Top Bluetooth Speaker Manufacturing Companies [List]

Surprisingly, the+ even has a hands-free function, so if you ever have to make a conference call with 30 people while sitting by the pool in a Florida resort, you're good to go. Now the company has released Wonderboom 2, which is a touch bigger than the original and sounds a little better to stream your favorite music, with more bass and a special outdoor boost mode that increases the treble. Portable Bluetooth speakers have a rechargeable battery and are often waterproof or splash-proof, so you can easily move around the house or take them to a park or beach. But three of our four podium participants preferred the sound of the Xtreme 2 very much, so for listeners who want a very loud, clear and full sounding speaker, we expect it to be worth paying the extra costs. Bluetooth speakers are often available for $5, but we've never found such an inexpensive model that sounds good enough to bother — especially when the speakers built into today's better phones can play loud enough to hear light. Last year, we tested more than 35 different Bluetooth speakers and researched dozens more online, and we can say that they are still among the best small devices you can listen to. It also has many useful features, including an outdoor boost mode that makes it louder (at the expense of the bass), an ultra-rugged design, stereo/mono pairing, an extra long Bluetooth range and a top button that lets you pause and restart the music, as well as jump to the next track. Photo: Rozette is a hands-free call — when I called Lauren, she described my voice as “clear, but a little compressed,” but her voice sounded great at my end of the call. 6 dB at 1 meter, about the same level you'd hear from traffic noise if you were standing at a busy city intersection — and enough to to fill a small room with clay. We considered making the house Marley No Bounds Sport a choice because we love the design, and the sound is good for the price, but we only have about six hours running time. This is a speaker that can get loud and cannot distort at higher volumes; be light enough to carry on a camping trip, but remain durable enough to fall unprotected in a bag. Playback control: Since playback can be controlled by your source Bluetooth device (usually a phone or tablet), we did not have to have the speaker itself playback controls, but it's a convenient plus. Although it has a play/pause button on the top, it does not have track skip buttons that would be useful if you were using the XSound Go in the shower. It comes with a wireless charging station when it's in the kitchen, and it's splash-proof — I shot a hose on it so it can get wet — for when it's by the pool. First, some speakers are built with ultimate durability in mind, others are weatherproof and waterproof for camping and melodies by the pool, but some are not suitable for nature and would look pretty in your home instead. Bluetooth range in our tests was about 43 feet through a wall, enough that you could probably leave your phone indoors while the + played at the pool. I first set the playback level of each speaker to 74 decibels using the test sound recorded by a Dolby Digital receiver with form noise channel compensation. Note that our results may not match the manufacturer's stated battery life, probably because their testing methodology — which they almost never publish — is off ours. The Bose Portable Home Speaker is not the brand's first outdoor friendly speaker and shows: Beautiful minimalist design meets weather-ready robustness, with a lightweight construction and handle that is suitable for on the go. Also great: EcoXgear +Photo: Rozette two years ago, the “Pool Blaster” Bluetooth speaker category emerged: large models that have high volume and a waterproof design. Lauren added, “It sounds bright, but it has enough bass to balance it — it's boom and sizzle, where most of the little speakers are all sizzling. For half the price, the Wonderboom is a great speaker that is completely dust and waterproof and can't keep up with the audio fidelity or features of the Bose, but it's still ideal for listening on the go. For di.