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whenever I do a versus video I always take price into consideration but not today today I want to compare the three most popular of 360-degree speakers right now we have one of my most favorite products the JBL poll story the elegant bose soundlink revolve plus and the somewhat improved you would be megablast all three of these speakers don't just look very different they all have very different approaches to how they actually produce their 360-degree sound the JBL pulse 3 is the cheapest speaker here and retails for $200 but it's usually on sale for about $170 these days the UE mega blast retails for 250 dollars but you can usually get the black version for about one hundred and ninety dollars and finally there's the Bose Soundlink for vols Plus which is the most expensive speaker here retailing for $299 and almost never goes on sale if you want to pick either of these speakers up I'll have a link to description below and if you use the links really helps out to channel and also check out the numerous shelf down below even though all three of these speakers or portable speakers one is tougher than the others the bose revolve plus is the most fragile speaker here due to its easy to scratch aluminum body and it only has an IP x4 certification but it is the most refined looking speaker here the JBL pulls three carries in ipx7 certification which means it's waterproof for the most part but do twist acrylic top you also run the risk of scratching or cracking it if you travel on a regular basis with the speaker if you need a tough speaker then the mega glass is your guy it has an ip67 certification so it's both dust and water proof and thanks to its fabric and rubber body this speaker can definitely take a beating when it comes to ports both are evolved plus and post three heavy easy to reach micro USB ports and audio jacks for wired listening the mega blast also charges via on my curiously port but it doesn't have an audio jack not having an audio jack on the mega blast doesn't bother me these days but what does is just how hard it is to reach its microUSB port since this port is so indented it limits the amount of USB cables you can use to charge the speaker point of having a universal standard like a microUSB port so you can mix and match cables and if you need a replacement you can easily just buy one both the megablast you can really only just charge the speaker with its included cable so if you lose or damage this cable it could be a headache in the future I just feel this is a sneaky way of UE trying to get you to buy their $40.00 power up charging cradle and I also hate the fact that you have to stand a megablast upside down when you're gonna charge it I just feel that this is sloppy design but youi also decided to omit physical control buttons in favor of Amazon's ele XA voice control on the mega blasts which also bothers me you can use the mega blasts as a souped up echo and admittedly it works pretty well you might have to enunciate sometimes but it gets the job done a lot of what is the current price of Bitcoin one Bitcoin is worth seven thousand five hundred thirty dollars one point three percent over the last twenty four hours but you can only use voice commands to player positive music or it's a skipper track if the mega blast is connected to Wi-Fi and if you're streaming music from Amazon music Pandora Spotify and a few other streaming services but if you plan on streaming music over Bluetooth either because you're using Apple music or google play music like I do then the only way you can control your music playback is from your phone the only physical button is the mega blast has are the comically large plus and minus buttons on its front for von controls of power button that likes when access is talking and a Bluetooth button up top the revolving poster II don't have smart speaker capabilities like the mega blasts but they do have a full set of control buttons and I feel this is important to have on all speakers because sometimes it's just easier to push a button than to use voice commands or if you're with friends someone can stop with skip a track without having to tell you to use your phone now let's talk about speaker setups because like I said earlier they're all very different so JBL pulls 3 has 340 millimeter transducers are all located underneath the fabric portion of the speaker and there's dual passive radiators on the top and on the bottom of the speaker it's kind of a JBL trademark the bose soundlink revolve plus has a single downward firing transducer that gets evenly spread out by an acoustic deflector and in the neck portion of the speaker there are dual passive radiators as well and finally the UE mega blast has the most Hardware out of all of these speakers the mega blast has dual 55 millimeter transducers and dual passive radiators which are pretty common for a speaker of this size but the mega blast also has dual 25 millimeter tweeters which do help out in the highs now before we go into the sound touch just note the black glass is set to it's the standard EQ settings if I had to line these speakers up from best towards regarding sound quality it would go megablast revolve Plus and pulse three and last the JBL post three has a new sound signature and has a good amount of bass but it doesn't sound as clear or as full as the other two speakers and it also gets the least loud as here on next volume the buzzer evolved plus has a sound signature that puts an emphasis on vocalist and there's also a lot of trouble although it has a good amount of bass torval plus does suffer a little when it comes to instrument separation and at higher volumes there is a considerable amount of distortion and then there's the mega blast when I first reviewed it a few months ago my biggest problem with the mega blast was that it had way too much bass and absolutely no mids but now Yui has changed that and I actually really like how the mcbounds now instrument separation is really good and when the speaker is set to max volume distortion isn't a problem and through you ease app you can now adjust the mega bass EQ settings you can either use or another pre-made ones or you can make your own so you can make the speaker sound however you like through the app you can also see other things like your battery status network status and more importantly you can meet the speaker makes both of ZAP these are also pretty useful my favorite thing about it is that you can remotely turn on your Bose speaker and something these other speakers can't do and you can also pair up another Bose speaker straight from the app as well but if you get to post three chances are you're going to be using this app the most from the JBL connect app you can adjust the brightness of the light feature you can select from a few different lighting modes and you can also adjust the color to your liking even though the post three isn't the best sounding speaker here it's definitely the coolest looking to speak you hear that easily lightens up a room and you're playing music with it but due to the post freeze light feature it's battery life is always changing even though JBL advertises a 12 hour battery life on the pulse 3 depending on what light mode you're using and what brightness it's at your battery life can vary from 3 hours to playback time or sometimes more than the advertised 12 hours of playback time if the light features turned off battery legs on the revolve plus and Meg blast or allure mark with the volume set at 80% both the revolve plus and megablast she'll ask you about nine hours to playback time now even though the megablast is the most durable speaker here sounds pretty good and it has a pretty good battery life just know that you can't pair it up to any other UE speakers which is another major feature this speaker is missing whereas the Bose Soundlink revolve plus you can pair it up to one other Bose speaker and then there's the pull three which is rocking JBL connect plus not only can you power up to 100 JBL speakers together but honestly nobody really needs more importantly it is by far the easiest and best way to pair multiple speakers together you literally just press one button on each speaker and this because will figure out themselves so which is the best 360-degree speaker here objectively I have to give it to the UE mega blast it's extremely durable it has a really good battery life it gets the loudest and it sounds best here at a very reasonable price if you can get it on sale but there are so many quirks with the mega blast that you need to know what you're getting into before you get the speaker like I mentioned earlier I hate that the speaker doesn't have a full set of physical control buttons Alexa is cool but not always the most convenient I hate how the micro USB port is so hard to reach for no reason and not being able to pair this speaker up to another speaker sucks if you've already invested into the UE eco system I feel the JBL post three is still the safest bet and if you like the finer things in life then the bose sound like revolve plus will get the job done too if you made it this far I guess you enjoyed the video so hit that like button and get subscribed it helps out more than you realize support the channel by clicking on the links down below and I'll catch you next time