{"id":11922,"date":"2024-07-18T13:35:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T13:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11922"},"modified":"2024-07-18T13:35:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T13:35:48","slug":"bose-soundlink-max-bluetooth-speaker-review-price-specs-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11922","title":{"rendered":"Bose SoundLink Max Bluetooth Speaker Review: Price, Specs, Availability"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In 1968, just<\/span> four years after he founded his eponymous company, Amar Bose published a paper titled \u201cOn the Design, Measurement and Evaluation of Loudspeakers<\/a>.\u201d It argued that the listener\u2019s subjective perception, rather than any technical measurement, is the most effective way to assess sound reproduction. It might have been the first time Bose (as an audio company) had overtly flown in the face of popular opinion, but it wouldn\u2019t be the last.<\/p>\n

The new SoundLink Max might be the latest manifestation of this kind of attitude, albeit in a slightly less confrontational way. The range of products bearing the SoundLink name has served Bose well over the years, and it makes sense that the largest and most expensive of the lot should be called Max. But in its own way, SoundLink Max defies popular opinion and current market trends.<\/p>\n

The SoundLink Max is a $399 Bluetooth speaker. That\u2019s it, that\u2019s all. No smart functionality, no Wi-Fi connectivity, none of the stuff you might reasonably have begun to expect from a portable, battery-powered speaker costing significant money. Admittedly it includes SimpleSync, a Bose tech that allows it to pair with other, appropriately specified, Bose speakers or soundbars<\/a> to become part of a rudimentary multiroom system. But really: popular opinion? You know what you can do with popular opinion.<\/p>\n

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And besides, you want a portable speaker for listening to, don\u2019t you, rather than the ability to ask it questions about the weather? And where this fundamental requirement is concerned, the Bose SoundLink Max needs no excuses made for it. And even before it makes a sound, it looks and feels the part.<\/p>\n

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