Large Size Speakers

Bluetooth Speaker Ranking

A good balance between bigger travel size, small party size and reasonable weight. Pretty easy to fit 2 of them in a backpack with a little room to spare. A good minimum size for listening to music outdoors. The best here will have bass extension similar to a 6.5” woofer bookshelf speaker. Bigger size class speakers will generally have deeper bass. All of these are IPX7 or better unless noted. All use USB-C charging unless noted.

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#1 Minirig mk4 with subwoofer: $290

  • Positives: Very balanced sound. Finally USB-C charging
  • Negatives: Not stereo, app is buggy. Wireless TWS pairing is buggy. Not easy to carry on the go, no handle and there’s 2 pieces, although check out this carrier. Calls itself splash resistant but has no official water rating. A bit expensive
  • Weight: 3.17lbs / 1.44kg
  • Battery Life: 30 hours
  • Power Bank: Yes
  • Latency: 60ms
  • Aux Latency: 0ms
  • App: Yes
  • EQ: yes
  • TWS: Yes (Bluetooth or cable)
  • Aux Input: Yes
  • Charging: USB-C
  • IP Rating: Splash resistant
  • Comparisons and Sound Samples

#2 Minirig mk3 with subwoofer: $260

#3 Minirig mk2 with subwoofer: $260

  • Positives: Very balanced sound
  • Negatives: Not stereo, app is buggy. Wireless TWS pairing is buggy. Not easy to carry on the go, no handle and there’s 2 pieces, although check out this carrier. Calls itself splash resistant but has no official water rating. A bit expensive
  • Bass Extension: 47hz
  • Weight: 3.0lbs / 1.36kg
  • Battery Life: 40 hours
  • Power Bank: No
  • App: Yes
  • EQ: Yes
  • TWS: Yes (cable)
  • Aux Input: Yes
  • Charging: Proprietary USB cable
  • IP Rating: Splash resistant
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#4 Vifa Helsinki: $400

#5 Vifa Oslo: $550

#6 Mifa Wildbox: $100

  • Positives: A really neutral frequency response across the midrange. Best in class bass extension. 6 different lighting modes, or turn off the lights with a long button press. You will need to upgrade it to the latest 2.11 firmware with a Windows PC, as it likely ships with 1.93. Sound quality and bass extension on previous firmwares wasn’t very good. To upgrade firmware, install the PC flashing tool and download firmware. With the speaker off, hold V+ Play V- at the same time to enter flashing mode. To check firmware, turn on the speaker, quickly press the M button 3 times, then quickly press the Play button 3 times (it can take a few tries).
  • Negatives: No app. The slightly boosted upper treble can be slightly fatiguing on-axis with certain songs. Some of the buttons can be confusing, “M” is the Bluetooth button and skip song is long press play, while repeat is double press play. The plastic case isn’t textured or rubberized like other speakers and some may find it feels cheap. If dropped it may break internally and sound strange. I’d recommend only buying it from a place with free returns just in case it was damaged in shipping.
  • Max Volume: 106db
  • Bass Extension: 45hz
  • Weight: 3.42lbs / 1.55kg
  • Battery Life: 24 hours
  • Latency: 185ms
  • Aux Input: Yes
  • MicroSD: Yes
  • Power Bank: Yes
  • Party Mode: Yes (PartyAdd up to 100 speakers)
  • TWS: Yes
  • IP Rating: IP67
  • Charging: USB-C
  • Comparisons and Sound Samples
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#7 Soundcore Boom 2: $130

#8 Marshall Stockwell 2: $200

#9 B&O Beosound A5: $1200

  • Positives: Pretty neutral sound. Not enough good sound samples to rank this properly
  • Weight: 8.5lbs / 3.86kg
  • Max Volume: 101db
  • Wifi: Yes
  • TWS: Yes
  • Party Mode: Yes (Mozart 2.0)
  • IP Rating: IP65
  • Comparisons and Sound Samples

#10 Soundcore Motion Boom: $80

#11 B&O Beoplay A2 active: $400

#12 JBL Xtreme 3: $230

#13 Audio Pro C3: $330

#14 Soundcore Motion X600: $150

#15 Soundcore Rave Neo 2: $130

#16 Teufel Rockster Cross: 350 €

#17 Sonos Move 2: $450

  • Positives: Warm sounding with somewhat rolled off treble. Slightly better midrange clarity than the Move 1.
  • Negatives: Not very loud. This may have some of the same issues at full volume that the Move 1 had too, but I’ll need more sound samples at full volume to verify.
  • Weight: 6.61lbs / 3kg
  • Battery Life: 24 hours
  • Wifi: Yes
  • IP Rating: IP56
  • Charging: USB-C
  • Power Bank: Yes
  • Comparisons and Sound Samples

