BRAWNY vs BRAINY BLUETOOTH SPEAKERS

Soundtrack your summer's beach parties, barbecues, picnics and garden gatherings with a sturdy, sweet-sounding nomadic speaker

- Rebecca Roberts

BIG BLUETOOTH SPEAKERS

1 Sony SRS-XG500

If any portable Bluetooth speaker can do justice to Technotronic’s ‘Pump Up the Jam’, it’s this mind-blowingly powerful modern-day boombox. Prepped for party times, the punch-packing SRS-XG500 isn’t only fun to listen to (especially in ‘Mega Bass’ mode) but also use, with lighting effects that synchronise with the music and even a microphone input for transforming it into a karaoke machine.

2 Sonos Move 2

You may know Sonos for its smarty-pants streaming, but its Move Wi-Fi and Bluetooth speaker is both clever and resilient. Its bulky, rugged design impressively pumps out garden party volume levels, and compared to the original Move extends battery life to 24 hours, delivers a more convincing stereo sound and can handily charge your phone.

Sonos Move 2 Placed in a sealed enclosure and powered by advanced digital signal processing, the precision-tuned woofer produces deep, dynamic, and clean bass.