UE Boom 2 £85 or JBL Charge 3 £160 or Sonos

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I need a speaker for:
Bathroom
Kitchen/Conservatory/BBQ so can have 1 or 2 to cover these 3

UE BOOM 2 is £85 today
JBL Charge 3 is £160
Sonos is £130 per speaker.

I already have 3 audio casts, what is the best device for playing music through spotify for at home use/multiroom and the odd small gathering?

Is it worth paying more for JBL Charge 3 or just get 2 UE booms and is it possible to stereo?
 
Yes I do intend to use the audiocasts. They both have aux afaik. (JBL/UE boom 2)

I prefer hip-hop/dance/rap with the odd pop/top40 etc.

I was hoping someone had actually used these as reading the reviews the JBL is best but I cant decided if its worth paying £65more per speaker. The problem is its supposedly better for base and outdoors despite not being 360.

The thing is I have the space in the house for larger speakers such as the JBL Xtreme portable at £150 which is usually a lot more but not sure if its worth paying more for this speaker as although a bigger speaker, reviews say it has too much base and can move off its feet.

I just want the best speaker for house parties with the potential to add multi room support on from my audiocasts which I already have or any other method.

Last night we tended to play music from TV so if its possible to have it go through TV/Multiroom speakers from youtube that would be ace.
 
I bought the UE Boom 2 and so far so good but in hindsight not sure if I should have gone for Sonos.

The speakers are loud enough and quality is fine but you can definitely notice the lack of bass on hip/hop and dance songs.

They are fine for easy listening but as soon as I turned on my PC speakers on you can notice a big difference.

Also not too sure how fiddly bluetooth connection might be between adding 1 or 2 speakers as it seems a little faffy i.e syncing to 1 on bluetooth but then having to pair them in the app or remove 1 or connecting another device etc.

*I will say however, having them in multiroom with alexa synced up is pretty cool - just ask for a song to be played and away you go :)
 
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