Customer Ratings & Reviews

[Employee of bestbuy] Loud and portable good sounding speaker with strong bass. Punch way above its size

I got this because I was so dissapointed with the beoplay I bought. Turned out this is louder with longer battery life. With half the price of B&O, I got mote quality and value for money.

Love the speaker. I can hear it clear and it does not sound distorted even if maxed out. It is durable as well. Intake it to the shower does great everywhere.

Great Little Speaker. I use it quite often. Battery life seems as expected and volume is good. Quality is high for the size of the speaker. The smaller option is more impressive for the size but not as nice over all.

The Sony speaker has been great. I love how portable it is and the sound quality is great. It has good bass too. Battery lasts a decent amount of time too.

Love the sound and that we can buy more and connect them to each other

speaker rounds out my full Sony lineup from the ULT 1 through the ULT 7. Each speaker has its strengths and weaknesses but the ULT 5 really feels like the sweet spot. ULT 1 is a great backpack speaker, ULT 3 is a great small/medium room candidate, and the ULT 7 is a beast for larger rooms or outdoor events. The ULT 5 rounds out the lineup and it truly feels like the best speaker in the lineup if you want a great living room speaker or a trusty road warrior for traveling and smaller/medium outdoor events. The ULT 5 feels like the perfect combination of all of these but volume is your friend. Anything below 40% seems to sound a tad muffled (even with ULT 2 mode selected) the speaker starts breathing like a dragon once you get to 50% and above up to about 90% when you lose a major majority of your bass and compression starts engaging. This speaker can get loud so it’s honestly too much if you want to get it loud enough to reach its full potential sound and eq response wise in a smaller apartment or bedroom. If you want a living room speaker that will hit in the living room as a party speaker or outdoor event speaker, this speaker will do you wonders! Lighting differs depending on which color you buy. I loved the ULT 5 so much that I bought a second one in white after my initial purchase of the black model. Lighting definitely seems brighter on the white model as you get more of a reflection off of the side LED’s mounted around the passive radiators and you definitely can see a noticeable difference between the two color options. The black model doesn’t show the lighting as well unless you are in a darker room and the speaker is placed in a corner. 4 stars you ask? Well that is because the Sony apps just straight up won’t connect or work sometimes. The Sony fiesta app hasn’t worked at all (a general app for features such as lighting and dj effect controls) even after many uninstall and reinstalls. I just get a black screen after opening and it’s been a problem for weeks now without an update. While you can work most of the controls in the Sony connect app, it’s sometimes slow and clunky and the deeper options are really buried in the settings. Feels like a majority of the features are too difficult to mess with on a consistent basis. How does this speaker compare to the XG300 or the xb43? In my humble opinion, the ULT 5 blows them both out of the water in not just sound, but also looks and functionality. While I love my old faithfuls (both still work fine for me and will serve as great options for years to come) you really feel like you are getting a premium device. How does this speaker compare to larger speakers like the JBL boombox or the ULt 7? You won’t get booming bass or thump at louder volumes over 90% but this speaker can nearly compare in loudness indoors. Outdoors the larger rivals really pull away from the ULT 5 but that is to be expected when you see the price difference. This speaker seems to have more of a flat profile for a majority of its volume range and doesn’t focus on a scooped sound like the boombox 3. Shares a similar characteristics with its larger brother the ULT 7 but you do sense more compression throughout the frequency range when you get over 90% in comparison to the ULT field 7 losing more of its bass at 75%. The ULT 7 can get insanely loud but it’s mainly pushing a ton of mids at you and compressing only the low end frequencies to keep the sound pressure numbers high. The ULT 5 lives to be played at medium volumes and it really sounds it’s best at 50-90% when the whole range gets pumping. Both the boombox and the ULT 7 tend to have more kick in the low end and brighter sound at lower volumes that’s seems to be a bit more rounded for lower volumes. The ULT 5 seems almost a bit muffled even with the ULT mode 2 engaged and custom EQ is essentially useless as it cancels out any ULT modes and you lose a lot of your sound pressure. While I do love this speaker in comparison to my other Jbl and Bose on the go faithfuls, I would wait for a sell of some sorts on any of the Sony models. It’s normal for Sonys to routinely go on sale randomly and I’ve gotten great discounts on all of my models by not buying day one or rushing to pay MSRP.

I purchased this for sound effects for an upcoming play in a theatre competition in a large black box space. It is incredible! The sound that comes from that little speaker is crystal clear and incredible. I didn't expect it to be that loud, and I would highly recommend. If it works for a theatre space, it will definitely work for a home, office, or outdoor space.

Love this small speaker. I bought this because I wanted to try a different speaker other then JBL. I've always had JBL speakers but this specific speaker sounds and gets way louder then your average JBL Flip 5 or 6. There an option you can switch on and off for smaller and much larger rooms which is also a plus for when you're in larger areas or just outside in general.

Super easy bluetooth to connect anywhere, battery life long and great little base. Happy with purchase.

Excellent Sound Quality and Great Bass! Love everything about this speaker including the fact that you can connect multiple Sony Speakers together.

Bought this speaker for my daughter as a grad gift. She loves it! The sound quality is excellent and it's quite portable too. I think she'll have great use for it in her dorm too. She can use it outside too. Definitely recommend!

Great sound quality from a small portable speaker. Music with rich bass sound.

Excellent product , great for our boat . Volume and sound is perfect

[Employee of bestbuy] Sony is back there pervious speakers where not terrible but compared to the ult subpar at best this speaker has great size sound and bass with and without ult mode on. will be buying another one for sure

This speaker is hits hard and is still Crystal clear. Not only is it great for music but the speaker phone capabilities are a nice bonus

Its sound is very clear and loud and its size is suitable

Excellent for travel nice sound strong bass My son is very happy with this speaker

Perfect. Great product for the size and price. Added sub effect works great. Great battery life as well.

Sound great. Strong clear bass and you can even turn off the bass and it still sounds great.