It's not often that I think that something I saw in January has basically ruined that kind of product for me for the rest of the year, but the Brane X has probably done that thing. It's a competitor to the best wireless speakers with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity on board, in a body that's a similar size to the Bang & Olufsen A5 – ie, similar to a small two-slice toaster – but it has something none of its rivals have: a real, bona fide subwoofer.
Great bass requires large drivers that can move a lot of air. Smaller speakers use something like a combination of a woofer driver with a bass reflex port to make this work as best they can, because it's possible to fit this tech in a smaller body, and using the kind of low power levels that the best Bluetooth speakers can provide. But it's nothing compared to what a real subwoofer or a larger bass-focused driver setup can do.
