Soundcore Motion X600 Portable Bluetooth Speaker Hi-Res Spatial Audio with Wireless 50W Sound IPX7 Waterproof Pro EQ AUX-in

I have been a fan of Anker's Soundcore lineup for a while. I have the Flare 2, Motion Plus, Motion Boom, and Motion Boom Plus and while not the best sounding of the lineup it is my new favorite Anker has produced. First off the aesthetics. Except for the Flare 2 I'm used to speakers from them that frankly are rather ugly. Plastic and rubber with a metal mesh grill on the front. What a beauty this speaker is. I own a lot of bluetooth speakers and this is right up there with best. The look and feel of this speaker is just a pleasing all around. Of course if I bought speakers just for the looks I would likely not own what us arguabley one of the best affordable speaker brands out there. The Motion Plus has some of the best mids and highs, but lacks bass. The Motion Boom has the best bass of any speaker for its size, but is lacking on the highs. The Motion Boom Plus combines those two to deliver what I would consider the best sounding speaker of the lineup. The only speaker I think sounds better than the Boom Plus at its size would be the Tribit Stormbox Blast. Anything better than those cost twice the price and are a bit larger. Going a size down my favorite would be my JBL Charge 5. So where does this speaker fall? Well I would say it is a larger Motion Plus with bass that comes very close to the Motion Boom. It doesn't match up to the Boom Plus but it is also half the size. If we compare to my favorite speaker one size down the Charge 5 it destroys that speaker. I saw some reviews claiming this speaker lacked bass... No it definitely does not. It may not hit quite as hard as the M Boom, but that like I said has the best bass of absolutely all bluetooth speakers at its size and the gap here is very small. Suggesting it has less bass the the Motion Plus though could only be possible if their X600 is defective. Lastly the reason I'm a huge fan of Soundcore speakers is honestly because they have the best eq software out of any bluetooth speaker brand I have come across. You can truly tune your speaker to sound how you want it to with a tremendous amount of control. Most custom eqs have little change to the speaker. I mention this because except for maybe the Motion Boom Plus I have not had any speaker that sounds it's best with the standard Soundcore Signature tuning and this speaker is no exception. Out of the gate it is lacking a tiny bit in mid bass which might be what the other reviewers are complaing about with lack of bass as most speakers are mid bass forward. Even my Charge 5 had a little more mid bass out of the gate, but this trumped it on sub bass. You can even crank up the sub bass but too much and this speaker can't handle it and becomes a bit distorted at higher volumes. Overall this is hands down the best looking and nicest sounding speaker you will find at this price point. There is no smaller speaker that sounds better, so if you want better sound you will have to go larger. I highly recommend! Read more

Be aware that the tweeter does hiss, so it makes for a poor desk speaker. I thought there was something wrong with my unit, but it's normal. If you keep the speaker far enough away, you won't hear the hiss. I suppose it's to be expected at this price point, so I won't take away any stars. The quality is very good despite the hissing, so full marks. Connectivity - fine. Good range. Functionality - I recommend installing the soundcore app. It lets you disable some annoying UI sounds, adjust EQ, see battery details, adjust sound quality, and more. The physical buttons on the device aren't enough IMO. Weirdly enough, I haven't been able to figure out how to toggle bass boost nor spacial audio from the app, so I need to walk over to the unit to toggle those. Not sure if I'm missing something or that's a missing feature. Bass boost is very aggressive and is loud, so I keep it off. Not sure how I feel about spacial so I toggle it every now and then. It seems fine. Easy to set up, just connect to bluetooth. Read more

I got the Soundcore Motion X600 for $150, at the time there was a $50 off coupon which they seem to do occasionally. I am not crazy deep into audiophile stuff but I enjoy good sound quality. I own several pairs of Sennheiser headphones and the quality of the Soundcore seems comparable to the best of them in my opinion, of course it is a speaker not a headphone. One of the reasons I got this was so my wife would have a speaker to play stuff through and I wouldn't have to listen to a tinny iPhone speaker struggling for dear life. I thought the spatial audio thing was a gimmick but it's like some sort of magic. You have to hear this speaker in person to believe it. Online video reviews don't do it justice. Music is balanced and crisp. Listening to a podcast is like the host is right in the room with you talking. It's amazing. Other pros include having an AUX input for redundancy and better quality than Bluetooth (although even on Bluetooth this speaker sounds great). I like that it's waterproof so I can take it outside or keep it around when doing home renovation projects and not worry about my speaker. Battery life is great, and in my experience I get more than the stated 12 hours, which may be due to some of my use being at a low volume (playing instrumental music on my desk during the work day). This speaker looks sleek too! Very pleased with my purchase after using it the past two months and hoping it continues to last. Read more