Customer Ratings & Reviews

MODEL REVIEWED SONY - XG300 PORTABLE X-SERIES BLUETOOTH SPEAKER - BLACK MODEL:SRSXG300/B HEADLINE: WOW – FANTASTIC SOUNDING PORTABLE SPEAKER – BEST I’VE HEARD OVERVIEW I’ve reviewed and owned lots of speakers and when it comes to audio, I am very picky. The SONY - XG300 is easily the best portable speaker I’ve owned. It faithfully reproduces music at all levels (high, medium, low), and all volumes. The price is not for the faint of heart, but if you want fantastic sound quality, you are going to have a dig a little deeper into your wallet. I tested a variety of music types and formats, and in different rooms and outside. The SONY - XG300 really delivers well in all situations. It is by default very bass forward, even with Mega Bass turned off, but because the app allows for basic Custom EQ settings, you can easily tune the base, middle, and treble to your own preferences. I happen to like good punchy bass as long it is not muddy (which it is not), and the other levels are not distorted. The app itself it easy to download, and install, and lets you control the lights, sounds, audio inputs and more. The control buttons are large and easy to use. I like that the lights are subtle and not over the top crazy flashing. You can turn them completely off if you want or just let them give a soft glow, or various other modes. The SONY - XG300 has a large battery (up to 25 hours), and a quick charge feature. It also lets you charge your phone at the same time via an USB-Type A charging port. I really like that it is powered by a USB-C connector to charge the speaker. No need to carry around extra chargers if you already have a USB-C power source handy. It is also water resistant. While I would not dunk it in the pool, you should be able to have it around the pool, beach, boat without any worries. The speaker itself is pretty heavy (like a brick), but it has a nice heavy duty handle that tucks away, when not in use. Overall it a great performer, and well thought out. SETUP There is not much to set up. Turn it on, most modern phones will auto-pair the Bluetooth connection and you are good to go. You can also download the Sony Music Center App, for even more control. Everything worked perfectly. There is a recessed panel in the back that you open for charging in case you want to top off the battery before you grab it and head to the beach. SUMMARY I fully 110% recommend the SONY - XG300 for anyone who does not want to compromise sound quality for portability. Video Review: https://youtu.be/Ky-0rBkndWM

Love this speaker … especially since it was on sale…

The first thing that you notice is that this speaker is BIG. But it does perform admirably. The sound is great, and the battery life is amazing. There is even a USB type A port for charging your phone if you need it. Sony claims 25 hours of battery life on a moderate volume, and I can believe it given my experience so far. This speaker is also true stereo, but given that the separation is only a few inches, you cannot expect great stereo separation in a unit this size. But that sound is still wonderful, with bass ports on either side that can keep the house thumping! There is a USB-C port for charging, and a 3.5mm jack for wired input. Included in the box is a wired 5V USB-C wall wart, but you can use any type-C charger that you have lying around. This speaker also advertises water and dust resistance, and it certainly appears plausible, especially given the big rubber door covering the ports on the back. One final feature that I have never seen before is the option to limit the battery charging to only 90%, which means that the battery will not wear out nearly as fast. Kudos on Sony for including this feature. I wish that more devices with rechargeable batteries did this. But as good as this speaker is, there are a couple of tiny nits to pick. First is that there is no NFC paring option. Other, less expensive speakers from other manufacturers have this feature, and it would have been a nice option to have. Second is that, while there is a "light" feature, it is very dark and battery life takes a hit while in use. The bass ports on the side are lit by an RGB LED, but because the speakers themselves are black, most of the light is simply absorbed. The lighting effect is close to invisible during the day, and disappointing at night. But I don't actually care about lights, so I just leave them off. According to the manual, the "25 hour" battery life drops by hours when the lights are turned on, so I would just leave them off. Another thing to be aware of that you will NEED to download the app to change many of the settings. The option to limit battery charging to 90% can only be activated by the app. There is a button to turn the lighting effects on or off on the back, but if you want to change which lighting effect is used, you need the app. The final curious thing is that this speaker is supposed to be rugged, and has water and dust resistance. However, the entire unit is covered in a nice-feeling fabric. While it looks and feels great, I can't help but feel that the fabric will easily hold dirt and sand. This won't hurt the speaker at all, but it might shed dirt every time you move it once you bring it back in the house.

It’s honestly not any significant amount better than a simple wonderboom speaker that is cheaper and smaller.

