Klipsch Groove XL Portable Bluetooth Speaker

Works great right out of the box, of course charging first is recommended, but it had a 70% charge, so connected up to multiple devices via bluetooth connection which worked easily. Then it's time for some listening, music sounds good and loud, if need be, (Bass is very noticeable) listening to video from phone, great. Tried the Aux cable connection with a MP3 player and it works wonderfully.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:This thing is loud. Bought it to use as a desk speaker for the office and it's a bit overkill for that. Very nice. Larger than expected and very clean looking and sounding. Highly recommend.Value for money:Was looking at Bose in the same price range but wanted to give Klipsch a try. Glad I did.

This speaker is amazing! Klipshes speakers are legendary and this compact speaker delivers.Good bass response and crystal clear highs are amazing.No more overpriced JBLs!

All I can say is wow, home run on this speaker. Great price for a great sound! I’m an audio enthusiast and needed something portable for the back yard as my stereo speakers went out. I have klipsche for my home subwoofer and this speaker doesn’t disappoint. Only downside is I accidentally hit the power or Bluetooth button when carrying to put in its location where I need. Always easy to find on Bluetooth phone option and never goes “offline” from device.

They could have done a better job with the equipment on it. Its has big peaks at the 125hz and is a bit heavy on the 60hz area and a small spike at 250. Overall I have a 5.5db reduction at 60hz area 7db reduction at 125hz and 3.5 at 250 and then a 1.5 drop at 500hz. This would have had a 5 star all day if it had an on board eq with the app. For the $130 it will fill a room with sound and it sounds pretty good. Have not tested the battery life yet but I'm looking forward to it.

This thing is amazing, it's super loud yet compact and the bass is super present and deep, the subwoofer works great

Nice deep bass and clean clear sound.

My main problem with this speaker is that its soundstage is incredibly limited and quite frankly one of the worst I've heard in a portable Bluetooth speaker. The main issue is that this uses 2 identical drivers for the entire soundstage, and in theory is using them for "stereo" sound. This has a few major problems when it comes to a well-rounded sound profile.First, this thing is so small that any sort of "stereo" effect is non-existent, regardless of it having two drivers. This was actually my main reason for purchasing this item, but I quickly realized the problem once I tried it out.Second, and more importantly, the use of two identical drivers limits the soundstage way too much if you want to hear all of the music. A much better method for this form factor would be to have a woofer + tweeter combo, allowing you to fill out the bass and midrange with the woofer, leaving the tweeter for the highs. Because of this design flaw, this speaker has good bass, good highs, but absolutely ZERO midrange (which is where 90% of the music lives!). It also has trouble in some cases producing lots of highs and lows at the same time. If you're a bass nut then you might not care, but that's actually where the third problem comes in.Third, the passive radiators for the bass are both on the back of the device. Initially I didn't think this would be a problem, but after trying it out, the problem becomes apparent: All the bass frequencies are firing directly away from you. This is fine if you put the speaker in the corner of a room, or near a wall, or have some other surface behind it. But if it's sitting in the middle of the table, you can hardly tell there's supposed to be bass. It actually sounded best when I put it on the carpet floor on its back, but even then it was missing so much midrange.Overall I am highly disappointed. Klipsch is a very popular brand in the speaker industry, so I expected the most, but received the least. On top of it all, my unit had a physical defect, as the metal mesh on the back of the speaker had come off out of the box and would not stay attached.I opted to return this device and purchase a JBL Flip 6 instead, which aside from only costing me $99 (about $50 less after tax), it is much smaller, lighter, and uses a woofer + tweeter + side radiators which gives it a massive soundstage. Plus the JBL has an app where you can set basic three-band EQ settings, you can buy a second one and link them to get an actual stereo sound, and it's fully IP67 waterproof. I'd avoid this Klipsch speaker at all costs, it's not at all worth the price.