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I will preface this review by saying that this is an audiophile household. When I review audio equipment what I consider foremost is sound. I do not much care how many auxiliary functions it has. My primary, almost singular, concern is sound. If the sound isn't good I am, not going to use it, no matter what else it does.

For as long time I thought of Sony as a consumer electronics company, as distinct from an audio company. That changed when we got a set of wireless headphones from Sony which blew away my (and my very discerning husband's) expectations, producing real audiophile quality sound in a wireless headset. We have a number of wireless speakers most tiny). I wanted another because my husband likes listening to music when he does yard work, and has been known to take very good equipment outside, in the rain :p That said, I was looking for an outdoor speaker with good sound.

The Sony GTX-PG10 (it really needs a better name) has good sound *for a portable, outdoor, wireless speaker*. I am assuming that others who listen to high end audio will understand the caveat. There are few wireless speakers which sound good and I can not think of one which sounds great. I feel similarly about boosted bass requipment, but the bass boost is done well, and the high end not compromised. That said, the Sony sounds pretty good, up to level 10-15. That is loud enough to enjoy it in a good size room, but not to carry outdoors, and is a fraction of its' range. Above 10-15 you start getting hiss. Around 30 it stats sounding like an FM radio (not an am, it is a little better than that). A speaker the size of a good sized amp (one which could be used in a ballroom or an outdoor event) ought to sound good at higher volumes. That is the reason to get a speaker this size. It is a pretty hefty speaker, the size of a small cooler. It feels like it weighs 10 lbs (but may be slightly lighter). This is a big part of my 4 star rating. The most important thing in a speaker is sound. If it doesn't do that well it does not matter what else it does, to me at least. Now I have to say that part of it could be the source. I have not tried it with my FIIO yet. I do have to credit Sony for having line in as an option, in addition to blue tooth. I should mention that the blue tooth is very good. It did not drop the signal even when I had to move my chromebook to another room to maintain the wifi signal. That chromebook is worse at everything than any other piece of equipment in the house. So, why did I use it? Because the speaker couldn't pair with either my ASUS or my Lenovo tablet, both of which are top of the line and not too old (one jkust a few months, and Lenovo did a major update on the recent release). Both tablets found every other pieve of wireless equipment in the house, to include a roku which was several hundred feet away with several doors in between. They could not find the Sony speaker even when right in front of it, but the chromebook picked it up in no time. I have had quirky connection problems with other Sony equipment. I will add this to the list, and probably use it wired, with my FIIO (except when my husband takes it outside). Connection issues also contribute to my 4 star rating.

A third thing I did not like is how app dependent it it. It is possible to control it without the app, but not as easy aas on other speakers which Sony makes, and, it no longer comes with a remote. I seldom actually use the remotes I have for the other speakers, but still prefer it to an app. Why drain the battery on your phone and shorten it's life to do something which could easily be done with a small, simple remote? It makes me think that collecting data took priority to usability, and as a consumer I can not see that as a good thing.

Those are what I see as the high and low points. When the flaps (which muffle the speaker) are closed, there are 2 drink holders, and it can be used as a small picnic table. That has got to be the very stupidest auxiliary function I have ever seen, particularly for a speaker which is splash-prooof, but not water proof. {I have to admit to not having read the entire user manual but I am fairly certain that somewhere it warns not to submerge in water. Use this as a drink holder at parties and I would expect that at some point there will be a spill, and it will not be an especially good thing. Now, if Sony were promoting this as a small picnic table, I would say that's the best darn picnic table I have ever seen, but I think it is supposed to be a speaker. I do not need or want to use my speakers as drink holders, but maybe that is just me; (I doubt it).

The speaker not only has a line in (component audio) but as mike as well, and can be used as a karaoke with integrated sound. Karaoke makes me wince, but others may enjoy this feature. That said, it was not tested. I will never use it that way.

In sum:

Pros
Very good sound for a wifi speaker at low to moderate (indoor) levels
Bass boost very well done. High end not attenuated or bin any way compromised.
Very good blue tooth range
Line in & microphone
can be use as a Karaoke machine
Radio (with pretty good reception)
Pretty substantial volume range. It can play very loud.
Large battery, rated for 13 hours play

Cons
Sound suffers and hiss introduced when volume is over 20 (midway through the range)
Serious compatability issues. Could not connect/ pair with 2 of the 3 mobile devices I tested it with (and the better quality machines) both pretty mainstream, an ASUS and a Lenovo.
Size and weight. It is huge (the size of a mid-sized amp, or family size cooler) and approximately 10 lbs. It is a mobile speaker, but not very.
Cup holders. In a speaker which is not waterproof I have to see this as a liability, not an asset.
Not waterproof (which is pretty important in an outdoors speaker)
Too app reliant (not dependent). Can be controlled manually but app is used to do things a small remote could easily do.

My rating is based on it being better than the vast majority of wireless speakers, and having features like line in as well as good implementation of bass boost and blue tooth. The hiss at high volume, and connectivity issues prevent me from rating it five stars. The size and weight make it pretty cumbersome, another thing to consider. It is also splash proof, not water proof, a significant thing in a speaker mean to be used outdoors, or one which has built in cup holders.
The cup holders are just dumb.