If you’re French hi-fi manufacturer Focal designing the company’s first active wireless speaker, you don’t, really. The sound comes first, and the price—well, that’s whatever it is once ...

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Bose has announced a new addition to its long-running SoundLink line of wireless speakers. Most of Bose’s speakers have a colorful and durable design that shrugs off sand and water during an ...

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The popular wireless speaker standard is used in Apple's own HomePods alongside third-party products from the likes of Sonos and Naim, and while the choice is excellent, AirPlay can be a double-edged ...

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The all-new SoundLink Home from Bose ups the ante on portable speakers. Housed in a sleek, brushed anodized aluminum frame and overlayed with minimalistic gray fabrics, Bose decks out its popular ...

Before we dive into our hand-picked list of the best wireless speakers to buy (which is, presumably, why you’re on this page), it’s worth quickly defining what we mean by a wireless speaker. In this ...

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Let’s be polite in our choice of word, shall we, and describe an asking price of $39,999 / £29,999 / AU$59,999 for a pair of wireless active speakers as ‘punchy’? Focal has leveraged both ...