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beats by Dre pill vs. jawbone jambox

I picked up a The House of Marley Bluetooth Chant Portable Audio System from points at work. I'm impressed with the sound. I've only seen good reviews on it. I don't use it a lot, as I bought it for travel and I have other "permanent" systems for day to day use.

Read the review on the non-bluetooth version The House of Marley Chant Portable Audio System.

You can't tell from the pictures, but it is about the size of a 12 ounce can. The sound out of it is great and the speaker itself is a work of art.
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I have the Big Jambox, and am strongly considering getting the Beats Pill. When the Pill first came out the few reviews that I read gave the Pill an edge in sound quality. I was never impressed by the regular Jambox, but the Big Jambox is nice. When I've demo'd the Pill, to me the sound is richer, more dynamic and not so unnecessarily bass heavy.

I will probably end up getting the Pill to compliment the Jambox at some point, If you get one or the other or both, do yourself a favor and check Amazon or eBay. You’ll end up saving about $40 over MSRP.
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The one review on the Apple store really pans the pill.

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I bought this product thinking it would handle bass well. It does not. I thought it would project sound well. It does not. I thought it would perform superiorly to the little Jambox. It does not. Even the tiny Logitec UE speaker is superior. I will take it back to the store today.

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You seriously didn’t post that, did you? Would anyone actually rely on one sole singular review posted on Apple’s website? Apple, as in the company that caters to those who are less than technologically inclined, whose average user base is utterly clueless when it comes to anything that plus into a wall and doesn’t understand technology at all?

Go to Amazon and read the reviews to get a variety. Most of them are fairly positive. The Pill has NFC capabilities, which IMO, works in its favor. Since Apple is constantly behind the times and doesn’t support NFC in their iCrap, the one reviewer wouldn’t know anything about that. Since the one reviewer more than likely paired it with an Apple product, he should realize that Apple products naturally have poor sound quality when compared to the competition. If the guy connected it to a device from HTC or Sony, it likely would have sounded worlds better.
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reply to pcdebb
I have the pill and it works very well for me
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Just picked up the Pill today, very nice sounding speaker. When comparing the same song back to back on both the Pill and Big Jambox, I stand by my original observation that the pill produces an overall cleaner, more dynamic sound. For a company that is known for bass, the Pill surprisingly lacking in that department, but in no way do I mean that as a bad thing. They both have their place.
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Dale Jr, Riding Daddys Coattails Since February 18, 2001!

i think that's on purpose. it has a clean sound from what I can tell, but not heavy on base, and I like that. When I'm doing chores around the house I like to crank on the music, some good R&B or Jazz will sound great
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I ended up getting the Jambox this evening. I went get the pill but they didnt have any, and had the jambox marked down. I still may get the pill because it is pretty
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