NYNE Bass Portable Bluetooth Speaker with Built-in Active Subwoofer, USB Charging and Hands Free Microphone (Black/Silver)

I've been listening to and enjoying high quality audio for far more years than I generally care to remember. Some of my friends clearly qualify as true audiophiles and work in various parts of the audio / video / music / post-production industry, and I've enjoyed enough professional and audiophile grade listening experiences to be aware of the kinds of differences that accompany truly high end audio reproduction. That said, I was pretty confident that I wouldn't be tripping across a true "audiophile" experience when I started looking at mid priced bluetooth speakers, but I also found that each of the competing systems seemed to have a pretty unique sound signature, and a lot of these were "almost" what I hoped to bring home. I researched online and must have read several dozen reviews and articles, and many many dozens of comments here on Amazon about dozens of products.Next step of course was to check out as many of the contenders as I could find in person. For that, I spent time at Best Buy and a couple of other locals stores and must have auditioned a couple of dozen different BT speaker systems. In the $200 to $250 range, I wasn't really convinced that I'd be totally satisfied with anything I heard. In the stores, it wasn't until I hit the range with $400 Marshall speakers and the like that I started to really like what I heard. So...still unsure, I came home empty handed.I started up some new research, tripped across some newer devices, and finally landed on write ups and reviews about the NYNE Bass. Bigger than I had planned to buy -- but the reviews and individual descriptions were incredibly compelling. Knowing that Amazon Prime could get the speaker to me in a couple of days, and that I had the option to return it, I ordered one.It arrived, beautifully packaged, about 38 hours after I ordered it. Bigger than I thought -- and beautiful. I ordered the black one, and it's really gorgeous. Incredibly solid construction, beautiful fit and finish. Unlike the rubber membrane switches on the Big Jambox, the rubber coated buttons on the NYNE Bass are distinct blocks of material - perhaps there's a membrane switch underneath, but however they do it, the switches are solid - the whole thing feels incredibly well made.Pairing can be by standard BT search and pairing protocol, or you can use NFC to pair your phone with the NYNE Bass if your phone is so equipped -- I haven't tried that yet, but standard pairing has been excellent: it only took a few seconds. When I turned the NYNE Bass on, it wakes up in a few seconds and connects with the paired phone in just a few more seconds -- fastest and cleanest BT pairing I've experienced.The sound is, in a word, spectacular. My music source for this, so far, has been my LG G2 (VS980 on Verizon Wireless) using Google Play Music "All Access", giving me access to an incredibly wide variety of music. I've been exploring various genres with this, from Bach to B.B. King to Doobie Brothers, B52's, Joe Bonamassa, to Pink, Lady Gaga, Oscar Peterson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, AC/DC, Aloe Blacc, Pharrell, Maroon 5, Sia, Olly Murs, Pentatonix, etc. Wide variety indeed, and so far, it all sounds great on the NYNE Bass.At low, med and high volume levels, the sound is generally very well balanced. Even at low levels, the bass is pleasingly audible and punchy without being the least bit muddy or vague. As you increase volume, it remains balanced, and I find it pretty astounding that a portable speaker like this can fill a 15 x 22 foot room (my kitchen, for ex) with LOUD and clean music that sounds great, with balanced bass that you can feel -- and that's without cranking it up all the way....oh, and in case you didn't notice this in the spec, that was when I was listening purely on battery power. This speaker has a 4400mah battery estimated to provide 10 hours of untethered listening. Possible now to take this incredibly rich listening experience out onto my deck, on a picnic, out to the dog park while my puppy plays with his friends...on vacation if we drive down the shore (that's NJ for "visiting the beach") for a week.This is loud enough, clean enough, and has the presence you need to actually have a bunch of people over for a party.I'll add more after I've had more time with the speaker. But in the end: I'm positively thrilled with the purchase. Love the speaker, and I'm thinking now about putting one in a few other rooms around the house.Update a day later (4/2/15): I was working from home today, and had to participate in a number of conference calls. The speaker performed admirably. Everyone could hear me well, and the sound at my end was excellent.One item had concerned me: the built-in battery (I understand it to be a 4400mah Lithium battery - probably lithium polymer) is NOT officially user replaceable. This was an objection that a few people posted. Batteries in this class typically handle somewhere from 300 to 500 full charge / discharge cycles. With a cell phone, this is why built in batteries tend to hold noticeably shorter charges 14 to 18 months after purchase. I expect to leave the NYNE Bass plugged in much of time, and don't expect to be doing a full charge / discharge every day - or anywhere near that. So I'm guessing the built-in battery will likely be satisfactory for a few years. But... I submitted a support ticket via the NYNE website 3 days ago. I received an auto-response assigning me a ticket number, but nothing since then. I'm disappointed in that, but not overly worried...yet. I'm really hoping they don't skimp on customer support. I had read that somebody else was quoted $70 to have the battery replaced. I'm looking forward to learning more about this.In the meantime - using this speaker is a pleasure. Looks great, works very nicely and sounds great.UPDATE: 5/3/15 - So far, I still have NO reponse from NYNE regarding the ticket I submitted a few weeks ago asking about the battery. I was amused to receive an auto-generated follow up asking if I was happy with customer service, and I reiterated my disappointment that nobody had responded to my original ticket. Still no response at all from NYNE. Customer service seems to leave a lot to be desired there -- I truly hope they start paying attention to this. Amazon has demonstrated the incredible value of good customer experience, and it seems a shame that NYNE, putting out such a great product, might lose out in the marketplace due to poor customer support.Back to the product itself: NYNE Bass. So - I've been using this for a month since my last comments, and I love the speaker more than ever. Bluetooth handling is excellent. I've got the speaker paired to my laptop and phone, and my son paired his phone with it as well. Whichever device has bluetooth one when the speaker starts up grabs it right away. Both initial pairing and subsequent connection are fast and easy.The sound - wow. It continues to amaze me that this sounds so good. I've gone back to a couple of stores that stock competing products in the $150 to $300 price range, and this still sounds fantastic to me by comparison. Incredibly full sound, well balanced. Highs are crisp and clean without being harsh, and the bass is strong without sounds overly exaggerated (as you might find with many "Beats-era" products). The bass is also incredibly clean -- no muddiness at all. Very nicely done.As the weather has gotten nicer, I'd had the chance to take the NYNE Bass outdoors. I've used it sitting on a chair on my driveway while doing work on the car, and it's been on the back deck over the last couple of weekends while I've been rebuilding the deck and my kids have been helping with yard work and spring cleanup. The sound outdoors absolutely blows me away. Even without being against a wall, the speaker is LOUD - and clean - and the bass is incredibly apparently (and still balanced) even with this sitting outside in a 3/4 acre open yard. Amazing. Backed up to the exterior wall of the house, the sound carries farther. Oh - BTW, all of this outdoor experience happened with me using the speaker on battery power only. I didn't try running it down -- but I did use the speaker outdoors, on battery, with the volume cranked, for several hours, and didn't bother plugging in again until I'd bring it inside each evening. The volume / battery never faltered.Happier than ever with this purchase, and to my ears, it compares favorably with $300 speakers. The ONLY downside for me is the lack of response from Customer Service. Not too worried though. I'll track them down on the phone if ever needed, and the speaker seems to be sufficiently well made (as in rock solid) so that there's a good chance I won't have to worry about customer service for several years.Seriously thinking about adding these in a few more rooms of the house. This one is portable - but the sound is good enough so that it could make sense to have this equally accessible in several spots around the house. Very happy with this. Highly recommended.

