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I'm David Carnot from cnet.com and this is the sony srs x11 bluetooth speaker it's $70 it's at the higher end of the micro wireless speaker market which is rather crowded these days and while you can certainly get better sounding speakers for that price you'd be hard-pressed to find a smaller wireless speaker that sounds as good as the SRS x11 weighing seven point six ounces or 215 grams it's smaller than a Rubik's Cube and seems well-built with enough heft to it to make you think that it's got some substance available in multiple color options the speaker has a soft to the touch finish on both the back and top of the speaker or you'll find the power button lime controls and an answer end button for the built-in speakerphone additional features include an audio input NFC tap tap air technology for smartphones that support it and the ability to join two speakers together wirelessly and create a left-right stereo pair or just double up on the sound as I said there are a lot of tiny Bluetooth speakers out there I like the JBL clip plus and so republic Punk to name a couple of them but this little Sony competes well with those models and delivers better battery life a full 12 hours at moderate volume levels and while the speaker does play loud for its size with 10 watts of power and has enough bass to avoid sounding too thin moderate volume is where it sounds best for significantly fuller sound you want to step up to the larger srs x-33 but if portability is what you're after this little cube is worth considering despite its somewhat elevated price tag I'm David Carr noise that's the sony srs x11 thanks for watching you