I tried Sony's new ULT Tower party speakers, and they shook me to my core — here's everything you need to know about the striking new models
THE SO WHAT
The ULT Tower line doubling down on power, visual flair, and broad connectivity shows that “party hardware” is competing on visceral experience and plug-and-play, not software ecosystems. For consumer electronics teams, this is a data point that there’s still room to win on physical presence and reliability even without a heavy software layer.
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