The only minor disadvantage of the Go + Play is that it’s a bit on the heavy side. Throw in a microphone for taking voice calls, and a USB port for charging your iPhone, and you’ve got a truly powerful and versatile speaker system at a competitive price. It’s thunderously loud, yet still maintains clarity and detail even at high volumes. While you can pair two Harman speakers together for a more powerful sound, the Go + Play is pretty powerful all by itself, with its two woofers and two tweeters providing a total 100W output. It retains the classy design of its predecessors, with the curved stainless steel carrying handle that gives it such a distinctive profile. Go + Play speaker has been around in various forms for several years, but this latest update is the best one yet. The Move really can project down a large garden.Īs well as 10-hour battery life, the speaker features a replaceable battery, touch controls, mics for voice assistants (Alexa or Google) and Auto TruePlay so will retune itself every time you move it to a new location. If it’s not too bulky for you then you’ll benefit from the power on offer here, especially outdoors where other speakers can sound weedy. It’s extremely durable with an IP56 and has been drop tested as well as with things like sand and olive oil. The bulky size and 3kg weight makes it harder to take to the park or beach but you can if you like. The speaker sits on a charging base but a handle on the back means you can quickly pick it up and take it to another room or outside. It’s expensive but the Move is the first Bluetooth speaker from Sonos and will make sense for anyone already with a system or plans to go down the multi-room route.Īs the name suggests, the Sonos Move is the first to come with a portable design. It’s quite expensive so you will really need to use the features on offer here to justify it. Vocals are crisp, too so it’s suitable for a range of genres.

Sound quality doesn’t take much of a dip at higher volumes and bass is warm and powerful without drowning out the mid-range. It’s not called the Megablast for nothing so you can expect big sound here making it great for indoors and out – placing it anywhere thanks to its 360 design. It’s also got plenty of audio prowess with two tweeters, two active drivers and two passive bass radiators. One of the upsides to its size is long battery life at a whopping 16 hours.Īnd the speaker unusually supports wireless charging and with the Power Up base, Alexa becomes always on making this a great smart speaker for the home you can simply grab and take wherever you go. This is arguably the best portable Bluetooth speaker with support for Amazon Alexa you can buy.

The Megablast is chunky, but balances portability, sound quality and features nicely.

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