Smart speakers might be all the rage nowadays, but while decidedly convenient, and are not particularly good at playing high-quality audio. 

That means that if you're on a relatively tight budget and care primarily about sound quality as opposed to voice assistance, you should probably go for a good old fashioned "dumb" Bluetooth speaker. Of course, it's not easy to choose one of those either, but you're unlikely to go wrong with a deeply discounted Ultimate Ears device.



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