After a first remarkable entry into our audio lab, Anker returns this time with its SoundCore 2, a small nomadic speaker that relies on its increased resistance to water and its good 24-hour autonomy. Will this be enough to stand out from its many competitors?
The SoundCore 2 is a small nomadic speaker with honest performance that surprises with its great autonomy. Even if it does the job well, it will not overthrow you with its sound quality, especially since it must be spared or risk suffering the effects of distortion.
Points forts
- Made relatively homogeneous.
- Speech intelligibility.
- Simple and honest manufacturing.
- Very good autonomy.
- Easy to use.
Weak points
- Distortion which arrives very quickly and which limits the full exploitation of the power of the loudspeaker.
- Only one cable supplied.
- No return to previous song.
- Summary battery indicator.
NB: The reported price drop is calculated by comparing the lowest price of the day with the average of the lowest prices charged by all merchants for the product last month, with security rules to exclude prices from shops whose the VAT policy is not clear (known as “grey” shops, typically in the case of imports from China).
An alternative
It is not this time that Xiaomi will break into the portable speaker market. The Mi Portable Bluetooth Speaker may promise mountains and wonders at an aggressive price, but in reality it has nothing very exciting to offer. Given its barely correct sound performance, its limited power reserve and its disappointing autonomy, it is not even absurd to prefer an ultraportable speaker sold at a similar price, such as the Clip 4 or the Go 3. In the field of “portables”, we cannot recommend the SRS-XB23 or, if your budget allows, the excellent SRS-XB33
