If you are in the market for a high-end wireless speaker that looks good, has versatile placement, and portable, then Bang & Olufsen Beosound Level WiFi Speaker may be right up your alley. That’s, of course, if money is no object. More on that in a jiffy.
When it comes to B&O, the design never disappoints, so we shan’t elaborate further. The Bang & Olufsen Beosound Level WiFi Speaker is offered Gold Tone and Natural. The former looks like a slat of wood and extrude a warm, fuzzy feel while the latter has high-tech look and feel to it.
The speaker can be placed flat, or standing on a surface, or if you so desire, mounted on the wall.
Audio delivery is through a pair of 0.8-inch tweeter, a 2-inch full-range driver, along with two 4-inch woofers. The drivers are bolstered by a 15 W class D amp for tweeter, a 30 W class D amp for the full-range driver, and two 30 W class D amp for the woofers.
Paring of two Beosound Level to enable stereo audio is possible through Google Home App. In addition to support dual-band WiFi, the Beosound Level also has Bluetooth 5.0 and there’s an Ethernet 10./100 Mbit port too for those who prefer the wired way.
As far as wireless streaming goes, it supports AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect, and has Chromecast built-in.
Other features include Active Room Compensation, Adaptive Bass Linearization, position-depended sound staging, built-in thermal protection, support for Google Voice Assistant, line-in/optical combo-jack, USB-C and Easy Charge Solution. It being portable, means it has a built-in battery.
The Bang & Olufsen Beosound Level WiFi Speaker is available now, priced at US$1,499 for the Natural and US$1,799 for the Gold Tone. You have the option of buying it with or without Google Assistant.
All images courtesy of Bang & Olufsen.
