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if you got yourself to sony xba-40 and reduced it down by 25% you've got yourself the sony xba-40 they're identical in almost every way except for speaker size and price tag so does having slightly larger speakers then the sony xba-4 most double for the sony xba-40 in some circumstances we're about to find out don't forget to Like comment and subscribe and you can watch some of my other videos here after you're done watching this video and there will be a sound comparison between these two speakers at the end of this video as well I kind of wish I made this video sooner for the last couple of weeks the sony xba-40 was selling for $198 over in amazon and most other retailers but now the price is back up to $248 click the link in the description below because depending on when you're watching this the price might have gone back down the smaller XP 30 usually retails for 148 dollars but right now you can get it for $118 both of these speakers come in a few colorways black blue and red and the XP 30 has an additional gray colorway if you want to pick either of these speakers up I'll have links in the description below and I'll keep them updated so you can get the best deal possible like I said the XP 30 is just slightly smaller than the XP 40 they both have the same soft touch rubber outer body they both have painted middle grilles on the front they both have the same button layouts on the top and they both have an NFC touch point you can control your music playback answer and end calls activate Siri and even pair up to 10 Sony speakers together on the back there's a stiff plastic garment that houses an audio jack a DC in for charging and a USB out so you can charge your own devices build quality on these speakers is identical and it's very good they also both have light features on the front that flash to the beat of your music except on the XP 40 there's an additional set of lights that eliminate the speakers concerning technical specifications both of these speakers are using bluetooth for that too and they both have a range of around 40 feet with direct line-of-sight to your device and they both can be connected up to three devices at the same time and both of these devices are IP x5 certified which means they can get wet but they should not be submerged underwater both of these speakers even have the same advertised battery life of 24 hours but that's what the light feature turned on and the volume set relatively low real-world battery life on these speakers with the volume set at 50% in the light feature turned on is around 18 hours still not bad but here's the first major difference both of these speakers have passive radiators and dual fuel range speakers on the front but the speakers on the XP 40 have a diameter of 2 point 4 inches or 61 millimeters and the speaker on the XP 30 has a diameter of one point eight nine inches or 48 millimeters and as you'd expect the passive radiator on the XP 40 is slightly larger than the one and the XP 30 exp 40 weighs in at 3.31 pounds or 1.5 kilos and the XP 30 weighs in at two point one six pounds or point nine eight kilos so larger size of the sony xba-40 means it does get louder and there's a tiny bit more based in the XP 37 max volume the sony xba-40 s average decibel range is in the high 70s whereas when the XP xxx seven max volume its average decibel range is in the low 70s but if you were to listen to these two speakers at the same decibel level they sound almost identical and the overall sound quality for both of these speakers is that they have a wide soundstage a good amount of death and lots of bass there's no rasping as for tuning in the mids and highs and Sony does a really good job of not distorting the sound with the wrongness cranked all the way up the biggest difference I did notice between the xB 40 and exp 30 is that the xB 30 does rattle a bit when the bass really gets going both of these speakers are also connect to Sony's music center AB and from there you can adjust both of these speakers light settings you can choose from rave chills strobe or rave mode without the strobe lights on the side and there's also a few common options as well but for some odd reason only the xB 40 can be used with Sony's Fiesta Bowl app although Sony's Fiesta Bowl app isn't that good I just think Sony is lacking in the customization option Department for these speakers pairing these speakers together is relatively simple all you have to do is press and hold the Add button and the plus button together for a few seconds on one speaker until the speaker beeps and then you do the same thing on the other speaker you can either have the speaker's played music simultaneously or have them play left and right stereo audio when pairing these two speakers together they are eight to reach an average decibel rating of 82 decibels and max volume but I feel Sony's parent protocol isn't as good as JBL's JBL connect plus and it's not because with Sony you can only pair 10 speakers together and with JBL he can pair up to 100 speakers together with Sony if you're playing music on multiple devices and you lower the volume on your phone only the volume of the main speaker will change so let's say the main speaker in this example is the xB 40 and the added speaker is the xB 30 if they're chained together and playing music if I lower the volume on my phone only the volume of the xB 40 will change you would then have to go in manually change the volume on the xB 30 whereas with JBL adjusting the volume on your phone will affect the volume of all the speakers that are chained together and not to mention pairing multiple JBL speakers is a lot easier you legitimately just press one button on each speaker and that's it a few minor things before wrapping this review up if the battery on the sony xba-40 or XB 30 gets below 20% it'll abruptly stop the music say please charge and you'll have no other option than to put the speaker back on the charger because the volume won't go past 30% this is a feature I'm still trying to figure out how to turn off I absolutely hate it and speaking of the charger both of these speakers charge via a DC converter and they're both different sizes the xB 40 takes a 9 point 5 volts while dxp 30 takes 5 volts so you can't even charge these two almost identical speakers with the same power cord and since these speakers don't charge via a microUSB like most other speakers on the market you have to remember to take their respective power cables with you if you plan on taking 2 speakers with you on the go so is it worth paying almost double for the xB 40 if you're trying to choose between the xB 40 and the xB 30 unless you need a slightly louder speaker I don't think so these speakers sound almost identical at the same decibel level aside from the slight rattling in the xB 30 from time to time and for comparison's sake the JBL extreme and max volume has an average decibel reading of 81 decibels and the charge 3 and max volume has an average decibel reading in the low 70s so the loudest difference between the JBL extreme and the JBL charge 3 is much more pronounced and aside from their size difference all the other technical specifications are the same between the XP 40 and the XP 30 if you do decide to go with the HP 30 over the XP 40 you're not going to be missing out on much and here's a sound comparison both of these speakers are playing at the same decibel level in the same room streaming from the same device comment below with which one you prefer [Laughter] 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 us to port the channel pick up a shirt and I'll catch you next time