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Finding the best speakers to enhance your music listening experience can be tricky.

You’ve got a slew of options on the market today that are too pricy and overly complicated, making achieving quality sound feel like a luxury. Not to worry: With help from us and the deals on speakers available through this year’s Amazon Prime Day, you’ll be able to grab a speaker that’s just right. No more Goldilocks-ing things to find just the right one for you.

We’ve prepped a list of the best deals up to 45% off on models big and small from top brands like JBL, Bose, Sony and Beats, among others. Whether you’re on the hunt for something casual or looking for more advanced tech to make your Lorde or KATSEYE listening experience immersive, this list has it all for an affordable price.

JBL Go 3 – Portable Mini Bluetooth Speaker in Blue

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A small portable speaker in blue.

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Despite its size, this JBL speaker packs a punch. Retailing for $27.95, the Go 3 features Bluetooth compatibility capable of connecting to a plethora of devices. This tiny device delivers punchy bass and a large sound signature to the JBL brand. You’ve also got an ultra-portable design thanks to its miniature build, making the style perfect for listening to hits on the go. If you’re worried about battery life, don’t be. The Go 3 gives you up to five hours of playtime on a single charge. The speaker is also dustproof and waterproof, perfect for bringing music poolside or to the beach.

Sonos Era 100 – Black – Wireless, Alexa Enabled Smart Speaker

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A black wireless speaker with Alexa enabled tech.

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This speaker is one of the larger entries on our list, but it doesn’t mean it’s any less compact. Retailing for $188.43, the Sonos Era 100 is sleek, modeled to be placed anywhere you want impactful sound, from bookshelves to your desk. This Sonos product is equipped with a 47% faster processor, and next-gen dual-tweeter acoustic that specializes in producing high-frequency sounds. The speaker’s architecture creates detailed stereo separation while a built-in 25% larger midwoofer acts to deepen the bass for sound you can feel. If Black isn’t your thing, the Sonos Era 100 also comes in White.

Sony SS-CS5M2 3-Way 3-Driver Hi-res Bookshelf Speakers (Pair), 2025 Model

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A pair of bookshelf speakers.

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These dual speakers from Sony give you high-quality sound that can only be equated to a concert. Retailing for $168.00, this tech is meant to go in bookshelves, but can be placed anywhere you’d like your sound, from the living room to the garage. The speakers include key features that create a beautiful listening experience, including a high precision tweeter that delivers precise sound clarity and a bass reflex enclosure that creates distortion-free, low frequency sound that increases the perceived loudness of the bass. In non-music-nerd speak, these speakers are a must-have, especially given the affordable price.

Bose SoundLink Flex Portable Bluetooth Speaker

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A portable waterproof and dustproof speaker.

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Bose’s SoundLink Flex Portable Bluetooth Speaker is for those who like to bring their sound on the go. Retailing for $99.00 during Amazon Prime Day, this speaker is meant to withstand the elements while offering impactful sound quality. This thing is extremely durable. Beyond being waterproof and dustproof, the silicone-wrapped body can also withstand drops, shocks, and rust. If those facets alone haven’t convinced you, the speaker’s size makes it easily packable, so you can jam out without the stress of toting a bulky piece of equipment.

Beats Pill x Kim Kardashian – Wireless Bluetooth Speaker and Portable Charger in Dark Gray

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A waterproof pill-shaped speaker in gray.

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While this Beats Pill x Kim Kardashian speaker came out in October of last year, the model is still as fresh and innovative as ever. Retailing for a hefty marked-down price of $99.00, this speaker is equipped with a slew of key features that make it so dang great. Firstly, the style is compatible with both Android and IOS products.

It boasts a 24-hour battery life and an updated design that creates a more powerful sound thanks to a bespoke racetrack woofer and redesigned tweeter that promotes sound quality and range. Finally, the speaker is water and dust-proof. You’ve also got a Kardashian-certified sleek and simplistic gray construction that gives the speaker a modern look, if that’s your thing.

Amazon Echo Pop in Glacier White

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A white small speaker with Alexa.

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This Amazon Echo Pop is compact but mighty. Retailing for $21.99, this little speaker includes Alexa capabilities and a full sound that works great in bedrooms and small spaces. Not just for listening to music, this speaker’s Alexa function allows you to play audiobooks, and podcasts without touching a button from your favorite providers including Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, Sirius XM and more. To make your life easier, this speaker also has the ability to control compatible smart home devices like smart plugs or smart lights with your voice. The speaker’s compact size is also a major plus, meaning you can place it just about anywhere without crowding your space.

