Wren V5AP AirPlay Speaker

Small US audio company Wren is taking on the big names

I'm a big fan of Apple products, and so anything that plays nice and plays back my music typically turns my head. That's the Wren V5AP in a nutshell. The AP stands for AirPlay.

Our new favorite AirPlay speaker is the Wren V5AP because it's affordable, compact, and sounds great for $400. It's not perfect, but it sounds as good as anything we've heard in its range, and better than some products in the $600 range.

As an insomniac, I've seen pretty much EVERY infomercial over the years, and I've managed to resist almost all of them (save a Bowflex which I use primarily as a drying rack for wet clothes). One of the few to ever really cause me to give pause however...

Since the beginning of this year, the AirPlay wireless speaker market has been slowing down, a fact we've discussed in reviews of the few remaining models that are still trickling into stores. Consequently, some developers are busy repurposing earlier...