Speakers
Riva Arena vs. Concert: How to Choose Between Riva’s Brilliant Home-and-Travel Smart Speakers
The Riva Arena and Riva Concert speakers appear quite similar, but were released at different times and with slightly different marketing, so it can be difficult to untangle what are real contrasts and what is just confusing, useless hype. We’re here for you. The speakers are actually quite similar; both offer fantastic, room-filling sound from …
Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 1 vs Wonderboom 2: Is the Upgrade Worth It?
We’re generally fans of small, outdoors-ready speakers and so were excited to see and hear the upgrade to the short, squat nearly pocket-sized speaker, which was the best-sounding speaker for its tiny size, price, and super-indestructibility. And the new is absolutely an improvement over the original; as we’ll discuss below, it goes a bit louder …
The Full Comparison: Bose Soundlink Revolve vs. Revolve Plus
We’ve examined the Bose Soundlink Revolve and Bose Soundlink Revolve+ to run a full comparison looking at the reviews, audiophile blogs, and costumer reviews they’ve thus far received. This is in the same spirit as our complete meta-review of the best travel Bluetooth speakers. Both the Revolve and the Revolve+ have so far gotten great reactions, …
JBL Flip 4 vs Flip 5: Is the New Version Worth It?
JBL announced its Flip 5 Bluetooth speaker way back at the beginning of the year, and has finally announced its release date: August 1, 2019. And in spite of that, right now in July 2019, the JBL Flip 5 is already available and in stock from the suppliers listed in the table below. The Flip …
JBL Xtreme 2 vs Boombox: The Bass-Heavy Outdoor Party Speakers Compared
The JBL Xtreme 2 and JBL Boombox can look quite a bit alike, especially if you’re just glancing at online photos of the two and mulling over which to buy. But while they share a similar esthetic and features, they’re quite a different experience to actually use. The JBL Boombox measures about twice as much …
JBL Xtreme vs Xtreme 2: All About the Upgrade to this Blasting Outdoor Party Speaker
The JBL Xtreme 2 is a step up from the previous version JBL Xtreme in just the right areas that made this speaker stand out in the first place: bass oomph and outdoor party convenience. While this is not the most refined choice among the largest, loudest Bluetooth speakers, we do think that for people …
Ultimate Ears Boom 3 vs Megaboom 3: What’s the Mega-Difference, Anyway?
Alrighty, let’s bring trademark audiophile obsessiveness into explaining the differences between the Ultimate Ears Boom 3 and its more powerful big sister, the Megaboom 3. Both portable speakers are excellent. In our opinion they’re the top-choice speakers out of the Ultimate Ears lineup and for most people’s uses they’re the top rough-and-tumble, take-anywhere speakers, period. …
UE Boom 2 vs Ultimate Ears Boom 3: Full Comparison of the Upgrade
We loved and happily recommended the original UE Boom as well as its follow-up, the UE Boom 2. Hard acts to follow, but here comes the Ultimate Ears Boom 3. Has Logitech been able to find areas for improvement with this upgrade? A bit, yes. We’ll do a full comparison of the UE Boom 2 …
Marshall Kilburn II vs Ultimate Ears Megaboom 3: Which 2018 Speaker Comes Out on Top?
We’ve long been listening to and recommending both Ultimate Ears and Marshall speakers, and they’re at the top of our lists of larger, louder Bluetooth speakers. Here we’ll do a head-to-head comparison between the latest: the Ultimate Ears Megaboom 3 and the Marshall Kilburn II. Both are portable party monsters that go very loud, and both …
Marshall Kilburn II (The 2018 Update) vs the Kilburn I (Original): What’s the Difference?
Torn between the old and the new versions of the deservedly loved Marshall Kilburn? The Marshall Kilburn II is getting lots of praise, but for now the original is still on sale and often discounted. So which should you get? We’ve done a thorough meta-analysis of the reviews for both, and this was one speaker …