Bang & Olufsen - Beoplay A1 (1st Generation)

What about Bang & Olufsen?

Well I got the BeoPlay A1 at home and it’s awesome 😄

B & O or Sennheiser

I’d say the Beoplay A1 1st Gen beats the 2nd gen

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.

The beoplay a1, in one of the earlier versions with a minijack connection or a new one with a Usb-c to minijack adapter. 

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.

I totally get that…what’s your go-to travel speaker? I usually take either my B&O A1s (paired/single), or my Dali Katch. They also double as my White Noise (well, Brown, actually) generator for sleeping.

I really don't like the beolit 20. I like the sound of my Vifa Helsinki much more even though it's an older speaker and a lot cheaper now. Check some B&O a1 series,each one has a different sound type,for small portable bt speakers For medium size, Devialet Mania,a reboxed unit was around 500€ in my country just recently. 500 or under it's a good price,not the 800-900€ or how much they ask for it on most sites. For bigger sizes, i dont think you have many options,in a reasonable amount of money. The b&o a5 but it can get quite expensive sometimes. *I wouldn't call these audiophile speakers, high quality Bluetooth speakers would be a more suited name.