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Physically, it's about the size, I mean, they like to say this, it's about the size of an iPhone 5 in terms of the amount of space it takes up on your desk, but obviously it's a little bit on the thicker side compared to an iPhone, but I guess they're right about it being about that size. It has a metal grill on the front with a soft touch finish on the back, and has that awesome, grippy material that Razer has on the back of their, I believe it's the Ouroboros wireless receiver, but like you put down and it just like doesn't move, it practically sticks to things, it's actually outstanding. It has an on-off switch on the back as well as a line in and USB for charging or powering it and using it all the time. And on the top, it has a glossy series of buttons, so there's your pairing button as well as taking calls button. Yes, it has an integrated speakerphone just like most of these devices, as well as volume up and down. Now, the claims of amazingly big sound due to carefully crafted acoustics should probably be taken with a grain of salt. With that said, there are two full range drivers to cover the mids and highs, and just like their more high-end LISN product, there is a base reinforcing passive pressure driver that is ported out the bottom that should add a little bit of thumb to it and some tightness to the base. If that feature works anything like its bigger brother, the LISN, then I'd expect it to work quite well. Just make sure you've got it positioned on a hard surface for maximum effectiveness. Now, from the Amp SP1 and the Ultimate Ears Boom, I am expecting some serious competition in our listening impressions. The Go does use a class D amplifier and aims to deliver a fairly flat frequency response compared to the overpowered lows and highs that we get from comparable products. So let's spend some time with it and see what we think here. Before we do the listening tests, I should probably say something about the accessories. The box is actually quite nice, quite well designed, very robust indeed. There's a manual, but you likely won't need it, and there's also a handy-dandy little carrying case pouch that has some Simple Audio branding on it. There's also a wall wart. This is something that isn't necessarily included with all these things. Nice little profile one, little Simple Audio logo on the front. A 3.5mm cable, not particularly stunning in terms of the quality of the cable itself. And then finally a USB-A to Micro-B cable so that you can actually charge the thing. Alright, so if you've ever paired a Bluetooth device to anything, then you'll be able to set this up fairly easily. I realized very early, actually, once I was listening to the thing, why they went with such sticky rubber for the bottom. And the reason is that if it is allowed to vibrate on the surface that it's sitting on, it significantly degrades the listening experience. So the fact that they put the care and attention into doing something like that means a lot to me. It does sound, particularly at about 70-80% volume, better balanced than something like the Ultimate Ears Boom. And I'm going to stick with this for the main point of comparison, just because we feel it's pretty similar to the SP-1, and it's a much more mainstream brand, so you're more likely to have a point of reference. I mean, okay, so for context, Jambox by Jawbone is nowhere near any of these things. Like, not even close. So it was a more balanced overall sound with respect to highs, mids, and lows. We're still talking about tiny drivers inside a tiny enclosure that's battery powered, but better is still better. With that said, it doesn't get as loud as the Boom. Not a lot quieter, but a little bit quieter. And I found that the quality of the sound is more dependent on the directionality of it, the way that it's facing. So if you were to put this sort of in the middle of a room where people are going to be all around it, something like the Boom might perform a little bit better from behind, whereas the Simple Audio Go will be more satisfying in the corner of a room where people happen to be, or at the beach. You'd want it kind of in front of everyone as opposed to right in the middle of the group. One thing that's cool is that it does tie the volume control directly into the software in your player, rather than having separate audio control. This is something that I have an issue with with the Ruckus series of products. So that was really handy, and it has a battery life indicator on supported products, and there's actually quite a wide variety of them. I think that's pretty much all there is to say about it. Does it sound better than other Bluetooth speakers? I guess the answer is yes. Alright, so for our audio quality test, I'm calling Slick upstairs. So we're going to position it such that it would be kind of like normal, like on a desk in front of you. Okay, so there we go. So Slick, I'm actually on a speakerphone right now. What would you have to say about the audio quality of the experience? Um, it's not particularly moving. It's not moving, okay. So he's not tearful at the moment. If I'm a little bit further away, can you hear me clearly though? I guess is what we're going for here. I can definitely tell what you're saying. Okay, okay. Well, that's excellent. Okay. So hold on. I'm going to move it a little bit further away. I'm just going to lower this table a little bit here. Okay, can you hear me now? How are we doing? Yeah, I can hear you. Okay, how about, hold on, give me a second. How about now? Uh, yes, I can hear you. Okay, does it sound any different? It sounds like I might be in a pocket. Yeah, no, you're in my pants. So, yep, down the front of my pants. I hope that's okay with you. That's fine. Okay, cool. So anyway guys, thank you for checking out this video. Like it if you liked it, dislike it if you disliked it. Leave a comment if you have feelings that just can't be expressed by thumbs-upping and thumbsing down. And as always, don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other, hopefully not, videos like this. I'm very sorry for this.