It did leave me a little disappointed coming from the soundcore x600, but that's twice the speaker at around twice the price. I also found it lacking compared to the soundcore motion +, but that comes in a bigger package and is less portable.This speaker is fantastic for it's size, you have to realize your compromising the audio quality for that a little bit. While my mp3s didn't sound very good on it, lossless audio sounds absolutely fantastic. The vocals and instruments sound absolutely phenomenal, dare I say better than the x600. The piano and drum sounds felt so alive! I was really blown away. I found the sub-bass very lacking, with bass boosted on everything is drowned out, unlike the soundcore x600 which I think sounds pretty balanced with the bass boost (I'm a bass head though)If you are more interested in watching TV or media with this, this might be the speaker for you (if the battery life is good enough, need to test more for that.)I love the little strap, the test of time will see how rugged that is, but that was the main selling point for me. I tugged pretty hard on it and it didn't break, hopefully it has metal under the plastic. It's light (enough) and fits on a backpack from stock.Had to take a star off for the lack of an aux port, it deserves 3 stars for that, but for my uses I won't really be needing it. That being said I can't support such a backwards decision in anyway. Also, Anker has the worst aux ports I've ever used. My motion + aux port broke until I reset the software (....what?), My soundcore x600 aux port would cut out making PC use impossible without Bluetooth. So while I don't support the removal instead of improval, I could relate to an excuse they would make.Overall I don't regret this purchase and I love this portable speaker. If you don't plan on traveling with the speaker a lot and portability isn't key, I would recommend the soundcore x600, the mini upward firing speaker similar to Dolby Atmos is amazing, really let's the base shine without drowning out highs and mids.The soundcore motion plus is the best all around speaker from soundcore, which was very well designed and stands the test of time (the battery is a joke though, they could have doubled or even quadrupled the battery life while only making the speaker a little bit bigger.