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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's review room welcome back to another one of my videos today for checking out this speaker right here you guys been asked me for ever to review this I passed up on the onyx studio - passed up on the onyx to do 3 and it's because it was crazy expensive every time I check the price here this one it retails for $450 that's obscene do not pay that price I actually got it on sale at 205 as of this video as I'm writing this or speaking to the camera right now I'll put up some screenshots this is going for about 150 as low as 130 dollars from reputable resources like Amazon and such I'll leave my affiliate link down in that video description below click on those links for the most updated prices in real time you never know when these things might go on sale again hopefully you guys catch it then so anyways guys I'm Jimmy with Jim's review and I'm here to help you make that purchase decision welcome everyone to another review going of the physical features this thing looks damn sleek it looks really modern contemporary it's all black very jims Rovira mesh style you got your front fabric grill very premium built here is no compromising those speakers being exposed where I can practically mess up rotating to the rear we have hard plastic on the back with a silicone rubberized textured band going all the way around the speakers when you grab you do feel this a little grippy texture I do wish it was all the way around here as well to continue that premium feel if we don't get that but don't over the buttons real quick if you're looking at the front and on like I am you got your bluetooth pairing button on your left you have your JBL connect plus feature it's the same logo practically because they're basically they own each other of the same company Harman Kardon JBL but I did test this and try to pair it with my JBL pulse 3 speaker which is on the shelf right over there and also some other JBL speakers happy here at the office unfortunately couldn't get them to pair together in play in stereo mode now you can use another harman kardon product that has the JBL or a Harman Kardon connect plus feature and have them play both at the same time or connect up to a hundred plus speakers and have nose all play at the same time if you have a bunch around you now moving down here at the bottom we have audio down audio up and we do have the phone call button and on the very right we have the on/off feature now rotating through the rear this speaker is about four and a half pounds it does come with this little handle this speaker is meant to be more stationary to stay at home like so but what I'm trying to say is because of the handle it does make hearing a little bit easier if you need to bring this to a friend's house if you need to bring it downstairs it's not a big deal to be honest with you it's no different than carrying one of these around this is the sony xba-40 a and a half here this is the JBL extreme and i think this is four point six pounds and correct me forum i think this is four point three pounds or so so this one basically sits right in between a door it's my new difference what I'm saying is that yes all these speakers are portable including the annex four right here it does have a little bit of weight so of course throwing this in your bag might not be ideal especially I just want to point this out to you as well these legs that appear to be removable I thought they were considered that has this little circular indentation here but again this stays here to keep this speaker upright now looking at this here this is a passive radiator this does flex pretty well looks really cool when you got music going and then rotating all the way to the bottom you have a micro USB ports for service we have a three-and-a-half millimeter input for physical connections and you do have a power port here which connects to the supplied wall adapter this is not charged by micro USB 2.0 now better life is claimed to be up to eight hours and improvement over the Onyx 3 which only claimed up to five hours but did I get eight hours on this one I tested this just like all my Bluetooth speakers at 50% volume and this several times here I'm getting around six hours in 20 minutes on average not close to the eight hours but again to the previous generations it still does well compared to these this does like crap to be honest with you but again like I said it does come with a wall mount this is meant to be more of a at home stationary speaker so other that missing features I've noticed on here was NFC there's no near-field communication no easy pairing that is it's not waterproof water resistant is not durability or not drop resistant that is we don't have battery indicators which I implore every Bluetooth speaker to have every manufacturer to implement out here there's no voice prompts either so I don't know when it's in pairing mode and we do have capabilities with Siri and Google assistance which is a plus by holding down one of these buttons here but other than that that's really about it in regards to overall features last but not least before I forget here bluetooth 4.2 is featured on this speaker and then test this with my iPhone 10 and Samsung S eight plus and we're able to get 83 linear feet of this speaker sitting in the back shelf over there and we walked out into the hallway and that's a signal going through about two walls or so again 83 linear feet what's what I got turned my testing now moving on to the audio performance please put on your headphones and earphones I'm gonna be using by neural microphones which gives you this 3d expirience please put on your headphones in front I implore that's the only way you're gonna really hear this I'll give you my verdict my assessment on the audio performance afterwards here goes and that's it for the Bluetooth signal it did very well from our test alright folks first up let me do the Harman Kardon studio video for you all so me don't know which way we're going now I might be going down I don't want to know it yeah come and get it pocket stick to borrow it but it's Anthony don't you wanna party sitting in the crowd feeling heartbeat that you wanna party you wanna party all right folks hopefully you guys enjoyed that audio experience but jumping right into this small medium sized rooms this thing can definitely get loud for those particular areas for large sized rooms or open areas these handle them perfectly fine this is equivalent to these other two speakers here the all get very very loud now one of the big reasons why you have purchased this over these two are actually many of the competitors out there that includes the Bose sound crew involved plus the UE mega blast we got the JBL extreme of course a Sony XP 40 here this beats these hands down in the bass department this thing thumps harder hits deeper and resonates deeper and because so I'm more immersed into my music and this head-nodding a little bit more it is just gorgeous I guess you can see if I can describe audio that way in regards to the bass response this is a bass focus bass heavy speaker now with that being said being heavily bass focus is not necessarily a bad thing if you do value that that's great I've noticed that the bass is very clean from my personal experience here it's not muddy it doesn't model into the mid-range as well but one thing about that mid-range I need to clarify here compared to the competitors especially these two here these are much more forward or bright in regards to vocal performance and most of the instruments these are much more in the forefront I guess you can say when you're listening with this one it's not necessary recess again it's not muddy because of the bass it's just more of a neutral plight platform frequency or area if not forward is not bright and you won't hear the vocals kind of stand out too much as with these but with that being said that is not not a bad speaker it actually is still a phenomenal speaker but the reason why I'm saying that is if you do value more detail clarity in the mid-range you do prefer hearing audio vocal work these other alternatives that is a little bit less Basie but also more bass or mid-range focus these are the way to go the annex again not bad I want to emphasize that but just keep in mind it's a little bit more neutral than anything high notes never ear ringing never ear singing I wish there was a a little bit more detail it went up a little bit higher a little bit more resolution a very high in folate cymbal crashes snares and such rock music it does good but again you do lose that crispness on the very top here that's what you're missing on this one not bad but again it's because I thought these are bass heavy speakers this just goes a little bit deeper and more than any other speaker that I've tested on this channel any large speaker category that is so overall audio wise perfectly fine regarding video I did tests on the iPhone 10 we did not have the audio sync unfortunately when you're listening to this on the iPhone Netflix and YouTube the voices the the people's mouths are moving different from the the audio output now test this on my pixel and also on my s 9 s 8 plus that is not the s 9 here didn't have too much of an issue it was much better much more in sync but there is a micro fraction delay here when I'm watching either Netflix or YouTube so just keep that in mind video yeah I'll probably pass up on it you might have some luck with Android if you're basically okay with it with it my new little fraction off basically so other that that's about it for this review please guys send me some fire emojis coming down below and we guys think about this speaker like and subscribe if you haven't already I may be doing a giveaway and this on my purchase a second one a brand new one for you guys can tell you how cheap they are right now and do a giveaway so please subscribe if you haven't already and 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