This is the all new UE HYPERBOOM.
Its the biggest and baddest bluetooth speaker ultimate ears has ever made and I absolutely
love it.
This thing sounds amazing and its also very versatile.
So if you’re looking for a speaker to use at home, but also just as easily take it on
the go with you, then I really think the HYPERBOOM is a great option to consider.
So price wise the UE HYPERBOOM retails for $400 so naturally its most direct competitor
is the super popular JBL Boombox.
But non the less the Hyperboom is UE’s most expensive speaker in their line.
But I think its well worth the money.
So if you want to pick this speaker up it’ll be linked down below.
Now first off lets go over the Hyperboom’s form factor.
Its a 14 inch tall rectangle that weighs in at 13 pounds.
There’s a fabric mesh that goes all around the body and the end caps are super dense
plastic.
Now all of the control buttons are laid out on the top of this speaker.
You’ve got a power button, super large capacitive volumes buttons, and you’ve got your source
and media control buttons which we’ll get into a little more in-depth in a minute.
Now overall the hyperboom has a very simple design to it and its reasonably sized.
So if you’re looking for a speaker to use at home that really just going to disappear
into your decor then the hyperboom is a good option.
But like I mentioned earlier you can also just as easily take it on the go with you
cause this speaker has a built in rubber carrying handle and its also IPX4 water resistant.
So if this speaker gets caught in the rain or if a drink gets spilled on it its going
to be perfectly fine.
Now when it comes to tech specs, this speaker has an advertised battery life of 24 hours…
but thats when its set at 50 volume.
Real world use with the volume set at 80 percent im getting around 8 to nine hours of playback
time… and when this speaker is set at max volume its good for 3 hours of playback time.
So over all the hyperboom has a very solid battery life.
But also if you want, the hyperboom has a USB A port so that you can charge your own
device.
My only critique here is that I do wish the hyperboom had a USB C port for charging your
own devices cause a lot of phones these days are starting to come included with USB C cables
like a lot of android devices and even the new iPhone 11 Pro.
But also while we’re here lets address everything else thats inside this compartment.
So naturally the hyperboom has an aux jack if you want to use a wired connection with
your speaker.
But whats more interesting is that this speaker also has an optical port.
Which is super rare for a bluetooth speaker like this.
So if you want to you can hook this speaker up directly to your TV, gaming console or
maybe even a receiver.
So hypothetically speaking… if you want a speaker that you can listen to music with,
use with your tv, and then easily just unplug it and take on the go with you… then the
hyperboom is your guy.
The only thing to keep in mind here is that you gotta supply your own audio cable or optical
cable cause this speaker only comes included with a charging cable.
Now when it comes to bluetooth connectivity this speaker is rocking bluetooth 5.0 and
it can be connected to 2 devices at the same time.
So you and a friend can both be DJ.
But the real interesting thing here is that you can switch between your two connect devices
directly from the speaker.
So lets say that if your friend is playing a song that you don’t like you can switch
back to your phone and start playing music from there.
Now when it comes to bluetooth performance… this speaker is basically perfect.
It has a wireless range of a 100 plus feet which is more than you need… and there’s
also zero latency across the board when ever you’re watching movies or videos with this
speaker wether you’re using an android device or an iPhone.
Which is good.
But I do want to point out that this speaker doesn’t support higher quality audio codecs
like AAC or APTX.
This speaker is strictly using SBC.
But now lets talk about the Hyperboom’s speaker set up cause its pretty interesting.
Now this speaker has dual four and a half inch woofers, and dual one inch tweeters shooting
out the front of this speaker and there’s dual three and a half inch by seven and a
half inch passive radiators shooting out the back.
So no this isn’t a 360 degree speaker cause the majority of the sound is coming out the
front of this speaker… but since the passive radiators are located on the back of this
speaker if you were to place it up against a wall then its bass is going to get amplified.
Over all this speaker sounds great but so that you can hear for you’re self we’re
going to jump into a sound test
So like you may have just heard, the hyperboom is just a very good sounding speaker… period.
It sounds very clear, it has a wide soundstage and distortion is a non issue with this speaker
at higher volumes.
But whats really impressive about this speaker is just the sheer amount of bass coming out
of this this relatively small form factor.
Even if you don’t have this speaker up against a wall like its intended to… it still has
a lot of bass.
But if you do place this speaker up against a wall then its bass is going to get amplified.
Now just as a heads up this sound test was done with the hyperboom set to its standard
EQ.
But if you want you can go into this speaker’s app and customize its EQ and make it sound
how ever you want.
So if you want more bass you can do that, or if you want to bring the mids out a little
you can also do that.
But this now brings us to its adaptive EQ feature.
Basically this speaker uses a built in microphone to listen to what its playing and it adjusts
its EQ to make it sound as balanced as possible depending on what music you’re playing and
what room you’re in.
This is very similar to what the Apple HomePod does.
Now when it comes to max volume this speaker gets more than loud enough to fully engulf
a large room with music and its all good for outdoors.
But I do want to point out that the performance of this speaker dosnt really change all that
much when its plugged in versus when its not.
Now this is something worth pointing out cause a lot of similar speakers like this do see
a performance bump when they’re plugged in.
Now this isn’t a big deal cause the Hyperboom still sounds impressive but I think its still
worth mentioning.
But also the Hyperboom’s app has a few other notable features.
Most importantly to me you can remotely power on or power off your speaker.
Which is super convenient.
You can also switch between all of your audio sources directly from your phone.
So if you have the hyperboom hooked up to your tv through the optical port than you
can switch its source straight from your phone just as you’re getting ready to watch that
new episode of clone wars.
And finally there’s also partyup… so you can pair the hyperboom up to another hyperboom
or you can pair it up to a Megaboom 3, boom 3, a boom 2 and so on.
And for those wondering PartyUP supports up to 150 speakers which is just over kill.
But over all, I think the new hyperboom is sick.
First and foremost the hyperboom sounds great.
This speaker sounds very clear even at max volume, but this speaker also sounds very
full especially with the amount of bass this speaker is putting out.
And again remember thanks to the hyperboom’s speaker set up you can always amplify its
bass even more by putting it up against a wall.
But then all of the extra added features on the hyperboom just make this speaker even
better like a very solid battery life, a customizable EQ, and then there’s that optical port that
make this speaker very versatile.
I know this might be a little soon, but this could be the speaker to get for summer 2020.