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is bigger always better if you walk into a retail store chances are you'll be able to get the sony xba-4 less than the much smaller JBL extreme and with the recently leaked JBL boombox i wanted to see how the sound on the JBL extreme compared to the sony xba-1 and get an idea of what to expect from the JBL boombox when it finally releases don't forget to Like comment and subscribe and you can check out my sony XP 7 review here after you doesn't want in this video and there will be a sound comparison at the end of this video as well so stay tuned for that for the most part the JBL extreme retails for to $99.99 at most stores but I've managed to find it for as low as 228 98 on Amazon when the Sony XP 7 first released it was selling for 3 $49.99 but since most of Sony's lineup is on sale you can actually get it for 2 2844 directly from Amazon as well which is straight-up amazing if you want to pick either of these products up I'll have links to the description below and I'll keep them updated so you can get the best deal possible ok so let's go over form factor and speaker setup first the Sony gtk XP 7 weighs in at a whopping 26 and a half pounds or 12 kilos and is twenty five point five nine inches tall by twelve point eight three inches by thirteen point three nine inches the JBL extreme on the other hand weighs in at four point six six pounds or two point 11 kilos and is 11 point one four inches wide four point nine six inches tall and has a death of four point eight inches the sony xba-1 has two six and 3/8 inch woofers and three two inch tweeters the JBL Xtreme has two two point four eight inches past radiators on its side two 2.4 inch full range speakers and two one point three eight inch tweeters and according to leaked specs the JBL boom box is said to be 20 inches wide and 10 inches tall just the main body and not including the handle and weigh in at 11 pounds basically it's going to be double the size of the JBL extreme but still slightly smaller than the XP 7 will weigh half as much and rumors have it at around $500 more you can bet I'm gonna be making the JBL boombox vs. Sony xb7 video like I said the main focus for this video is comparing the performance of these two speakers I want to compare their sound quality and loudness after downloading a decibel reader app on my iPad I got to get on some measurements and really annoying my neighbors first I placed both of these speakers outside and stood ten feet away from them and 50% volume with the JBL Xtreme I got an average reading of 60 decibels at 75 percent volume the JBL extreme was getting an average reading of 77 decibels in a 100 percent volume the average reading was at 81 decibels then I did the same thing with the sony xba-1 at 50% volume the average was at 77 decibels at 75 percent volume the average was at 83 decibels and at 100 percent volume the average was at 93 decibels and when I did the same test indoors the data set was very similar to one another when it comes to sound quality obviously the sony xba-1 is gonna have way more bass like you can feel the bass push the inside of your chest but when it comes to the mids and highs the JBL extreme does a really good job of keeping up in the sound quality under JBL extreme has much more depth while the sound under sony xba-4 forward but I did notice the xp7 had much more separation than the JBL extreme the punchy bass on the xp7 is its own entity whereas with a extreme if the bass really gets going it's gonna motor the sound a bit but even though the sony xba-1 can get much louder than the JBL extreme when the xb7 is at 100% volume there's a lot of distortion going on and there's a lot of roll off from the bass which models the overall sound in most cases I feel it's unusable I think the sony xba-1 sounds best when it's at 75% volume which means it's going to achieve the same loudness as the JBL extreme at 100% volume with an average decibel reading of 81 to 83 decibels and at 100% volume the JBL extremes suffers from much less Distortion even though the sony xba-1 completely Dwarfs the JBL extreme the JBL extreme can still stand up to the Sony XP seven when it comes to pure sound quality yeah obviously the Sony XP seven gets louder but at those higher volumes there's a lot of distortion it's not usable for personal listening but if you're having a pool party or a big guy together it'll get the job done but if you were to compare these two speakers at the same decibel level the sony xba-1 does have better instruments separation and a whole lot of bass in a good way but then you have to ask yourself is the sheer size of the xb7 worth it compared to the JBL extreme which is significantly smaller and has less bass but still sounds pretty good compared to the XP seven but does this mean JBL is gunning for the sony xba-1 with their JBL boombox well the JBL boombox be able to achieve a loudness of around ninety three decibels without suffering from so much distortion like the sony xba-1 and will the JBL boombox have more or less the same amount of base if JBL can match sony xb7 performance level in a slightly smaller and lighter package i would be very impressed and it's supposed to be ipx7 certified as well whereas with the XP seven you can't get it wet but would you be willing to pay five hundred dollars for a larger JBL extreme comment down below and let me know okay so here's a sound test both of these speakers are playing in the same room at the same distance away from the same microphone streaming from the same source and playing at the same decibel level so hopefully the only independent variable is sound quality comment down below and tell me which one you prefer hey if you enjoyed the video please like and subscribe it helps out more than you realize for more product reviews and deal alerts check out Jim Carrey that net if you want to support the channel pick up a shirt and I'll catch you next time