Vifa Oslo - Wireless Portable Speaker - Ice Blue

This is my first bluetooth speaker and it's great. I have heard many others as my son has at least half a dozen and many were good. I liked the Bose ones, and found them amazing for their size, if a bit bass heavy. I didn't like the unbalanced sound of the B&0 play beolit 15, which is roughly the same price and size as the VIFA Oslo. I don't need it to be too portable as I use it around the house. I don't need it to be too loud, but want a balanced sound with clear mid ranges. The VIFA Oslo fits this as well as I had hoped. Speech is clear. Music is balanced, with firm bass, clear and forward mid range and silky trebles. It sounds amazing when turned up, which I don't do very often. The battery life is okay, but not outstanding. It looks fine, if a bit like a lunch box. I've had it for over 3 months, used it every day and have not regretted my purchase at any time.

Awesome sound quality for all styles of music, feels very nice build quality, fairly decent battery life, loud enough for large rooms and house parties and doesn't really distort at high volumes.The app let's you mess with a few eq settings. I find late night mode is best (boosts bass), combined with the wall setting (for when speaker is placed high up) as this seems to add some clarity.

I ordered the Dali Katch first, and ended up being very disappointed by both the lack of bass and the level of distortion above mid-volume.So disappointed that I sent it back straight away and bought the Oslo instead.I can't believe the difference between the two. The Oslo is just better at everything except battery. The sound is clear, balanced and yet the speaker is able to play deep bass with almost no distortion. The build quality is wonderful (aluminium frame) and the size is reasonably small. The handle is neat and functional. I didn't encounter bluetooth issues or problems with the app, but will follow up if my opinion changes.Update : I have been using the speaker for several months now. The speaker's sound quality is outstanding, to the point where non audiophile friends are telling me how awesome it sounds.However, it does have some very annoying shortcomings :- The battery is really poor. I often play some music while cooking dinner. If I go to bed without plugging it in, the battery will often be flat the next morning. That is a ~2h use + 10h standby.- The Oslo is heavy : Don't expect to carry it around in a park.- The audio volume is synced between the speaker and the device that plays the music. It may sound like a great feature, IT IS NOT.Problem is that most devices have big sound increments (PCs, macbook, iPhone & Pixel). This results in the Oslo jumping from too low to too high volume. The only way to adjust the volume properly is to do it manually on the speaker, which has smaller volume steps. Read, stand up while in bed, to go and adjust the volume manually so that it is at the right level. Oh, and clicking on your device's volume again will result in a reset of the volume you just manually set on the speaker... It defies the purpose of having bluetooth in the first place. Finally, I usually set speakers lower than my phone, so that anyone cranking the volume on my phone, doesn't smash the speaker to the point where sound distorts and damages the drivers. But because the volume is synced, you can't prevent someone from pushing it to the max. This is really frustrating and can't be disabled in the app.- I tried to publicly contact the support on Twitter over the former issue, they didn't even bother to reply.- I sent the support an email. They replied after a couple days, basically telling me I was doing it wrong... and that I should use the volume sliders to adjust the volume with more granularity. Problem : having to usethe volume drag slider precisely is not only difficult, but it also doesn't change anything. No matter how little you move the slider, it still results in huge jumps of volume. Needless to say, that at this price point I just can't recommend buying this. My Bose SoundLink mini 2 despite it's poorer sound, offers a way more enjoyable overall experience.

And before Oslo I had Beolit 15, Beoplay A2 Active and Beoplay P6. Vifa Oslo beats them all by a huge margin. Superb design, great battery life and epic sound quality. Can't recommend them enough.

First of all phenomenal speaker with sound clarity you can't get from 99% of portable speakers out there.If you are an audiophile who love to hear the detail in the sound and enjoy vocal and instruments and not just booms from bass this is the one for you especially in the price today

Sounds great!!! Design is very nice and quality and details are also very good. Good choice if you like quality audio with a nice design piece.

The media could not be loaded.  This is a very good speaker but it is not the only good sounding speaker out there and I think the costumer support is as important at least in this price range. My speaker's cover is faulty and as the matter of fact I saw the same problem in the reviews here and even a video of that. I contacted Vifa and send them a recorded video of my device showing the problem and they agreed that I send it to them for repair and they also paid for the UPS post. So far so good. About two weeks later I emailed them to get an update about my device and they came back to me with apology and stated that it took two weeks because they wanted to test everything thoroughly and not taking any chances and they immediately sent it back again by UPS to me after my Email. SO everything seems to be very good yes? NO! I got my speaker back only to realize that it has exactly the same problem as it had when It seems that they did not even look at it because it is kinda impossible to miss considering the video which I sent them. So I emailed them with a new video of my returned product and guess what? They did not answered my emails for the last week.

