  ...  "
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" ...  There are a few on Amazon.  ...  "
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" ...  The manufacturer replaced the original unit.  ...  "
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" ...  Thank you very much Isabella!  ...  "
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" ...  The vendor was very nice and accommodating.  ...  "
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" ...  I work in a factory.  ...  "
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" ...  The customer service was prompt and replacement was swift!  ...  "
Size
 62
speaker, portable, weight, compact, heavy
+98%
-2%
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" ...  the base on this thing is powerful given mm it's size . ... a little heavy to take out on trips but very well worth it  ...  "
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" ...  Compact and great sound.  ...  "
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" ...  Big sound for its size!  ...  "
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" ...  The speaker is really nice and compact.  ...  "
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" ...  This is small and powerful.  ...  "
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" ...  Compact size-Big Sound  ...  "
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" ...  The sound is perfect and great to carry or to place in your home or office.  ...  "
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" ...  It's also really pretty and easy to carry around.  ...  "
Capacity
 51
speaker, house, office, bedroom, living room
+100%
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" ...  Purchased this, based on the Lifewire review, for my daughter's dorm room.  ...  "
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" ...  i also purchased their desk lamp before.  ...  "
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" ...  The sound is perfect and great to carry or to place in your home or office.  ...  "
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" ...  I bought two units, one for work and another for home.  ...  "
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" ...  Get crispy sound for living room use.  ...  "
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" ...  Use it by the pool and when I travel in my hotel room.  ...  "
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" ...  More like 33 feet or so.  ...  "
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" ...  It easily can fill up the space around the pool in a big room or small family function.  ...  "
Returns
 41
replacement, returned, returning, send, sent
+27%
-73%
comment
" ...  But it's too late to return it, so here we are.  ...  "
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" ...  I think I'm gonna return it.  ...  "
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" ...  I boxed it up and returned it the next day.  ...  "
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" ...  Unfortunately due to work and vacation, I didn't get a chance to return it, so now I'm stuck with it.  ...  "
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" ...  Had no time to deal w/ this w/in return window so I may own a brick.  ...  "
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" ...  Will be returning.  ...  "
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" ...  he said, "well I guess you got a bad unit" then told me I'd need to go through Amazon and return it, then when I get the credit back, I could order a new one. ... I asked if they would send a new one now with return materials to ship this one back and he said they didn't do that. ... I'll go through Amazon and return it, wait for my refund but I don't think I'll be buying a TaoTronics again.  ...  "
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" ...  That is why I have to return and give it only ONE star.  ...  "
Ease of Use
 40
easy to use, use, easy, sound, setup
+95%
-5%
comment
" ...  Easy to set up.  ...  "
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" ...  Good sound, easy to connect and feels like you are holding a brick .  ...  "
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" ...  Simple to use.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to connect.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to set up.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to use, good sound!  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to set up and I love how loud the sound is.  ...  "
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" ...  It had good range and battery life, and setup is easy.  ...  "
Frequencies
 39
bass, mids, treble, mids and highs, lows
+85%
-15%
comment
" ...  Good sound with brilliant highs and mids, and strong bass (for the size of the speaker).  ...  "
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" ...  Without EQ I find it is a little flat missing some treble response and with a little too much midrange presence, an aspect of the sounds that becomes almost annoying at higher volumes.  ...  "
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" ...  No distortion, deep heavy bass and clear highs .  ...  "
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" ...  People I have demonstrated it to are amazed at the bass response and the clarity of the mids and highs.  ...  "
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" ...  Bass is excellent and mids and highs are fine.  ...  "
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" ...  ) Good bass and treble.  ...  "
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" ...  its good at highs and lows. ... A bit weaker at mids and vocals.  ...  "
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" ...  Highs are clear and crisp.  ...  "
Delivery
 27
arrived, received, day, box, packaged
+96%
-4%
comment
" ...  The product is packaged nicely.  ...  "
