Best Portable Bluetooth Speaker Brands

This page summarizes the best sounding audiophile portable Bluetooth speaker brands out of the 364 speakers ranked on this website. Last updated on 01/22/2026. The suggestions in this section are biased towards a neutral frequency response. For more information, sound samples and specs about all these speakers, see the portable speaker rankings by size

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Earfun

Earfun has 2 specific speakers tuned by Austrian music producer Oluv which always come out on top for sound quality.

This boombox size battery powered speaker is known to have it all, fantastic sound quality, clarity, neutrality with very deep bass at a fantastic price Earfun Uboom X [Myearfun] [Amazon]: $128 with code UBOOMXDR

This medium size battery powered speaker is known for its fantastic sound quality, clarity, neutrality at a fantastic price, the Earfun Uboom L [Amazon] [Myearfun]: $50 after coupon UBOOMLWC in the payment options

Soundcore

Soundcore has had many speakers over the years. A few that were hits and a bunch that were just mediocre, here’s their best speakers.

This large size battery powered speaker is known for having great sound quality and deep bass at a very reasonable price, the Soundcore Boom 2 [Amazon] [Bhphotovideo]: $90

This medium size battery powered speaker is a stereo and omnidirectional speaker in one with great sound quality at a fantastic price, the Soundcore Motion 300 [Amazon]: $68

This medium size speaker has a 0 latency aux input with fantastic sound quality and is the only speaker in its size class with seperate tweeters for fantastic off axis treble performance, the Soundcore Motion+ [Amazon]: $80 used

Tribit

Tribit just like Souncore has had a few top hits with a bunch of mediocre speakers over the years, here’s their best speakers.

This boombox size battery powered speaker has very deep bass, along with great sound quality, the Tribit Stormbox Blast [Amazon]: $170

This large size battery powered speaker has very deeper bass and great sound quality, the Tribit Stormbox Lava [Amazon] [Aliexpress]: $100

This small size battery powered speaker has the best sound quality, deepest bass in it’s class, the Tribit Stormbox Micro 2 [Amazon] [Aliexpress]: $50

Harmon Kardon

Harmon Kardon has one standout speaker that’s always near the top of the size charts.

This boombox size battery powered speaker blends well into home decor and has extremely great bass extension and is pretty neutral, the Harman Kardon Go + Play 3 [Amazon] [Ebay Refurbished]: $385

Minirig

Minirig makes the best modular portable Bluetooth speakers. All of them can add on a Minirig subwoofer. Just watch out as their software and wireless pairing multiple speakers together can be buggy.

This medium size speaker has great sound quality and is highly modular, the Minirig 4 [Amazon]: $200

JBL

JBL makes by far the best party size speakers, although their smaller ones are okay too, but quite overpriced. They also make bigger sizes like the Partybox 520, Partybox 720 and Partybox Ultimate which are all fantastic speakers for their size classes.

This party size battery powered speaker with excellent sound quality and very deep bass, the JBL Partybox Stage 320 [Amazon] [Bhphotovideo] [Ebay refurbished]: $450

This smaller party size battery powered speaker with excellent sound quality and very deep bass, the JBL Partybox Club 120 [Amazon] [Ebay refurbished]: $400

Bose

Bose speakers are generally tuned to have boosted upper bass which can mask the midrange and a warm tuning overall with a rolled off treble. Some people do prefer the Bose sound. Their best speakers are below.

Sonos

Sonos speakers tend to be pretty high priced, but are the only option if you want to piece together a wireless home theater system or want speakers connected directly to Wifi. Here’s their best

This large size battery powered speaker has a warm tuning with wifi, the Sonos Move 2 [Amazon]: $500

  • 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.
  • Aux Input: Yes
  • Battery Life: 24 hours
  • IP Rating: IP56
  • Power Bank: Yes
  • Power Input: USB-C
  • Stereo: Yes
  • Weight: 6.61lbs / 3kg
  • Wifi: Yes
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Ultimate Ears

Ultimate Ears had some good speakers back when they first started in 2013, but has been greatly outclassed by the competition while they failed to innovate. There’s nothing from them I recommend and their speakers range from mediocre to not good.

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