The Hearth
Bang & Olufsen Beosound A5 - The Wandering Hearth
Bang & Olufsen · $$$$
Written by Sigrun
The Beosound A5 is Bang & Olufsen's portable hearth: a speaker built for the wall on Monday and the terrace on Saturday. It carries Wi-Fi for the multiroom system and Bluetooth for the park, and its battery holds around twenty hours. The design is modular, with wood and aluminium that age like furniture, and it charges wirelessly on its dock. Power is real for its size, and the sound is tuned the way B&O tunes: with the room, not against it. The honest trade is weight. You carry a piece of the house with you, and it is worth the carry.
Why it is god-tier
- Wi-Fi multiroom and Bluetooth in one portable body, so the house carries to the terrace.
- Around twenty hours of battery, with wireless charging on its dock.
- Wood and aluminium, modular construction, tuned by Bang & Olufsen to fill a room without shouting.