inputs.text: nice speaker frustrating bluetooth - altec lansing orbit speaker unhappy relatively low volume battery operation settling one researched 10 portable speakers looking 100 cost balance volume rich sound power thru outletat 99 beatblock performed well performance criteria though tend put volume max speaker phone would not revisit purchasethe loss 1 star comes bluetooth frustration continually trouble connecting via bluetooth either household iphones speaker often not connect infrequently picks wrong one ultimately plug directly speaker bluetooth directions sparse no troubleshooting info