Morel Biggie Bluetooth Speaker Review

Thanks to the relative affordability (and ubiquity) of brands such as JBL, Amazon Alexa, Sonos and Bose, Bluetooth speakers have gotten a little, well, boring. Aside from the occasional poppy colorway and retro aesthetic from brands such as Marshall, it’s a sea of cylindrical similarity. Heritage Israeli audio brand Morel, better known for its hand-assembled, audiophile-grade speakers, has applied its experience to create two interior-friendly portable Bluetooth speakers. One is Högtalare, a $400 design, ingeniously built to slot seamlessly into an IKEA Kallax bookshelf, and Biggie, a smaller, cuter $300 wireless design. The bigger, older brother has been designed to blend in, while the smaller option has a refreshing mix of eye-catching aesthetics, fun colorways, and traditional speaker construction. I’ve spent the past month with the Morel Biggie as my office speaker, and while it won’t be replacing my default $1,000 Naim Mu-so Qb2, it has been a hugely likable and refreshingly sim ... Read full article.