it claims to have expandable bass. what does that mean? I'm not getting much bass, and when I turn it up, the sound is distorted. how's yours?
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We don't turn ours up all that much, just enough to enjoy it in the livingroom/den area. When not turned on full blast, the sound does not seem to be distorted. I can't be certain, but I think "Expandable Bass Resonator" refers to the fact that when the center of the speaker is pulled upward, the interior of the coiled speaker body absorbs a narrow range of sound frequencies and induces vibrations (resonates) affecting the sound of the bass. If you're having problems with your AYL Portable Mini Speaker, or are not satisfied with how it works, contact the manufacturer. You have a 3 year warranty and it seems as though AYL's Customer Service department is actually adept at customer service.
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We don't turn ours up all that much, just enough to enjoy it in the livingroom/den area. When not turned on full blast, the sound does not seem to be distorted. I can't be certain, but I think "Expandable Bass Resonator" refers to the fact that when the center of the speaker is pulled upward, the interior of the coiled speaker body absorbs a narrow range of sound frequencies and induces vibrations (resonates) affecting the sound of the bass.If you're having problems with your AYL Portable Mini Speaker, or are not satisfied with how it works, contact the manufacturer. You have a 3 year warranty and it seems as though AYL's Customer Service department is actually adept at customer service. We don't turn ours up all that much, just enough to enjoy it in the livingroom/den area. When not turned on full blast, the sound does not seem to be distorted. I can't be certain, but I think "Expandable Bass Resonator" refers to the fact that when the center of the speaker is pulled upward, the interior of the coiled speaker body absorbs a narrow range of sound frequencies and induces vibrations (resonates) affecting the sound of the bass.If you're having problems with your AYL Portable Mini Speaker, or are not satisfied with how it works, contact the manufacturer.... » Read More We don't turn ours up all that much, just enough to enjoy it in the livingroom/den area. When not turned on full blast, the sound does not seem to be distorted. I can't be certain, but I think "Expandable Bass Resonator" refers to the fact that when the center of the speaker is pulled upward, the interior of the coiled speaker body absorbs a narrow range of sound frequencies and induces vibrations (resonates) affecting the sound of the bass.If you're having problems with your AYL Portable Mini Speaker, or are not satisfied with how it works, contact the manufacturer. You have a 3 year warranty and it seems as though AYL's Customer Service department is actually adept at customer service. « Show Less
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For few days it worked great. Now the sound is probably 5% more than the sound from a cell phone. IT DOES NOT HAVE A EXPANDABLE BASS. I m using it for few days after giving the review n feel like I have done wrong
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I plugged mine in and the sound works. I would say that yours has a defect. There is a button to push to adjust the volume of the sound. It is explained in the manual. You can check that incase it is just turned down. I doubt that this is the problem, as it is probably set at a default volume. Return for an exchange. I really like mine.
1245876
It gets very loud, if you like bass this is the system for you there is no treble, only a bass boost. I don't like it because it is too much bass. But it sounds okay.
2210569
It sounds great! I listen to alot of Rap and HipHop music, the bass works well for my taste. I've yet to hear any sound distortion at all! Does it or will it sound as good as a Bose, I can't really answer that question cause I never really heard the Bose portable speaker system before. But I think this was worth my money! I like the sound!
1464768
I'm really happy with the speaker, but I added a ext. Bass speaker bcz "I'm not happy with the bass.
2145002
Oh yes it will improve your Bass, you can adjust it to different levels, Mid bass, Hi's Lo's, fade (for speakers) and Volume on the EQ. So you don't have to turn the Volume on the Amp. It's a great unit at an affordable price. I love mine, I bet you will to.
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That's hard for me to say. My sub is crossed at 100Hz due to my Polk satellites being ... satellites. It sounds good but you can hear some distortion when playing Royals at higher volumes. You're right, there's tons of bass in her music. I may try this again after I adjust the gain and see what results I get. Overall you can't beat the sub for the price, but it's not going to sound better than a $400 sub. Well, most nicer $400 subs. ;)
2242316
The other replies are not accurate, the bass is VERY lacking for a speaker in this price range. It's "loud" and "clear" but it achieves this by using only mids and highs, no real bass as not to distort the sound quality at high volume. So at average volume you have no bass. If you need a very loud bluetooth speaker this is your guy. However to answer your question, it has very little bass.
628114
I am not a technophobe, and have not yet studied the manual. that said, I have not yet found a way to turn up the bass or the treble. it has a nice woofer with good bass, however, and I'm satisfied with the unit.
1206481
If you have these headphones, your bass should be kicking! I get strong bass even when driven from an iPod. Check the headphones with a different source, plug them into something else and see if that improves the bass. If it does, then your source is not driving the headphones well. If there is restricted bass even with another source, I think you have a bad set of headphones that need to be returned. These things are very strong in the bass. Mine were bass happy out of the box, but the recommendation to loosen them up is a good one and I support that.
722742
I own this unit, as you say it looks great but sound quality is not good, i am confortable with it as i can hear all my records and connect a dive through the aux input... Its sound quality is better than others speakers but im aware that it is not the best... Sometimes bass and low tones make the speakers vibrate, and as it doesn't has EQ the only way to fix this is lowering the volume untill its ok or lowering your device volume... This happens also while litsening LP's, CD'S , radio
398427
I think it's tough to get truly good bass from a 4" speaker. There's bass, but it isn't amazing. For me, still a major improvement over the worn out stock 4" speakers I replaced.
331953
im just blasting music from my laptop. I did try to "tame" the speaker last night, found some balance. But then a totally different song would play and the clip light would go on again. In my bedroom I don't need much volume. But in a wide open living room, I want more. I want it to stay crisp and punchy but louder. You think I need to upgrade?
2238666
The one I purchased was a gift for someone else, although I did play with it for a while. The bass was OK. There was no thump, just an even sound.
610052
try changing your center channel speaker to large(in the settings) i had my center channel on small and i had the sub level at +7,after i changed the center from small to large...WOW,i now have the sub level at 0 and it actually sounds better.....
1309114
The bass gets a little "muddy" at high volumes. I use it in my office, it's a pretty small room. If I turn it up too loud though the treble gets tinny and the bass gets muddy.
1383588
Play with the audio settings. There are quite a few. Default settings sound poor (hollow,low volume) but can be adjusted to more than adequate. Cant remember orig settings, but can give you my AUDIO setup config: SRS TruSurround HD &lt;Off&gt; SRS TruVolume &lt;On&gt; Equalizer Settings &lt;OFF&gt; *important* Base &lt;75&gt; Treble &lt;50&gt; Make sure the EQ setting is not set to Rock, Pop or Disco (they sound like garbage). Setting it to OFF allows access to Base & Treble menu/adjustments. Overall the sound is above average for what you are paying. More than ample volume once you get the settings tweaked.