However, the new B&O BeoPlay A2 represents the company’s first ever portable Bluetooth speaker, and it comes at an almost-accessible price point. It’s certainly a looker, formed from a single block of aluminium and flanked by two parallel overhanging polycarbonate grilles. This flat, machined look – complemented by a leather carry-strap – somehow gives the BeoPlay A2 a retro vibe. The BeoPlay A2 is the company’s first ever Bluetooth speaker, designed to be highly portable with a slim and flat profile that can easily fit into your bag and a classic leather carrying strap at one end. On the technical side, the speaker is fitted out with a 180 watt digital class D amplifier, two 3″ woofers, two 3″ passive bass radiators, and two 3/4″ tweeters. It also has a battery that lasts for a full 24 hours of audio play before needing to be recharged. The B&O Play A2 measures 10.1 inches long by 5.6 inches wide and comes in at 1.7 inches thick, it weighs 1.1kg, and will be available in a range of colors, which include, green, black and gold. Bring the A2 anywhere to boost your party-mood, bring you from minor to major or just dwell on melancholy for a little while. Help yourself to whatever playlist suits your mood. The B&O Play A2 features a rechargeable LI-ION battery that will give you up to 24 hours of music playback, there is also a USB connector, and a line in port to hook it up to directly to your MP3 player. The B&O Play A2 portable speaker is now available in the UK for £299 and in the U.S. for $350. It is featuring the world’s first omni-directional sound solution for a flat speaker, True360, ensures that everyone listening to the ultra portable speaker enjoys equally good sound no matter where they’re placed. BeoPlay A2 is a two-channel speaker – with the two channels on each side of the device applying a new Bang & Olufsen solution called “Power Response Enhancement”. It includes an extra tweeter on the rear side of the main driver that gives you a more even high frequency radiation around the edges. This two channel speaker solution is combined with the main speaker drivers’ omni-directional sound dispersion at low frequencies, and results in what we call a True360 sound experience – powerful, room-filling music in all directions.
