Beolit 20

I spent a couple of weeks with the Beolit 20 recently and know what you mean. While the Five is probably a more accurate speaker, the Beolit 20 is very punchy and just fun to listen to - and I have years of experience with the Five. The biggest hurdle with the Beolit 20 is that it is Bluetooth only

The Beolit 20 has much better sound for a similar price and is much less directional than the OB-4. It doesn't have the gimmicks, of course, and you need two of them for stereo, but it is much better at filling a room with sound in my experience. I have them both. The main reason I have the OB-4 is

I recently got one and I don't think the sound quality is all that impressive for the price. It's a cool industrial design, though, especially the mechanical bits and the "hidden" LED screen. Personally, I wanted one for the simple fact that it's stereo while most portable Bluetooth speakers are mon

I really prefer a wired Beolit 20 if you can get that for a good price. The bass on the Beolit is way more powerful. The A1 wasn't a big enough sound for me by myself in a small room.