Soundcore Bluetooth Speakers
Said to be the replacement for the classic Soundcore Motion Boom, the speaker that was groundbreaking for its combination of deep bass, small size and low price when it came out in 2020. The Boom 2 however is quite a different beast and offers great value but in a different way. It doesn’t have the warm smooth character of the original boom but instead adopts the modern Soundcore sound of leaner, more upfront and more upper bass sounding. Not quite as bassey as the larger Motion Boom Plus but smaller and with similar overall maximum volume levels. The Boom 2 has one woofer and two tweeters and offers good value for an outdoor party speaker that can go quite loud in a small package. Not so great for critical listening with a very prominent slappy type bass.
Sitting below the Soundcore Boost in the Soundcore line-up is the Soundcore 3. Another good value speaker in common with the older generation of Soundcore speakers. Unlike the bass heavy Soundcore Boost the Soundcore 3 is more laid-back and balanced. It is bass light with a bass cut from 300hz down giving it a bright signature at lower volumes with balanced mids and highs past 50%, albeit bass light. However using the Soundcore app to push the 80hz and 150hz sliders you can achieve a very balanced sound till 60% volume at which point the bass will limit and you get a bass light sound again.
A decent option for podcasts and low level listening. The 24.1 Wh battery is excellent for a speaker of this size. Note that the Soundcore 3 bluetooth speaker has partycast 1.0 which means you cannot do TWS, just party mode (mono) with other partycast 1 and partycast 2 speakers.