HS wireless speaker column neck-mounted Bluetooth-compatible portable bass Bluetooth 5.0 FM radio support SD-card slot

I’ve bought this for my 7 year old grandson for Christmas & just had to test it out. (yessss Grumpa!)
Firstly it’s quite large compared to similarly priced products & it’s almost twice the weight as well. But there’s a reason for this, it’s got a big 8000mah lithium battery & a fairly large woofer (think magnet size to handle bass). It’s loud with excellent bass, especially if you tweak your device’s EQ & Loudness & it’s quite easy to get distortion if it’s ‘overcooked’. The lighting keeps time with the music or just glows, cycling through the colours, when there’s no sound – a nice touch & reminds you that it’s still on. I found the best EQ setting for pop is R&B with iTunes as it’s a bit middly if you leave your device EQ in Flat or None. Bluetooth sync is a breeze but you can only connect one device & to use another device you have to disconnect BT on the first. It comes with a padded zip case with integral hand strap which also houses a shoulder strap which attaches to the 2 silver anodised hooks at each end. Despite having 2 speakers it’s mono but I didn’t miss the stereo at all although you can buy 2 & twin them for full stereo. Bear in mind that even with other stereo units, the speaker separation is so small that you’d be hard pressed to differentiate in a side by side test. I compared it with my old stereo TDK A33 & quite frankly had to concentrate quite hard to tell the difference. It comes with a short 3.5mm stereo cable for analogue device connection &, most importantly, a USB-C to USB charging lead so bang up to date until USB-D comes out of course. (You never know what the future holds!!). The big battery also acts as a PowerBank which allows charging of other devices like an iPhone from the standard USB port to which a USB memory stick can also be connected (neither function tested by me). It’s also got a memory card slot, again untested. The rubber flap that covers the ports seems to fit nice & tight giving assurance that it won’t allow water ingress. I’ve not tested if it’s fully waterproof as the blurb says. The 60W amplifier power seems a tad optimistic but this really doesn’t matter as it’s the sound that comes out that counts. I charged it with an Apple USB-C charger from my MacBook which worked fine. As it doesn’t come with a mains charger I’d recommend getting a dedicated USB-C charger for faster charging if you need it as standard USB chargers are lower power. Naturally I can’t test it for reliability but I’ll update this review if it fails. In the meantime I’m very pleased with my purchase (after a LOT of research) & for now can highly recommend for sound output, connectivity & price. And if I have a criticism, it would be nice to have a choice of colours like the Ortizan equivalent rather than just ubiquitous black.

It’s a bit bigger than similar speakers but overall great sound. Not sure it’s 60W but the battery life is superb and perhaps due to its size, it doesn’t vibrate if handing against the wall. Great carry strap and robust carry case. After playing a lot of familiar music, it’s sounding better and better.

What a class speaker this sony boombox is so great sounding and looks great. 👏 the bass is so good and thumping it is 👍