The Booming Addiction: How Ultimate Ears Is Poisoning Your Sound
The line is crossing, my friends. The sound purists are going to protest, the noise ordinances will cower in fear, and your significant other will beg you to turn it off. Ultimate Ears is releasing another speaker, the sixth in a string of Boom-branded monstrosities, each one devouring your sanity with more volume, more bass, and more madness.
Behold, the $249.99 Everboom, the epitome of eardrum shattering sonic excess. This goliath of sound is twice the trouble, with a bass that’ll punch a hole through the fabric of your soul and an outdoor mode that will make you scream "BLASPHEMY!" atop the nearest skyscraper. It floats, it’s waterproof, it comes with a carabiner, but it will also drive your neighbors to the brink of madness.
And why stop at one? Ultimate Ears is treating you to an updated slew of Boom, Wonderboom, and Megaboom speakers, each one now afflicted with the curse of USB-C compatibility. Your old charger can begone, replaced by the dark majesty of the micro-union jack. The Boom and Megaboom now have deep bass radiators because why settle for mediocrity, right? And the Wonderboom – ah, the poor Wonderboom – is now blessed with the ability to pipe in podcasts like an unwanted relative crashing on your couch.
But that’s not enough; no, they must throw in the megaphone feature to truly complete this audio Apocalypse. Imagine shouting at passersby, hearing your nasally voice echo across the canyons of despair. Envision standing in the middle of Grand Central, mid-day, shrieking out show tunes to anyone who’ll look up from their phones.
Do not, we repeat DO NOT, ask for these sounds to stop. Resistance is futile against the sonic tide of Ultimate Ears’ Boom-iverse.
All of the new abominations are available for preorder now. Take the red pill. Take the blue pill. Make your own audio dystopia.
