Sound is clear and with a punchy bass and the light feature is effective and fun

Frankly that sounds like it would be one of the more useful features

The bass boost is awesome and definitely my favorite feature

The light feature just makes it more fun!!

Perhaps because it doesn't show fingerprints and it makes things more grippy?This speaker has a host of great features like 24 hour battery life, spectacular bass boost, the ability to connect up to 10 speakers together so you can party in even the biggest spaces, hand-free phone functionality, water resistant housing, the ability to charge your phone from the internal battery, one touch music listening with your NFC enabled phone and wildly customization lighting effects

Finally and most important, the multiple flashing lights on the Sony-XB40 are my favorite feature!

Good for the price, the highs are not as clean as you would like, the bass is good

Overall I'd definitely recommend this speaker especially if you're thinking about getting a speaker like the jbl charge 3 which is $120, this sony will sh!t all over that thing.