Soundfreaq Wireless 'Sound Spot' Fills a Room With Music

The portable Bluetooth speaker market is sizzling hot, making it difficult to pick a standout among the crowd of contenders. I found a worthy candidate, the Soundfreaq Sound Spot, a diminutive wireless music maker with an attractive wood-like façade that makes its $69 price a surprise. Let's listen carefully, and see if it can topple our favorite tiny speaker.

What looks like bamboo on the front is a cleverly painted piece of plastic, a design embossed by using a process called hydrographic printing. The result is lovely, giving it a rich look that I swore was wood until Soundfreaq told me otherwise. If you don't care for this wood/white look, you can also get the speaker in black, and the company says there are other colors coming in a couple of months.