Bose SoundTouch 30 Series III Wireless Music System

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In addition to the Wi-fi option, the sound system also features a Bluetooth function and USB audio inputs. When it came to more aggressive music, the speaker failed a couple of the tests that the Sonos Play:5 passed. The speaker's upper-mids emphasis helps if you're using this as a speaker for your TV (yes you can do that using the audio input).

Ty was nominated for Best New Journalist at the Australian IT Journalism awards, but he has only ever won one thing.Even though the SoundTouch 10, 20 and 30 all offer Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Apple AirPlay 2 compatibility and effortless one-touch presets to access your favorite streaming music, they each provide different levels of performance for different-sized rooms in your home. For instance, we initially had difficulty adding music from a Twonky server on a networked laptop (it simply wouldn't find it), while the Sonos system had no problem.

Another difference is that both SoundTouch 20 and 30 display in-depth song, artist, station and connectivity information on an OLED screen whereas the SoundTouch 10 displays simple connectivity information via 4 LEDs on the front of the product. dual-band wi-fi, the connection is stronger and more reliable, with the addition of 5GHz compatibility catering for more stable streaming. Helpfully, you don’t have to press any buttons to kick-start discovery – just plug it in, run the app and enter your Wi-Fi password. Two years ago, we gave the SoundTouch series III 30 four stars, but the subsequent introduction of similarly sized speakers with similar features since – most notably from Audio Pro and Denon – has shed a different, and less favourable, light on its abilities.Attractively designed, it comes in a choice of white and black finishes (with a matching gray or black speaker grille) and features a black-and-white OLED display in the center of the unit.