Most individuals gained’t be listening to the Everboom on their desktop, in fact, so I did most of my testing outdoor, the place the speaker actually steps up. I significantly loved its sound from round 10 toes or extra, marked by full-bodied punch within the bass and midrange and refined readability within the greater frequencies, with a contact of stereo separation. There’s a pulpy heat that hits excellent when rendering snappy percussion, jangly strings, or crisp vocals.
You may crank it fairly heartily to fill a big house, together with partaking the Out of doors Mode for a bit extra punch, although you’ll doubtless discover some digital compression at high quantity that may tamp down the joy. The Everboom simply serves up a fuller sound out within the open when in comparison with the smaller Growth 4 and my ageing JBL Flip 5, in addition to the brawnier Beats Capsule, which tends to sharpen up within the greater registers outdoor.
It is a lot tougher to distinguish between the Everboom and Megaboom 4. Over a number of hours of essential listening, the Everboom revealed a smoother contact, with hotter and fuller midbass and barely extra energy, whereas the Megaboom is extra centered within the mids and fewer refined within the treble. It’s a distinction that is unlikely to make an enormous impression, particularly while you’re kicking again a number of drinks at a barbecue or out of doors gathering.
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Neither speaker can dig into the sub-bass areas with a lot authority. If you’d like greater bass, you’ll doubtless want to leap as much as bigger choices just like the Epicboom (which I’ve but to check) or one thing even pricier just like the physics-defying Brane X (9/10, WIRED Recommends), although the latter doesn’t supply the identical sort of go-anywhere, do-anything safety that Final Ears gives.
What actually makes UE’s “Growth” audio system so interesting is their steadiness of excessive efficiency and top-notch sturdiness. Like its cheaper siblings, the Everboom serves up an incredible cocktail of sound, options, and battery life in a body that feels prefer it might be tossed right into a wooden chipper and are available out the opposite finish (please do not try this). Then once more so do numerous choices on our Best Bluetooth speaker list, many for much less cash.
I by no means discovered a powerful sufficient argument for the Everboom’s heftier worth, leaving me pointing to the tried-and-true Megaboom 4, or JBL’s Charge 5 if you need a speaker that prices your cellphone. These on tighter budgets will discover related spoils within the Boom 4 or JBL Flip 6. Barring a very good sale, that’s the place I’d put my cash.
