The Ultimate Ears Hyperboom speaker to prepare for tomorrow's world parties -
20 Minutes
Failing to be able to party during confinement, listening to his music in every room of his interior remains good for morale.
With its Hyperboom Bluetooth speaker, Ultimate Ears delivers a muscular and portable device, to play your favorite sounds at high volume.
Sold for 399 euros, this real
boombox
has many virtues, but its price is high compared to other speakers with more developed functions.
Pass the sound barrier.
With its Hyperboom speaker, Ultimate Ears intends to help us enjoy, even share, our music during confinement.
If it is impossible to organize evenings to dance, nothing prevents 1 / to prepare for it, 2 / to enjoy your playlists, 3 / to let go of the decibels to annoy the neighbors.
Because this new large-caliber portable speaker can make noise, a lot of noise.
With its 5.9 kilos, the Hyperboom enclosure allows you to do weight training during confinement.
- CHRISTOPHE SEFRIN / 20 MINUTES
5.9 kilos of power
Nothing to do with the small wireless speakers that are placed on the corner of a desk or on a shelf.
The Hyperboom from Ultimate Ears (a subsidiary of Logitech) enters the heavyweight speaker ring.
With 5.9 kg on the scale, he is a beautiful baby who will also allow him to do a little bodybuilding during confinement.
The speaker measures 36.4 cm high and 19 cm side.
While waiting to feast outside (where the enclosure to the IPX4 standard will resist the spray), we can quite simply carry it from one room to another.
At the IPX4 standard, the Hyperboom speaker from Ultimate Ears does not fear the morning dew.
- CHRISTOPHE SEFRIN / 20 MINUTES
Too bad the manufacturer has not kept for its latest born the tubular design of its traditional Bluetooth speakers, like the Megaboom 3. Although Hyper, the new Boom does not necessarily have a Super look.
A little sad under his only black clothes, he probably lacks a touch of
fun
.
The control panel above the beast is also black.
Its two large tactile buttons + and - get a little dirty with use.
She skips the Wifi
Battery operated, the device is transported using a wide silicone strap riveted to the side.
Otherwise its weight, the speaker remains easy to walk.
Once on the ground, its discreet silicone feet also take in the irregularities of the ground.
Practical when you can put it on a sidewalk (appointment is made for the Fête de la musique 2021?).
Under the strap, a flexible panel covers the power socket, an auxiliary input, a USB Host socket to charge a smartphone, as well as an optical input (to accommodate a games console, for example).
The Hyperboom is a Bluetooth 5.0 speaker that skips WiFi.
A bias that we can regret and which forces the device to read compressed music.
Our many hours of listening testify that this is not a drama.
A good audio recipe
Incorporating two 4.5 '' / 11.43 cm woofers, two 1 '' / 2.54 cm tweeters and two 3.5 x 7.5 '' passive radiators (i.e. 8.89 x 19.05 cm ), the Hyperboom gives itself the means to achieve its ambitions.
Powerful, the speaker is however not one that gives us overdosed bass.
On the contrary: Ultimate Ears has found the right recipe by creating a sound balance that respects the bass, mids and treble.
The + and - keys to adjust the volume tend to get dirty.
- CHRISTOPHE SEFRIN / 20 MINUTES
On arrival, a sound that is necessarily quite rich and detailed, with roundness and clear and assertive voices, as well as a good depth.
Mood melancholy of the moment obliges, the reading of titles of Portishead, Massive Attack and Hooverphonic punctuated our tests.
With the same observation: the Hyperboom regales the atmosphere.
To push it to its limits, nothing like reading
Kerberos
from the Meute group (we recommend you!).
And there the floor shook.
The Hyperboom speaker measures 36.4 cm high by 19 cm side.
- CHRISTOPHE SEFRIN / 20 MINUTES
Rather well packaged, the Boom application of Ultimate Ears allows its side to sharpen its settings.
An equalizer is there to personalize the listening.
It is even possible to activate the “Adaptive Equalizer” function.
In this case, a microphone located on the top of the speaker analyzes the ambient sound and adapts its distribution accordingly.
We did not find the function very relevant.
Even if it means associating a microphone with the speaker, the presence of a personal assistant would have been a plus, but would also have involved the integration of WiFi.
Another concept.
Appreciable, however: the battery life of the Hyperboom flirts with 24 hours.
Neither more nor less than the equivalent of more than three days of teleworking with music!
The speaker can be recharged with a power supply unit (supplied) in just under three hours.
The Ultimate Ears Hyperboom loudspeaker combines power with quality sound.
- EU
Sold for 399 euros, the Hyperboom is satisfactory in many ways.
In addition to its mobility, it is first and foremost a powerful speaker with really good sound.
But it remains expensive in comparison with other so-called “High Power” speakers, like the Sony MHC-V42D (349 euros), which offers more, with DJ functions and built-in
lights
, welcome to party during deconfinement .
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