Tivoli Audio Pal BT Bluetooth Portable Radio (Anise Flower)

hi I'm David karna a executive editor cnet.com and I'm here with the typically audio Pal BT that B T stands for Bluetooth and this pal radio has been around for a long time it's one of my favorite portable radios it has a built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery and gives you about 16 hours of battery life and now typically has added bluetooth streaming capabilities to it the only issue I had with it was its price tag it cost $300 that's a lot of money to pay for a portable speaker the step-down pal without bluetooth is $220 this one sounds basically identical to that model with the bluetooth streaming it's pretty decent it does sound slightly kin this is a mono speaker and it sounds a little bit restrained but it sounds good for a Bluetooth speaker and there's a lot more competition in this price range right now you have the bose soundlink bluetooth mobile speaker 2 here at $300 as we