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durable enough that it can be leftout in the
pouring rain with no ill effect. Many are far
better connected, too, with integrated Wi-Fi
making it possible to stream music directly.
Over the next fewpages we’ll be taking a
closer listen to some of the finest speakers
on the market, in search of the very best
wired and wireless models. The major issue
with shopping forspeakers is that they’re
still tied up in alot of technical jargon, but
don’t worry: this buying guide will explain
everything you need to know.
MUSIC BOXES
First, an overview of the different types of
speakers we’ll be covering. The first, bookshelf
BEAT SAHEAD
Speakers
Bookshelfspeakers, portable Bluetoothspeakers,
speakersdisguisedaslamps...there’s neverbeena
richer selection of waystofillyourhomewithyour
favouritetunes.We’ve puteight of themtothetest
CONTENT REVIEWS
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BOWERS&WILKINS 607
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IKEASymfonisk
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JBLXtreme2
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MARSHALLKilburnII
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NAIMMu-so2
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QACOUSTICS3010i
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UEBoom3
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UEWonderboom2
THERISEOFsoundbars and affordable
noise-cancelling headphones could have
made the humble speaker seem abit
old-fashioned. Why buy something that
only handles music when you can have
something that improves TV and films at the
same time,and why bother cranking up the
volume when you can drown out the world
with something that fits around your head?
Speakers, however,will staywith us fora
long while yet. That’s partly because they’ve
become so diverse: there’s still asimple
pleasure to be had in listening to agood pair
of boxy bookshelf-style speakers, but you can
also get topaudio quality from aspeaker
that’s both small enough to fit in asatchel and
