Bang & Olufsen - Beosound A1 3rd Gen

What about Bang & Olufsen?

B & O or Sennheiser

Beosound A1 3rd Gen (ca. $350), if you want a bluetooth speaker. Forget about stereo separation from any single speaker (not possible, because physics) - buy two A1 Gen 2 (ca. $400 together) instead, they link to form a stereo set. Tonality-wise, they are among the best smallish bluetooth speakers, with some amazing low bass extension for the size, and overall pretty accurate. Else, some small monitors like the Adam Audio D3V will sound superior but are not really portable.

I have a Beosound A1. Fantastic sound and long lasting battery. Pricy but worth it IMO

Only bang and olufsen beoplay a1 gen3 has chances to sound a little bit refined than the average market of bluetooth small speakers wich are more focussed on bass and screeching highs to impress outdoors. If you are looking for something in medium size, then sonos era 100 has a little touch of refinesse. Avoid all of that big boomboxes style like earfun uboom x, harman kardon goplay 3, jbl boombox 3 or tritbit stuff. All of these are tuned towards the bass and miss a lot of details in music no matter how tweaked are in EQ.

Bang and olufsen a1 gen 3. Compact non bassy Refinesse

Bang & Olufsen A1 3d gen or 2nd gen if you want compact size. But if you want something large JBL Boombox 3

B&O Beosound. You will not regret it.

If you wanna hear bass drops with mid and upper elements too from like space laces, hol, ydg the heavy sub 30hz drops: Harmon kardon onyx series for low priced. But if theres no constraints, the devialet mania will have the best bass you are looking for and clarity. B and O A1 is pretty good too but you’ll prolly wanna run a pair. All the jbls megaboom, the regular mainstream brands all run rly muddy bass that bleeds into the mids. Like at lost lands the soundcamp speakers, kinda mid for the vocals and trebles but u feel the wubs

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.

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.