#18 Dockin D Fine+ 2: $150

#19 Sonos Move: $380

#20 Dockin D Fine+

#21 Dockin D Fine: $110

#22 Xdobo Bucket /BMTL Bucket / Zicoroop Ts: $60

  • Positives: Sounds quite good for the price. A little difficult to rank based on the sound samples, this one could move around as we get better samples.
  • Negatives: Dip from 120-180hz, a little bass boosted. Muffled with cover on.
  • Bass Extension: ~47hz
  • Weight: 2.69lbs / 1.22kg
  • USB Playback: Yes
  • Battery Life: 15 hours
  • IP Rating: IPX7
  • TWS: Yes
  • App: No
  • EQ: No
  • Comparisons and Sound Samples

#23 JBL Xtreme 4: $380

#24 W-King T9: $103

#25 Fugoo XL

#26 Devialet Mania: $800

#27 Sony SRS-XB43: $150

#28 W-King D8: $79

#29 JBL Xtreme 2: $200

#30 Raymate M8: $80

#31 Harman Kardon Onyx Studio 4: $100

#32 Mifa WildCamping: $135

  • Positives: Has a lantern with adjustable brightness and color temperature.
  • Negatives: Sound competes more with the Medium size speakers as the light takes up half the space. Peak at 5khz and dip at 3khz, not quite neutral. Not as deep of bass as others in the category.
  • Max Volume: 97db
  • Bass Extension: 66hz
  • Weight: 3.3lbs / 1.5kg
  • Battery Life: 38 hours
  • Power Bank: Yes
  • MicroSD: Yes
  • Party Mode: Yes (PartyAdd up to 100 speakers)
  • TWS: Yes
  • Comparisons and Sound Samples

#33 Treblab HD-360: $110

#34 Rocksteady Stadium Speakers and Subwoofer: $440

  • Negatives: 7khz upper mids peak. Upper bass boosted
  • Max Volume: 104db
  • Battery Life: 16 hours
  • Bass Extension: 49hz
  • Weight: 9.0 lbs / 4.1kg
  • Aux Input: Yes
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#35 Tronsmart Halo 100: $100

  • Negatives: Not a very smooth frequency response. Treble is peaky. Boosted upper bass.
  • Max Volume: 104db
  • Bass Extension: 49hz
  • Weight: 6.0 lbs / 2.72kg
  • Battery Life: 18 hours
  • Aux Input: Yes
  • MicroSD: Yes
  • Power Bank: Yes
  • Comparisons and Sound Samples

#36 JBL Xtreme: $200

#37 Marshall Middleton: $236

#38 Doss Soundbox XL: $65

#39 Soundcore Select Pro: $80

#40 Sony SRS-XG300: $198

#41 Xdobo X8 Max: $73

  • Negatives: Overly boosted bass, thin treble, highs are boosted and harsh. Distorted sound.
  • Bass Extension: ~52hz
  • Weight: 6.3lbs / 2.86kg
  • Battery Life: 15 hours
  • Aux Input: Yes
  • MicroSD: Yes
  • Power Bank: Yes
  • Comparisons and Sound Samples

#42 Ultimate Ears Epicboom: $300

#43 Dali Katch G1/G2: $600

#44 B&O Beosound Level: $1850

#45 Ultimate Ears Megablast: $240

#46 LG PN7: $150

#47 Marshall Acton 3: $280

  • Negatives: Not very detailed, not as deep bass as competitors.
  • Weight: 6.3lbs / 2.85kg
  • Battery Life: No battery
  • Aux Input: Yes
  • IP Rating: None
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#48 Marshall Acton 2: $280

#49 Marshall Killburn II: $280

#50 Soundcore Rave Neo: $80

#51 W-King D9: $72

#52 Orange Box: £275

  • Negatives: Pathetic bass extension, port noise, hollow sounding. Jagged frequency response, big dip at 260hz and wavy up top.
  • Weight: 6.62lbs / 3 kg
  • Aux Input: Yes
  • Charging: AC Power brick
  • Battery Life: 15 hours
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#53 Laney F67: $340

#54 LG Xboom XG7: $120

#55 LG Xboom Go PL7: $70

#56 Bugani M83: $60

  • Positives: Very inexpensive.
  • Negatives: Not very deep bass, treble a little boosted
  • Weight: 5.06lbs / 2.3kg
  • Battery Life: 40 hours
  • Power Bank: Yes
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#57 Hopestar A6: $86

  • Negatives: No dynamics, sounds very hollow, no deep bass. Very jagged frequency response. Horrible battery life
  • Bass Extension: 63hz
  • Battery Life: 4 hours
  • Aux Input: Yes
  • Power Bank: Yes
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#58 Soundcore Trance/Rave Mega

#59 Ortizan M8

  • Negatives: Not much bass, bass distortion and rattle at high volume.
  • Weight: 4.63lbs / 2.1kg
  • Battery Life: 18 hours
  • Aux Input: Yes
  • Power Bank: Yes
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#60 Doss Extreme Boom

  • Negatives: Rolled off treble, barely any bass
  • Weight: 5.58lbs / 2.53kg
  • Bass Extension: 65hz
  • Weight: 5.57lbs / 2.52kg
  • Battery Life: 30 hours
  • Power Bank: Yes
  • MicroSD: Yes
  • Aux Input: Yes
  • Comparisons and Sound Samples