LG - XBOOM XL7 Portable Tower Party Speaker with Pixel LED - Black - Open Box - Fair

Great stand alone speaker with mic and guitar/line inputs. My only complaint is no audio out. I have bought LG XL7 to pair it with my old LG RK7 but because there is no audio out, I have to use it as a slave to older RK7. Even this connwctivity is challenging. I run RCA audio out from RK7 to guitar input of XL7. This requires 2RCA stereo to one mono 1/4". It works great but it is not easy to switch back and forth. You can also feed BT input to both speakers but the latency difference between the two is a killer in small room. I am perplexed why audio out has been excluded which would make XL7 an ideal monitor for a Singer/guitar player joining a band in a large vanue. I realize that my needs are a little unusual but the target audience for this excellent speaker would be greatly enlarged with a low cost audio out. So, I am pleased enough with overall quality to leave the rating at 5*. Highly recommended for karaoke lovers or solo guitar players. I have not tested battery power yet.

The connection is great and it can get real loud that you might want to turn it down. Its real good.

Amazing Speaker sounds amazing I will buy more in the future.

I received my LG XBOOM XL7 Portable Tower Speaker just in time for a pool party with my coworkers, and it was the absolute hit of the party. Let me tell you about my initial experience with this beast. After unboxing, I charged the speaker for a few hours and downloaded the XBOOM app for my Android phone. After it was up to 100% charge, I started putting the XL7 through its paces; and the smiles began. First, the LED panel and other graphics, which can be controlled both on the top of the speaker as well as through the app, are a lot of fun, and reminiscent of early 80s 8 bit graphics. The blue and pink colors surrounding the 8" woofer remind me of Miami Vice back in the day. As an 80's Kid, class of 1984, the visuals here just couldn't be better. If you want a text scroll for the graphics, you can create your own custom messages or ue the built in ones. Of course, you can disable the LED panel, the woofer light ring, or both if you so desire (It will help the battery life, which is rated for 20 hours) Of course, the most important aspect of any speaker is going to be the sound, and it doesn't disappoint here at all. I think most are going to want to have the Sound Boost activated which boosts the bass and mids. Not that there's anything "wrong" with having this off, but this is a party box, and having the boost turned off definitely softens the mood along with the sound. You can also manually adjust the EQ with a 3 band equalizer built into the app. One thing you'll notice about the sound as well is that with the volume at a constant setting, it feels a good 20% or more louder when plugged in vs running off the battery. Clarity of sound even at very high levels is really, really good. My party guests asked how loud it gets, and I started cranking it up, little by little, and I only got to about 80% before they all suggested I turn it down so as not to bother people in the neighboring county, heh. Obviously you can connect to the XBOOM XL7 via Bluetooth, but you can also connect a microphone and/or a guitar via 1/4 inch jacks in the back, as well connect a USB flash drive via the USB-A connector on the back. I had fun doing karaoke with it. What I found curious and even a little disappointing though is lack of an XLR connector for a microphone, as well as any kind of jack audio input, whether an 1/8 inch jack or RCA jacks. At this price point, I would have included them. Finally, I want to talk about some other unique features of this speaker. I think the wheels and telescoping handle are very handy. At 34lbs, I would much rather roll than carry the XL7 any kind of distance. I like that this speaker is water resistant; not that I would leave it outside in a pouring rain, but as an inground pool owner, the IPX4 water resistance rating is confidence inspiring; I don't worry about it getting splashed or dripped on at all. There were a few features that I'll note that I either couldn't use or didn't find useful, but may be of interest: 1) Wireless Party Link allows you to connect multiple XBOOM speakers to a single input; which could be especially useful for stereo listening where one could be Left channel and the other could be Right. 2) There's a DJ feature that has buttons for various party and drum sounds, as well as a "DJ Scratch" dial. The features work as intended, just not my personal thing 3) You can create samples by plugging in a USB flash drive with the music/sounds you want to sample from, but I didn't try that. 4) Party strobe - this will activate the flashlight on your phone to the beat of the music when you have this enabled. OK, I tried it, it works, but not sure it's a feature that was necessary :) Overall, I have to say this is the most awesome Bluetooth speaker available today. I think the mix of audio and visual features, together with the battery life, durability, and portability, make the LG XBOOM XL7 speaker the logical choice for anyone looking to entertain with pizzazz.

Okay, so out of the box this thing was pretty impressive. It had simple instructions, easy to hookup to my iPhone via the LG XBOOM app and the speaker was about 70% charged out of the box. It comes with the charging cable also just incase yours isn’t that charged. Once downloading the app, I was able to access some fun features including custom party lighting and my favorite part, the options to write a custom phrase or to choose from one of the preloaded images to scroll through on the front of the speaker. It has a handle on the top that slides up and down to allow for easy mobility. The speakers weighs in just over 30 pounds so with the wheels and handle addition, that was very smart on LG’s part. Sound quality I thought was great for such a smaller scaled speaker. It has the 8” subwoofer which gives a decent bass sound but over all with volume, the speaker never once cracked or sounded flawed. Nice and clear and definitely loud. It has a rubber panel on the back of the speaker which covers the hookups for the charger cable, a usb device and has hookups for a mic and guitar. The rubber door helps protect the open ports of you have the speaker near water. It does have a waterproof rating of IPX4 so it can be splashed and survive but don’t you try to dump it in the water, that won’t end well, lol. You also have top control buttons which control the power, bass boost options, volume, party link and Bluetooth connection. The party link I will say is awesome. My brother in law bought the same speaker and with a push of the button they connected and I was able to control them via the app. On the app it will allow you to use the party link mode as either a right and left speaker combined OR allows you to have them play the exact same music at a fair distance apart. Overall, I’d say at the on sale price of $499 this is definitely a great purchase. The original pricing of $599 to me is a bit much but overall with the features is still justified for the price.