the best wireless bookshelf speakers

The finest all-in-one speaker sets to make your shelves shake and your room rock

Discover which of these brilliant bookshelf speakers you should be streaming your tunes to

One for budget crunchers Q Acoustics BT3 £189, qacoustics.co.uk

Although it’s expected that bookshelf speakers hide away and don’t make too much visual noise, Q Acoustics’ range of high-gloss coloured finishes give them a unique look. Contrarily, there’s nothing overly remarkable about their sound, but in a way that’s a blessing – they’re flat, balanced, neutral, getting well out of the way and letting your audio source do all the hard work. We’d probably have found a way to put the power and source controls somewhere other than the top, but for the price the BT3 pair is absolutely on the mark.

One for traditionalists Da li Zensor 1 AX £449, dali-speakers.com

Dali’s original Zensor 1 loudspeakers have been a reasonably priced hi-fi stalwart for many years. The AX doesn’t mess with the formula, jamming all the relevant electronics in the back of the existing hardware. They push out a sound full of clear expression, rich in the treble and mid-range, with slightly more bass on offer if you put the speakers close to a wall. That said, Bluetooth playback adds a slight muddiness that doesn’t always jibe, and there’s no on-board way to tweak the mix, which is a bit of a shame.

One for spoken word Kitsound Reunion £100, kitsound.co.uk

Clad in a leathery wrap like a guitar amp, and brilliantly small given the volumes they’re capable of, Kitsound’s Reunion speakers are a package which embodies the word compact: compact in size, compact in price and compact, sadly, in audio capabilities. While you can alter the frequencies to suit your preferences, the combined mix doesn’t quite gel, with the beefy low end battering everything else out of the way unless you’re careful. For radio or podcasts they’re perfect, but musical fidelity isn’t the Reunion’s forte.