Since this is the first Bluetooth speaker i have owned, i feel like my review may not be as good for comparing this to other speakers, but i will be honest in terms of what this speaker can do and not do.first off, it came in a nice sized box, when i opened it, i immediately noted the size. this speaker is huge as compared to other speakers, but what this lacks in portability, it sure makes up for in sound. it has a nice build quality and i particularly like the hidden handle to carry around from place to place. another thing that i found was that it was very easy to connect from device to device via Bluetooth. it also comes with a 3.5 mm aux cable to connect to devices that are not Bluetooth enabled. included in the box are the speaker, the aux cable previously mentioned, the charger and several charger tips for charging in different parts of the world. What i also liked is that it has a USB out so you can charge your devices like mp3 player or phone. it has a 10000 mAH battery that will obviously run out faster if charging other devices, but fully charged my galaxy tab s once and my note 3 twice before running out. it also has about a 10 hour playtime, and from what i read elsewhere is that you can leave this device plugged in and it will not harm the battery. it also features large buttons on top of the speaker that can control the volume, skip/pause tracks and also answer phone calls.now to the speaker/microphone: i am very impressed with the bass of this speaker, hence the word in the name. of course there are songs that distort the bass slightly but i have yet to see any speaker that does not do that. it has plenty of treble/highs during music play so no issues there. the microphone is, according to the recipients of my phone calls much better quality that my note 3. but as far as the playback of music, it is incredible and with movies, even better. if your TV has bluetooth capabilities or an aux output, this will make you feel like you are at the theater. the volume gets very loud, loud enough to where you can drown out conversations in a room, not recommended though.overall i am amazed this speaker costs what it does, since i was going back and forth between this speaker and the JBL extreme, but for almost half the price and better sound, im glad i chose this speaker. highly recommend this speaker!

