Right out of the box, this speaker offers a bass-heavy sound that brings out the thump and rumble in your favorite tracks. It's a great choice for listening to bass-heavy music like EDM and hip-hop, too, since you can feel the floor shake with the punchy bass. Voices and lead instruments remain clear and present in the mix, too, so it's still suitable for lots of other music genres. Plus, if you want a different sound, you have a graphic EQ available through the speaker's Custom preset.

You can listen to music with the speaker placed either horizontally or vertically. Our tests were performed with the speaker set horizontally, on its default settings, with the MegaBass preset and Sony's ClearAudio+ feature turned on. There isn't much of a difference in the sound performance when you place it vertically.