Music option

[dgadee]

I installed a new Bluetooth radio in the boat but found I hardly used the radio function, instead using my smartphone to get better reception and play music through it. I have just found a better option, perhaps. I splashed out on a UE Boom wireless speaker at an airport a few days ago. I had heard one at a friend's house and was surprised by qualit of sound, size and waterproof nature. Can be used down below or in cockpit.

Quite expensive (£140) but happy enough with something so flexible.

 

[ronsurf]

I use a cheap Bluetooth shower speaker. It has a sucker on it so I can fix it anywhere on the boat.

 

[Carmel2]

I use one of these, I think the sound is amazing.

https://www.bose.co.uk/GB/en/home-a...th-speakers/soundlink-mini-bluetooth-speaker/

 

[Richard10002]

I use one of these, I think the sound is amazing.

https://www.bose.co.uk/GB/en/home-a...th-speakers/soundlink-mini-bluetooth-speaker/

+1 couldn't believe how good the sound was when I first used it on the boat. I also have a JBL Flip, which was only £50.. it's very good, but not nearly as good as the Bose.

 

[dgadee]

An advantage of the UE Boom is it is waterproof. But these things do sound good.

 

[Carmel2]

If you do go down the Bose route, they sell a car charger for it which is very useful.

 

[LadyInBed]

Phone with earphones for me. I use the type that hook round the ear.

 

[Sandy]

Phone with earphones for me. I use the type that hook round the ear.

+1

My taste in music is very different to the crew's. We can listen to our own music without upsetting each other and every other boat within 15 miles.

 

[dgadee]

+1

My taste in music is very different to the crew's. We can listen to our own music without upsetting each other and every other boat within 15 miles.

I know what you mean. Anchored in Lochranza and an old boy blasting out The White Cliffs of Dover. And since no-one I know can take my interest in the minimalist school of composition I plan to take wireless earphones on an upcoming trip.

 

[simonfraser]

this:

http://www.custom-inearmonitors.co.uk/iems/custom-fit-earphone-sleeves.php

will take all sorts of ear buds, much better isolation / fit

if you silicone your buds into the sleeves you get a premium sound

 

[stu9000]

For some reason I am just not listening to music on board. I used to. The boat is newish to me so I'm still learning her ways and hearing is a vital sense. And maybe I'm just getting older ... But I just love the sound of the wind or the lapping water or the birds feeding on the mud. Best music in the world .