Bass could be better, my XB 41 has better sound I think

Excellent sound and useful features make this an easy-to-recommend portable Bluetooth speaker. From the initial setup and to the easy-to-use app, this is a great speaker to have around. The collapsible strap makes for easy transportation and the light are nice and subtle and can be turned off if they're too distracting. While I may never be able to fully take advantage of it, the ability to link up with up to 100 other compatible speakers is super cool. This would be a great feature to have if you had friends with them and were hanging outside. The design and material are also very attractive and give a premium feel. The material is a soft fabric that looks very sleek. Add in that it's water and dust resistant, and it's ready to go to almost any place you'd like. It also has the cool ability to act as a power bank for your phone/tablet. It also has a good feature that you usually only find on laptops or similar devices - the option to turn on what Sony calls "Battery Care". This keeps the speaker from fully charging if it's going to be plugged into the wall for an extended time to help prolong the life of the battery itself and prevent degradation. Overall, this is a smartly-designed and sounding speaker. Between this and their headphones, I think Sony is killing it in the audio department. Pros: Excellent sound, great features, sleek design, retractable lifting strap, acts as a battery bank Cons: A bit pricey, may be considered somewhat big/heavy for a portable speaker

Looking for great sounding audio from a portable Bluetooth speaker? I found a great option from SONY, the XG300. Not only is it portable with its own self contained battery, it can even share that power to keep your phone charged and running while at work or play. SOUND: that's all I really care about in a speaker. The XG300 delivers. Free apps make it more versatile, but aren't required for out of the box connecting and usage. Phone connected and need to make a call? Your covered with the built in microphone. Answer the phone with a press of the button on the left side next to the power ON/OFF button. The unique hourglass shape gives this little speaker pair some awesome bass. If you have a compatible SONY Bluetooth speaker, you can join them wirelessly and be surrounded by your music. I love it while working in the garage or on the job. It even has its own toolbox. The unit is rated for water and dust so harsh locations won't bother it. The speakers have cool LEDs when I'm using them for down time. The charger is super fast giving hours of playback in a few short minutes of plug time. The unit's carrying handle folds into the top between the easy to actuate buttons. Clear and large enough to see without glasses. They also have a raised surface to touch recognition. The charging port is SUB-C for high power fast charging. Zero to FULL in less than 5 hours.

First off, the controlable ring lights are what sold me on this speaker! They are amazing! Paired with the great sound of the Sony XG300, you are your own DJ. It is perfect for listening by the pool, house party, at the beach, or just in your home. The speaker has: USB Type-C device charging, wireless Bluetooth connection, Battery Care Protection, and Robust IP67 Waterproof and Dustproof protection. 25 hours of battery life on a single charge! Upon unboxing the Sony XG300 Portable X-Series Bluetooth Speaker it was basically ready to pair with my phone or computer. I downloaded Sony's Music Center and Fiestable apps from the Google App Store. The Music Center app is used to link to your favorite music, like Amazon music, Spotify, YT music etc. You can also open the Fiestable in this app. The Fiestable app is used for DJ Control, Party Lights, Voice control and many other features. I also love how the end of the speakers thump to the music. This Sony XG300 is a top of the line speaker and compatible with other top rated speakers! Highly recommend!

If you like listening to music for hours, this is the speaker for you. Great base and sound quality. Also, good battery life. My favorite part about this speaker is that it gives you about a 30 minute warning before the battery dies, so you can finish listening to your favorite without it randomly dying on you or finish that last task. The handle size allows for a nice grip , like you are toting an old stereo. It can supply sound to an entire apartment ( small trailer) or a large master bedroom. The lights coming from the speakers are a nice touch and make you feel like you are in the middle of a party. However, I think you can turn them off but they are pretty subtle.

