LG XBoom XL7 review: a thunderous karaoke party speaker on wheels MSRP $599.00 Score Details DT Recommended Product “True to its name, the LG XBoom XL7 is a portable light and karaoke show that booms.” Pros Cons It’s safe to say that if you pull up to a pool party, barbecue, birthday bash, or weekend get-together with the LG XBoom XL7 party speaker rolling along behind you, things are going to get fun. And really loud.
A bit taller and slimmer than a standard carry-on suitcase, you get the idea that LG’s designers must have been spending a lot of time in airports because they smartly outfitted the XL7 with a telescoping handle and two rubberized wheels on the bottom backside. EQ settings To put the XL7 to the test, I retreated north of my home in Toronto to my family’s cottage where I could really let it fly. With a Canadian holiday long weekend approaching, I knew my noisy neighbors would be cranking the Steve Miller and The Tragically Hip around their firepit till the wee hours. But this time I’d be ready to respond.
My point made, and not wanting to start a full-out volume war, I raised a beer in truce, shouted “Sorry!” and switched things up with a little Steely Dan and Fleetwood Mac at a more reasonable volume to let the mid and high details shine. Steely’s Do It Again conga intro bounced up into the surrounding trees while the shimmering acoustic guitars and kickdrum of Fleetwood and Co.’s The Chain seemed to be coming from all around, too, which is weird because the XL7 is not a stereo speaker .
The light show gets a little more interesting with the XL7’s “Pixel LED” panel that sits above the woofer and features 11 dot-animated scenes you can pick. They feature cute animations and moving rhythm visualizations, as well as scrolling text messages that you can customize . You can even create your own animations in the app. Don’t get me wrong here: the lights are fun and bright enough to offer a dazzling little light show in a small or medium-sized darkened room.
Plugging in also activates all the features in the app’s Karaoke section, and they are vast. From the app, you can also control the basic volume and echo, but it gets awesome after that, with 19 vocal effects that do everything from drop your voice down to deep bass level , up to soprano heights, or even higher for a weird helium effect.