If you’re looking at one of these, you have a very specific need for extremely deep bass and can accept that the speaker will be over 50lbs / 23kg. Most of these are a huge overkill for most applications. All speakers in this class have no batteries except the Sony and Teufel and need to be plugged into AC. The best here will have bass extension similar to a 12” woofer tower speaker.
Keep in mind these are designed more for deep bass than extreme loudness and if you’re throwing parties for over 50 people you may want to look at real PA speakers instead, see this.
For longer runtime or off grid use, check out a power station.
For running karaoke, check out Karaoke Setups
#1 JBL Partybox Ultimate: $1301
- Positives: Absolute deepest bass of any Bluetooth speaker. Handle and wheels are convenient. Very nice lightshow ability.
- Negatives: Very large and heavy. Note, JBL daisychain is not compatible with any other non-JBL speaker and is possibly a fully digital signal.
- Weight: 87lbs / 39kg
- Battery Life: No Battery
- Aux Input: Yes
- Power Bank: Yes
- USB Playback: Yes
- App: Yes
- EQ: Yes (3 band)
- TWS: Yes
- Wifi: Yes
- Microphone Input: Yes
- IP Rating: IPX4
- Comparisons and Sound Samples
#2 JBL Partybox 1000: $949
- Positives: Handle and wheels are convenient. Right up there with the Partybox Ultimate, this was the previous speaker in that size. A better value than the Partybox Ultimate. Nice waterfall lightshow.
- Negatives: Very large and heavy. No app. Note, JBL daisychain is not compatible with any other non-JBL speaker and is possibly a fully digital signal.
- Weight: 76lbs / 34kg
- Battery Life: No Battery
- Aux Input: Yes
- Power Bank: Yes
- USB Playback: Yes
- App: No
- TWS: Yes
- Microphone Input: Yes
- Aux Input: Yes
- IP Rating: None
- Comparisons and Sound Samples
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#3 JBL Partybox 710: $800
- Positives: Handle and wheels are convenient. Lightshow ability.
- Negatives: Very large and heavy. Note, JBL daisychain is not compatible with any other non-JBL speaker and is possibly a fully digital signal.
- Weight: 61lbs / 28kg
- Battery Life: No Battery
- Aux Input: Yes
- Power Bank: Yes
- USB Playback: Yes
- App: Yes
- EQ: Yes (3 band)
- TWS: Yes
- Microphone Input: Yes
- IP Rating: IPX4
- Comparisons and Sound Samples
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#4 Teufel Rockster: €950
- Positives: Loudest battery powered speaker. Deeper bass than the Soundboks 2/3.
- Negatives: Insanely heavy, not easy to carry. Not stereo. Only available in Europe
- Weight: 68lbs / 31kg
- Battery Life: 30 hours
- Aux Input: Yes
- Power Bank: Yes
- Charging: AC Power cord
- IP Rating: None
- Comparisons and Sound Samples
#5 Sony SRS-XV900: $900
- Positives: Can get slightly louder than a Partybox 310. Handle and wheels are convenient.
- Negatives: Not as deep of bass and loses more bass at high volume compared to the Partybox 310 and every other speaker on this page
- Weight: 58.6lbs / 26.6kg
- Battery Life: 25 hours
- Aux Input: Yes
- Power Bank: Yes
- Party Mode: Yes (Partyconnect up to 100 speakers)
- Microphone Input: Yes
- USB Playback: Yes
- App: Yes
- EQ: Yes
- Charging: AC Power cord
- Comparisons and Sound Samples