- Audio Pro just unveiled the A15 W (yes, late on a Friday afternoon)
- The offspring of the Danish brand offers Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and portability
- Available now, priced at $400 / £299 / around AU$579
If the 2022 Audio Pro A15 was a natural Sonos Move rival, the recently launched 2026 Audio Pro A15 W can happily knock heads with the Sonos Move 2.
It could also compete with a new range of Bluetooth-only ‘HYG’ speakers from Jamo, the Denon Home 400 (which it bears a strong resemblance to), something from WiiM’s growing arsenal of products or the new Bose Lifestyle Ultra speaker – top tip for that one: a review will go live this weekend and it’s well worth a read…
Back to the A15 W, but what you have here is a portable wireless speaker that boasts room-filling sound, flexible streaming options and battery-powered portability built for both indoor and outdoor listening.
And this is where it has the edge over some (if not all) of the competition, because your average Wi-Fi-enabled speaker usually needs to stay plugged into an outlet in your home.
Not so here – in fact, along with Bluetooth capability and an 11-hour battery life, you also get a ‘waterproof’ IPX2 rating, so it’ll survive a European shower (if not the deluges we’ve seen during World Cup matches in the US this week).
Audio Pro tells me it can also be used as a multi-room system with other A15 W speakers (or indeed any W-series speaker from the Audio Pro range), but because it also supports both Apple AirPlay 2 and Google Cast, it should be easy to welcome it into existing Apple or Android-based multi-room systems.
(Audio) The Pro Mindset
I’ve long been a fan of Audio Pro speakers, starting with the one and only Bluetooth T3+ I listen to every day, but after testing the five-star, Wi-Fi-enabled Audio Pro C20, I’m very familiar with the decidedly “Hygge”-adjacent company’s admirable ways of HDMI ARC toting, sub-out sporting, RCA-connectable AirPlay and Google Cast speakers.
Interestingly, the grille looks fixed on this model, and I’ve always been a fan of removing the grilles on my Audio Pro speakers to reveal the relaxed, rock-chic driver configurations underneath.
The A15 W features a two-way speaker system with a dedicated tweeter along with a 4.5-inch woofer. You can also stream music via Bluetooth with better-quality aptX support, and if you’re using Wi-Fi, you’ll be helped by the latest Audio Pro app to directly access compatible music streaming services. I have used it before and I like it a lot.
For instant access to playlists and internet radio stations, six preset buttons across the top plate are there to offer one-touch playback without finding out where you left your phone. A 3.5mm aux input also enables connection to portable music players and compatible turntables or CD players. So no HDMI ARC, sub-out or RCA this time around (its latest rival, the Denon 400 also lacks these things), but there’s the same modern fabric finish and contrasting aluminum control knobs that I’ve come to expect from the brand.
Available in dark gray and light gray finishes, the Audio Pro A15 W will set you back $400 / £299 (which is around AU$579) whichever color you go for.
How good does that sound? I can’t vouch for that yet. But I will work on it…
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