{"id":3025,"date":"2015-01-05T00:34:27","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T05:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3025"},"modified":"2015-01-05T00:34:27","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T05:34:27","slug":"bluetooth-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2015\/01\/05\/bluetooth-speakers","title":{"rendered":"Bluetooth speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2012, we spent Christmas in London and when it came time to listen to some Christmas songs, we ended up using none other than the phone streaming music from Rdio. There was no external speaker or anything. It was just the four of us huddled together in a room. This experience was far from ideal.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to 2015 and its worth noting things have changed. Today, hotels come with devices like\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GAJ2OK4\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00GAJ2OK4&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=colincharles-20&amp;linkId=HBMMMXF6URJ5WSJF\">JBL Flip Portable Wireless Bluetooth Speaker<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00GAJ2OK4\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> by default. This is an improvement to the standard iPod docks that I\u2019ve seen at most hotels because Bluetooth works with pretty much any phone\/tablet.<\/p>\n<p>At Christmas this year, we had a smaller party, and for the first time we used an iPad streaming music from Rdio to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00DVKORXC\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00DVKORXC&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=colincharles-20&amp;linkId=BM7AROFHUKFBKGMK\">Jawbone Mini Jambox<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=colincharles-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00DVKORXC\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. Audiophiles said it had good bass, but was missing a bit of treble. Keep in mind that the normal equipment is a Marantz CD Player, a Quad amplifier, and Harbeth speakers. At another property, the setup is similar, with a Tempest amplifier; and again we were impressed by the Jambox.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t consider myself an audiophile by any stretch, but I do like to listen to music and am all the happier when I can hear it everywhere I am. Do I miss the quality of CDs? Nope. 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