Bluetooth speaker for a small hall

[NoddyonNitrous]

Mrs. Nitrous needs a bluetooth speaker to play music for exercise classes. We tried my Echo2 tonight, and she needs a bit more volume, but not a huge amount. The big system she used to use for Zumba is OTT (and installed in my manshed anyway); its more for background music for yoga and elderly classes than heavy metal tinnitus experience. i don't understand how you compare sound output nowadays, since they stopped the wattsRMS approach.
What suggestions have you got? There's such an array available!

[PugwasHDJ80]

How loud do you need?

My missus is in the process of buying one for a baby music class she runs

We liked
Bose Revolve +
B&O Beolit 17
The big JBL Extreme thingy
Zipp Libratone Copenhagen

none of the UE ones were much good

These were all powerful enough to fill a hall, but on full volume you could still talk over them (just about)

If you want something really powerful then Aiwa do the Exos-9 which i've not been able to try but by all reports its a total beast

[s70rmp]

Bose Soundlink Mini - small but the sound is very impressive and can go very loud

[Legacywr]

I disagree with an earlier poster, and my opinion of the EU speaker I have is, that it’s fantastic, it was also strongly recommended by the sales guy at John Lewis, who also stock all the other major brands, too.

I bought mine at Costco, which were a lot cheaper

[dorme]

couple of options below, avoid anything UE (boom, megaboom etc) they are awful and sound tinny as soon as you turn them up!:

Good price and quality

https://www.amazon.co.uk/DOCKIN-Bluetooth-Performa...

Loud, clear, bassy:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Harman-Kardon-Portable-Bl...

Power, quality:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PLAY-Bang-Olufsen-Wireles...

Loud and excellent portability:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PLAY-Bang-Olufsen-Beoplay...

[NoddyonNitrous]

Thanks for the suggestions. Time for some test drives I think.
I do get the whiff of bullst from B&O - "The use of authentic materials and carefully curated colours allow you to mix and match B&O PLAY products with effortless style." "available in a Nordic-inspired black colour that is right on trend."

[talkssense]

Yeah the B&O marketing is bks and I am sure put a lot of people off what are actually an exceptional range of Bluetooth speakers.

Go and have a listen.

[NoddyonNitrous]

Any comments about the Samsung R5? It looks a good candidate from what i saw in John Lewis - its a pity they don't have somewhere that you can listen to them other than the shop floor.