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Bluetooth speakers are an easy practically magical way to stream music from your phone or tablet but the best ones can be expensive and the cheap ones don't sound much better than the speaker in your phone I'm Donnell Bell and in this top five I'm counting down five of the best sounding speakers in that sweet spot between 100 and 200 dollars selected by CNET executive editor David Carr knowing starting off at number five the Sony SRS x3 Sony holds up its reputation for sound quality with this feature pack sound brick priced around $150 along with great sound and get speakerphone capability and NFC tap tap air feature and seven hours of rechargeable battery life at number four the Bose Soundlink color Bose you say in color it's hard to believe but they managed to make a relatively hip looking little speaker here that sounds great and can be snatched up for just $129 new charges over microUSB and it comes in five colors coming in at number three the TDK Trek Maxx a 34 I think they missed an opportunity here to make this thing look like a giant cassette tape but the design is still pretty cool its water resistant to making it a great choice to keep in the kitchen or the patio eight hours of rechargeable battery life 150 bucks number two the Bose Soundlink mini this one comes in right at $199 but you get that Bose tuck shirt grown-up design and the extra fidelity that Bose is known for no speaker phone feature on this one but the charging cradle is pretty genius and finally our pick for the best sounding Bluetooth speaker under $200 at number one the logitech ue boom here's a speaker that looks as loud as it sounds it's water-resistant it works as a speakerphone and offers up to 15 hours of battery life it's not cheap at $199 but it makes a statement it sounds great and could probably survive an extreme weekend without breaking or running out of power so there you go five affordable great sounding Bluetooth speakers for more recommendations on the best speakers out there head over to cnet.com speakers and for more top 5s for me top-five cnet.com I'm Donnell Bell thanks what