Sony ULT Tower 5 review: an affordable bass-heavy beast
THE SO WHAT
Sony leaning into a relatively affordable, high-output party speaker is a reminder that audio hardware demand is bifurcating — commodity earbuds on one end, experiential ‘event in a box’ gear on the other. If you build consumer experiences, think in terms of “party mode” scenarios where your app or service can own the room when hardware like this is in use.
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