Soundcore Motion X600 Portable Bluetooth Speaker with Spatial Audio, 50W Sound, IPX7 Waterproof, Pro EQ, AUX-in, for Home, Office, Backyard and Bathroom Use (Blue)

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!

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.

I own MANY bluetooth speakers. Bose, Harman Kardon, Alexa Echo, other SoundCore and Apple to name just a few. This is the best sounding speaker at this price point! Great full sound and lots of bass. Very high quality material. Also it looks as good as it sounds. Even at half power, it louder and (and sounds better) than the other speakers I have at full power. It really fills the room with a huge sound stage giving you rich full sound. The spatial audio feature on Apple Music sounds amazing, you will hear instruments in a song you maybe have heard a hundred times for the first time in Spatial Audio. The built in handle makes it very easy to carry around with you and it is still small enough to toss in your weekend bag or your beach bag to take the music with you on the go. I just wish the handle was foldable to make even more compact in your bag. Pros: Lots of bang for your buck Built in spatial audio Bass boost Amazing sound stage Customizable EQ Great looking design Cons: Non foldable handle Battery is 12 hour battery but can take up to 6 hours to recharge a tad on the heavy side compared to other same sized speakers The cons are not big and I do not think they would be enough to keep anyone from buying one

I was looking for a higher fidelity sound system for bathroom & shower, but not interested in the expense, bother, and inflexibility of built-in solutions. I've been using waterproof BT speakers for years, and while generally satisfactory (including Photive Hydra and JBL Clip 4), none of them exactly had a lot of "oomph". That's not a problem with Anker's Soundcore Motion X600. This hefty handful of brushed metal, speakers, amp, and batteries has enough muscle to fill a room, probably louder than you need if you're in anything smaller than a great room. It's a gorgeous thing to boot (got mine in a striking uncommon green that wouldn't be out of place in Oz's Emerald City), its attractive unvarying metal mesh finish and fixed metal handle making for a package that's somehow both obviously familiar and highly distinctive, a minimalist near featureless re-imagining of a boombox from decades past. Simple membrane touch controls sit discreetly on top alongside an upward firing speaker intended to contribute to the sound field; the handy fixed carrying handle serves double duty in ensuring that this top speaker isn't blocked by being set too close to an overhead shelf. Portability is good but not great. It'd be fine for travel by car and nice to have at a cabin or camp site, but not the sort of thing one would schlep onto an airplane, much less bring on a hike. The waterproof rating makes it a great fit for bathroom or pool side, though the large footprint may complicate placing it in tight spaces. The spatial sound features are about as much as one could expect of what's essentially a mid-size boombox, enhanced by selectable synthesized expanded sound field and bass boost effects (the extra bass is especially welcome in warming up the sound at lower volume levels). The surround effect is especially noticeable when listening to music, pushing the stereo sound stage out past the boundaries of the box itself - it increases battery consumption but except as casual background I wouldn't listen to music without it. The equalizer in Soundcore's app (I'm using it on Android) provides fine tuning of the sound with a variety of presets and the ability to save multiple graphic EQ settings (I keep a custom mix heavy on the treble for news and talk podcasts, but the preset offerings suit me fine for music). The app is also where you can select a higher-bandwidth LDAC connection if your phone supports it, but this shortens both battery life and Bluetooth range. It's a subtle but audible difference, although in most cases it's not enough to be worth the tradeoffs for me, so I usually turn it off. The one star off is for sound quality that, while very good, doesn't quite meet the expectations set by the breathless product description. For one comparison, I prefer the sound of Google's Nest Audio, but in fairness the Nest Audio doesn't run on batteries and can't get quite as loud as the X600. By default the X600's "out of the box" sound is not quite as "warm" as I prefer, although the equalizer can make up for a lot of that with careful tuning. The "surround sound" capability is also a bit oversold, at least to my ear. This is a solid BT speaker with reasonable portability, very good sound, some limited stereo/spatial capability, and impressive power.

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.

