JBL Charge 4 - Portable Bluetooth speaker - Grey

All things considered, this is a good buy at $140 in terms of sound quality, design, materials and just overall I feel when comparing to the typical Bluetooth offerings on the market. I was particularly impressed with the visual aesthetics of this unit. It looks great and has a nice feel to the membrane-type control pads, and the ports are countersunk into a little panel on the rear thats covered by a spring loaded cover plate. Neat and clean, and black is still the new black. Another feature you gotta love is something that used to be more exotic and specialized in the audiophile market. Passive radiators, or "drones" that are not active drivers, but rather very similar to the active loudspeakers employed in the system. These allow engineers to greatly magnify and enhance the same low frequencies without requiring any addition power from an amplifier. They have become more commonplace over the last few decades I believe and really enhance your bang-for-bucķ factor. I do have a complaint though. This unit was supposed to ship with some accessories I believe, including a USB cable for charging. However, only the speaker was present in the packaging, which was the original retail box.