You get around nine hours of playback at 100 per cent volume and up to 15 hours at 50 per cent, compared to 12 and 30 hours respectively with the T3.

The Addon C3 tends to catch the groove nature of every track thrown at it, and the music sounds real.The original Addon T3 was named our wireless speaker Product of the Year three years running from its release to 2017, being eventually overtaken only by its more feature-laden stablemates. Not wanting to sacrifice the full body that has become a beloved aspect of its class-leading sonic character, Audio Pro has packed in a 7.

For those who own the previous C10, Audio Pro says the C10 MkII can be used as the master speaker with the older versionfollowing a firmware update.When configuring a multi-room setup, the app looks for other Audio Pro speakers on the same network in the region. Its predecessor carried an IPX7 rating, meaning it could handle being submerged in water to a depth of 1. Pairing a Bluetooth speaker and Bluetooth device is easy: you simply put the speaker in 'pairing mode' (usually by pressing a button), go into a device's Bluetooth settings and 'scan' for available speakers and then select your speaker.

The only real downside to the HomePod 2 is that it is very much designed for people embedded in Apple’s ecosystem. His specialities include all things mobile, headphones and speakers that he can't justifying spending money on. Equipped with a pair of 2cm soft dome tweeters and mid/bass drivers (and reflex ports, incidentally) growing in line with the cabinet.There is more space to the presentation, more three-dimensionality and ambient detail, greater headroom for more violent dynamic variation and an added maturity over the more delicate. The Audio Pro Addon C3, Addon C5A and Addon C10 MkII all deliver excellent audio performance for the money. It isn’t as if the Addon T3+ is struggling to keep up or convey emotion in the music, but no longer does it lock into a groove so confidently or hold our attention so tightly. So, Audio Pro Addon C3 is a highly durable and portable multiroom-audio speaker with a great battery backup.

We stream Ghostpoet’s Concrete Pony and the original C10 offers a marginally more zealous and entertaining performance. As the smaller model of the siblings, the A28 (below) is well suited for shelves, TV benches and other places where a more compact speaker is preferable – and it can also be wall mounted. In her spare time, Becky can often be found running, watching Liverpool FC and horror movies, and hunting for gluten-free cake. The Swedish firm has since released a sequel, the sensibly named Addon C10 MkII, which delivers on its promised enhanced functionality, sound quality and design to now also become a multiple Award-winner.

It’s not the end of the world, though, especially when you consider most rival multi-room speakers have to be permanently tied to a mains socket. A “WiFi link” button runs around the back of the device from left to right, which you’ll use to set up the wifi network for the first time.