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hey I'm David Connelly executive editor for cnet.com and I'm here with the JBL micro wireless speaker this is a Bluetooth speaker obviously very small something you can just throw in your bag what's cool about it is that you can both go into wireless mode pair it with a smartphone tablet there's also a built-in cord that allows you to hook it up to a device that doesn't have bluetooth apart from that there's this little loop on the top I think you can clip it on to a backpack or something else it didn't come with any sort of clip-on device but you could also probably hang this from a Christmas tree if you wanted to as well but this is a small lightweight device as far as other little interesting design traits the volume control on this is not a digital volume control you simply turn a knob to raise and lower the volume it's very old-school in terms of that if you're wondering how this sounds I can tell you that it doesn't sound great but does sound probably better than you think it would and it does sound a lot bigger this is a mono speaker this is not a stereo speaker system and it does play pretty loud for what it is I can't say it's incredibly clear or detailed and there is not a ton of base but for most people the sound should impress for what it is and its size this has a built-in lithium ion battery that gives you about 5 hours of play it charges via USB as for the price this one lists for $59 that's about what you'd expect to pay for one of these smaller bluetooth speakers with a built-in rechargeable battery hopefully you'll see for a little less on line I'd like to see it in the 40 to 50 dollar range well I wouldn't call it a bargain I wouldn't call it an overpriced product either is an attractive small speaker that you can take with you even fits in your pocket I'm David Carr noise and that's the JBL micro wireless bluetooth speaker thanks for watching