If there’s one factor I am choosy about, it is the standard of sound, so earlier than I invested in a small Bluetooth speaker I did my analysis. (By which I imply I went via CNET’s checklist of one of the best Bluetooth audio system.) The one I selected, and one which continues to rank excessive in high quality for its measurement, is the Bose SoundLink Flex Bluetooth speaker, and it is $30 off proper now for October Prime Day.
As a substitute of its ordinary $149, the SoundFlex Bluetooth speaker is on sale for $119 at Amazon. And as one other perk for individuals who’d quite assist a enterprise in addition to Amazon: The speaker can be $120 at Greatest Purchase and $119 via Bose itself.
I actually love this speaker for the explanations you’d love a speaker — music sounds actually good on it, speech is obvious once I’m listening to a podcast and the sound is full sufficient to fill my (tiny) studio residence.
However I prefer it extra for one more motive: As a stressed and lightweight sleeper, I would like some kind of sound going that’ll masks the noise from inside and outdoors my residence constructing. In a collection of occasions I do not fully keep in mind, I discovered that taking part in the “Business Airliner” soundscape observe from my Calm app via my Bose speaker successfully blocked the bass sounds I can hear in my residence. It is also a complete lot extra snug than making an attempt to sleep with the identical observe flowing via headphones (which, I will be aware, weren’t designed for sleeping both).
Whereas I can not evaluate its off-label use as a white noise machine to the actual white noise machines on the market, I can say its versatility is without doubt one of the fundamental causes I am tied to this Bluetooth speaker. When it comes to the way it exams in total audio high quality, you possibly can learn David Carnoy’s full Bose SoundLink Flex assessment right here.