Speaker Reviews

We P We purchased this during lockdown to replace an old amp and wired speakers which my 2 young sons were pulling apart. This is perfect and sits beneath our wall mounted TV with the wireless sub placed at the rear of a medium sized living room. The...

2 expert reviews | 11 user reviews

For $50, the Sony SRS-XB10 delivers a solid overall audio experience, with crisp highs and rich lows for its price and size. There's little to complain about, though the SRS-XB10 doesn't quite unseat our favorite compact $50 Bluetooth speaker, the...

11 expert reviews | 778 user reviews

The Bose SoundTouch 30 keeps a good pace for both price and feature count with mostly excellent sound quality, particularly at moderate volumes.

7 expert reviews | 552 user reviews

The LG Xboom Go PL5’s water-resistant, color-changing-LED design is more compelling than the speaker's audio performance.

4 expert reviews | 55 user reviews

At a cost that’s far more than most sound bar setups — without all their purpose-built convenience — the YSP-5600 sits in a somewhat awkward position on the sound bar scale. Still, with all its caveats, Yamaha has loaded some truly brilliant sound...

20 expert reviews | 32 user reviews

So, let's rundown the list. Quality audio performance for the size and price? Check. LED light show? Check. Attractive, waterproof design? Check. Even the included app manages to be somewhat useful, rather than the bloatware we often see bundled with...

6 expert reviews

The Ultimate Ears UE Roll is a good speaker if you're looking for something colorful, affordable, and crisp-sounding, though there are some other options you might want to consider as well. For a bit more money, you'll get significantly more bass...

30 expert reviews | 537 user reviews

Another $50 gets you the Zipp, which delivers better sound and a lot more of it.

14 expert reviews | 217 user reviews

JBL has improved both LED light show and sound in the Pulse 2, making this flashy Bluetooth speaker a stand-out product in a crowded market.

17 expert reviews | 168 user reviews

The Samsung HW-S60A is decent for mixed usage. Out-of-the-box, it has a pretty neutral sound profile suitable for lots of types of audio content. However, it struggles to reproduce the deep thump and rumble in bass-heavy music and action-packed movies....

2 expert reviews | 2 user reviews

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38 expert reviews | 5264 user reviews

The Harman/Kardon Go + Play is one of the best-sounding portable iPod speaker systems you can buy, but its high price and lack of compatibility with recent iPod models make it a limited recommendation.

56 expert reviews | 819 user reviews

While Marshall’s new Stanmore offers gorgeous bass lines, and clear distortion-free treble, the speaker came up a little shy of the performance we’ve come to expect from a $400 speaker in what has become an exceedingly competitive wireless speaker...

26 expert reviews | 543 user reviews

The Cambridge Audio TV 5 is a powerful one-piece sound system and a solid candidate for anyone looking for a sound slab. It produces some slight chassis buzz with deep bass at high volumes, but it doesn't distort, and offers a full, room-filling sound....

14 expert reviews | 310 user reviews

The JBL Pulse 3 is priced like a speaker that might have some sub-bass power to it, but it sounds more like a speaker that costs about $50 less in that regard. That extra cost money goes into the design—those dancing LEDs aren't free, and neither is...

15 expert reviews | 59 user reviews

The Sony GTK-XB60 speaker offers bass thunder and an LED light show, but limited portability.

6 expert reviews | 35 user reviews

If you're looking to build a multiroom audio system based on Chromecast, you really should consider putting at least one JBL Playlist in there.

12 expert reviews | 29 user reviews

“The SVS Prime Wireless Pro offer high-quality home theater audio from a family-room-friendly footprint.”

16 expert reviews

Brew freshly-ground coffee with just a button touch and also has a milk frother to make a Cappucino.

1 expert reviews | 21 user reviews

The Minx S325 5.1 speaker system from Cambridge Audio is one of the finest satellite subwoofer speaker systems I've ever heard. The combination of the Mini 20s and X300 subwoofer was a match made in both audiophile and home theater heaven for their...

3 expert reviews | 3 user reviews

Performance and Conclusions As mentioned above, any misgivings you have about the SoundLink Color's design will be laid to rest once you hear it playing your favorite tunes. This speaker pumps out some of the most impressive audio I've heard at this...

28 expert reviews | 8263 user reviews

The Denon HEOS HomeCinema offers discreet looks and a dynamic performance, but it could be easier to use.

23 expert reviews | 442 user reviews

The Ultimate Ears UE Roll 2 is a good-sounding Bluetooth speaker as long as you don't push its volume to maximum, and its clever, rugged design makes it easy to take and hang up almost anywhere. $100 is a bit pricey for the amount of power you get,...

24 expert reviews | 285 user reviews

Soundbars designed to deliver Dolby Atmos sound in an all-in-one package offer a convenient alternative to complicated—and pricey—setups that require in-ceiling speakers or “elevation” modules. We’ve checked out a few such specimens in Sound & Vision,...

16 expert reviews | 136 user reviews

While it should costs a little less, the Sony SRS-XB10 is an attractively designed mini wireless speaker that outputs more bass than your typical tiny speaker.

12 expert reviews | 49 user reviews