Best Bluetooth Speaker for Urban Apartment Dwellers
Finding Balance For Big Sound in Small Spaces Living in a city apartment doesn’t mean giving up on great sound. But it does mean being smart about it. When your walls are shared and space is at a premium, your Bluetooth speaker has to walk a fine line — loud enough to bring your playlists to life, but not so aggressive it rattles your…
The Best Party Speaker
JBL PartyBox Stage 320
The JBL PartyBox 320 is the ultimate party speaker. It strikes the perfect balance of power, portability, and crowd-pleasing features.
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The Best Bluetooth Speakers for House Parties
Turn your living room into a dance floor – and still hear the neighbors knock. House parties are their own kind of chaos. You’ve got guests flowing between rooms, drinks being poured, someone inevitably queuing up the wrong version of…
Bose S1 Pro Review: The Ultimate Portable Event Speaker
The Bottom Line The Bose S1 Pro is a powerful speaker that is versatile enough to serve as a PA system or a party speaker. The S1 Pro, like most speakers on the market, isn’t perfect and there is a…
Soundboks 3 Review: The Loudest Portable Speaker?
The Bottom Line The Soundboks 3 holds nothing back with its monstrous 126dB of volume, making it the loudest portable Bluetooth speaker available on the commercial market, along with the newer Soundboks 4. The only real drawbacks with the Soundboks…
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10 Epic Kids Party Tips
Because cupcakes and chaos don’t organize themselves Planning a kids party sounds cute in theory… until you’re three cupcakes deep, someone’s crying over a broken balloon, and the backyard looks…
5 Useful Tips When Buying Your First Bluetooth Speaker
Buying your first Bluetooth speaker can be both exciting and slightly daunting. There are dozens of brands and hundreds of different models on the market, and knowing how to separate…
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