Overall, a great step up from the likes of JBL, Sony and Megaboom without completely breaking the bank. The family-run brand has been designing speakers for decades, and knows its stuff when it comes to what makes a speaker great. The sound can get lost in outdoor settings,’ Powell says, ‘so if it’s for garden use, consider a larger unit that can fill the space.

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Although it’s not the smallest portable speaker, the pay-off is the sound distribution – House of Marley claims this speaker delivers fantastic sound over a 30-metre range and our testing proved this estimate to be pretty accurate, with no discernible loss of audio quality. The other new feature UE added is DJ mode, which lets you invite up to two other friends to help you take turns controlling the mix. In speakers, they allow more rapid pairing, prompting your phone to download the app and pairing without requiring your phone’s set-up menu. Other speaker manufacturers have built-in equalization that helps with low-volume playback, and we’d like to see LG implement this as well in the future.Sound quality is crisp and gorgeous, with both music and radio, and even the bass is surprisingly impressive from something so small. The ends of the speaker are slightly concave, which Sonos says increases its drop-resistance, and helps to prevent accidental button presses, so you don’t jack the volume up to 11 every time you brush past it.

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In an era when there are so many to choose from, it’s understandable that we’ve all got different priorities when it comes to speakers, and the ones we’ve chosen might well appeal to different people, or excel in different areas, but we’re firm believers that none will disappoint.It also comes with Google Assistant / Alexa support, so you can control it with your voice alone, and use it to control your other smart devices. We expected more longevity out of the XBoom 360, seeing how many portable speakers now last past 20 hours for true all-day playback. The MRx is designed to look and sound good as a standalone speaker, focused on wireless streaming via its new speaker units, but comes into its own when connected to one of the brand’s bigger offerings, such as the fantastic tabletop R5. While many other companies are leaning into the PA-system and boom box aesthetic, it’s nice to see LG come out with a speaker that looks great in the home. A few years back sound engineer Jonny Williams, who works with Stormzy, Rita Ora and Kylie, started building brightly coloured, suitcase-sized boomboxes for his celebrity clients, inspired by the hip-hop block parties of the early 80s.

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Thankfully, it not only gets loud, but the sound quality is good as well with boosted bass that has good impact and highs that never sound harsh. Pairing the Sonos Roam with other Sonos speakers can be done by simply holding down the play/pause button. We’ve yet to come across a product from Anker (Soundcore is an Anker sub-brand) we don’t love, but rest assured we went into this review with full impartiality.That could be fun at night – but more useful is the long battery life, which means you can set it on a table at a party (it helps that it looks like a vase) and be confident that it will last all night. Each speaker is also a statement piece in itself, and will bring some much-needed Scandi sophistication to any home. While the app isn’t the best on the list, it still gives you the option of grouping speakers in different rooms and using them in stereo mode. One big plus for is a fast-charge function which offers 70 minutes of play in just 10 minutes of charging.