LG’s new Bluetooth speaker ensures portability meets party-ability

It can blast; it can soothe. It looks industrial; it’s easy to lug around. These sweet contradictions make the LG XBOOM PK7 one of the jazziest Bluetooth speakers in the market. An unlimited amount of music is being ferried around in phones, yet there are so few devices that play music out loud and at high quality.

First impressions

Taking it out of the box, the PK7 appears hefty but it comes with handles that are easy to grab. One may get worried about the plastic handles because there is some amount of flexing but don’t worry, however much you vigorously shake the device, the handles don’t give in; it doesn’t snap. The X-Grip design actually grows on you. The metal grille on the front of the speaker appears tough, enhancing the device’s durability factor.