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Sony SRS-XB501G smart speaker review: Now you can take Google Assistant to your next rave

Sony SRS-XB501G smart speaker review: Now you can take Google Assistant to your next rave

Posted on December 21, 2018August 27, 2023 By Jarvis

You might find this heavily weatherized wireless speaker’s light show more compelling than its audio performance.

If the barrel-shaped JBL Xtreme 2 that Scott Wilkinson reviewed a couple weeks back is ready to party, Sony’s cubist SRS-XB501G smart speaker is equipped to deliver a crowd-pleasing LED light show at a backyard rave. A young crowd, that is.

Color-shifting LED light bars run around the perimeter of the speaker’s face, and there’s a pair of independent white LEDs in the top middle. A second white LED sits above the woofer. Sony says these lights can be synchronized to the music you’re listening to, and there are no fewer than six light modes for you to choose from (rave, chill, hot, cool, strobe, and random flash).
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