Grain Audio PWS.01

Quality audio performance on tracks without serious sub-bass content, delivering a mids-focused, balanced sound. Beautiful walnut wood housing. Easily portable design.

Distorts at top volumes on deep bass tracks. No track navigation controls, no speakerphone functionality.

The distortion is a true bummer in this price range, but if you don't listen to throbbing electronic music, you're probably in the clear. If you do listen to music with deep lows, consider a system like the Bose SoundLink Mini or the Boston Acoustics...

On tracks with serious sub-bass content, like The Knife’s “Silent Shout,” the PWS.01 has some disappointing results. At top volumes on both the speaker and the sound source—in this case, an iPhone 5s—the speaker distorted its way through the...