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Monster Superstar Bluetooth Speaker

Last updated: January 4, 2019

Monster Superstar Bluetooth Speaker
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We looked at the top Bluetooth Speakers and dug through the reviews from some of the most popular review sites. Through this analysis, we've determined the best Bluetooth Speaker you should buy.

Overall Take

In our analysis of 54 expert reviews, the Monster Superstar Bluetooth Speaker placed 13th when we looked at the top 16 products in the category. For the full ranking, see below.

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Superstar Bluetooth Speaker – Grey

Expert Reviews


What experts liked

With a built-in microphone, it has speakerphone capabilities (it performed pretty well in my tests), and there's a line input for non-Bluetooth devices.
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The speaker has an appealing design, it floats in water like a champ – but it can do more than that.
The BackFloat has an IPX6 rating, meaning it's both splash-resistant and shock-resistant—so it can float in water and get wet, as it's designed to, but you might not want to completely immerse it for very long.
It sounds halfway decent, and watching water bounce off its drivers and passive radiator in time with your favorite tunes is great fun.
The design of the Monster Backfloat is attractive and rugged looking.
The mids are solid and thick sounding, with a nice emphasis on low mids in particular that makes the SuperStar particular well-suited to rock music and other guitar-heavy genres.

What experts didn't like

Like a lot of these little speakers it plays loud for its size, but it also distorts with certain tracks at higher volumes.
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With that, the seven hours of advertised battery life isn't enough for the price, especially when compared to some cheaper competition in its size class, like the UE Mini Boom.
It's hard to complain too much about a water-resistant speaker that also delivers quality audio performance for its size, but the BackFloat does seem slightly overpriced.
What is missing is a bit of upper mid-range, which leaves the BackFloat’s renderings lacking a touch in definition.
Although one negative is the charge time on the Backfloat seemed pretty long at roughly 2.5 hours.
Unfortunately, big sounding doesn’t always equate with loud, and we did notice that as we pushed the volume up, some distortion was occasionally apparent, especially in bass-heavy tracks.
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