Most individuals gained’t be listening to the Everboom on their desktop, in fact, so I did most of my testing outdoor, the place the speaker actually steps up. I notably loved its sound from round 10 toes or extra, marked by full-bodied punch within the bass and midrange and refined readability within the increased frequencies, with a contact of stereo separation. There’s a pulpy heat that hits excellent when rendering snappy percussion, jangly strings, or crisp vocals.
You’ll be able to crank it fairly heartily to fill a big house, together with partaking the Outside Mode for a bit extra punch, although you’ll doubtless discover some digital compression at prime quantity that may tamp down the thrill. The Everboom simply serves up a fuller sound out within the open when in comparison with the smaller Growth 4 and my getting old JBL Flip 5, in addition to the brawnier Beats Tablet, which tends to sharpen up within the increased registers outdoor.
It is a lot tougher to distinguish between the Everboom and Megaboom 4. Over a number of hours of important listening, the Everboom revealed a smoother contact, with hotter and fuller midbass and barely extra energy, whereas the Megaboom is extra targeted within the mids and fewer refined within the treble. It’s a distinction that is unlikely to make a giant impression, particularly whenever you’re kicking again just a few drinks at a barbecue or out of doors gathering.
Neither speaker can dig into the sub-bass areas with a lot authority. If you’d like larger bass, you’ll doubtless want to leap as much as bigger choices just like the Epicboom (which I’ve but to check) or one thing even pricier just like the physics-defying Brane X (9/10, WIRED Recommends), although the latter doesn’t supply the identical type of go-anywhere, do-anything safety that Final Ears gives.
What actually makes UE’s “Growth” audio system so interesting is their steadiness of excessive efficiency and top-notch sturdiness. Like its cheaper siblings, the Everboom serves up a fantastic cocktail of sound, options, and battery life in a body that feels prefer it may very well be tossed right into a wooden chipper and are available out the opposite finish (please don’t do this). Then once more so do numerous choices on our Greatest Bluetooth speaker checklist, many for much less cash.
I by no means discovered a robust sufficient argument for the Everboom’s heftier value, leaving me pointing to the tried-and-true Megaboom 4, or JBL’s Cost 5 in order for you a speaker that costs your telephone. These on tighter budgets will discover related spoils within the Growth 4 or JBL Flip 6. Barring an excellent sale, that’s the place I’d put my cash.