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hello everybody and welcome to another first impressions video today we're gonna be unboxing the Sony XP 22 and sony xba-40 2 portable bluetooth speakers now I think this first impressions video is going to be pretty important for a few reasons when these speakers were first announced at CES 2019 a lot of people including myself were kind of disappointed that tech spec wise these speakers don't look any different from the current Sony XP 31 and sony xba-1 speakers and another major question going on right now is okay we got the XP 22 and the XP 32 but is there going to be a Sony XP 42 I mean there's there's no mention of replacements for the sony xba-40 one at this time now from my experience and analytics Sony's XP 41 speakers up sells the 32 31 and 21 by a big margin so I honestly don't get why Sony hasn't even at least hinted at a sony xba-40 tune so right now this is all we got and if this is just a cosmetic change then maybe if you're looking into getting a speaker for this summer a Sony speaker you might be better off going off with the sony xba-1 or Sony XP 21 or 41 and save yourself some bucks because these speakers are now on sale for like 50 bucks or $100 off now since these are out now but enough talking let's get into actually unboxing these things and now let's start off with the one that I think most people are going to be more interested in and that's going to be the sony xba-1 and jump right in now I got this speaker today at the store and you know I haven't looked into seeing if they change the tech specs on this or what but definitely I'm kind of confused as to why Sony didn't upgrade the XPS 32 and xB 22 you at least have you as BC like JBL is doing with their JBL charge for and their upcoming JBL foot five I mean just so that you guys know this is the flip for and not the new flip five but yeah here's the XP 32 and oh it's it's uh it's a mix between the V 31 and the old Sony XP 3 so here on the front this is all fabric is this the same it looks like it's a tighter mesh than on the 31 but all of this this is now all just soft soft touch rubber now one of the reasons why I like the vxb 31 so much is because it's a super rugged speaker since this is all fabric if you take it anywhere it's not gonna get any bumps or scrapes it's gonna it's gonna just not be a problem but with this soft touch plastic if you take this out to the park or something this thing is going to develop scratches over of and over the period of time that you like you just take it on the go with you so so I'm kind of confused as to why Sony kind of went back and went to the soft touch material I mean it looks good it still looks sleek I mean we got this new le this new led design here but as to going back to soft touch rubber I don't know I'm not the biggest fan of that I think the XP 31 is going to be a much more rugged speaker than the 32 and the Sony XP so yeah there we go we powered on the light we powered on the speakers and you see that the light strip is on and the light strip on this speaker has the same exact design going going on as the old one you see you like you got the little lines inside the light strip I mean it looks good but it's the same as the 31 and it's on the 32 alright so back here just like before we've got if the compartment for ports that's where we got same exact got it and it still has a microUSB port for charging and like I said if if Sony at least upgraded this speaker to have a USB C port instead of a microUSB port I think that would have been a a reason to upgrade or a reason to go with the 32 over the 31 but right now this just looks like it's going to be a pure cosmetic change I mean it looks good but I don't think it's going to be as rugged as the sony xba-1 I don't know I mean does this thing have and it still has the same ip67 rating the same 24 hour battery life it has party booster great I mean for those that I don't know what party booster is is that if you tap the speaker in like certain places it's going to do certain sounds you know that's actually a feature I forgot the XP 31 had until like recently I was looking over the text or something oh yeah that's right party booster another Sony speaker that and another Sony feature that I never use yeah here's the Sony XP and that's the Sony XP 31 don't get me wrong I think the sony xba-40 2 looks good but is I highly doubt is gonna be as rugged as the sony xba-1 and that was one of the big reasons why I like two sony xba-40 one so much it's a super rugged speaker but it still looks good it has a built-in light strip has a 24 hour battery life it sounds decent enough and if you can get it on sale for like a hundred bucks that's that's a great value right here but for this right now it's kind of hard for me to recommend the 31 over the 32 but you know what let's go ahead and jump into the Sony XP tech specs or the same they've got the same speaker setup they have the same battery life or if if I'm correct what do you got you got a 12 hour battery life yeah this has a 12 hour battery life and let's see yeah it still has a microUSB port for charging again I just think that it's kind of weird I just think that Sony Sony's speaker division is kind of not communicating with their headphone division like let's say for example the sony xba-1 hundred i just did a review on these a few i think two weeks ago that video came out you can watch it right here hopefully i remember to plug that thing in so yes so this is the sony xba-1 hundred and these headphones have me pretty excited for the what i think is going to be called just sony xba-1 thousands the sony xba-40 enones replacement now the reason why I like these headphones so much is because they they've been redesigned from the ground up compared to the 650 BTS I think this design looks much better but there's also some technical improvements like we've got we've got a USB C port for charging these have a voice assistant integration these these these headphones actually connect to Sony's headphones app whereas these didn't show with the Sony's with Sony's headphones app you can go in and you can adjust the bass level on these headphones you can adjust what else you can change the sound positioning of these headphones which again is another Sony feature you never use and you can also have Google assistant or Elektra Gration on these headphones so so you can see that Sony is really has really been improving on their headphones because you know right