Wren Sound V5BT bamboo Wireless speaker with aptX Bluetooth

Wow ! Great clear sound with a smooth bass response. I use the V5 next to my stressless chair, but it will also fill a small room with pleasing sounds. I bought the BT model based on a great price for the same acoustics as the newer version with AirPlay and wireless. I then hooked up an Airport Express to the V5 so I can now use AirPlay or BT. It's amazing when you do a bit of research, how much better equipment you can find, rather than just settling for the major brands of audio components. Wren, Audioengine and TDK have great products that out perform most of the common name brands at great value prices. Very happy with a little "Wren" next to my chair.

After a side-by-side blind listening test of four ~$300 bluetooth speakers, we (wifey and I independently listened and agreed) found the pair of Presonus Ceres C4.5BT better than Wren, Audioengine's B2, and Polk's Woodbourne. Better than Wren by a small bit (close call Wren!), and significantly better than the Audioengine B2 and Polk Audio Woodbourne (refurbished was in price range). Maybe it's the studio monitor heritage?It was a clear win for the Ceres based on OUR priorities, but if you want almost as good sound and a prettier, more compact package I can confidently recommend the Wren as well... just make sure you buy the model with your preferred connection method (e.g. BT, Airplay, etc).Despite looking nicer than the Presonus system and all being fairly pleasant to listen to in isolation, each of the other bluetooth speaker sets had shortcomings compared to the Ceres:- Audioengine B2's tone was well balanced, and the Bluetooth range was nice, but the soundstage was just simply too small sounding. Very compact, loved the veneer and speaker look.- Woodbourne had lots of connection options, but sounded bass heavy and a little "muddy," and had some Bluetooth and Airplay connection quirks; the iOS app is necessary for wifi and Airplay but not very helpful otherwise. Large but pretty design.- The Wren was a close second, more balanced tone than the others with a nice soundstage for the size, but still not quite as clear and natural as the Ceres. Compact and nice to look at.- The Presonus Ceres presented a wider sound stage than the others even with the speakers within a foot of each other, and they maintained a beautiful, authentic, clear sound which was much more "believable." In other words, the musicians sounded like they were in the room... we drifted into the music much more readily with them, and isn't that what you buy speakers for? :-)Of course your music and tone preferences may vary, and all four systems are nice. Also some may not want the footprint of two speakers with a wire, or may not like the look of plain (and I mean seriously PLAIN) black boxes... but if your priority is crystal clear accurate sound the Ceres C4.5BT are your sub-$500 bluetooth choice.Hope this helps, happy listening!

The Bluetooth is the better model In my opinion. That little box is a good quality full sound. Blows my condo out if I crank it up. Best wireless speaker I've had and I had a lot.

The sound is very rich and true and the styling is without equal in this type of speaker. I can think of no downside to owning this. Great value for the money. Just get it.

Excellent sound quality. Simply best in its category for the price. Way better sound than Sonos and does not restrict you to use the app as Sonos does.

Sound verygood big bass, but the volume little bit low..

This speaker looks awesome, sounds awesome, and would be perfect -- if it didn't have a huge delay and cut out constantly. My $50 bluetooth speaker doesn't have half the issues as this speaker. For $300 it's a little ridiculous it has these problems.

I bought this speaker based off of a recommendation on Wire Cutter, and I won't be trusting their reviews again. If only Wren had put as much work into the sound and the bluetooth functionality as they did the design. I probably could have lived with the sub-par sound if the bluetooth would've functioned.First off, I connected 3 different bluetooth devices (a Macbook Pro and two different Android phones) to the speaker, and every connection was a surprise. I followed the instructions to connect a device, repeated it several times, turned the device off and back on, unplugged it and plugged it back it, and I couldn't figure out a rhyme or reason to how connecting to this speaker actually works.After I finally got my devices connected, the sound quality over bluetooth was horrible:- On my Macbook, it was staticy at times and also interfered with my Apple Magic Mouse bluetooth connection. The static always coincided with my magic mouse disconnecting and reconnecting.- With my Android phones, it was another mixed bag. On one I couldn't get anything to actually play on it. On the other it would cut sound every dozen seconds or so, but the phone showed the music was still playing, then suddenly the sound would come back is if it just silenced the sound for those few seconds.I honestly have not had such a hard time pairing a bluetooth speaker to a phone or computer before, nor have I had so many bluetooth connectivity issues. A speaker is only worth how it sounds and connects to an audio source. This "speaker" is pretty much just an expensive, pretty paperweight. Skip this speaker and go with a more well-known brand.