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Do portable speakers without bluetooth exist?
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I doubt it, because there was no reason for them to exist before wireless connectivity. So, every battery-powered portable speaker with an amplifier was designed to be wireless.
Not true, I had portable amplified speakers in the 90's that worked via a cord.
They weren't rechargeable, but used regular batteries.
Boomboxes existed for decades before Bluetooth
JBL speakers had wired input. As well as Bluetooth. Potentially buy a/hand now. But anny old speaker will have audio quality of its time. https://digimigia.com/do-jbl-speakers-have-aux-input/
Phones used to use aux so we had small portable speakers with aux cables. I used to bring one with me when I worked at a pizza place, we'd take turns putting music on when we cleaned
Portable battery-powered speakers absolutely existed. I had several over the years. But by the time the portability was worked out, bluetooth was becoming more popular and quickly took over.
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