This page lists the best portable Bluetooth speakers recommended by other top unbiased reviewers who have reviewed enough speakers to make a reasonable top choice. These speakers also tend to be highly rated in the rankings.
For more information, sound samples and specs about all these speakers, see the portable speaker rankings by size
Oluv’s Speaker Picks
Oluv prefers a very neutral sound signature and has done the DSP design on the Earfun Uboom L and Earfun Uboom X which is why they are at the top of his list. His choices tend to align nearly perfectly with my own.
Oluv’s favorite pocket size speaker is the $51 Tribit Stormbox Micro 2
Oluv’s favorite small/medium size battery powered speaker is the $50 Uboom L (after clipped coupon and coupon UBOOMLWC on the payment page) running firmware 1.2.7 (will need to be changed for the best sound quality and requires PC or virtualization on a Mac) install the Earfun app (Android or iOS and set the Oluv EQ in the Earfun app.
Oluv’s favorite large size battery powered speaker is the $100 Soundcore Boom 2 or $104 on Soundcore.com with coupon SOUNDCORE202i4 running Oluv’s EQ
Oluv’s favorite boombox size battery powered speaker is the $118 Earfun Uboom X (after clipped coupon and code UBOOMXDR on the payment page). Make sure you install the app (Android or iOS), update the firmware and select an Oluv EQ like Indoor.
Alan Ross’s Speaker Picks
Alan Ross has mentioned he prefers a slightly warm sound signature, and the speakers he selects do have some bias towards that but are still fairly neutral. His choices are generally in the top 10 of each of my categories and are all great speakers too.
Alan Ross’s favorite pocket size speaker is the $51 Tribit Stormbox Micro 2
Alan Ross’s favorite small/medium size speaker is the $80 Soundcore Motion+
Alan Ross’s favorite large size speaker is the $200 Marshall Stockwell 2
Alan Ross’s favorite boombox size speaker is the $350 Harman Kardon Go+ Play 3:
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