I'm looking for opinions on how the SB Boom sounds vs. the F80 from someone who actually has both.
Sorry Joel, I do not own both. But a friend of mine has a SB Boom that I suggested he get.
He had a few initial hiccups and I helped him sort those out. So, I've heard the Boom quite a number of times. Obviously, it has all the convenience benefits of the regular SB and sounds quite ok. If you're familiar with the popular Bose iPod unit (Wave I think???), then the Boom would be quite similar sounding to that
I think the F80 is on a different playing field entirely, sound wise (but price wise as well)