What is it about Bluetooth speaker manufacturers and the word ‘boom’? There are plenty of brands attaching the term as a suffix or prefix to the names of their portable speakers, including a raft of Ultimate Ears models, offerings from Soundcore and Anker, plus quite a few members of the expanded LG stable. Motion Booms, Juice Booms, Extreme Booms, Wonderbooms, the list is endless. Even JBL has a burly BoomBox 3 on its books, though perhaps that’s a little more permissible given that’s a term in general use.
Legion as their numbers are, the ‘Booms’, frankly, are just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Bluetooth speakers of all shapes and sizes abound, from cheap-as-chips tiddlers to mighty earth-shakers, meaning it’s never been tougher to break into such a competitive field. With JBL ruling the roost and plenty of other sharks in the water, LG’s plus-sized XBoom Go XG8T needs to bring its A-game if this boom isn’t going to turn into a disappointing bust.
