It’s not cheap, nor is it light, but the Hyberboom packs some serious punch — and it looks and sounds more like a real speaker.
OUR VERDICT
On the off chance that you like UE yet felt like its past models weren’t sufficiently loud to control your gatherings, at that point, the Hyperboom is ideal for you. Sure it’s costly. However, it fills a niche that UE couldn’t previously fill.
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UE boom speakers arrive in a couple of various sizes, yet none as significant as the Hyberboom. A supersize wireless speaker weighs in at a weighty 13 pounds; the Hyperboom makes the Megaboom 3 look unquestionably puny. Available in black just at dispatch, the Hyperboom costs $399 (399 euros, AU$599). That is not modest, yet it sounds better than many of the jumbo-sized portable speakers available at this moment.
SOUND
The amount of time and execution that went into the Hyperboom is most evident when you press play. It’s not merely the best sounding Bluetooth speaker under $400—it might be the best sounding speaker under $400.
Ultimate Ears’ built-in room equalization makes an impressive showing of making a clear canvas, permitting the speakers to convey delicate music details in their own unmistakable spaces. It has a bit of a boost in the low end on the bassiest tracks, but it’s shocking how little that extra rumble bleeds into the music above it.
Yet, I get myself generally stunned at how great the Hyperboom sounds at full volume. Most speakers—much bigger ones—become a wreck of blurry bass and distorted guitars when you blast Blackwater Holylight’s astounding album collection through them at 100 decibels. Not the Hyperboom, which shows off the delicate edges of the vocal harmonies amid the cacophonous rest.
DESIGN
The Hyperboom is, in fact, convenient, yet you won’t be going far. Ebert said it was intended to be “home, and home adjoining,” and my experience certified that. The Hyperboom, while substantial, can be moved from space to room or to the patio to give grilling tunes. Be that as it may, I don’t suggest hiking with it.
The vast majority of its weight originates from the drivers pressed into the 14-inch long rectangular cabinet. UE Hyperboom has a pair of 4.5-inch woofers, a 1-inch tweeter, and two passive radiators, each greater than one of UE’s prior items, the Boom.
A lot is going on a top of the speaker: a power button, a mic for UE’s adaptive equalizer, the standard volume buttons, a series of buttons for switching b/w sources, and what UE dubs the “Magic Button,” a one-touch music control that lets you launch selected songs as well as play, pause, and skip tracks. The backside of the speaker is several input ports, including a 3.5mm jack, an optical audio input, a USB port for charging mobile devices, and a charging port for the speaker itself.
The Hyperboom likewise offers the capacity to flip between two connected Bluetooth gadgets, notwithstanding the aux and optical input.
PERFORMANCE
We tried the Hyperboom with versatile EQ on and off. Our specific testing condition didn’t have an enormous effect, but the speaker’s sound signature did change slightly when we moved it to a room with brighter reflective surfaces. This feature seems most useful for outdoor scenarios, and since you can easily disable the adaptive EQ in the app, it’s harmless to try.
On follows serious sub-bass substance, as knife The’s “Quiet Shout,” the Hyperboom conveys a booming low-frequency depth and keeps away from distortion at top, incredibly loud volume levels. The bass response is still quite full at more modest levels, but the tweeters do their part in making sure the bass doesn’t overwhelm the mix.
Symphonic tracks, similar to the initial scene from John Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary, get a lot bass boosting, however once more, this can be effortlessly balanced in the application—and not every person will mind the additional bass anchoring. The higher register brass, strings, and vocals retain their crisp, bright place in the spotlight regardless of the lower-register instrumentation stepping forward in the mix.
It is a splendid, rich, blasting sound mark that will appeal bass lovers more so than idealists. It’s fair. However, there’s undoubtedly some chiseling occurring in the highs and more profound lows. Be that as it may, this speaker isn’t promoted to audiophiles looking for straightforward sound—it’s a gathering speaker, and as a gathering speaker, it’s incredible.
BOTTOM LINE
The UE Hyperboom is an extraordinary speaker that fills a niche perfectly. However, that includes a high cost of $399. Regardless of whether you should get, it indeed relies upon whether you have a couple of hundred dollars lying around. While I can’t see many such individuals dropping the cash to get this (mainly when you can get various littler speakers at that cost), I don’t see anyone being disappointed with the speaker once its blasting music in their yard.