Bluetooth Speakers

Creative's Sound Blaster GS5 is an inexpensive "gaming" soundbar with surprisingly big sound (hello SuperWide!), and just enough annoying quirks to remind you how cheap it is.

Enya Music’s Cyber-G Pocket folds from portable Bluetooth speaker into a smart singalong instrument, using chord pads, app presets and built-in backing tracks to help casual users make music without learning to play the guitar.

Think speakers are a simple paper cone that vibrates to translate electrical signals into sound? There’s rather more to it these days – as the European debut of a new high-end wireless speaker system from Scotland has just demonstrated.

Blackstar has not only crammed a guitar amp into a box the size of a portable Bluetooth speaker, but also packed it with high-tech features to get a vast array of tones out of it for any style of playing, anywhere they'll tolerate you.

Danish audio gear brand Soundboks lives life loud, and has just launched the Mix, a powerful Bluetooth speaker designed to balance high output, long battery life, and portability for both parties and everyday listening.

Bumpboxx's latest product is a proper throwback boombox, complete with cassette decks and a CD player – along with thoughtful modern features that make it easy to live with. The BB-777 can play music plenty loud, and even digitize your collection.

Sonos just launched its new Play wireless speaker, bringing back the moniker for its portable range from over a decade ago. It's equally comfortable on a bookshelf and a campsite, and boasts 24 hours of play time outdoors on a full charge.

You might already know JBL doesn't just do wireless speakers and earbuds; they're also a big name in live audio. The brand is now trying its hand somewhere in between with a novel product designed for the jam room: the BandBox Trio practice amp.

There are now tons of old high-end speakers that are still in great condition, but that go unused simply because they aren't modern. The SoundUp device addresses that problem, by converting vintage speakers to Bluetooth.

Lava Music caused a glitch in the Matrix a few years back with an oddball carbon-fiber acoustic guitar rocking built-in digital effects. Now the company is looking to reshape the amplification landscape with "the world's most advanced amp."

Though the name Marshall is synonymous with guitar amplification, the brand has branched out into personal and home audio, as well as curveballs like a fridge and smartphone. Now the company is getting its party on with the Bromley 750.

I love music. All sorts of music. My playlists range from Nine Inch Nails to Niccolò Paganini. From Spice 1 to Gymnopédie No 1. When Teufel shot me an email asking if I wanted to give its flagship portable speaker a listen, I said, "What's a Teufel?"