Refurbished Aliph Jawbone Jambox Wireless Bluetooth Speakers in White: Jambox $80, Big Jambox $184 + $2 Shipping

I believe the small one will drop its price to $50 iby summer maybe just myself being optimistic:-)

Not to TC (I thumbed up you), but I was recently on a deep sea fishing trip and brought my jambox small and iPhone along to provide some music for the group; at 6am in the marina when we weren't moving everyone was impressed by the jambox and ease of pairing and sound quality. then when we got out to sea humming along in a twin engine boat, the jambox was barely audible even at high volume. someone else had a JBL Flip paired to their ipod, they turned it on and the sound was much louder, you could hear the sound if the speaker was pointed away from you and you were 10 feet away on the front of the boat with a large glass window in between and waves crashing about, this is anecdotal, and there aren't any slick deals on the JBL flip right now, its just its normal price of $99 on amazon. I prefer the design of the jambox, it has a great battery, and good iOS integration. This was the first time I had taken it to a loud ish environment and it was outshined by other products. Also, at the pool the Jambox did a great job of providing music to 2-4 people sitting around without blasting the entire pool area, like someone did with their Bose speaker.

TL-DR: The jawbone is a good speaker, I got shown up by a louder (and cheaper) JBL Flip on a fishing trip.

Did u by chance update the Jawbone firmware? I did this and noticed that they added a new feature "Live Audio". When live audio is on, the speaker volume is pretty low. If you turn it off in the speaker settings, the volume gets loud again.

I didn't know you could do that, Ill check it out when i get home from work, thanks.

Not to TC (I thumbed up you), but I was recently on a deep sea fishing trip and brought my jambox small and iPhone along to provide some music for the group; at 6am in the marina when we weren't moving everyone was impressed by the jambox and ease of pairing and sound quality. then when we got out to sea humming along in a twin engine boat, the jambox was barely audible even at high volume. someone else had a JBL Flip paired to their ipod, they turned it on and the sound was much louder, you could hear the sound if the speaker was pointed away from you and you were 10 feet away on the front of the boat with a large glass window in between and waves crashing about, this is anecdotal, and there aren't any slick deals on the JBL flip right now, its just its normal price of $99 on amazon. I prefer the design of the jambox, it has a great battery, and good iOS integration. This was the first time I had taken it to a loud ish environment and it was outshined by other products. Also, at the pool the Jambox did a great job of providing music to 2-4 people sitting around without blasting the entire pool area, like someone did with their Bose speaker.

TL-DR: The jawbone is a good speaker, I got shown up by a louder (and cheaper) JBL Flip on a fishing trip.

I agree with you. In 2-3 months the price should drop to $75-99. JBL flip is a lot better than small jambox retailing at $99.

I dont know about Big Jam Box though.

Overall, all these bluetooth/wireless speakers should come down in price by a lot soon