This is a great indoor speaker but if you plan on using it outside for a bbq or a pool party, this speakers are awful. I don't know what it is, but once these speaker go outside they sound hollow. I think mainly because these speakers are designed to work with the walls in your house where as on the outside, it is wide open. I recently purchase the UE Booms instead mainly for the outdoor use. I think they sound much fuller outside.

I bought the sound link mini 2 a couple of weeks ago. It continues to surprise me by the clarity of sound! Some reviews say the highs are compressed but I found playing Clannad's Magical Ring album produced a rich soundscape. In fact this album is a great tester as there are lows from kettle drums to high vocals. All produced realistically from this speaker. Well done Bose!

There are very few products I review, but when something is a great as this I have to. I have had this speaker for a couple years now and it’s just as good as the day I took it out the box. The quality and battery life is awesome and it’s one of those products that when you hold it feels sturdy. It seems like Bose created this speaker to last

I recently upgraded my Soundlink Mini to the Soundlink II. The new speakerphone feature means all of your calls come through the speaker if you are connected through Bluetooth to your phone. There is no way to disable this feature. The sound is amazing, but speakerphone feature completely limits where you can use the speaker which for the price is a total deal breaker. Sadly this is going back.

Just bought this today. The sound will increase and decrease for no apparent reason? Not sure if I should take it back and thought I'd ask for advice since it appears Bose is great for responding to comments. The quality of sound is great. (Wish there was a little more base but knew how it sounded before I bought it) The product, for being small, is surprisingly heavy (hence the title) which isn't a problem for me. I like the sound, I like the size. I'm just not sure It's my favorite model from Bose

I've already had the soundlink mini 1 and I just bought the mini 2 they both sound well but I found that the bass on my mini 2 had distortion I'm not sure if it's my speaker that is defective or if it's normal... if it's normal it's pretty disappointing due to the price it' selled

Bought this about 6 weeks ago to play music from my phone in my office. Setup was very easy and quality is much better than I expected from a single small speaker. Being battery powered and wireless has also reduced clutter. I took a few minutes to read the manual today and found a feature I didn't know about - using the multi function button to move forward/back in the play list. That solves the last inconvenience of using my phone as the music source. TIP: If you can put the speaker with it's back close to a wall (not flush, just close) you will get better low end sound.

I have enjoyed this speaker for five months. Having enjoyed many high end audio systems through the years, I was more amazed each day at how well this little speaker presents the music. I have an iPhone 6s Plus that compared to the iPhone 5, has a really good sounding DAC. It made my SoundLink Color sound much better, as did the firmware update for it late last year. I listen to anything musical. Abba, Al Jolson, Jazz, Country, Rock, Movie Music, Classical, New Age, etc. My music list spans 8 decades. I use an app called Equalizer Pro (mix1009) by Chun-koo Park that allows me to play lossless flac CD and high resolution files so the speaker is getting the best source material via Bluetooth...sorry Chun-koo, but I have all equalization turned off. The app handles my 19+ gig of music flawlessly with a very user-friendly interface. Prior to updating my SoundLink Mini II firmware from ‘.3 to ‘.4 four days ago, I listened five to six hours a day enjoying my music’s sound stage...I am very familiar with the music and how it sounds on different speakers and amplifiers. The little Soundlink Mini II with ‘.3 firmware presented mixes pretty accurately...for example the echo in Katie Melua’s “I Cried For You” from her live concert 900+ feet down in one of three legs in a gas well rig in the North Sea…Chicago's Day & Night with its bloated bass…Chris Botti's delicate trumpet work on “When I Fall In Love.” And Daft Punk from the movie Tron “The Son of Flynn” or “Derezzed” at 80% volume. I spent a year and a half tuning my sound room with bass traps and recognize the ‘.4 firmware’s sound signature...pitched up bass, a bump between 4K & 5k. Dave Brubeck’s “Take 5” the clarinet sounds sharp, the string base notes are pitched up, the drum solo in to have exaggerated snap but the great airy sound of the drums themselves sounds boxy...symbols no longer have that delicate ring...they hiss. I have read most of the 200+ reviews for this speaker on this site. There are at least three repeating user insights...the speaker sounds better than past Wave Radios, better than SoundLink III, but tends to sound "hollow" when taken outdoors. The amazing feat this speaker performs is how well it works in the various rooms I play it in. The very frequencies that this speaker do not augment is the reason it sounds so good in doors...those same frequencies tend to disperse quickly outside leaving the SoundLink Mini II’s sound a bit thin. I think that may be some of the reasoning behind the sound signature change. For instance, I work in a noisy environment. It is a waste to use this speaker there because it does not play as loud...those little drivers are working their magic producing a greater range of balanced frequencies...I use my SoundLink Color...yup, I carry both with me…the Color’s sound is not as good because it plays fewer more focused frequencies loud...which is also why the Color does not sound as good in doors. Folks, if you want loud go with the SoundLink Color...it is more musical than the competition at its price point...I know, I own several of the competition’s speakers. The SoundLink Mini II with the ’.3 firmware is not a partying speaker. It is a speaker that can produce a consistent, pretty darn good sound stage in a variety of rooms. It is an admiral achievement. Let's leave the playing loud thing to the SoundLink Color and SoundLink III. Those of you who own non updated (firmware ‘.3) SoundLink Mini II's, I envy you. I am 60 and have spent a lot of money chasing good sound. That speaker you have IMHO represents the most enjoyable, best built, user friendly (six volume levels between each of Apples's volume levels) portable audio speaker made to date by anyone. For a smile, listen to Al Jolson’s “I’m Sitting on Top of The World”. Don’t even get me started on how good this speaker plays at really low volume…highs and lows are there. In my opinion, firmware ‘.3 earns a solid 5 stars; firmware ‘.4 earns 2 stars. Dear Bose, the '.4 update gives the speaker more punch, it plays louder...but a pan flute sounds sharp on certain notes...string bass solos, each note is no longer the same volume...one or two notes/frequencies are louder...kind of like the one note somba...Karen Carpenters voice, so hard to get right, was so right with firmware '.3 but squeaky with firmware '4...these past 4 days have been sonically miserable...please give me back my speaker...possibly the best small speaker Bose has ever made...and I have been listening since Bose 901's.

Just got this little wonder for Christmas, and WOW! it's quite small, but sounds fabulous. Fantastic design, the first thing you notice is how heavy it is, which acoustically speaking is a very good sign. The charge dock is brilliant, as it functions as an acoustic isolation pad. It sounds really good even when you crank it up. Obviously you aren't going to fill a stadium with it, but you could disturb the neighbors for sure :-) Definitely recommend this over the others I've heard.

I've had this thing for about a year now. It stays charged for very long, has a really nice weight to it, and a sleek, durable build. At first I was intimidated by the price, since I had a speaker of similar size that cost around $20, but the pitch range and clarity of sound for a speaker this size is amazing. I got drunk and accidentally dropped it from like four feet just now (in a silicone case) and it's completely fine, so I thought I'd leave a review about it.