IK Multimedia iLoud

IK Multimedia’s iLoud is helping to redefine the genre of portable speakers. The unit stumbles here and there in its ambitious quest for affordable versatility, most dramatically outlined by the excessive noise we encountered while connecting via...

Compact design. Superlative sound quality in wired mode. Surprising low-end extension for a small speaker. 1/4-inch input for playing a guitar or singing along to an iOS app.

Can't use it as a portable guitar or vocal amp without an attached iOS device. Bluetooth sound quality trails the competition. No XLR input for microphones. Expensive given its size.

Note that you can't use the iLoud as a hands-free speakerphone. You also can't use it as a portable guitar or vocal amp, despite the 1/4-inch input on the back. That's because the input doesn't send audio directly to the speaker; instead, it only sends...

The IK Multimedia iLoud has such a unique feature set that it is hard to compare it to other portable products. We've seen portable speakers that had little more than Bluetooth and a 3.5mm input with similar price points. Of course, we've also seen...

If you are a musician looking for a high quality portable Bluetooth speaker then the iLoud is a fantastic choice. If you don’t plan to make use of the iRig system then it is still a good speaker but there are comparable smaller speakers which will...

What’s especially interesting about the iLoud is that it’s kind of a do-it-all speaker. Normally, a small PA speaker would be ill-suited for monitoring mixes, while a pair of studio monitors would be awkward to carry to a gig and are usually tuned for...