Music on the golf course is commonplace. I know some of you rage against it but the musical horse has long left the cart barn.
Case in point: the foursome in front of me recently were enjoying the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack during their round. Not my favorite tunes but hearing them did give me an odd craving for an espresso with a lemon twist.
With speakers playing music increasing in popularity, the conversation must turn to finding the best golf speaker.
I’m not talking about the best Bluetooth speaker that you can also bring to the course, but the best speaker that actually enhances your golf experience.
Many companies have released speakers with golf-specific features but none comes close to the breadth of golf-friendly features Mileseey has incorporated into their new GeneSonic Pro speaker.
The best thing about this new speaker is that you can choose your level of complexity. You can use it as a simple Bluetooth speaker or to have the GeneSonic Pro deliver and collect data while you play golf. Just listen to music or play better and ultimately improve your game.
How can a speaker possibly do all of that?
The Mileseey GeneSonic Pro is a Bluetooth speaker
Before we get to any of the golf features, we should talk about the GeneSonic Pro as a speaker. If a speaker’s sonic production is lacking, you are unlikely to take it to the golf course.
As just a speaker, the GeneSonic Pro has great sound and is amazingly golf-friendly.
The mounting magnets are unbelievably strong and the control buttons on the right side are large and responsive.
The location of the magnet and the controls does limit the placement of the speakers inside of the GeneSonic Pro. Most of the music will come out of the left side of the speaker.
In a cart, this is actually advantageous. If you mount the speaker on the passenger side, most of the music is playing toward the inside of the cart rather than out into the course.
In terms of output, the sound quality and output levels are outstanding.
The GeneSonic Pro hits high and low frequencies especially well. The bass quality is significantly better than the UE Boom 3 I usually take to the course. The passive radiators at the ends of the unit vigorously bounce when the bass hits.
The speaker has a total output of 40 watts, 30 directed to the woofer and 10 to the tweeter. Other golf specific speakers are typically 30 watts.
Forty watts of power is perfect for outdoor playback. It does mean you will need to use discretion on the course. If you crank it up, others will hear it. Don’t be that group. Not everyone on the course is interested in hearing the Neutron Dance on the back nine.
(By the way, if you need an amazingly loud yet clear Bluetooth speaker, check out the JBL Partybox 320. It’s huge, and not at all for golf, but the 240-watt output is crystal-clear even at max volume. I picked up one this winter and my neighbors have enjoyed my playlists ever since.)
The Mileseey Pro is a golf speaker
If all you want is a Bluetooth speaker to take to the golf course, I have no problem recommending the Mileseey GeneSonic Pro. For a riding golfer, it works great as a speaker.
By the way, if you are a pushing or carrying golfer, you can also drop the GeneSonic Pro into the water bottle holder in your golf bag. It’s a little tougher to use the speaker’s GPS unit but it works pretty well overall.
At its core, the Mileseey GeneSonic Pro is a Bluetooth speaker but it becomes so much more once you look at its golf-specific features.
Let’s start with the GPS unit. The GeneSonic Pro has course maps for more than 43,000 courses. These courses are loaded into the unit so you do not need your phone during your round except to play the music.
The GeneSonic Pro GPS features do not require a subscription fee and they do not rely on your phone connection for data.
It doesn’t shout distances at you
Unlike some other speakers that only tell you distances verbally, the GeneSonic Pro has a full-color three-inch touchscreen display. Those of you who are familiar with the Mileseey GenePro G1 rangefinder I reviewed last summer will recognize the GPS interface layout.
The display shows the whole hole, allowing you to determine layup distances and the distances to intermediate targets. You can also easily switch to a display of the green. On that screen, you can move the pin to its actual location to get even more accurate yardages.
Oh, yeah, if you want the GeneSonic Pro to tell you the distances out loud, it can do that, too.
As a GPS unit, the GeneSonic Pro is fantastic. It’s fast, responsive and laser-verified accurate. If all you were looking for was a solid GPS unit, I would recommend you check out the GeneSonic Pro.
Are you picking up on the theme yet?
But wait, there’s more!
The GeneSonic Pro is a great speaker, and has a GPS unit that does everything that it needs to do.
In most cases, a company would stop product development there. Not Mileseey. They have packed even more functionality into the GeneSonic Pro.
While you don’t need the free Mileseey app on your phone to run the GeneSonic Pro, you will need the app to tap into all of the unit’s functionality. First of all, your phone will be needed for course and firmware updates. Updating is a very simple process and probably doesn’t need to be done very often.
The other thing the app allows you to do is to track your play during the round. The GeneSonic Pro allows you to track your shots during the round, syncing your play with the Mileseey app. All of your rounds are then available for post-round review on the Mileseey app.
I’ve skipped over one other little thing
There are two things I really like about the Mileseey GeneSonic Pro. First of all, it can be as simple or as expansive as you want. If you want to just play music or know every distance and track every shot, the GeneSonic Pro has both ends of the spectrum covered.
The second thing I love is that the GPS unit detaches from the speaker.
I probably should have led with this but I wanted to talk about the important play aspects of the GeneSonic Pro before I got to the part that some could erroneously dismiss as a novelty.
Being able to detach the GPS unit from the speaker base is unique. No other golf speaker has this ability. It’s a huge plus for the GeneSonic Pro unit.
How do you cart riders feel about the dreaded phrase “Cart Path Only”?
Not only does this mean you must walk to your ball but also that you are walking away from the GPS unit in the cart.
With the Mileseey GeneSonic Pro, you can pop off the GPS unit and take it to your shot location. The detached unit will give you your distances and allow you to control the speaker remotely as needed.
A press of the lower button on the side will record your shot location for the app.
The GPS unit and the speaker are actually independent units with overlapping functionality.
They work well together but do not need to be together. You can play music on the speaker without the GPS and you can use the GPS without the speaker. They even charge independently.
I’d be very happy playing a round of golf if all I had was the separate GPS unit. If you then showed me the speaker the GPS can dock into, my mind would be a touch blown.
The Mileseey GeneSonic Pro is next-level tech
Mileseey has created something special with the GeneSonic Pro. As a speaker, it’s solid. As a golf speaker, I don’t see any other similar product that even comes close.
Bushnell’s original Wingman GPS speaker lacked a screen. Bluetees Player + unit has a simple black-and-white display. The new Wingman HD unit has a screen but it still relies on your phone for all of the GPS data. The Bluetees unit does as well.
The Mileseey GeneSonic Pro GPS operates without your phone and the GPS can detach from the speaker base. All of the GPS speakers may look similar at first pass but the GeneSonic Pro is different.
By the way, the battery life is excellent. It has the juice for at least three rounds of golf or 15 hours of continuous music playback.
The Mileseey GeneSonic Pro has a MSRP of $299.99 and officially goes on sale on Jan. 21st at Mileseey.com.
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