Chappell Roan is going from Midwest Princess to Princess Rapunzel.

As captured in photos and videos snapped on the streets of New York City this week, the pop star — who headlined Primavera Sound in Barcelona last month — is currently working on a mystery video project in which she’ll appear with yards of extra hair. In pictures taken Monday, she filmed scenes while standing on a fire escape, draping her super-long red tresses over the railing to the ground below.

In more photos that surfaced Tuesday (July 7), Roan — now wearing an oversize suit but still sporting the absurd extensions in her tresses — shoots a sequence in which a taxi cab appears to drag her by the hair through the street.

It’s unclear what exactly the Missouri native is working on, but fans online are convinced that it’s a music video for “The Subway,” an unreleased song that Roan debuted more than a year ago at 2024’s Gov Ball festival. She has since played it a number of times at her live performances.

The singer last dropped music in March, with the country-tinged single “The Giver” debuting at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. It marked her first release since skyrocketing to fame (and a best new artist Grammy win) with breakthrough single “Good Luck, Babe!,” which followed her 2023 debut LP The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.

See a photo of Roan shooting the taxi scenes of her mystery Rapunzel-esque project below.

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How was your Record Store Day? This year I spent about an hour and a half and $150 picking up some great vinyl at two stores in Berlin, where I live. (Shout-outs to Soultrade and Dussman.) Every year seems to bring more music fans into stores, along with more releases in more genres. I personally picked up reissues of the Passengers album and Emmylou Harris’ Spyboy, plus archival live releases from Ry Cooder and Talking Heads, and a split 7” single from Goat and Graveyard. While I was at Soultrade, I also found a used album I’ve wanted forever – a 1973 copy of This Is Amon Düül, which is hard to find and even harder to wrap your head around.

That record was in great shape for 1973, but it needed to be cleaned — as do many old records. These days, some new ones do, too: A combination of falling quality control and a tendency to use paper sleeves means that many new records come with some grit in the grooves. So, in the Record Store Day spirit, I wanted to share some tips on the various ways to clean records and keep them free from dirt and scratches — and sounding great for as long as possible. There’s some science to this, but it’s pretty easy. You’ll need to buy accessories, and I’ve shared my favorites here, but like everything in audio, the equipment costs as much as you want it to. My advice, as always: Start with the basics and work your way up. And with the Prime Day 2025 sale event going on now until July 11, you can save big on a lot of the equipment below.

The first thing any vinyl fan needs is an anti-static brush. It’s the easiest to use — you just hold it perpendicular to the record as it spins, and it lifts out dust and eliminates static electricity that causes snaps, crackles and pops. Serious vinyl nerds call this “dry cleaning.” As opposed to wet cleaning that eliminates serious dirt, this just targets basic dust. It couldn’t be easier, though. Just press down very gently as the record rotates, and you’re good. I have an Audio-Technica AT6011a Anti-Static Record Brush, which has served me well for years, but the Boundless Record Cleaner Brush is just as good. Both are about $15, and buying one of them, or something similar, is a no-brainer. There’s no way to get a bigger boost in quality for less money.

Audio-Technica AT6011a Anti-Static Record Brush

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Boundless Audio Record Cleaner Brush

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The other inexpensive way to improve sound quality is to make sure your turntable stylus is clean. This is also inexpensive, but it’s a bit trickier! The styli on good turntables are delicate and expensive, so you need to be careful. Start with the right tool for the job — a small carbon-fiber brush. Then follow the instructions carefully — brush very gently back to front, only when necessary. For about $14, the Boundless Stylus Cleaner Brush is solid. You can also buy a record brush and a stylus brush together — this $20 package from Fluance is great.

Boundless Audio Stylus Cleaner Brush

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Fluance Vinyl Record & Stylus Cleaning Kit

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The next thing you’ll want is plastic sleeves — “inners,” as collectors call them, because they protect vinyl in an album, as opposed to “outers” that protect the sleeve itself. These don’t need to be fancy — the only goal here is to avoid the paper sleeves that can cause minor scratches over time. It’s hard to go wrong here, but for years I used Collector Protector sleeves (50 for $24). Recently I switched to Big Fudge sleeves (50 for $25), which look a bit nicer, although I haven’t noticed any real difference. The kind of people who buy $200 records have a preference, but it probably just makes sense to buy whatever’s cheapest. Right now, that looks like Hudson sleeves (100 for $29) or the round-bottomed Invest in Vinyl sleeves (50 for $14). I haven’t tried either of them, but only the most serious collectors can tell the difference.

