Hey guys, new to the forums but I'm hoping this is a good place to ask for a little sound advice
Basically I work in a very loud warehouse. We have stations and are allowed music, and as a very hard core music listener anyways, this is great for me. The issue is that the white noise is so loud that you have to have at least a decent speaker to even hear it. We aren't allowed headphones so a somewhat portable bluetooth speaker was the best option here. Originally I had a very small $10 walmart speaker but even though it seemed fairly loud at home, I had to creatively figure out how to wear it around my neck to even hear it.
Eventually I upgraded to the Soundbot SB520 because it seemed a good choice for the price range.
The SB520 is pretty decent, I can at least set it up at my desk and hear it for the most part. Though it has passive subwoofers, they only sort of cut through the noise. If it's like a foot away from me and at the right height, it's decent enough and has got me through most of the last year if I keep it at max volume.
But now I wanna upgrade. A couple people at my work have the Harman Kardon Studio Onyx 2 and the thing is a beast. The power cuts through the noise so well, even with bass, that they can't even actually be turned up all the way because it would bother other workers. I've seen a couple on Amazon for like $130 which is a pretty fair price range for what I'm willing to spend right now. Of course I also saw the Studio Onyx 3 for only $159 so I'm wondering if the extra 30 bucks is gonna have been worth it.
However as a two part question, I'm wondering if there maybe is a better speaker choice in the price range? I've looked at stuff like the UE Boom 2 but I'm wondering if it's capable of punching through the white noise as the Harman seems too.
Any advice on some potential speakers preferably not more expensive than the 159 Studio 3. If Kardon is in fact probably the best speaker for this situation, would the 3 really be more needed than the 2? I want the 'better' of the two, but I saw some comments saying the 3 'Sounds better' but isn't as loud. Etc. Hopefully this short essay I didn't mean to type can give someone enough info for me to get something ordered!