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What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision India
|August 2025
Does the 3rd-gen A1 offer enough Bang for your buck?
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Small it may be; cheap it is not. At ₹30K (Approx.) the B&O Beosound A1 (3rd Gen) is priced in a decidedly premium bracket. But B&O devices of any shape or size rarely come cheap.
The Beosound A1 is a beautifully made product. There's something about a B&O speaker that just exudes class, and this is no different. The Beosound A1 (3rd Gen) retains its compact, circular form, designed to fire out a fully 360-degree sound from its pearl-blasted aluminium body.
An IP67 rating will keep your speaker safe from splashes, dust ingress and even submersion in water for around 30 minutes. It's probably not quite as robust as its rough-and-ready rivals, though. The speakers on JBL's extensive portable roster, with their rubberised ends and shockproofed designs, feel as though they could survive a nuclear war. We feel less confident chucking the Beosound A1 around with such abandon, and it may be susceptible to marks if you're not careful with how you treat your boujee companion.
This story is from the August 2025 edition of What Hi-Fi Sound and Vision India.
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