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" ...  It's rare to find a complete package at a price like this. ... THIS IS A COMPLETE PACKAGE .  ...  "
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" ...  After confirming my shipping address, an order was placed to send me a new speaker with expedited shipping.  ...  "
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" ...  No issues and fast shipping!  ...  "
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" ...  I opted for the newer version and received it within 2 days!  ...  "
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" ...  It came nicely packaged in an Apple-like white box.  ...  "
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" ...  The VAVA VOOM arrived today and I must say it is very nice.  ...  "
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" ...  She even expedited the shipping.  ...  "
Call quality
 24
hear, calls, talk, listening, call
+79%
-21%
comment
" ...  Love how you can talk on the phone thru it and since i work in a kitchen its great being able to chat on the phone while still being as productive as i can  ...  "
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" ...  This speaker is unreal, sound quality is fantastic and works great with both phone and echo dot.  ...  "
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" ...  Let me make it clear that I like this speaker.  ...  "
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" ...  Used as speakerphone a few times, no problem.  ...  "
comment
" ...  The TT-SK06 speakers are receive only, although apparently you can use them to answer telephone calls if your music source is a smart phone.  ...  "
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" ...  We live in a condo, and we can hear it throughout .  ...  "
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" ...  Therefore, I happily kept the speaker for exercising and listening to music in my down time.  ...  "
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" ...  I primarily bought this speaker for the microphone/headset capabilities. ... When she doesn't hassle me to talk to her, I'm listening to music using it and it provides some of the best sound I've heard at that price and it can pump out some noise as it can get really loud.  ...  "
As Gift
 21
bought, gifts, loves, daughter, christmas
+100%
comment
" ...  I am going to order another and probably give 1 or 2 as Christmas gifts.  ...  "
comment
" ...  I bought it as a gift for my wife, but we both use it quite often.  ...  "
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" ...  Bought this for my Dad for Fathers Day and he loves it!  ...  "
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" ...  I also bought one for my father for Father's Day.  ...  "
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" ...  I plan on buying more as gifts!  ...  "
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" ...  I am truly impressed with this little box, so impressed that I bought #6-units, #1 for myself, #3- for birthday present, and the other two I bought I told friends about it and when they heard the sound quality they had to have one.  ...  "
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" ...  Purchased for my sister's birthday and she loves it.  ...  "
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" ...  I'll 'prolly buy three more with two being gifts.  ...  "
Controls
 20
button, control, power button, buttons, speaker
+40%
-60%
comment
" ...  It lacks the option to skip to next / previous track from the speakers' control button.  ...  "
comment
" ...  constantly volume up volume down .  ...  "
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" ...  It says you can listen to music while it charges so I hit the power button and it didn't come on. ... I thought, maybe it has to charge for a bit so I waited an hour and hit the power button again and it didn't turn on. ... He told me to hold down the power button for 5-10 seconds, which I did and nothing .  ...  "
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" ...  The only downsides being it takes a long time to charge, the buttons have never been super responsive, and I find the blinking light to be a bit lacking as a status menu.  ...  "
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" ...  But no matter what volume setting you have it on, It still continuously crackles.  ...  "
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" ...  I don't know what is wrong with the product or quality control.  ...  "
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" ...  also the operating/volume "buttons" on top are very tricky to use .  ...  "
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" ...  I do not undertand the hype that hundreds and hundreds of people have about this speaker - The power/volume button is flimsy, hard to use, and just bad design. ... Having a universal button, with no differentiation between all 4 actions isnt great.  ...  "
Network
 19
range, house, feet, feet away, distance
+89%
-11%
comment
" ...  The bluetooth pairing distance is about 25 max and I can hear this speaker across our 3,000 sq ft house with ease.  ...  "
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" ...  More like 33 feet or so.  ...  "
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" ...  The Bluetooth range is good I would say at least 30 feet before you lose signal.  ...  "
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" ...  It performs fine when I move it around the house in different rooms, too many walls though and like any other speaker of its kind you will lose its ability to connect to blue tooth.  ...  "
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" ...  I have a 1300 sq ft 1 story home and I could hear it clearly from the back bedroom while it was in the living room by the front door.  ...  "