Sony's new SRS-XG300 Portable BLUETOOTH speaker was everything I expected and more. I've owned a few SONY portable speakers, and they all have excellent sound quality- but this one sounded even better. The speaker filled a good-sized room (200-300? square feet) with loud, clear, and deep bass sound. (By clear, I mean at maximum volume I noticed no distortion in the sound). Every song I played sounded decent on this speaker, whereas some other speakers I've tried only sound good with certain types of sound. The speaker is a little on the heavier side, but it's not inconvenient to carry and you won't typically hold onto it while listening. Its carry handle almost made me want to take it on one of my exercise walks around town, but then I had second thoughts when I realized not all the neighbors would appreciate the sound coming from it. The Waterproof/Dustproof thing should help extend the life of your speaker, I wouldn't have any reason to throw it in a pool for example, but I could see myself using it (Or accidentally leaving it) out in the rain. I could imagine if you had a pool deck, the speaker could fall in the water, and this speaker would have a better chance of surviving that. I've seen a lot of speakers (SONY and Other Brands) now have color changing lights that try to move with the music, these ones aren't so "in your face" like some other speakers. These lights are off on the far edges and looking at the speaker head-on you don't see them. They look best in a dark room or at night. The SONY Music Center app allows some control over the lighting settings. Reading some of the included documentation, I noticed this is one of the first portable speakers like this that I've seen including a microphone for making calls. I did try it and it worked well, though I wasn't sure it sounded as clear as (for example) a Bluetooth headset with dedicated mic. But the fact that you could take calls is a big plus. I can see myself using this feature, notably when calls come in while I'm listening to music outdoors. The Battery life of 25 hours is terrific, I'll never use that in one sitting, however the idea that I can usually not have to worry about whether I charged it recently is a plus. An even bigger plus is 10 minutes of charge gets about 70 minutes of usage (I'm certain volume level for example might affect actual battery life). Even better, if the battery is low, it seems to function while plugged in (and USB-C Chargers are easy to find) - though not closing off the charging ports may affect water resistance. The USB-A port on the back will let me keep my phone (which may be powering the music) charged and near the speaker for as long as the speaker has power.

When I read the specs, I thought I'd found the perfect outdoor party speaker. 2 Tweeters, 2 mid-range X-balanced drivers and 2 passive radiators. It is a reasonable package, weighting in at 6.96 lbs. Don't get me wrong this speaker sounds great, turned all the way up the sound is crisp, un-muddled and decent bass; even without Mega bass. As soon as I got it I took it out to my pool. And played Boston's first album. The sound I was expecting to hear was there, but not like I was hoping for. There was no perceivable stereo separation. I was expecting to hear sounds from the right and left. The sounds were full and crisp with some low end presence, considering I was in a large outdoor space. I moved from left to right while the speaker was playing and I heard good consistent sound but not stereo. I moved to the other side of the pool, about 20' from the speaker, which was on a table about 2' off the ground. The sound was very good, turned up all the way there was no distortion, good. I engaged the mega bass and it did more than kick-up the bass, it modified the mid-range so the more booming bass was.... smoother; but honestly outdoors I don't think it "helped" the sound. I'm pretty sure in a enclosed space it would have a better effect (more on this later). Except for now realizing this speaker had dual drivers, but was a mono speaker, I did more listening. Foreplay-Long Time breezed in but the L/R separation had the initial low vocals getting somewhat lost. As the beat built, it was pleasant, easy to listen to, but at the transition to Long time I was again struggling to hear some of the subtleties. I attribute this to the complex R/L stereo mix of this track/album. The more I listened, and looked at the Sony Music Center app, the more I hoped to find the missing "Stereo" option. After further reading the only way to get Stereo is to connect 2 X-Series speakers. They also have a mode called Party-Connect that allows up to 100 X-Series speakers to be synchronized together - sounds interesting, if these Sony Speakers REALLY catch on (but in Party mode you again loose Stereo functionality). This speaker looks like a roll of paper towels that's been squeezed in the middle. Passive radiators are on each end of the speaker with LED lights surrounding the passive radiators. Even at night the led lights are pretty dim, not really illuminating anything. There are many programmable light flashing programs, none are "highly visible". This speaker claims to over 25 hours of playing time, it's chargeable via a USB-C connector, and you can add 7 hours of play time with only a 10 minute charge (and it can play while it's being charged). It also has a USB-A connector that can be used to charge your phone or other devices from the batteries inside the XG-300 (no specifications on the battery size, or amp size). One other neat feature it has is a microphone with echo-cancelation so you can take an incoming call on your phone and talk hands free (music is muted, when the call is answered). This worked very well, I could hear my caller clearly and they said I sounded very clear, they could not tell I was outside (well when the birds were quite)). I took the speaker inside to my family room (16x30). I listened to Pink Floyd Animals, the speaker had filled the room fairly well once it was off the floor. I again prefered the Mega-bass disabled, with Clear Audio enabled (there is also a Custom EQ, that allows you to set Bass, Mid and High emphasis) - I thought the Clear Audio did a good job on it's own. There are DJ effect settings and Bluetooth Quality connection setting in the Music Center App. The music center app allows you to access may popular streaming apps from it's control panel (a nice shortcut, but it missing SiriusXM, but Sirius can still output to the connected BT speaker). And you can set battery optimization options. There is another app called Fiestable than can customise sound or be used by multiple people/phones. The speaker does not have a USB input port to support a USB stick/disk as the previous version of this speaker had, but I'm sure that this has to do with the IP67 rating for water and dust resistance. I have to say I like this speaker, BUT it does not have all the functionality that my 80's boom box had, I really think it's too bad that it does not support stereo output on it's own. I think they missed a real opportunity. I can understand two small speakers needing to be paired for stereo output, but this speaker is plenty large (with multiple drivers) to have decent stereo separation. I have smaller smart speakers that support stereo output.

