Sony SRS-XG300
Sony SRS-XG300: two-minute review Ah, Sony. The maker of the original Walkman is back with another X-Series Bluetooth speaker called the Sony XG300, so-named by the company because its X-prefixed speakers all feature Sony's non-circular and party-friendly X-Balanced Speaker Unit. There's also a new XG500, which is a little bigger, but we're focusing on the XG300 today. The potential problem for the Sony XG300 is that while Sony, Ultimate Ears, JBL and Bose had been the frontrunners in our best Bluetooth speaker roundups for quite a few years, recently a few novelties and newbies struck gold – names such as Tribit and Earfun are gaining traction. So, is Sony guilty of resting on its laurels? Has the Tokyo-based tech giant become drunk on its own successes and failed to notice that others are gaining? Well, the answer is no, this speaker categorically outdoes the rest, across the board – but its offerings do now stick out like sore thumbs for another reason and the XG3...