Collector Protector Sleeves for Vinyl Record Storage

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Big Fudge 50x Premium Vinyl Record Inner Sleeves

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Hudson Hi-Fi 3 Layers HDPE Anti-Static 100 Vinyl Record Inner Sleeves

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50 LP Inner Sleeves Anti Static Round Bottom 33 RPM 12″ Vinyl Record Sleeves

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If you have valuable records, you’ll also want outer sleeves. This doesn’t touch the vinyl itself — it just protects the album. In some cases, with valuable albums or gimmick covers, that’s great to have. In a decade and a half of seriously collecting vinyl, I haven’t noticed so much difference between different brands, but some are sturdier. Big Fudge is solid and reliably good (50 for $20) and Invest in Vinyl (100 for $23) is currently a better buy.

BIG FUDGE 50x Vinyl Record Sleeves 12″ LP

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If you have a good system, you’ll want to get more serious about cleaning. That means “wet cleaning” records, which means buying some special supplies. Under no circumstances should you attempt to clean records with stuff you have lying around the house. It’s no fun and it can damage records. Vinyl is delicate, so it demands its own routine. To start, it’s easiest to buy a cleaning kit with a microfiber cloth, some specialized vinyl cleaner and perhaps a brush. Big Fudge sells a $23 Vinyl Record Cleaning Kit that comes with a stylus brush and a styling storage pouch (you can also just get the cleaning solution on its own for $10 here). Boundless has a $60 package that has all of that, plus a record brush and a nicer case, and Amazon now offers it with a $5 coupon discount. Eveo has one for $20 that’s not so different. The real difference comes in what you do with them — and you should use only specialized cleaning fluid, distilled water and either special brushes or microfiber cloths.

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Big Fudge Vinyl Record Cleaning Kit

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Boundless Audio Vinyl Record Cleaning Kit

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That will get you started. Remember, though, the idea isn’t to clean the surface of the vinyl — it’s to get the dirt out of the grooves. At some point, though, you might want a machine that will really get into the grooves. For between $50 and $100, you can get a spin-cleaner, a kind of hand-powered car wash for vinyl that rotates records against brushes and in and out of a bath of water and cleaning solution. One of the best is the $80 Spin-Clean Record Washer Kit. You fill a small tub with water and a cleaning solution, then turn the records against brushes, in and out of it — then dry them. This is easier than it sounds, and it’s far more effective than doing it by hand. The Spin-Clean Deluxe Kit, for $125, includes more fluid and drying cloths, although you can buy those separately, too. There are a bunch of machines built on this basic model: The $63 Big Fudge model gets positive reviews, and at $50 the Studebaker is the bargain of the bunch.

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Big Fudge Vinyl Record Cleaner Kit

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Studebaker Vinyl Record Cleaning System

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If you are really, truly serious about great sound, you might also want to consider an ultrasonic record cleaning machine. Right now, the machine of choice is the German-made HumminGuru Ultrasonic Vinyl Record Cleaner, a fully automatic machine that attacks dirt with sound, then dries records after cleaning them. It’s $600 but, if you’re tempted, Amazon is now selling it with a coupon that’s good for $100 off. Think of all the money you’ll save.

Ultrasonic Vinyl Record Cleaner

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Cardi B has had enough of the rumors flooding social media regarding her relationship with Stefon Diggs, and she seemingly addressed fans with an explosive string of posts Tuesday (July 8) on X.

“Shut the f— up,” she bluntly wrote. Cardi implored those gossiping about her business to “go to dinner, go shopping, go to the park …Get off the internet…ENOUGH!!”

The 32-year-old had a final message for gossips while having a few minutes to breathe in between attending shows at Paris Couture Week. “Enjoy these looks and day …..and ignore the bored ….Love yall,” she concluded.

Rumors swirled that there was trouble in paradise between Cardi and her NFL star boo after she appeared to wipe her social media clean of any sign of Diggs. TMZ reported that the couple has not broken up despite the social media wipe.

Cardi began dating Diggs earlier this year after filing for divorce from Offset and they went public with their relationship in May while attending a New York Knicks playoff game together.

Everything seemed to be going great between the mushy couple as they vacationed in France in June, which saw Diggs rent a Victorian castle for Cardi to live out her royal queen dreams.

Some fans attempted to stir the pot while connecting Cardi’s tweets to Nicki Minaj’s rant attacking Megan Thee Stallion, Jay-Z and Roc Nation. “Algorithm win this 1,” one person wrote while stacking Nicki and Cardi’s tweets next to one another.

On the music front, Cardi is working toward the release of her anticipated Am I the Drama? sophomore album, which is slated to arrive on Sept. 19.