The Ecoboulder+ is a portable bluetooth speaker from California-based Ecoxgear; it’s a rugged all-weather speaker that’s dirt & dustproof plus UV-protected & features off-road wheels & a retractable luggage handle. It’s also got an IP67 waterproof rating, which will come in handy since it has dual cup holders on top and a built-in beer opener mounted on the side. The full-range main speaker is 8” in diameter and it pumps out 100-watts of power. Battery life 50 hours.

Sony’s Glass Sound Speaker is a wireless Bluetooth speaker built into an LED lantern, a unique speaker that merges form & function, to provide not just mood lighting but the perfect soundtrack as well. Available in May.

Quality sound and a stylish design make Cavalier’s Maverick speaker system a standout. It’s a portable Bluetooth + wi-fi speaker unit with built-in Amazon Alexa voice control and a convenient charging base. It streams from all your favorite services: Amazon Music, SiriusXM, Spotify, Audible, Pandora, and more. Multiple speakers can be linked together for multi-room audio as well.

You’re the only one who can hear this speaker. The design of the ‘A’ Speaker creates a narrow, directional beam of sound that allows it to blast sound at you from across the room while others around you can’t hear a thing. Like having headphones but wearing nothing on your head or in your ears.  A 3.5 mini jack means you can connect to any device: phone, tablet, TV, turntable, sound card & so on.

With Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant built-in plus room-filling sound from a single-speaker, the Bose Home Speaker 500 streams all your favorites from Spotify, Pandora, Sirius XM, iHeart Radio, Deezer and more. Superior voice pick-up, the ease of the Bose Music App, and premium design inside and out mark it as a solid choice for quality in-home audio.

Designed to one-up Amazon’s Echo in a very similar form factor, the Harmon Kardon Invoke speaker uses Microsoft’s Cortana home assistant system. In addition to voice control support, it can make & receive Skype calls, which Echo cannot. In terms of audio, the Invoke is also more robust—the 6 speaker design features 3 woofers & 3 tweeters for room-filling full range sound. Available Fall 2017.

In addition to surprisingly robust sound, the portable SoundWave speaker delivers an immersive light show, a warm fireplace-like glow that adds ambiance to any social gathering. The flickering light is also sync’d to the music. It’s made of aluminum and features a MicroSD card slot allowing you to simply plug music in. For streaming, it’s equipped with Bluetooth 5.0 and with its 25-hour battery, this little 10W speaker will thump ’til the sun comes up. A funded Kickstarter.

With the output of a face-melting 2100 watts, Bang & Olufsen’s BeoLab 50 speaker is a powerful home loudspeaker designed to deliver next level musical and cinematic experiences. At the top of the slender 40” tall speaker tower, an adjustable acoustic lens is used to aim optimized sound directly at the listener, and adjust automatically.

The just-released M3 wireless speaker is the latest addition to Bang & Olufsen’s B&O Play line and their most affordable speaker yet. Behind the aluminum grill is a compact woofer & tweeter, each powered by its own 40W amp. The M3 is a small but fully connected device that gives you app-driven control, multi-room function and supports streaming via bluetooth 4.0, Apple AirPlay, and other services. Chromecast is built-in.

The Uni-Fi UB5 from award-winning audiophile brand ELAC America,  is their latest 3-way speaker.  Inside the standard speaker box exterior, it boasts a 5.25” bass woofer and a concentric mid & tweeter that are separated in their own enclosure. This design reduces interference from the low-end tones to maintain crisp, clear sound in the mids & highs.

DTS Play-Fi technology gives the McIntosh RS100 speaker the capability to wirelessly play music on mobile devices over an existing Wi-Fi network. With the speaker connected to your network & linked to the app, you can play from your library and app-supported streaming services like Pandora, SiriusXM, Spotify and more. Up to 16 of these speakers can be connected to your network.

The latest portable, premium speaker from Bang & Olufsen’s Beoplay line is the completely button-free P2 speaker. Playback control is kinetic: tap to play, pause, or shake to skip a track. Created by award-winning designer Cecilie Manz, it features materials like pearl-blasted aluminum and a leather lanyard. EQ & custom audio controls can be adjusted and managed through the Beoplay app.

A clean, minimal design in matte aluminum, the latest wireless speaker cube in the Beoplay lineup is the 240-watt Beolit 17. It delivers: room-filling sound and 24-hour battery life plus premium details like the leather carry strap and a non-slip tray on top where you can place your phone without scratching it or the speaker. It offers one-touch connection to your device and 4 operating modes through the Beoplay App, including an alarm w/snooze function, remote control, & lots of options for audio presets.

Klipsch and Capitol Records are both celebrating seven decades of bringing us amazing sounds, so they partnered to create a special edition speaker. Incorporating luxury materials such as real wood veneer and tactile spun copper switches and knobs, The Capital One bluetooth speaker has a 2.1 stereo system biamplified for audiophile resolution that’s professionally tuned by Klipsch acousticians.

With the Tana SL-1 speaker system from Norwegian high-end audio maker Electrocompaniet, you can stream via AirPlay, your network-based music library, internet radio, Spotify Connect, Tidal, Qobuz, and WiMP. No matter what way you prefer to play tunes, this two-way bass-reflex speaker will sound sweet thanks to its 150-watt Class A/B amplifier, 24-bit DAC converter, and 32-bit digital signal processor. The compact aluminum cabinet is available in copper, silver, or black.