Summer is just around the corner and the ultraportable speaker market is booming. With the SRS-XB13, Sony is placing its bets and hopes to steal the spotlight from JBL’s unbeatable Go 3 and Clip 4, queens of adventurous speakers. Successful bet ?
The SRS-XB13 is a good auxiliary speaker which will delight the most adventurous and the less fortunate to add sound to a small room such as a bedroom, a bathroom, or even outside near a swimming pool. In terms of sound performance, it is difficult for us to recommend it over a Go 3 or a Clip 4 from JBL, which are much more convincing. The
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Strong points
- Deep, well-transcribed bass.
- Omnidirectional sound diffusion.
- Long battery life (16 hours at moderate volume).
- Good manufacturing quality and robustness.
- Stereo pairing possible with two SRS-XB13s.
Weak points
- Blatant lack of precision in the high-mids/treble.
- No mini-jack input, no multipoint functionality.
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