Testseek.co.uk have collected 24 expert reviews of the Bose SoundTouch 30 and the average rating is 74%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Bose SoundTouch 30.
February 2016
(74%)
24 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(94%)
978 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Powerful
Spacious presentation
Good sense of timing and dynamics
Decent low-end authority
The Bose SoundTouch 30 is a large
Likable tabletop Wi-Fi speaker which offers convenience features like Bluetooth and shortcut buttons. The app is pleasant to use and most functions are straightforward. The sound is immediately impressive with deep bass
Robust build quality
Room-filling sound with solid bass
Fast
Intuitive smartphone app with integrated Spotify
The editors didn't like
Doesn't build on detail of smaller Bose speakers
Coarse treble and hardness at volume more noticeable against newer rivals
Control app is a slight disappointment
Bass is overemphasized by default and can distort at higher volumes. The revealing nature of the speaker means some genres of music can sound quickly tiresome. There's no mute button. The competing Sonos offers more services over Wi-Fi
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Robust build quality, Powerful, room-filling sound with solid bass, Fast, intuitive smartphone app with integrated Spotify
No AirPlay or hi-res support, Big blocky design
Not the last word in sound quality, perhaps, but the SoundTouch 30’s room-filling performance, decent features, slick smartphone app and premium construction make it worth a punt...
The Bose SoundTouch 30 is a large, likable tabletop Wi-Fi speaker which offers convenience features like Bluetooth and shortcut buttons. The app is pleasant to use and most functions are straightforward. The sound is immediately impressive with deep bass
Bass is overemphasized by default and can distort at higher volumes. The revealing nature of the speaker means some genres of music can sound quickly tiresome. There's no mute button. The competing Sonos offers more services over Wi-Fi, more sound-tailori
The Bose SoundTouch 30 keeps a good pace for both price and feature count with mostly excellent sound quality, particularly at moderate volumes...
Powerful, spacious presentation, Good sense of timing and dynamics, Decent low-end authority,
Doesn't build on detail of smaller Bose speakers, Coarse treble and hardness at volume more noticeable against newer rivals, Control app is a slight disappointment,
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 abili...
The Bose SoundTouch 30 is a large, likable tabletop Wi-Fi speaker which offers convenience features like Bluetooth and shortcut buttons. The app is pleasant to use and most functions are straightforward. The sound is immediately impressive with deep bass
Bass is overemphasized by default and can distort at higher volumes. The revealing nature of the speaker means some genres of music can sound quickly tiresome. There's no mute button. The competing Sonos offers more services over Wi-Fi, more sound-tailori
The Bose SoundTouch 30 keeps a good pace for both price and feature count with mostly excellent sound quality, particularly at moderate volumes...
The Bose SoundTouch 30 is a large, likable tabletop Wi-Fi speaker which offers convenience features like Bluetooth and shortcut buttons. The app is pleasant to use and most functions are straightforward. The sound is immediately impressive with deep bass
Bass is overemphasized by default and can distort at higher volumes. The revealing nature of the speaker means some genres of music can sound quickly tiresome. There's no mute button. The competing Sonos offers more services over Wi-Fi, more sound-tailori
The Bose SoundTouch 30 keeps a good pace for both price and feature count with mostly excellent sound quality, particularly at moderate volumes...
No Bluetooth, Not enough support for online services
The SoundTouch 30 will deliver punchy audio to any sized room, whether it plays a role in a larger speaker network or it is used as a primary sound system. The ability to pair multiple systems together makes the SoundTouch a worthy adversary to Sonos' ran...
