harman/kardon - Onyx Studio 5 Portable Bluetooth Speaker - Black

These things have managed to blow me away. I know its not the best speaker out there, but for all the research i have done, these are still the best bang for buck, literally and figuratively. The bass these produce is quite staggering for the size, and with my apartment and the walls the sound resonates and creates a good vibration in the room, like its an actual sub. I have the Sony XB-31, and the XB-41, both with the lights, and i have been overall satisfied for a while with those. Sound great, but with these i have come to the realization that with the Sony, you are paying more for the all around experience of the speaker, and not just the sound quality. This I got on sale for 109, and the other one I ordered because I wanted the blue one. And as soon as I got the first one, it was almost a no brain decision to get another one for travels, and the pairing together to make that "stereo" sound. (Onyx Studio 4-2 tweeters, and 2 "subs") Onyx 5-1 bigger sub, and a single tweeter. None the less still amazing. I have not owned the 4, but videos on you tube should suffice to explain the difference in detail. There are some minor setbacks, but mostly nit picky things such as, no accurate indication for battery level, battery life (Spoiled by the XB-41 amazing battery life in my experience, 7 months) and the slight reduction on power output when not plugged into the wall (Understandable from an engineering, and design standpoint though). But overall, super premium feel, no cop out on materials, and the handle design has grown on me. The studio 6 is out now, with an water certification, not much content out yet, but from what I see, not much different, and sound is not as great. Strictly comparison speaking, because no matter what they still sound amazing, just doing in depth homework. I don't plan to use these as the throw everywhere, water, mountain adventure speakers, so the water should be fine without. These are worth the price. I would say.., there worth 200 if not more, most speakers in the class were looking at at those price points barely stack up. Still good, but just suited to different listeners/environments. Overall amazing, and I think unless your super picky about it, or over audiophile about everything and expect these to match home theater, and crazy headphone setups you will thoroughly enjoy them. I myself am not a scientist about it, but to average; a very picky chooser on sound quality. These satisfy with ease with little drawback. Not worth enough to mention though because nothing is perfect, and for what you get... Man, just try it yourself.

I own and use daily the original Harman/Kardon Onyx speaker i purchased in 2014 (6 years now) the battery is still going strong but id estimate its at about 75-80% so when i take it to the beach we get about 2.5 hours of MAX VOLUME. I can push that to about 3.5-4 hours with about half volume. Well the point is i enjoy long days at the beach here in FL so i picked up the new Onyx 5 for those long outside days. I’ll use the Onyx original while i work cleaning or when we have people over. Also the JBL clip is very important for kayak days.

I absolutely love this speaker,I upgraded from a onyx 3 because my kids dropped it and a leg came off (still work perfectly by the way) it has the perfect amount of bass and it gets pretty loud. I love Harmon Kardon products! No complaints at all.

This is the party machine without power it lasts longer then previous models . I always keep the power cord this speaker lasts about 2 to 3 hours if turned up all the way . For the price and size of unit you can’t beat it!

Great sound for a small size. So portable. Water proof

Sounds is great and bass is very good for this size of speaker.

Really nice sound, going to purchase another and link the 2.

This speaker is known for it's quality and performance, while I have yet to play it at max volume, it exceeded my expectations out of the box. From the packaging to the A grade quality in build, you cannot go wrong with this bluetooth speaker. Now at $250, I most likely would not have made this purchase however, at $139.99 this is certainly a still, also this speaker can easily go with your decor. The name speaks for itself and the battery life is fairly good.