Bang & Olufsen Beosound Explore Blau Bluetooth-Lautsprecher

The B&O Explore manages to look great while being tough as nails, and its sound is as accomplished as you'd expect from B&O. It small size means audio is a bit constrained, but that's to be expected – this is a great outdoors companion.

The Bang & Olufsen Beosound Explore is a great portable speaker which looks the part and sounds fantastic. If you pay the $200 entry fee, you’ll find a great little speaker under the aluminum shell. There are other options out there that offer perhaps slightly lower prices, but none of them sound or look as good as the Beosound Explore.

Bang & Olufsen's Beosound Explore is the size of a tall cappuccino, just as delicious and easily as welcome on your next trip – and what it lacks in grippy bass weight it more than makes up for in detail and panache.

B&O's answer to its lacking of a true 360-degree output portable product, which succeeds in delivering on that front - and in a portable, long-lasting package - but it's not as accomplished as the almost-the-same-price Beosound A1 2nd Gen, which is the obvious choice to go for really.

The Bang & Olufsen Beosound Explore isn't bad for music. With its 'Optimal' preset enabled, it has a boomy sound profile that can muddy vocals and lead instruments, which may overwhelm some users. It also lacks a thumpy and rumbling bass, and its underemphasized treble range can make higher-pitched vocals and instruments sound a bit dark. Thankfully, you can use its 'Beosonic' sound customization feature and EQ presets to adjust its sound to your liking. It also has great directivity, resulting in an open and spacious-sounding soundstage.