now everybody's favorites Premium ANC headphones or the 1000 XM threes so I just think that Sony's product divisions aren't you know communicating because they're not getting out the park with their headphones Sony's doing great with their cameras I mean for disclosure I shoot only on Sony cameras but their speakers there's really no difference from this first impressions video from the speak to this speaker - just the design and you know like I said we want to see us BC charging on this fast charging would have been great to see on this speaker maybe changing the speaker layout would have been interesting as well why now Sony needs to improve their Wireless party chain that's always been a pain in the butt but actually quick quick note first impressions here we go the light feature on the sony xba-4 on the sony xba-1 hold on let me see if we can power this on real quick yeah I don't know if you can see that but this this some light feature is much brighter than the and then the 21 so that's nice but but again there's really no no big tech spec difference because under the hood everything is the same but you know what we're gonna go ahead pair these speakers up to my phone we're gonna check out the Fiesta Bowl app on the sony xba-40 - and then do a very rudimentary sound test just to see if they sound any different at all and we're back so I just hooked up the speaker's over to my phone and I've got the Sony Music Center app open here now it just as before we've got the same settings you can go in and change the sound you can mess around with the you can select for me if you accused that they have or you can make your own all just just like before undo let's actually go ahead and put this back on extra bass mode and you also got the different illumination options so that when you're playing music it changes the behavior of the lights I wonder if it's changing they're know all that hold on so right now it's on rave we're gonna put it on let's leave it on rave and let's actually go ahead oh wait just for you guys for huto for those who don't know about party booster tap settings on let's how do we drum kit okay done all right so it's just going on here comes party booster guys again again that's another Sony feature that I doubt anybody actually uses but you know comment down below if you use um Sony's party booster feature let me know but let's go over to the Fiesta ball app illumination with this here you can actually have some control over the lights on your speaker now the Fiesta Bowl app used to be and exclusive for the sony xba-40 one the larger ones but now the smaller XB 32 supports possible cool but it makes me a little nervous does that mean that the that there isn't gonna be a next be 42 and the XB 32 is a replacement for the XB 41 I hope not I hope that's not the case because this thing is not going to be able to compete against the JBL extreme - you know cuz right now that's that's the bet I think that's the best speaker you can get right now if you're looking for a portable Bluetooth speaker you know a large one JBL extreme 2 is the way to go if you you plan on getting multiple speakers like a charge like a charge 4 or 5 but let's go ahead and do a quick quick little sound test see if we've got something hold on ok so we're gonna do a very basic sound test so that an official sound test but I just want to see if there's any sound difference between these two speakers because you know tech spec wise they have the same exact speaker setup so see let's see if there's any like tuning their friends both of these speakers are running extra bass mode and they're both playing at the same volume so let's see what we've got so first of all we're gonna start off with xB 32 okay all right as we wait for the smoke clear and you are trans in the air I know that we can rise together touch the Stars I know that we will see who's coming they sound exactly the same what do you think yeah they sound very they sound very alike there hasn't been like any major differences here now both of these feel like I said both of these speakers are running extra base the the extra base mode EQ they're both have they're both set at the same volume but they don't sound they don't sound any different now obviously I'll in the full review there's going to be an official sound test with better mics and you know but I don't know they don't sound any different so yeah like like I said at the beginning of this video right now it's looking like if you're looking into getting a Sony speaker for the spring or the summer I think you're probably better off picking up the sony xba-1 because it's going to be on sale now since the XP 32 is out and on personally I think the XP 31 is going to be a much more rugged speaker than the Sony XP 32 because the sony xba-40 2 has gone back to that soft touch rubber outer outer shell one of the biggest problems with the older Sony XP 30 X be 40 and XP 20 was wet it was that when you took them out if you took them to the park or you took them to the - to the beach or something this body would get scratched up like in a lot with the XP 30 ones and you know this family they don't do that so that's why I prefer this speaker design over the speaker design now don't get me wrong this thing looks good but it's nowhere near as its I don't think it's going to be any any anywhere as as rugged as this and since these speakers have the same internals and SPECT expects as these like I said I think you're probably gonna be better off picking yourself up and xB 31 or xB 41 since they're going to be on sale versus these new speakers because again it's just a design refresh I would have liked to at least seen a USBC port on this speaker but Sony didn't even throw that in here and I don't get why when almost all their other projects are starting to come with USBC but I guess you guys can expect a full review on this speaker in about two weeks or so because right now I'm kind of busy getting the Jabra elites 85h video out but yeah that's the first impressions look on the sony xba-40 2 and sony expeed 22 kind of underwhelmed and right now it's up in the air if there's going to be a Sony XP 42 but um I'll catch you guys next time if you made it this far I guess you enjoyed the video so hit that like button and get subscribed a house someone didn't you realize if you want to pick another part except mentioned in this video those will be linked in description down below any girls 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