Best portable speakers £50-70

adonis10

Thoughts?

Like the look of https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jam-Stereo-Bluetooth-Wireless-Speaker-Black/dp/B00X7SIO6Y%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAI2TAAXITCWDBXDMQ%26tag%3Dtrusrevi01-21%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00X7SIO6Y&ascsub!!!!!11232_7

Has aux in so presumably can be hooked up to tv as well?

Head_The_Ball

adonis10 wrote: »

Thoughts?

Don't come within half a mile of me with that thing in any public place please.

bluesnake

yeh, looking into these as my laptop speakers are dying.

I prefer the anker sound, listen for yourself. Think there is an anker v3 out?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUCwtPhnZQk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj36_9SqDsU

This is interesting https://www.amazon.co.uk/Advisor-2016-Winner-Sumvision-Smartphones-x/dp/B01C49GVZM/ref=pd_sbs_23_35?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=YK2V93SCWN4GYTF66NTZ

adonis10

Head_The_Ball wrote: »

Don't come within half a mile of me with that thing in any public place please.

Do explain more...

It's for home.

smithers1981

hi i'm an Anker as well recently bought a small one sub £30 and it's a great little thing.

adonis10

Gone for the Jam speaker, but can't hook it up to the tv - assumed aux in would take care of this, no?

artyclarty

Do you know what make and model of TV? Not many TVs made in the last 5 or so years will have an aux out to connect it to.

Generally to connect to any external speakers HDMI/ARC or an optical connection are required.

adonis10

artyclarty wrote: »

Do you know what make and model of TV? Not many TVs made in the last 5 or so years will have an aux out to connect it to.

Generally to connect to any external speakers HDMI/ARC or an optical connection are required.

Make is Toshiba, model I will have to check when I get home. It is about 4 years old.


How do I connect via ARC or optical?

artyclarty

adonis10 wrote: »

How do I connect via ARC or optical?

Simple answer is you can't as you only have a aux in in your speaker.

The more complicated answer is yes you can but it will cost you more than the speaker to implement. You would need buy an optical cable and a digital to analogue converter and plug the tv into one end and the speaker into the other. This is a cheap one:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/optical-and-coax-digital-to-analogue-audio-converter-a44qx

Then again, your TV may have an aux out, which you just use a standard 3.5mm cable plugged into the speaker. However as I said before, it depends on the model of the TV.

adonis10

artyclarty wrote: »

Simple answer is you can't as you only have a aux in in your speaker.

The more complicated answer is yes you can but it will cost you more than the speaker to implement. You would need buy an optical cable and a digital to analogue converter and plug the tv into one end and the speaker into the other. This is a cheap one:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/optical-and-coax-digital-to-analogue-audio-converter-a44qx

Then again, your TV may have an aux out, which you just use a standard 3.5mm cable plugged into the speaker. However as I said before, it depends on the model of the TV.

Thanks.

It does have an aux out and I tried this however the sound was incredibly quiet so I was a little unsure that it was the correct way to connect it.


So, in short, I need to return the Bluetooth speaker and opt for an alternative? I just want something that will enhance the volume and sound quality when watching tv and be able to plug in/connect via BT my ipad and iphone to listen to music. Nothing complex.

artyclarty

adonis10 wrote: »

Thanks.

It does have an aux out and I tried this however the sound was incredibly quiet so I was a little unsure that it was the correct way to connect it.


So, in short, I need to return the Bluetooth speaker and opt for an alternative? I just want something that will enhance the volume and sound quality when watching tv and be able to plug in/connect via BT my ipad and iphone to listen to music. Nothing complex.

No, it seems you have the correct connection. With something like this, it will always be quieter than if you would plug it into say a pc or link directly with bluetooth.

You could look in the menus of your tv when the speaker is plugged in to see if there is a separate option for line out/aux/headphones that you can turn up, otherwise, that will be the best you can get from the system you have.