I love it and it was delivered quickly. I'm normally a JBL girl but I do like this unit. I have a JBL Xtreme and they are comparable in volume and performance, but this Sony is more lightweight. The handle retracts so that's a nice touch. I played it on the beach 8 hours straight and it held up well. The picture is next to a 12 oz can for size.

Very nice product I’m so happy Best Buy charge fast

Nice simple packaging, this is an open, charge, Bluetooth connect (easy connection), download the Sony Music app, and you have music and a connection to your phone calls! Great looking speaker with a nice retractable handle on the top. The SRS-XG300 is heavy and appears to be very well built. A charging port, USB port, and an audio in port, are located on the back of the speaker, nicely concealed and protected with a solid rubber type cap. A battery check button and light button are also located inside the cap. The Sony SRS-XG300 started out poorly, not sure why. Sound quality started out with a muffled sound and a slight distortion. I moved the speaker to a new location and the next attempts at listening to music were excellent. Sound quality was/is incredible, very clear and clean crisp sound. The base is solid both with and without the MEGA BASE activated. Low volume is exceptional however on high volume I noticed a slight distortion with the high notes. I returned the speaker to the original place I first attempted to play music and the speaker functioned with great sound. Not sure what the start-up issue was, possible interference from other devices in the kitchen. The reference guide to the Sony SRS-XG300 states not to leave the unit in an extremely cold or hot environment and displays a range of 41 degrees F – 95 degrees F. With our temperatures exceeding 95 degrees F daily it will be hard to use the speaker outside. Lights, the speaker has a ring of light located on either end of the speaker and they can be turned on or off using the Sony Music Center app or the button located in the back speaker panel. Not sure what I think of the lights. Using the app, you have multiple settings for the lights however I did not find the functionality of the lights in sync with the music. And most of the setting are accent lighting which may be nice in a darker setting. Not sure that I care for the phone connection with the Sony SRS-XG300. If you’re sitting alone and listening to music, it’s OK. I received a call and I had to turn the volume up a great deal higher to hear the caller and at the end of the call I had to quickly turn the volume down when the speaker automatically resumed with the music. If you have your phone set for notifications or alerts you may have an issue with the volume. If you’re listening to music and you receive a phone notification, you’ll hear a slight momentary change in the speaker volume. At a low speaker volume, you may not notice the speaker volume change. You can toggle the phone call feature on or off, in your Bluetooth settings on your phone. The SRS-XG300 has a DJ Effect you can play with to adjust an Isolator or Flanger sound. Not something I’ll use but might be fun for someone else. You also have a good range of options to adjust the sound to your liking. I connected the Sony SRS-XG300 to an Amazon Echo so I could pick the music and adjust the volume with my voice through the Echo device however the volume was compromised severely, and I chose to unpair them. For the price the Sony SRS-XG300 is an excellent choice.

I bought this for my husband, he loves it and I enjoy it too. It’s loud, clear, charges quickly and lasts long, easy to carry and lightweight. Overall it was a great gift choice! The lighting on the side is extra cool, our kids enjoy that part

One of the best sounding speakers I have heard!!! I used to buy JBL and when I went to buy this I saw that it was $200 off and that it was true High Def audio. It has the best bass and sounds so good. I did see some reviews about how it didn't get loud enough. I was worried about that but don't know what they were talking about this this gets plenty loud.

Sounds great and loud, bass is tubular, very portable, battery life is much better than my last speaker, and this looks very clean

I bought this for my wife. She loved it. The quality of the sound is great. The bass is also good. Easy to carry with a built in handle. At night you can turn on the light to give your speaker a fresh look. Sony never disappoints.

I wanted a portable speaker that had more power than the smaller ones we continued to have problems with not enough sound, and the loss of bluetooth connectivity. This Sony speaker has been amazing - we have had no issues connecting to a variety of sources), it produces serious volume with excellent sound! It is very portable and with the places we roll, waterproof and dustproof are key! I am also enjoying the long battery life...

Love this speaker. It has nice lights, sounds great and gets loud. I let it full charge and used it almost everyday and the charge lasted almost a month for me