Sony Bluetooth Wireless Mobile Speaker SRS-BTV5 Review
You can't easily get big sound out of a small object, and when a speaker is designed first and foremost to be tiny, you can be confident it won't rock the house. Sony's Bluetooth Wireless Mobile Speaker SRS-BTV5 is proof of that. This $69.99 (direct) speaker is a little larger than a pool ball and looks good, but it can't output loud music—or even close to it. It's a nice novelty speaker, but there are other Bluetooth speakers that are still portable at twice the size and sound much louder, such as the Editors' Choice Logitech UE Mobile Boombox($280.00 at Amazon).
DesignThe speaker is a little black ball measuring 2.6 inches in diameter and standing 2.8 inches tall, making it only slightly larger than a pool ball. It weighs 4.8 ounces, and whether you toss it in your bag or hang it from the drawstring of the included mesh basket pouch you'd hardly notice it's there. It comes in black, white, and pink versions, all of which are otherwise identical. The single driver sits under the...
The Sony Bluetooth Wireless Mobile Speaker SRS-BTV5 is small, cleverly designed, and unfortunately low on power output.
Compact; Attractive; Easy to pair
Weak bass; Tinny treble; Speakerphone feature isn't very loud