Review: IKEA Eneby Bluetooth speaker

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

IKEA is the Swedish brand that is known for making sensible and practical furniture that you have to build yourself. IKEA also makes fixtures, batteries, cookies and accessories. Did you know that IKEA makes Bluetooth speakers?

The IKEA Eneby lin of speakers are appealing retro-inspired Bluetooth speakers starting at $60.00 for the 8 x 8 Eneby 20 and $100 for the larger 12 x 12 Eneby 30. Unlike the majority of IKEA products, the Eneby speakers come assembled. You have the option of connecting an included handle (they provide the tools and there's also an optional $20 battery pack that's worth buying if the speaker is going to be moved around.

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Sonos Beam is a new new smart soundbar for music and TV

The new Sonos Beam is a versatile smart speaker which serves as a soundbar, an Alexa powered smart speaker and a HDMI and AirPlay 2 enabled speaker whichcan handle streaming content and support for 80+ music services.

The $399 USD Sonos Beam will ship globally starting July 17 and is available for pre-order today on www.sonos.com.

With Beam, Sonos has combined three products into one – a Sonos smart speaker featuring Amazon Alexa, a sound bar that packs more than enough punch for most rooms, and the one device you need for all your music and streaming content in the living room. Like all Sonos speakers, Beam is part of the Sonos home sound system, meaning owners can easily integrate Beam into existing multi-room set-ups.

Graffiti artist Craola makes new design for the Ultimate Ears Safe Haven Edition UE BOOM

 
Ultimate Ears is known to collaborate with artists to create custom designs for their UE BOOM mobile speakers. This time they worked with contemporary graffiti artist Greg "Craola" Simkins. Craola is usually inspired by his favorite childhood books and cartoons, pop culture, nature, and "carnival kitsch." It's evident in the whimsical feel of the Safe Haven Edition UE BOOM. 

If this catches your eye, you better work fast. There will only be 200 pieces of the Safe Haven Edition UE Boom. This will retail for US$199.99. 

Review: 808 HEX XL Bluetooth speaker

By Corey Herscu

Pardon my cynicism, but in terms of Bluetooth speakers, once you've reviewed one or two (or three) speakers, they all begin to sound the same, regardless of what is claimed to be different under the hood.

As we at CanadianReviewer have extensively played with speakers from heavyweights such as Logitech, Bose, and Sonos, we tend to be a bit pickier and look for more than just sound quality from the products we use.

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