I posted recently my laptop had died. Wasn’t much of a laptop but it served a purpose. It was portable and gave me internet access away from home. I stored photos and music on it. During the bluegrass event at the folk school I could dump videos from my phone to it. But for how little it got used I simply couldn’t justify the cost of replacing it.
Got to thinking (always dangerous for me), I needed a small portable way of playing music. Don’t care for ear buds but use them occasionally. Small portable speakers with a usb connection would be nice…
I bought a new phone last fall, put a 256GB sim card in it. It does everything the laptop could do, has plenty of storage. Speakers… ?
While online shopping i found small portable Bose speakers. It’s water proof and connects to any blue tooth device. Took a chance and ordered one, a Bose Sound-link Flex. Came today, initial charge takes 4 hours but gives 12hrs of play time per charge. Best part, it fits in my guitar case… My plan, when I go to pine mtn to play music I can camp the night before. Now with my phone and bose speaker I can play along with music. It’s also a good way for several people to pick together, learn a new song from a recording. And it's very portable...
I was impressed with the construction, what I expect from Bose, had one of their early Acoustic wave systems I used for 20yrs, fantastic sound quality. This little speaker is heavy, 1lb 4oz, has good sound. To clean it, just rinse it off.
I had to download a mp3 player to my phone, got that working. Bluetooth checks, figured out how to connect my phone to my tv’s sound bar and play music through it too. Anyway, got it set up to work with my phone… So now I can use earbuds with my phone or the little Bose speaker.