{"id":10107,"date":"2024-03-18T16:50:49","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T16:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=10107"},"modified":"2024-03-18T16:50:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T16:50:49","slug":"review-orange-box-bluetooth-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=10107","title":{"rendered":"Review: Orange Box Bluetooth Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Think about the<\/span> last time you saw a person lugging around a Bluetooth speaker<\/a> and thought to yourself, \u201cDang, that person looks cool. I want to listen to whatever they\u2019re listening to!\u201d If you have no such memory, you\u2019re not to blame, and you\u2019re certainly not alone. Many portable speakers are dorky hunks of plastic that are aesthetically adjacent to pleather trench coats, mall swords and TJ Maxx hoverboards. And then there are the units that actually sound good, which\u2014with a few exceptions\u2014rank in the looks department between perfunctory and obnoxious.<\/p>\n

Iconic guitar amp makers like Fender, Vox, and Marshall have noticed this hole in the market and have plugged it with their own offerings. Marketed as stylish sound cubes bursting with punchy midrange and timeless rocker swag, models like the Fender Indio ($379)<\/a> and the Marshall Kilburn II ($399)<\/a> promised to sound just as good as they looked. Now your cool uncle who sleeps on a waterbed can blast Metallica and make jokes about turning up his Marshall to 11 while you knock back a Leinenkugels and help him change the oil in his van! But do these diminutive faux amps have the cojones to make the infamous snares on St. Anger<\/em> fill the garage with crisp and clangy treble? Can their woofers be trusted to ensure that what little low-end was left in the masters of \u2026And Justice For All<\/em> is evetrn remotely audible?<\/p>\n

In the case of the Orange Box, the aptly named entry from the legendary London-based amplifier brand Orange, the answer is a resounding yes. Clocking in at 50 watts and weighing a little over 6 pounds, this workhorse of a speaker packs a massive punch for its size. After spending a month running the Orange Box through its paces in a variety of scenarios where Bluetooth speakers are essential\u2014kitchen prep, yard work, household repairs, bothering fellow hikers with Top 40 music at a National Park\u2014we\u2019ve sussed out the good, the bad, and the bothersome of this impressive little box.<\/p>\n

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