BRAVEN - BRV-XXL Portable Bluetooth Speaker - Black,Titanium

This is a quality product better than most for portability and definitely fun to show off. However it was several pounds heavier than the Superstar monster blaster boom box which also outperform ed the braven side by side with clearer top treble and deeper bass. Sorry to say Braven had to go back.

I like so much my speaker the sound is great and the battery long last for real. And the power of the sound is great

The BRV-XXL is a substantial speaker with drivers on either side of the handle. It has internal batteries so you can play your music without a power plug close by and provides up to 500 mA of power for charging a cell phone or other device. The BRV-XXL supports NFC or traditional bluetooth pairing and has a small rubberized shelf with a small lip to keep your cell phone in place during use. Beside Bluetooth connectivity, you can use an input from a 1/8" stereo cable (not included) or an external microphone. Sound quality is extremely good. It passed all of my sound quality benchmarks ("Toccata" from Manheim Steamroller's "Fresh Aire III", "Beethoven's 9th" by Maazel, "Beautiful People" by Marilyn Manson, Bach's "Toccata and fugue in D minor" by Peter Hurford, "Death of a bachelor" by Panic! at the Disc, Brubeck's "Take Five" and Vivaldi's "Four Seasons, third movement". Ordinarily, a lot of speakers color the music to sound good with only some kinds of music, or have cheap speakers and an internal amplifier that distorts badly as volume increases. I played my benchmark music at a variety of levels and was quite pleased with the results. If you need to adjust the sound to your preferences, there are a set of controls for adjusting bass, treble and volume as well as a handy, dandy shoulder strap with an included bottle opener. Since the unit is rather hefty, the shoulder strap is a must. The speaker came with three additional power cables for non-USA use as well.

The Braven XXL Bluetooth speaker delivers great sound. It's big and pretty heavy, so for portability it's not so great even with the included carrying strap. Battery lasts a good average of 10 hours depending on how loud you use it. Bass is great, best I have heard from a Bluetooth speaker, but mids are lacking a bit. So its on the brighter side of sound. On the good side, there's no noticeable distortion, except if you crank the bass on high. Oh yeah, it has a built in EQ for bass and treble. It has NFC for easy and quick pairing, which works well. With my devices, it connects to the last one I used as soon as the unit itself turns on. Like, instantly. It also has a built in MIC input and AUX input. So far, only complaint may be with sound starts cutting off at around 15 - 20 feet of walking away from the speaker with your connected device. But I guess it makes up for it being splash proof, and the build quality. Its built like a tank. It has some rubber on some areas. Most of the speaker is hard plastic and screwed on metal speaker grilles. There's 4 drivers, 2 front plus 2 in the back, for your sound. With one woofer and 2 radiators on the bottom for bass. Sound is really good either indoors or outdoors. Despite how big and heavy this speaker is, I always end up taking this one with me to work from all of the different Bluetooth speakers in the house. I recommend this speaker highly based mostly on the build quality. Other speakers in this price may sound better to some or look better even, but probably won't take a beating like this one.

Reminds me of the old days with the big boom box. However, boom boxes could never touch the performance of this bad boy! Awesome for the outdoorsman and the beach goer.

This speaker can get Loud! The bass is incredible. As stated in the specs and other reviews, it is heavy so don't plan on carrying it for a long time. Great for backyard, patio, picnic or beach parties. I would give 5 stars but battery life is lacking. It states 14hrs but I have been getting around 11hrs. Not a problem if you have a plug nearby! I keep mine in my truck (we do a lot of car camping) and use a small inverter to charge it. It blows my factory car stereo away!

Buy this and you won't be disappointed! I bought another speaker before this one and i was not satisfied with it. So I read some reviews on this braven XXL and it did not disappoint me. It has plenty of bass and clear hi's and med's. There is very little distortion even on 100% volume. It is extremely loud and the volume carries for quite the distance. I use it inside my home but the speaker is designed for outside use.

After returning a Fugoo XL, I picked up this unit for use in a very active pool area. You couldn't hear the music over kids or waterfalls. Braven fixed that. You can hear this...well! I'm still on my first charge so I'm worried about battery life. It's big but it'll drink that power up cranking out this full sound. I've docked it one star because the older blue tooth technology is already a bit sketchy. It's cut out twice in an hour and the 33 foot range they advertise seems generous. Use the included rubber stand to hold your phone. I think we'll keep this one because we need volume but be aware of obvious trade-offs.