One of my new favorite speakers for at home or around the house use. Got this on sale for $130 which makes it even better but would happily pay $200. It sounds very clear and detailed. Bass is deep highs are crisp and I normally hate spatial audio on everything I hear (especially headphones) but it just makes the speaker sound even more open and big than it already does and has a really pleasing (to me) vocal forward sound. Absolutely destroys that underwelming Klipsch One behind it (in the photo) that I have. I use it 100% of the time with LDAC on my OnePlus 13. Feels and looks absolutely great with mostly metal design. It being fully waterproof is also a nice touch. Battery life is a little on the short side especially with LDAC being used but it's not a problem because I wouldn't want to take the speaker far from home anyway. Only thing I really have to complain about it is wish they made a bigger one with even more power like the Boom 2 Plus (which I also have) because the speaker can keep up with that even at its current size. Have never had any connection issues. Buttons are easy to press and even have a backlight.

I have a 7.1 media room at home and use audiophile quality IEMs with a dongle DAC when lounging in bed or when I travel - I absolutely love music. I had never explored owning a portable Bluetooth speaker - I guess I've been too old school thinking wired sound is the only way to go. My sons use Bluetooth for everything, so I recently started researching wireless speakers and ran across this X600. Reviews were very positive, so I decided to buy one. I've spent a good 10 hours listening to it in less than a week since getting it, and I've become a big fan of this speaker, especially at this price point. It provides a level of detail beyond what I'd expect from a smaller portable speaker, it has a fairly open sound stage from the combination of real stereo separation (a must for me) and the spatial speaker, and it creates surprisingly accurate bass - even at very low volume (another must for me). Deeper sub-bass rolls off, but that's to be expected given the speaker's compact size. Other reviewers have mentioned this, but the heft and build quality of the speaker is really good. Overall, I'm very impressed and happy to add the X600 as a new option to listen to music - bravo. Okay - a brief update on my review. My wife and I recently went out for dinner and had a couple of margaritas. We came back home and she wanted to listen to some music vs. watch TV, so I thought to pull the X600 out and play it. We did some “digging in the crates” on Qobuz playing some old school music in the family room and I cranked this box up more than I had before. I was really amazed - the sound opened up a lot, it was clear, loud and actually did bounce around the family room - it was plent loud for us at 50% volume. Lastly, I couldn’t believe the bass extension I was getting from a speaker this size. I have to say Bravo again!

