The third button is much simpler – it changes the speaker’s mood lighting. With this you can link up to 100 LG XBOOM PL7 speakers if you’re not content with annoying you next-door neighbours but those several doors down as well. Next up is Multi Mode, one of those ridiculous features that seems like it’s included to beat a Guinness World Record. Only a PL7 can be matched with another PL7 as you can’t mix and match a PL7 with a PL5, for example. One is Dual Mode, which places the speaker into a stereo pair for an even bigger (re. We mentioned before there were three other buttons around the rear of the speaker. Basically don’t use it around the edges of a pool – it might actually sink to the bottom if it fell in. The PL7 is water-resistant (or weatherproof, as LG puts it) to IPX5, which means it can shake off a low pressure spray of water. The PL7 supports MQA but the only other codecs you get are AAC and SBC. Speaking of the Sound Boost feature, Meridian’s contribution to the LG XBOOM PL7 sees the sound amplified by the press of a button for a bigger and more powerful performance. LG says the rechargeable 3900mAh battery inside the speaker is good enough for ‘approximately’ 24-hours, but that ‘approximation’ comes with caveats such as playing music at 50% volume and turning off the mood lighting and Meridian Sound Boost, so actual battery life will vary depending on use and features. Can be used as a surround speaker with compatible LG TVs.Help from Meridian for bigger performance.LG XBOOM PL7 features – Battery life comes with a few caveats The LG XBOOM PL7 can also act as a speaker for phone calls with a microphone embedded in the speaker’s top right-hand side. Up top are buttons for Power, Bluetooth pairing, Volume and Playback buttons, alongside a battery level indicator (Green = good, Amber = not as good, Red = needs a charge), and Meridian’s Sound Boost for, well, boosting the sound. Also there are three other buttons that we’ll come to in the Feature section. The front of the speaker (if it isn’t obvious) is where the grille is placed, and around the back is the (massive) XBOOM logo with a rear flap beneath that conceals a micro USB-C port for charging, auxiliary out and USB port for charging mobile devices. The rubberised finish does make it a magnet for greasy fingerprints though. The finish is rubberised, which makes it easier to get a grip and while it comes in just one finish – a rather metallic-looking blue – the ring-shaped woofer lights at each end enliven its mood. It’s a good looking speaker with its curved and sleek lines – the shape sort of reminds me of the ‘pigskin’ ball used in American Football. The PL7 tips the scales at 1.46kg and that’s slightly heavy for a ‘portable’ speaker but is an improvement over the PK7, which weighed twice as much. Unlike the PK7 there isn’t an integrated handle, but if a smaller speaker is of interest then LG offers the PL5 and PL2 as alternatives. I’d say it’s big enough to hold in one hand, but that’ll depend on how big your hand is. LG XBOOM PL7 design – An improvement over the PK7 though still fairly heavyĪs the premium speaker in LG’s PL range of speakers the PL7 is a bulky unit measuring in at 98 x 245 x 98 (HWD, mm).
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