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" ...  The speaker once again works great, sounds wonderful, and we have no loss of sound quality or signal no matter where we move it in the house.  ...  "
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" ...  I bought 3, one for house, car and office.  ...  "
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" ...  ), then power up one of the speakers very close to the TT-BA09 (less than 3 feet away). ... I got excellent wireless range inside the house. ... Certainly every bit of the promised 30 feet. ... Everything was still going strong.  ...  "
Setup
 16
setup, easy, without, set, sent
+100%
comment
" ...  Easy to set up.  ...  "
comment
" ...  Easy to connect.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to set up.  ...  "
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" ...  It had good range and battery life, and setup is easy.  ...  "
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" ...  Throughout the entire process, their customer care representative (Bella) was tremendously prompt, professional, and helpful.  ...  "
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" ...  The sound and the Price, I love the quality of the sound, setup on your Smart Phone is very easy.  ...  "
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" ...  After reading the enclosed instructions I set up my speaker. ... Setup was very smooth.  ...  "
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" ...  Can't remember if I saw his review here or on YouTube.  ...  "
Cables
 16
comes, cord, usb, short, charging cable
+75%
-25%
comment
" ...  Comes with a cheap little flimsy micro usb charging cable, but I have a bunch of long high speed ones anyway for my phones.  ...  "
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" ...  Comes with carry bag and charging cable.  ...  "
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" ...  I use it as a transmitter, connected with the provided RCA pin-plug adapter to the line-out jacks on the back of my stereo amplifier. ... The 3.5mm AUX audio cable provided with the TT-BA09 is short - maybe 2 feet. ... I replaced it with a longer cable and moved the TT-BA09 to the other side of the fireplace (still inside the house) and everything works just fine.  ...  "
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" ...  Great speakers with solid sound, when use the aux cable with an iPod make sure the iPod is connected to the power outlet, otherwise the battery will run out very soon.  ...  "
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" ...  all you get is the USB cable.  ...  "
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" ...  It is easy to connect your device via Bluetooth and comes with headphone audio jack cable that can be used for devices that do not have Bluetooth capability.  ...  "
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" ...  She's a work from home engineer who asked me to find her a good wireless brand for her desk (did not want more wires since she has multiple screens and other work devices on her desk top).  ...  "
comment
" ...  Quality material will make it last, easy to fallow guide, comes with an aux cable!  ...  "
Comfort
 16
feel, solid, heavy, hand, well built
+94%
-6%
comment
" ...  * Feel well-built and very solid.  ...  "
comment
" ...  Feels like the highest quality bluetooth speaker you could ever hold.  ...  "
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" ...  Love how its heavy and well made,so it doesn't vibrate and fall from the desk.  ...  "
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" ...  They sound great but what a rip off!  ...  "
comment
" ...  Just holding it in your hand or feels like high quality.  ...  "
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" ...  Feels nice and solid.  ...  "
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" ...  It's classy and heavy and has extra features like the rubber non slip pad on the bottom of the unit.  ...  "
comment
" ...  Feels and looks like it is well built.  ...  "
Ports
 12
plug, port, adapter, bluetooth, comes
+67%
-33%
comment
" ...  Fortunately, I knew that ahead of time and used a USB extender. ... Fortunately, I knew this and happen to have a spare iPhone plug.  ...  "
comment
" ...  Comes with a cheap little flimsy micro usb charging cable, but I have a bunch of long high speed ones anyway for my phones. ... Also the line in port is nice for my million year old ipod nano, can't buy a new one because the thing never dies .  ...  "
comment
" ...  I use it as a transmitter, connected with the provided RCA pin-plug adapter to the line-out jacks on the back of my stereo amplifier.  ...  "
comment
" ...  all you get is the USB cable.  ...  "
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" ...  It is easy to connect your device via Bluetooth and comes with headphone audio jack cable that can be used for devices that do not have Bluetooth capability.  ...  "
comment
" ...  **Update** Bluetooth connected after I plugged in the auxiliary plug.  ...  "
comment
" ...  Can charge with any ac adapter that has a usb port and the led light on the top lets you know when is time to charge it.  ...  "
Weight
 10
size, nice, speaker, heavy, good
+100%
comment
" ...  Solid weight, sounds great when it works.  ...  "
comment
" ...  nice weight to it.  ...  "
comment
" ...  It has a nice weight to it so you know it's not cheapy.  ...  "
comment
" ...  It's light weight enough to carry yet stable and strong .  ...  "
comment
" ...  The speaker has great weight.  ...  "
comment
" ...  Nice little speaker with a good look and weight to it.  ...  "
comment
" ...  The speaker has a heavy sturdy weight to it.  ...  "
comment
" ...  Built very well, medium weight, love the size and shape.  ...  "

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Specifications

Body
Size:  396 meters
Connectivity
Bluetooth:  Yes 
USB:  Yes 
Battery
Battery Capacity:  5200 mAh
396 meters
SIZE
Yes
BLUETOOTH
5200 mAh
BATTERY CAPACITY
Yes
USB