I needed these speakers to compensate for the classic conundrum clash, consumers have little choice to choose between the splendidly superb & spectacular 10-bit color as well as the crystal clear clarity (e.g.) the 32" class Samsung Q60A panel versus its anorexic sound due to contemporary esthetics in addition to the unprecedentedly bizarre clause in our apartment that bars bringing in items unless brought by the owner! which precludes me from having to pass up more appropriate $300-$400 soundbars! Nevertheless, I hope I solved the sound issue scourging modern tellies! Out Of Box Experience Upon delivery via one of my siblings On Wednesday 27th December 2023, I was impressed with the brawniness of the boxes as well as the Rubix cube-style, Matryoshka doll challenge exclusively to open it up which began with an outside sleeve which introduced its newly minted owner to the speaker's attributes in polyglot languages; then came the sleeve separating the two levels of cellophane wrap as well as the foam which looks to be a half-inch thick holding the 2.3' USB-C to C cable designed to be used with a wall charger, a Safety & 10 page Quick Start pamphlets, @ the top there's a UPC, the International Environmental & Radio regulationatory agencies this device has to conform to before being approved for sale on the global markets. Finally, at the bottom, a serial number UPC! Construction This Motion X600 consists of a three-part fabrication; a handle & grill forged from aluminum on the front with a color-coordinated plastic posterior available in "Polar Black", "Lunar Blue" and "Aurora Green" upon visual inspection is difficult to discern where the aluminum metal ends & the plastic begins! Meanwhile, the handle has respectively, "Spatial Harmony" & "High Fidelity Audio" in block font along the bottom left & right ends of the handle as well as "Soundcore" in stylized lettering on the top right. The ridges that aid grip-ability are located in the bottom middle part while the perimeter periphery is smooth. Staying in the back has a unique rubber stop flap which guarantees the X600 its Ingress Protection Level 7 status that enables the speaker can handle H2O from misting & condensation up to an accidential dunk up to a meter for 30 minutes. the rear also conceals a passive radiator, linked to the Midrange "Sky Driver" but helps the system sound better via Digital Sound Processing, a USB-C port as well as a 1/8" auxiliary jack. Driver Configuration The Anker Soundcore Motion X600 Speaker System is a 3-way, quintuple driver powered by 5 amplifiers producing 10-watt RMS for a total of 50 watts RMS configured as twin 2.06" woofers, duo 1.06" tweeters & a unique 1.92" passive radiator augmented midrange "Sky Driver" Spatial Driver is controlled by a 12 core Intel i7 12700K processor clocked from 3.6-5.0 GHz, ohm: N/A, Frequency Response: 48-40,000Hz+- 2.84dB, Horizontal Dispersion, 5.49dB, Signal to Noise Ratio: 72dB, Total Harmonic Distortion: <1%, Sensitivity, 92.1dB, Crossover: 54Hz, 2,500 Hz & 19,100Hz, Battery, SW-34MP2S2P; 6400mAh Dimensions: 6.25" High x 11.75" Wide x 3.88" deep, Weight: 5.17lbs. I charged my first Motion X600 with a 45watt Samsung wall charger connected to a 100watt Anker cable taking 4.5 hours to charge while the 2nd X600 was charged using an Anker 30watt wall charger with a second 100watt cable connected to two of the 8 electrical outlets which was done in 5 hours. When both speakers completed their compulsory charging session, on Thursday, December 28th, 2023, most of the scribes advised switching on both the Spatial Audio & Bass Buttons to mitigate its mettle as well as promote the prowess of the Motion X600 otherwise owners would likely feel the engineering savants were snookering them impacting future sales. Eargasmic Ecstasy! That began when I decided to play my 450-song Latino 🎄Carols playlist on YouTube Music designed to tide me over a 13-hour journey from Gastonia, North Carolina to Philadelphia! Once I activated, the 15-segment equalizer, the Spatial & Bass buttons It was 😱WOW!!!, WOW SQUARED!!!!!!, WOW CUBED!!!!!!!!!! 😲 It was as if I heard the music for the first time! for it sent chills through my body to not just the 🦴s but the bone marrow! Which is exactly how good the X600s are! Sibling #6 was as duly impressed with the speakers as he was with my Q60A panel when was deployed 21 months ago! for he considers them Home Theater caliber! This was confirmed on Three Kings Day/Epiphany; January 6, 2024, when after still trying to use the Soundcore app to no avail, it was not only severing The True Wireless Stereo bond but replaced the X600 pairing with the generic LG driver on the TV which necessitated a speaker reset so in despair, I watched "Terminator; Judgment Day" & realized how good the X600 sounded as normal solitary speakers when I could readily discern where the various soundtrack aspects occurred via the individual speaker drivers! Once I reset the speaker it started at maximum volume which almost got us reported by the next-door neighbors for bringing the noise! After a successful reset, and recharge (for 7 & 8 hours) which for an idiosyncratic orientation, included playing the YouTube playlist, I watched & thoroughly enjoyed the lush, vigorously robust soundtrack of "Wonder Woman 1984" & Quite honestly, What I heard through my 👂holes brought me back to when I had my last CRT, The NEC 2030S & my first LCD panel, the Samsung LN-T1954 when TVs had enough space to include decent stereo sound to match their displays! The Soundcore App It's an authentic atrocity that this program is oriented toward audio music when the Motion X600 itself can adapt itself to Audio/Video Home Theater & worse yet when I called Anker Innovations Tech Support on January 2nd, they confirmed its bias toward record collections because every time I endeavor to utilize its features, it shut down the TRUE WIRELESS STEREO facet which is the reason why I strived to save the >$200 more to score the second speaker! which rendered the other speaker as mute as a mime, furthermore, the app caused more agita by making it more problematic to pair with my Samsung Q60A panel! I sincerely wish and desire that this Cucaracha is finally fumigated from future updates ASAP! STAT! In addition from December 28th, 2023, when I first tried to establish a legitimate Soundcore Account it wouldn't recognize it even though I followed the procedure precisely to the letter! Conclusion I'm happy that the operation of these Anker Soundcore Motion X600 speaker systems isn't dependent upon this program because they sound incredibly amazing, augmented by its uniquely innovative design & technologies both external & internal, its configuration and price. And the President Grant-sized discount on top makes it even more of a steal of a deal! Addendum: Monday 12 February, 2024 One of my pet peeves with my pair is that I had to sync it with the YouTube Music account before working successfully with my panel; for the past month after subsequent charging sessions, that weirdness has vanished. Both speakers hook up normally, provided that the owner/operator powers them in the proper sequence Also, I acquired the 45-watt Anker 313 wall charger for the 2nd speaker to have them fully charged & ready at the same time enhancing my satisfaction with these speakers.