inputs.text: really hoped better given past reviews - purchased speaker noting reviewers gave 5 stars also looked reviewers histories see mostly really like things reviewed awesome also note reviews marked helpfulill keep short sweet1 ] opinion not nearly good sound bose soundlink mini [ one reviewer mentioned ] bt speakers yes know not price range bose id set expectations accordingly without light show several speakers price range better sound best use speaker audio books andor quiet background music midrange clear treble appears peak right around 8khz2 ] voice prompts play full volume no way turn found pair change setting prepared dont night3 ] volume increases sound becomes less clear mudied4 ] speaker phone work callers note voice sounds bit muffled5 ] doesnt always automatically connect samsung note 3 paired seems 30 time must manually reconnect ordinarily phone solid bt speakersdevices6 ] light band 2nd highest top appears nonfunctional dark regardless settings light show quite soothing nicetoo bad not light bands work also note appears mutliple light shows not respond music rather appear preset patterns