![]() It packs a nice little punch and didn’t have any streaming issues, using my iPhone 4. I cranked out everything from Queen to Joan Jett to Eminem. I wasn’t sure what to expect out of this small speaker, but I can tell you that I was pleasantly surprised. It doesn’t even require any buttons to push. ![]() When connected via Bluetooth, my iPhone 4 found the speaker in seconds. When the power button is green, you’re ready to rock. However, I found the 360˚ modes to the best, as well as the loudest. Depending on your music, there isn’t a huge a huge difference between each one. The latter allows you to flip through four sound modes: Mono 360˚, Outdoor Boost, Stereo 360˚, and Stereo Forward Facing. Around the back, there’s a USB port to house a little nub that serves as the Bluetooth dongle, as well as an aux-in jack and buttons for Wi-Fi and Audio. The front has buttons for power, volume, and mute. All of the necessary controls are on the front and back creases. The speaker has a built in amplification for 20 watts of four-way directional sound. (Those are $29.99 for the S3 and $19.99 for the A2.) Each one allows you to customize the look of Jongo in a snap - literally. Pure has optional grille covers available in burnt orange, lime green, mango or white. It’s also important to note that you aren’t married to any specific speaker color. This makes it perfect for taking out to the yard or by the pool. Users can keep the system plugged in or charge it for up to 10 hours of listening without being tethered. The package comes with one wireless speaker and a power cord to charge it up. Pure’s Jongo S3 speaker can work alone or with other parts of the Jongo family. Optional grille covers allow you to tweak the color of the S3 Speaker. Confused yet? Well, Jongo is actually a lot simpler than it sounds. (At press time, Pure had not announced Pure Music’s launch date, plans or pricing.)Įither way, you’re going to need that app to use more than one Jongo product. Later this year, the company will launch Pure Music, a cloud-based service with over 15 million streamable music tracks. Currently, Pure Connect offers over 20,000 internet radio stations, as well as 200,000 on-demand programs and podcasts, all for free. Right now, Pure doesn’t ask for any money (unless you’re offering). However, a very important piece to the puzzle is the Pure Connect app, which is like Pandora, Spotify and iTunes all rolled into one - or at least it will be at some point. We will get to both of those products in a minute. If that’s not enough power, you can even add Jongo into a home stereo setup, using the $129 A2 Wireless Hi-Fi Adapter. Now, Jongo allows you to add speakers for whole-house use - up to 20 of them. If you just need one speaker for the bedroom or don’t mind carrying it from room to room, you’ll be happy with the $199 you’ll spend on the Jongo S3 Wireless Speaker. However, each product also stands nicely on its own, so you get to go as big or as small as you’d like. ![]() It’s an entire line of audio solutions that can work together. That said, it also doesn’t pack the same price tag. It just doesn’t pack the same type of punch as Sonos. While it’s hard to rival a product line that’s so perfect, Pure is certainly trying. Now don’t get me wrong I realize that there are several companies out there doing the same thing. Still, it’s friendly to most portable devices, thanks to support for both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Although the company does have several AirPlay docks, they’re ditching that feature here. Yes, some of those pieces typically don’t even need a power cord. Also, there are options in the line that don’t require any wiring whatsoever. The beauty of the Jongo system is that you can go as small or as big as you’d like. It’s small enough to carry around, but can also be linked to several other Jongo products for music in one or more rooms - and all without wires. Pure’s Jongo Wireless Music System is designed to do both. This is where the list of options gets slightly smaller. You’re going to need a system that can travel or includes whole-house support. However, what happens when you want to move to a different room or outside of the house? Having that type of freedom is certainly liberating. For this, there are options that allow music lovers to stream content from a smartphone or tablet directly to some type of speaker. However, that type of convenience is pretty contagious, to the point where a lot of us hate to be physically connected even when we’re indoors. It’s really nice to be able to pack music and other entertainment into a compact form factor, so you’ll never have to be tethered - or bored. Everyone seems to be on the go these days.
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