The media could not be loaded.  Nice sound but the speaker cover is defective. I purchased it 5 days ago as a replacement for a defective speaker I had to return then this one arrived defective. The speaker appears to be well made but this defect raises questions around Vifa's quality control. Vifa have confirmed the cover is defective and I must return it to them in Denmark for repair at their cost. Due to time constraints and with the speaker only 5 days old I requested a replacement as oposed to repair to be told this wasn't possible. This is why I've given two stars and almost gave one but this speaker is better than that, if only Vifa quality control wasn't better. Whilst the fault is considered cosmetic, it shouldn't be there on a speaker of this price.

Design et son extraordinaire, au dela de mes attentesProduit d'excellente qualité

The speakers have the best audio quality for bluetooth speaker. Battery lasts around 10 hours at regular volume. Got this for around 25k. Have been using it for almost an year now without any issues.

Well, after having itched the scratch to get this for quite a while, I finally took the plunge on it seeing at the decent albeit steep price of twenty five large from the "in-house" amazon seller. Delivery was smooth and product was packed impeccably.Sound - There is no doubt here, the online/youtube/amazon.com reviews are on point. The bass is room filling and tight, the mids are forward and silky, the highs are flat and not shrill - a warm frequency response to my ears. Do note however that I rarely listen to these at anything higher than 60% volume since I keep them at around 4-5 feet distance and facing me with a wall behind it to bounce the bass back. I do have a JBL xtreme 2 as well for outdoor use and this just blows it away by a long shot. On battery I could not see much drop in sound levels but they do not last more than 2 hours if you play them at 60% or more with bass heavy music. Aptx does its thing (I can not hear a huge difference though with flacs or 320kbps mp3s - may be a proper audiophile might); and low level listening is also well balanced with a similar sound signature. Sound stage is impressive for a speaker this size but stereo separation can not be expected with these dimensions. There is no "fluttering" of bass as some reviewers suggested, may be letting this breathe easy at ear level at 4-5 feet works well. You can expect this to be room filling, but not wall-shaking - that is simply not possible for an enclosure and drivers this size, but people will definitely ask you the brand name again after listening to it.Design - premium build, nonchalant.Battery - 3-4 hours on medium, 2 hours for those portable party needs, no apparent drop in sound quality. The supplied charger is a little bulky to my liking.I have no idea if vifa has a service presence in India or what to do if the battery dies (keep batteries charged - if you do not use this or any other device with battery frequently set a monthly reminder - kept my ps3 controllers alive :))One thing is for sure, turning this on definitely puts a smile on my face. (for this price, it better). This and the soundlink mini 2 are my go-to's for portable music and they certainly do not disappoint. Hope this helped.

Acquistato usato in ottime condizioni, credo sia uno dei pochi speaker bluetooth veramente audiophile. Il suono è assolutamente neutro, trasparente, un basso pieno e controllolato. Si interfaccia benissimo con tidal e qobuz hi fi. Uno speaker da veri intenditori, complimenti vifa.

Ich hatte große Erwartungen an den Klang des Gerätes. Dies wurde leider nicht bestätigt. Laut Herstellerbescheibung sollte das Gerät einen sehr ausgeglichenen Klang ohne überbetonte Frequenzbereiche haben. Für mich klang das Gerät sehr mittenbetont. Noch störender ist die sehr schwache Höhenwiedergabe. Das ist natürlich Geschmackssache aber mein alter Bose Soundlink mini hat mehr Höhen. Und der ist schon eher dumpf im Klang.Der Einschaltknopf liegt auf der Rückseite und muss zum Einschalten länger gedrückt werden. Um in den Bluetooth Modus zu gelangen muss man den Schalter nochmals drücken. Dies ist sehr lästig.Die äusserliche Verarbeitung ist sicherlich wertig. Sollte man bei dem aufgerufenen Preis aber auch erwarten.Mit der Vifa App kann man den Klang noch etwas anpassen. Jedoch bleibt der klangliche Grundcharakter immer erhalten.Alles in allem halte ich das Gerät für überteuert.