Bass: some speakers have it, and some don’t. It’s like charisma or generational wealth, except probably less important in determining your future. I’ve never personally found bass to be the most important metric for whether a wireless Bluetooth speaker is worth the money, but I’m fully aware that not everyone shares the same taste in bass as me, and even so, when it’s there in force, I can still appreciate it.

The problem is, especially when it comes to Bluetooth speakers of the portable variety, bringing the bass is harder than it sounds. There’s a reason why, in your home theater, the low end is usually incumbent on a big-ass subwoofer, which is a dedicated box kept separate from everything else. Bass is hard to generate without a large enough speaker that can move high volumes of a

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