I bought two of these speakers after buying (and returning) or borrowing at least a dozen other speakers. I used them outside, for an evening party we were hosting (about 60 people). Not only were they loud enough (at about 1/3 volume), the sound quality was really good - rich and full, plenty of bass, very nice. I have a Bose SoundTouch 20 ($300) that I compared these speakers to, and while inside the Bose has the edge, outside, these Nine speakers easily win out.Also, it maybe helpful to know that I used these speakers with a Klipsch wifi receiver (the Klipsch 1063275 Gate Playfi Gateway Wireless Multi–Room Hub - search that on Amazon), and the sound was great and was synchronized across multiple speakers to play a Spotify playlist. By comparison, the Bose ST 20 speaker (and many other higher-end speakers) has a digital signal processing (DSP) chip in it, and that causes a play lag ... so be aware that a speaker with DSP will likely always lag a couple of seconds behind a non-DSP speaker.Pros:1. Full sound, not the tinny quality you get out of many portable speakers;2. The sound does not distort at higher volumes; these things can really fill a room; and you don't need to place the speaker near a wall (some speakers with passive subwoofers need this to improve the sound);3. Bluetooth range is really long;4. The speaker has a handle built into (recessed into) the back, and that makes it much easier to carry around;5. Unique styling (they look better in person, oddly, than in the pics);6. Price - for this quality;7. Great sound without the use of a DSP chip, so these units can be synchronized with other speakers (etc.).Cons: I don't really have any!

Let me start off with If I could give this speaker more than 5 stars I would, first off the quality of this speaker is fantastic, fantastic enough to get it 5 stars alone, but the fact that this thing nigh invincible, My clumsy self-has brutally punished with water, drop and heat damage nearly every day for 2 years. I drooped (accidentally) it 6 feet onto some comment stairs, and then it flipped onto a stump, SPLIT in HALF and when I went to assess the damage/mourn the loss of a great speaker, I saw that it could just snap back together. I went for an electronic test to see if it could still work and it functioned as if I had just turned it on for the first time! And for the icing on the cake, it comes with a snazzy aux cord (mine did anyway) and a sweet box that's tough stylish and functional, I still have the box and use it as a chest for my goodies. I figured after two years of excellent service I'd come back and leave a shining review; I don't think I mentioned how bassy it is but holy cannoli, with the right songs you can feel it on the third floor of my house. Wowee

Acquistato al di sotto dei 100€, ottimo prodotto, suono pulito e bilanciato. Al massimo volume non si evince nessuna distorsione, inoltre mantiene buoni bassi grazie al modulo separato 2.1. Possiedo una JBL Xtreme e devo dire che come potenza sono quasi uguali. Materiali di buona qualità anche se in plastica. La batteria ha una buona durata, circa 10 ore al 70%, il tempo di ricarica e circa 3,5h. Lo consiglio vivamente è soprattutto a questo prezzo non c'è nulla di meglio.

