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Best & cheaper than Sony XB21? $50 Doss Soundbox Pro Speaker - REVIEW

2018-10-21
everyone what is going on I gave budget Bluetooth speakers a try and it's crazy a lot of guys actually like it so I'm gonna do one or two more to see how it does again I'll go off of your feedback so please show some love down in the comment section below if you want to see more today I'm showing you guys the DOS sandbox pro not only because it has LED lighting extra base and water resistance but it's only priced at $45 right now in Amazon as always I place my affiliate links down in that video description below click on those links for the most updated prices and trying to be the most reliable source of reviews and staying transparent das did send us over for review but I'll go over both pros and cons if anything I'm going to compare this directly to both my JBL fat 4 and Sony XP 21 so there's no BS re folks I'm Jimmy wood Jim's reviewer and I'm here to help you make that purchase decision welcome everyone to another review one of the physical features first it's not cheap and plasticky that's a word but there's this rubberized texture going around the entire enclosure and it feels as tough as the name-brand quality models out there now this is water-resistant with an IP x5 rating meaning this can take light water sprays this can't be submerged underwater though that might be enough for you guys if you don't intend on having the kids bring this around the pool or to the lake but for most people this will be enough I of course tested this myself by spraying my bottle over over this thing here and everything is still working today going over the buttons everything is very cookie and responsive everything on screen is self explained for you guys the item worth mentioning is the add feature which allows you to pair with another dose sound box pro speaker for true stereo separation with the competitors you not only get that but you're able to pair three four or more together and have them all play in sync at the same time you don't get that with the sound box pro now the pause and play button usually activates Siri or Google assistant when paired to your phone but for DOS they decided to have this button disconnect the Bluetooth signal instead you don't get those voice assistance now the mode button allows you to cycle through these solid colors on the front facing speaker here there's red blue green and this smooth aqua looking color to the right is the extra base button and it's also used to change the pattern of the LEDs then you can have the lights stay a solid color but also pulsate to the beat stay on completely solid or basically you can turn them off and then there's this party mode which cycles through the colors I mentioned earlier and there's two more colors which are also included which is purple and yellow the compared to the competition specifically the sony xba-40 one this has more options than if anything the lights are brighter more vibrant and flashy that last rotating to the rear there's the passive base radiator and on the bottom left has the water resistant flap with micro USB ports to charge the speaker a three-and-a-half millimeter port for physical connections and a micro SD card slot now regarding better life das claims up to ten hours of battery life doing my test at 50% BOM and with the L and flashing away the results or on your screen now quickly touching base on features that you can't see this sandbox Pro has bluetooth 4.2 which is perfectly fine for today's day and age but actually testing the signal here at the office I was able to get eighty four linear feet here worth of signal strength with my samsung s eight plus and the signal did go through about two or three walls it's a commercial building so there's some walls that I cants particularly see but I know there's a door on the other side here now speakerphone wise testing this shown it's only good at very close distances up to two or three feet away once you push beyond that that's when I noticed that my Bose sounded pretty far away and the echo eventually starts to build up at ten feet the other person said to me that they had a hard time making out some of my words and they were trying to basically piece it together so overall for a budget Bluetooth speaker it comes with everything that the mainstream bigger name-brand speakers offers in the $100 price range not only in features but also in build quality the only thing that I see missing is one a battery level indicator it's so simple yet highly convened I don't know why some brands don't offer that and second for the price range holding a button down for those voice assistance would have been very much helpful NFC is also missing on this as well but if you don't need it it honestly doesn't matter it's really up to you guys alright folks down in that comment section below I still want to get a feel if you like these budget reviews let me know better yet refer me some budget Bluetooth speakers out there and I'll try to reach out through them let me know some of the brands and models and as always be sure to follow my social media handles they're all in the video description down below so here is the sound test please enjoy alright folks put on your headphones or earphones I'm going to be using behind knurl microphones give me this 3d audio experience here we goes to define your body of body uh cuz you wanna bet I want you Oh baby person once again your bonus is that you're busy it all takes the ball into the ground why is it can you tell the story and there have it folks all three speakers provide similar amounts of loudness enough for small to medium sized rooms perfect for apartments bedrooms dorm rooms garages etc but starting with base the sandbox pro is considered as a Vaizey speaker it has more base than the JBL foot before yet at the same time much cleaner base it's non distorting like these sony xba-1 the base hits slightly deeper than the JBL and you might have noticed from the audio samples even the low mid range is slightly warmer in the vocals without muffling the audio quality for most songs going into the mid-range most of the time the sandbox Pro sounded alive and pushed forward more so then again my favorite JBL foot 4 and definitely more so than the Sony the daus is very bright making vocals stand out and instruments pronounced the sony sounded the most recess out of all three as though the vocals were covered while the flip four in religion these three speakers have tested seven like the the in-between the only area that I would caution though is the very high notes although the sound box pro is base here yeah at the same time it's brighter when playing the sound box Pro near maximum volume there is raspbian s noticed at the upper ends of the mid-range frequencies and into the high frequencies in general if you're blasting near or at maximum for events for entertaining etc the distortion is noticed on the top-end especially when vocalists are pronouncing s's and at times when snares are tapping away if you do intend on having this more so for personal listening in a room apartment this would be absolutely fine and it sounds great from my testing now you think the sound box pro for video streaming to see if there's any syncing issues there is a millisecond delay on both YouTube and Netflix so this isn't really ideal for movies or videos so in the end this speaker for the price hands down way better than Sony in regards to audio quality and of course the LED lighting that you guys seen so far if you don't need the water submersion speaker I highly recommend this sound box Pro over again the xB 21 for those debating on the JBL flip for Jay Bell does provide a cleaner sound though but it doesn't sound as alive or as forward and as in-your-face had the sound box pro at this time I would recommend this if you're not intending and blasting the sound box Pro maximum volume majority of the time all right folks hopefully I helped you in some way remember to add me on social media again my 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