I have owned many Bluetooth radios through the years. Bose,Klipsch,Altec Lansing. The Bose is great had a internal baterry, it is light, the battery lasted a few hours but the bass was lacking and in a beach if you wanted to blast it it didn’t go i high I wanted to. The Klipsch sound great when I had plugged in with the charger but when I took it to the beach or outside the volume decreased way to low for my liking. The Altec Lansing has great bass and sounded really good at high volume but I had to buy constantly 8 D cell batteries which was way impractical.
This JBL Boombox is wonderful the best Bluetooth radio I have ever bought. I tried it in my house with the charger connect to it and the bass was incredible love to see the side woofers moving when playing a song and only had it like 50% of the volume because it was blasting. So I thought to myself hopefully it passes my outside torture.
I took it to the beach and was floored on how amazing this boombox sounded. The Bass was impactful you can fill it in your chest if you are close enough. The back bottom works increíble you can change the settings for inside or outside listening( you can tell the bass sound better on this setting if you are outside). My friends where Very impressed on how loud and clean it sounded it had no distortion no matter how loud we force it to. I don’t have to worry on D cell batteries anymore. On a full charge I had playing for 6-7 hours and of the 5 lights that it had when it was fully charged it finished with 3 lights on. So i do believe it can go for 24 hours playing None stop. I even charged my phone and my friends phones while we where in the beach, so now I don’t have to Bring my external battery charger this works great for charging many phones while you listen to music. One less thing I have to worry about is when it rains this is waterproof I’ve seen many videos on YouTube of people throwing the JBL boombox to a pool and it was still working. Now I’m not planing to do this, but what I want to do is get one of those floating things to put my ice , cups whisky or beer and have the JBL boombox on top of that and have a party on the water at the beach.
A cool thing that JBL Speakers do is that they can be link together and play at the same time. So if your friends have more JBL speakers you can have a party.
One thing to note this thing is heavy. But since imma hometheater buff I know that good quality woofers and magnets are heavy. So if you want to get great bass and loud spl with no distortion this is the way to go. If you find it to heavy try out the one that comes before this one i believe is the JBL extreme( not sure) but if you want to get the best bass, loud clean with no distortion, increíble battery durability for those long outside Beach parties this is the way to go.
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| Sold By | — | Huppins | Amazon.com | Acoustic Sound Design Inc | Home And Office Supply | Verdi! |
| power source | Battery Powered | Battery Powered | Battery Powered | Battery Powered | Battery Powered | Battery Powered |
| connectivity tech | Bluetooth | Bluetooth | wireless, wired | Bluetooth | Bluetooth | Bluetooth |
| speaker type | Portable Bluetooth Speakers | Outdoor | Portable, Outdoor | Multi Room | Outdoor | Woofer |
| mounting type | Table Top | Freestanding | Floor Standing | Speaker | Tabletop | Floor Standing |
| weight | 100 ounces | — | 1 pounds | 14.7 pounds | — | 4.34 pounds |
| control method | application | application | touch | application | — | application |
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JBL Boombox
Monstrous Sound
Incorporating four active transducers and two JBL bass radiators, JBL Boombox delivers monstrous sound along with hardest hitting bass that you will not only hear but also see it
JBL Boombox
Wireless Bluetooth with JBL Connect+
Wirelessly connect up to 2 smartphones or tablets to the speaker and take turns playing impressive stereo sound. And need more? Amplify your listening experience and rock the party by wirelessly connecting to additional JBL Connect+ enabled speakers.
JBL Boombox
IPX7 Waterproof
Take Boombox to the beach or pool without worrying about rain, spills or submersion in water
JBL Boombox
High-Capacity 20,000mAh Rechargeable Battery
Built-in rechargeable Li-ion battery supports up to 24 hours of playtime and charges devices via dual USB ports.
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Super Cool Solid Speaker Sounds Good 😎👍🎼
Pretty sweet. 😎👍 When they say built like a tank they weren't kidding. Solid construction has a little weight to it. Quality materials and build. Button press is good backdoor flap is tight no worries about it accidentally getting open. Nice handle with rubberized texture on the bottom.Sound quality is NICE. Clear crisp with loads of bass. It sounds good. Here's something interesting though. I put it in LFM and it sounded like the bass got turned down. 🤔 its suppose to be the other way around. The highs are crisp the mids are clear and the bass is thumpy and boomy depending on what you're listening too and the volume you're at. It's good. Plenty loud indoors and loud enough outdoors as long as you're within a sensible distance. The bluetooth connects quick n easy to my phone but is having difficulty with my BT transmitter. 🤔 Battery charging takes a few hours. The one thing I am worried about in a portable is the exposed radiators. May rig some speaker grills.Is this worth $450? ... Its a steep price. I think $300 is a better price point. This whole thing is waterproof it floats and it has a long battery life. 😎I like it and if they come out with a Boombox 2 that's a little bigger n better I'm all over it as long as the price isn't to sky high. So for around the price of a GoPro this is a sweet speaker. May pick up another bc you can hook up 100 of them with the connect + 😯 That's another thing other boomboxes can't do and from what I have seen it sounds even better when there are multiple units connected. And if you want deeper bass out of this thing put it in low frequency mode. 🤫 Just make sure you dont go to high on the volume 😉 or you'll blow the speakers.UPDATE: So good I got another one. Decided to get the green one. They connect plus easily and fast. Sounds great. Green looks good but looks a little more plasticky 🤔. It's not as elegant looking at others have said. Still good though but I think the black probably looks best. At least I can differentiate between the two instead of having the same color. 😁
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Evan
Portability/Waterproof
Reviewed in Canada on December 28, 2020
Evan
Reviewed in Canada on December 28, 2020
Now for this one, its expensive but you do get the jbl brand behind it, and they do stand by there products, from what ive seen atleast.
I originally bought 1, then got a second because i felt could spread the sound further in a larger outdoor setting.
Prositives
- waterproof, you do not need to worry about sitting in the rain.
- 24 hour battery life, obviously depends on volume used but half way point is probably what its based on. Have not tested.
- Can be plugged in, giving extra power. So if using in a yard, you still have option to use ac power, some speakers dont allow this.
- can be paired to apparently 100 jbl speakers using its pairing technology.
- gets loud, distortion seems almost non existent at max volume
- bass is quite good, depending on where you place. If you use on a patio, youll feel it much more then say on the ground outside. However you do still get solid bass on any surface.
- can charge 2 phones at once. 20000 mha battery makes this possible.
- extremely durable. I feel if i dropped this on any surface, they would affect it at all unless its directly on the sides.
Negatives
- does not have a equalizer, but can download apps for this, and spotify has its own. So you have the option.
- expensive, there are several much cheaper speakers, but you may not get the same batt life and waterproof with others.
- jbl app isnt great. It offers very little features and you dont need it.
- cant turn off speakers from phone or app, have to physically turn them off. No biggie but some people may not like this.
Overall the sound qualityis good. Is it the best ? Definitely not. It is however much better then alot ive heard being bluetooth and portable. Very respectful sound and most people will not notice quality. This takes a true audiophile to pick the differences. I cant comment on the boombox 2, but i went with this one due to cost and larger battery. Indoor and outdoor mode and so on. The difference maybe marginal at best. Make or break may be boombox 2 has newer connectivity tech so cant be paired with older speakers, including this one.
I will most likely be buying 2 more later to have 4. One for each corner of any place you take these. You wont regret these.
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Agnaldo Barbosa
Melhor som Bluetooth que já tive.
Reviewed in Brazil on August 8, 2020
Agnaldo Barbosa
Reviewed in Brazil on August 8, 2020
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