Bang & Olufsen Beosound A1 (Gen 3)

The third gen of Beosound A1 is already our perfect portable travel speaker

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What's really great about the Beosound A1 is how portable it is. Its 13.3cm diameter is smaller than, say, a dinner side plate; it's about the size of a CD (remember those?) - but thicker, of course, at 4.6cm.

That scale makes it so easy to carry around. You can pop it into a backpack side pocket with ease, or you can tie the carry handle around a bag, as needed, and you won't impact on your storage situation at all.

Just as with earlier models, that pearl-blasted anodised aluminium exterior can scuff. It attracts marks from contact with other objects, which is a given for a portable, and there's no case included in the box - so it might not look pristine after even just a little use.