Hinzugefügt am 24. März 2020:Was mich mittlerweile stört, ist die Tatsache, dass dieses Gerät nicht aus dem Standbymodus in Funktion gebracht werden kann. Wenn ich mich z.B. vom angeschlossenen Alexa Echo morgens wecken lassen will, bleibt das Gerät stumm!! Zudem bestätigt sich meine Befürchtung. Die gummierte Beschichtung fängt langsam an zu kleben (Nichtraucher).Ansonsten, auch nach dieser langen Zeit, ein sehr guter Klang und eine immernoch lange Akku-Energie.___________________________________________________________________________________________________Verpackung: Hochwertiger Katon (findet auch spätere sinnvolle Anwendungen).Zubehör: Netzteil (Output 12V/2500mA) mit internationalen Adaptern (Input 100-240V 50/60Hz 1A). Hochwertiges 3,4mm Klinkenkabel auf einer Seite abgewinkelt. Anleitung.Anleitung: Nicht vollständig auf deutsch übersetzt.Funktionen: NFC, Bluetooth, Laut/Leise, Freisprecheinrichtung (Telefonat annehmen/auflegen), USB Ladeport (für externe Geräte), Ladeanzeige (grün gleich voll), AUX Anschluss, Skip vor/zurück, Laut/Leise, Pause/Play, integriertes Mikrofon.Klang:Wir finden den Klang überzeugend. Sehr gute Bässe, ausreichende Höhen. Gut ausbalanciert. Klare Stimmen (auch bei hoher Lautstärke)Im Vergleich mit unserem Bose Soundlink Mini II hat der Nyne etwas schlechtere Mitten und Höhen, dafür aber einen viel besseren Bass.Der Bose ist aufgrund der kleinen Bauweise, auch im Bass, noch immer ein wahres Klangwunder!!Beide Geräte spielen auf hohem Niveau!Design und Gewicht:Das Gerät finden wir Formschön ! Der Lautsprecher ist mit einem Gewicht von ca. 3kg doch verhältnismässig schwer und sperrig. Der Nyne ist daher schlecht im Rucksack zu transportieren. Auf der Rückseite des Nyne befindet sich eine praktische Griffmulde zum Tragen.Die schwarzen Seiteteile, der Ramen und die Rückseite sind gummiert! Hoffentlich fängt die Gummierung später nicht an zu kleben.. !Verbindung:NFC funktioniert super (am Handy muss Bluetooth aktiviert sein)!Alexa (Amazon Echo Dot) wurde nach der erstmaligen Einrichtung automatisch erkannt.Verbindungsprobleme zum Echo Dot sind allerdings bei gleichzeitiger Nutzung eines Esinkin Bluetooth Adapter aufgetreten!!Der Nyne wurde in der Amazon App erkannt und ausgewählt, konnte sich aber nicht mit dem Lautsprecher verbinden.(Ein wohl exotisches Problem, daher keinen Stern abgezogen.)Die Akkulaufzeit bei 60% Lautstärke betrug ca. 5-7 Stunden. Die wirkliche Qualität des leider fest verbauten Akku wird sich aber erst nach einer gewissen Zeit zeigen!Fazit:Wir finden das Gerät hat insgesammt ein erstklassiges Preis/Leistungsverhältnis. Der Nyne Bass muss den Vergleich mit weitaus teureren Geräten nicht fürchten.Wir sind insgesammt sehr zufrieden und geben gerne 5 Sterne. Absolute Kaufempfehlung !!

I'll keep my review short and sweet with some bullet points;* Although it's not earthquake territory, bass is rich and surprisingly good for the size, happily fills a room :)* Treble is borderline excessive, great for Drum'n'Bass if you're a fan but it almost drowns out the bass. At no point did it sound raspy though (which is why I haven't marked it down for this)* Quite portable, it's about the size and weight of a 4 pint bottle of milk* Haven't run the battery down yet but it's been playing for 4 hours at medium volume and hasn't complained yet :)* Dedicated physical power button on the back (in addition to a soft on/off) to prevent the battery from running down in storage* Very easy paired to smartphone (doubly so if you have NFC, just hold it to the side of the speaker to pair it)If you're after a party speaker and can afford it, this is the one :)

I am so impressed with the Nyne Bass. I thought of buying one a couple of years ago, and finally just got one. Amazing quality in this unit. Perfect amount of bass, and great crystal clear treble. It also automatically connects to your phone's Bluetooth without needing to manually connect. I had read some bad reviews and lots of good reviews, and so was skeptical of how good it would be. This unit impressed me, just what I was looking for! Such a great little boom box!! Thanks Nyne Bass!