CREATIVE MUVO Play Portable Bluetooth 5.0 Speaker, IPX7 Waterproof for Outdoors, Up to 10 hours of Battery Life, with Siri and Google Assistant (Blue)

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Additionally, this speaker is designed to withstand various environmental conditions. It is water and dust-resistant, making it ideal for outdoor use. The UE Wonderboom comes across more polished, prettier and more rugged thanks to its weaved nylon grille. On the other end, the Bose Soundlink Mini 2 and Jam Heavy Metal seem more impressive because they have metal shells.

The downside is that the Creative Muvo 2C is far more complicated than just about any other speaker in this class. You have to learn how to use it, although after living with it for a while, we don’t think it’s too taxing. Better still, some have controls on the speaker itself, or even a remote control, so they can be used as standalone music players. The downside of that is that one or two of them seemed so self-contained that they refused to respond to any volume adjustments and so on from the mobile phone or tablet. Since the bass is rather strong, when I place the Creative Muvo Go on my table and blast at full volume, the vibrations caused by the speaker are close to none. Logically, I would anticipate some vibrations caused by high volume and punchy bass but I guess due to the weight and solid build, it does not vibrate at all. Just fyi, I prefer to place the Creative Muvo Go speaker horizontally on my table instead of vertically. The MUVO Play features a built-in rechargeable battery, allowing users to enjoy their music on the go without the need for a power source. It also offers wireless connectivity, enabling easy pairing with compatible devices via Bluetooth. Overall audio quality is darn good for small speakers. Of course, I’ve head better, but that comes at a usually much higher price. But for what the MUVO Play was designed for—its small size, handy lanyard and decent audio should provide a fun and easy way to fit music into your daily routine—whether as a single speaker or paired with a second speaker for stereo. What I likeTo produce such sounds, the Creative Muvo Go is powered by a dual full-range Neodymium driver that delivers full-bodied, remarkable audio with powerful bass of up to 20W (40W peak), all made possible in combination with dual passive bass radiators. Even that sounded impressive to me. As such it’s closer to a baby alternative to something like the Bose SoundLink Mini II or UE Wonderboom rather than just an upscaled laptop/tablet speaker. We’re also fairly impressed by how little the Creative Muvo 2C distorts at maximum volume.

And since it is affordable, you can also get a second Creative Muvo Go speaker to pair up with the first one to have a true stereo sound. Take note that the Creative Muvo Go is a directional speaker. Meaning wherever the main front speaker is pointing, that’s where the sound is going. So pairing up another Creative Muvo Go with each other will create better surround sound for your listening pleasure. Unfortunately I don’t have a second Creative Muvo Go speaker to test this one out. But I am told it sounds way better. ConclusionThis setup works a treat in all the best small bar-shape speakers, and does so again here. The Muvo 2 is alarmingly powerful and loud for its size, and at higher volumes the sound has much less a hard edge, and much more confidence, than the Muvo 2C. We’ve listened to it all day long near max volume, happily. A blue LED means Bluetooth, yellow means MP3 player, purple USB and green aux input. The Creative Muvo 2C automatically uses Bluetooth when first switched on, so if you’re using the standard mode you don’t have to think about this Mode button too much. Well-balanced, clear and quite powerful, it’s only when the Muvo 2 is compared to some of its best rivals that you start to hear its limits. It’s just not quite as rich or powerful-sounding as the Jam Heavy Metal or Bose SoundLink Mini II.