Bang & Olufsen - A2 Active (Gen 2)

What about Bang & Olufsen?

B & O or Sennheiser

Gen 3 B&O is out now but, I'm still rocking the 2nd Gen for potable great sound, and it's good enough for under $140 on Amazon renewed, and I'm using my JBL Partybox Club 120 for my whole home theater setup in my Den connected to my JBL Clip 5, and a JBL Go 4 linked in Auracast and it works well all together!

Or also the Beoplay A2 which is pretty much the same as the Dali Katch G2 (though the G2 is slightly better). The Beoplay A2 will be cheaper as there are a lot more out there. And yes, both the Beoplay A2 and the Dali Katch G2 are also imo the best sounding BT speakers.

You call yourself an audiophile yet are convinced this is by far the best sounding BT speaker? I’m confident in saying this is probably one of the very few you’ve heard. The crackling noise could be due to the battery being degraded and not being able to supply enough voltage/current. Something small that will cover the whole frequency range is the Bang & Olufsen Beoplay A1 (1st Gen). Anything else the same size will not go as low as the A1 does. Footsteps and such are usually low pitched sounds so that could work.

BeoPlay A2 is the best portable speaker I’ve ever had

I have to say that, for as much as I love the Bose speakers I own, battery drain is far more noticeable than with other brands I own. My Bang & Olufsen speakers have the absolute least battery drain while idle; JBL is great for power retention, too.

You could use the rca outs to a headphone jack and use wired headphones. No pairing required. The soundburger works great and sounds great overall. It seems to pair ok if you hold the bluetooth speaker super close…I haven’t tried AirPods though. I don’t DJ anymore so I’m not out actively mining for gold, but a soundburger would have been handy for that. I used to see some people 30 years ago with junky suitcase players or fisher price set ups to listen on the fly.