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Beren Neale

I own 12 speakers and my absolute favourite is now on sale

JBL
My favourite speaker, the JBL Charge 5, on my bookshelf. .

It's not often that a piece of tech truly resonates with me. There's loads of great tech that does exactly what I want from it – my MacBook, iPhone and ergonomic chair to name a few. But nothing has consistently brought me joy quite like my music speakers. And none come close to the JBL Charge 5.

Our sister site What Hi-Fi gave it a full 5* review when it was released in 2021, and in 2024 the Charge 5 won their award for best bluetooth speaker for under $200. And now that the Charge 6 is out, the price of the Charge 5 has been slashed down from $179 to $139 over at Amazon... and I'm seriously considering buying another one.

No, not because I've clearly got a problem with buying too many speakers (though yes that obviously). But because with the JBL's daisy-chaining tech, you can link two Charge 5's together to get a proper beefy sound. In fact, you can connect to up to 100 other JBL PartyBoost-enabled speakers. Now that sounds like a project!

(Image credit: Future)
(Image credit: Future)
(Image credit: Future)
(Image credit: Future)

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