Wireless speaker cabinets to bring audio to any room or outside

The wireless speaker boxes are certainly not new, but in recent times they have improved a lot, integrating new smart features and allowing you to listen to music from various sources: computers, smartphones, stereos or Smart TVs, also present in another room or outside in the garden or on the balcony.
In this way we can play a playlist of songs on the computer and listen to music in the garden or in another room thanks to the wireless connection. Music can be controlled from the smartphone, which effectively becomes a stereo remote control.
In this guide we will show you the best wireless speaker cabinets to bring wireless audio to every room, so you can listen to music wherever we are and with any modern streaming service.

Best wireless speaker cabinets

Wireless speakers vary widely in size, shape and type of connection that is used. There are speakers that use Wi-Fi at home (the most innovative), others that use the classic Bluetooth connection. If we have old speakers or a stereo system and we want to "make them modern", we will also show you how to do it through Echo Input.

Loudspeakers with Wi-Fi included

The speakers with built-in Wi-Fi allow you to connect to the home Wi-Fi network of your home and to appear on any other device connected to the same network: we will be able to listen to music on it from your PC, smartphone, tablet and Smart TV, without having to connect the source device every time (which is necessary to use Bluetooth).

Thanks to the Wi-Fi connection, the speaker will have direct Internet access, so it can interface with the supported streaming services (Spotify, Amazon Music, Deezer etc.) and continue playback independently, without depending on the source device (which we can also close without problems). In addition to listening to streaming, on many speakers we can take advantage of Amazon Alexa's voice commands to ask for information and take advantage of your voice to listen to a specific song or playlist; on the more expensive speakers we can also take advantage of the multi-room, i.e. the separate configuration of one or more Wi-Fi speakers to be able to listen to different music in each room of the house.
The protocols used are often proprietary (i.e. they use a support app on the phone to be able to start the initial configuration and to add the accounts of the streaming services), but on the more expensive models we can find support for AirPlay (to connect iPhone, iPad and Mac) and support for Google Home and Amazon Alexa, so that you can expand the functions of the speaker through the functions of the voice assistants.
Below we have collected the best speakers by price category, so that we can choose the ones that are right for our needs.
Cheap Wi-Fi speakers

1. GGMM E2 Wireless Speaker with Amazon Alexa (39 €)
2. Jam Rhythm Loudspeaker Music Via Wi-Fi (49 €)
3. Echo Dot with Amazon Alexa and integrated Skill (59 €)
4. Google Home Mini with Google Assistant (€ 59)
5. GGMM E3 Wireless speaker with alarm clock (69 €)

High-end Wi-Fi speakers

1. Google Home with Google Assistant (€ 99)
2. GGMM E5 Wireless Speaker with Amazon Alexa (129 €)
3. Echo Plus with high quality sound (149 €)
4. Bose SoundTouch 10, wireless music system (149 €)
5. Sonos Play: 1 All-in-One Player, Wireless (176 €)
6. Sonos One Generation 2 Smart Speaker (€ 229)

In this regard, we invite you to read our guide to the Best Speakers alternative to Echo with Alexa and voice commands .
If instead we don't know how to choose between Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, can we invite you to read our guide on Alexa or Google Home? comparison between the best and smart Smart Speakers .

Bluetooth speakers

Speakers with Bluetooth technology are the easiest to use, since this technology is integrated on a large number of devices . Just put the speaker in pairing mode, enter the device settings menu, access the Bluetooth screen and pair the speaker (visible between the new devices).

In this way we will reproduce the sound emitted by any app or any multimedia service. Obviously these speakers will not be directly connected to the Internet, but can be used without problems to listen to the audio streaming from the dedicated services (Spotify Free, Spotify Premium, Amazon Music etc.). Another limitation is related to the Bluetooth connection : if we accidentally turn it off or close the app from which we play the music, it will also stop on the cashier, in addition we will reproduce any type of sound present on the phone (even messages and incoming calls ).
Depending on the version of Bluetooth available (we recommend choosing only the speakers with support from Bluetooth 4.1 onwards), we will also be able to benefit from the multi-room and support for voice commands, especially on the more expensive Bluetooth speakers. Many speakers are small, with capacious portable batteries and waterproof shell, so you can take them to the sea or around without fear of damage.
Below we will find the best speakers by price category, thus being able to choose the one suitable for our needs in terms of music and portability.
Cheap Bluetooth speakers

1. dodocool Mini Portable Bluetooth Speaker (12 €)
2. ZoeeTree S1 (€ 15)
3. Muzili Wireless Bluetooth 5.0 Speaker (15 €)
4. Anker SoundCore Mini Pocket Bluetooth Speaker (19 €)

Waterproof Bluetooth speakers

1. Sony SRS-XB01 Compact Water Resistant Speaker (17 €)
2. Tronsmart IPX7 Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker (24 €)
3. JBL GO 2 Portable Bluetooth Speaker (25 €)
4. Sony SRS-XB12, waterproof speaker with EXTRA BASS (39 €)
5. Zamkol Bluetooth Speaker Box 24W, IPX6 (€ 48)
6. JBL Flip 4 Speaker Bluetooth Waterproof IPX7 (73 €)

High-end Bluetooth speakers

1. AmazonBasics - Portable Bluetooth speaker (80 €)
2. Bose SoundLink Color II Bluetooth speaker (96 €)
3. JBL Charge 3 Portable Loudspeaker (124 €)
4. Bose SoundLink Revolve Portable Speaker (149 €)

Turn old stereos into wireless speakers

If we have an old Hi-Fi stereo system or speakers of excellent quality but can only be connected via 3.5mm Jack cable, we can buy valid Bluetooth adapters with a 3.5mm connection or buy an Echo Input, so as to bring the Wi- Fi and Amazon Alexa voice assistance even on older devices.

If we intend to take advantage of Bluetooth technology, we recommend purchasing one of the following adapters:

1. Mpow Bluetooth 5.0 A2DP Receiver (14 €)
2. Mpow V5.0 Bluetooth Receiver with CSR Core (€ 16)
3. TaoTronics TT-BA09 2-in-1 Bluetooth 5.0 receiver transmitter (29 €)
4. Mpow Bluetooth 5.0 Transmitter and Receiver (31 €)

If, on the other hand, we want to integrate Wi-Fi and the voice assistant, we recommend that you focus on Amazon's Echo Input, on sale for € 39.

To learn more about the use of Amazon Eco Input and other Echo devices, we invite you to read our guides on Adding Alexa to stereo and speakers with Echo Input and the Functions of the Amazon Echo, what it is used for and what it does .

Conclusions

The wireless speaker boxes (with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth) undoubtedly represent an excellent technological discovery to be able to benefit from streaming music services and to enjoy voice assistance in any room. Their use is really simple: this type of speakers do not really require any technical experience in the configuration, they work without interruptions and with excellent sound quality (especially for the more expensive solutions).
In our guides we have shown you the Best Apps to hear music on Android and the Apps to hear music on iPhone and iPad also radio and streaming, to be used also on the speakers presented in the article.
If, on the other hand, we wanted to connect the speakers to a Smart TV, we can do so by reading our study on How to connect TV speakers and audio systems to the Smart TV .