Gadgetory

I've been waiting for the new JBL extreme for a very very long time I was maybe expecting something more rugged better battery life maybe refined audio but better yet maybe they would add in some LED lights shout out to the JBL pulse but what I recently ordered is a complete surprise this is the JBL boombox and this thing is huge I personally paid for this at the retail price of four hundred and forty nine dollars very expensive indeed but what's offered might be justified as always I'll place my affiliate links in the video description below click on my links and they'll give you the most updated prices as of today you never know when these things like the one sale I'm Jimmy with jims review room and I'm here to help you make that purchase decision welcome everyone to another review all right folks so let me show you my JBL extreme first just for comparison purposes and remember this was huge last year now take a look at this this is the new boombox reminiscent of the boom boxes back in the day with a sturdy handle on the top the weight comes in at 11 and 1/2 pounds or five and a quarter kilograms for my international fans out there and if you can't lift up a 10 pound dumbbell and find this heavy man up as the speaker is all about being rugged from the turbo fabric mesh grill that's on all the JBL speakers these days to the ipx7 rating meaning that you can drop this and submerge this into water up to three point three feet and up to thirty minutes with my testing because my bucket at the office was too small that tosses into the nearest and nastiest water fountain I could find nearby my hands are okay also the speaker is still functioning fine I'm also glad to see that the speaker floats now bring this back into the office and contaminating my black table here the passive base radiators on the side are exposed like all JBL speakers although not recommended to be pressed on I press them in anyways all the way in here and the rubber surround doesn't tear up or rip hopefully they hold up fine over time now for those who are new to JBL although rugged fabric goes all the way around there are no speakers on the rear and I don't think the trend of folks carrying the boombox and their shoulders will ever return maybe well who knows but considering how big this is considering foogoo you Ian the newer Bose revolved plus has 360 degree audio that would have been great here that's what we're lacking on the boombox looking at the very top the buns are on your screen pretty straightforward very clicky and satisfying to press the biggest and most notable feature is the JBL connect plus feature if you're looking to fill up large rooms and I've had viewers and fans on the channel here ask about filling up conference rooms birthday parties and such if you're able to for two of these you can pair them together and have them play in stereo with the Kinect plus feature you can pair over a hundred of these speakers and have them all play in sync if you would like now one big benefit you can mix and match with other kinect plus products as a quick illustration here's two of my JBL pulse 3s on either side and the JBL boombox now going back to the buttons on the far right you have the option to change this to answer phone calls which works well but captured all my background noise unfortunately option 2 through the JBL app you can change this to activate Google assistance or Siri by holding it down as a side note going into 2018 we'll start seeing more speakers with Google and Alexa built in so instead of pressing a button we can physically say the command and have it worked be on the lookout for that I have two speakers already at the office under embargo that's releasing soon with this feature and last on the front at the very bottom there's a battery level indicator lights and although they do justice I think it's time for JBL to move them up to the top for better visibility it's kind of hard to see down there quickly touching base on Bluetooth JBL utilized bluetooth 4.2 which is still very good these days considering this is the boombox meant to be used in large open areas attest the blue to the range and was able to achieve 90 linear feet outdoors with my Samsung si+ rotating to the rear there's a water sealed flap that offers a three-and-a-half millimeter input for physical connections not one but two charged out ports here so you can charge two devices at the same time just like a power bank and to the right is a wall adapter to leave plugged in for jamming sessions now if you're on a boat or at the beach with no outlets JBL is climbing up to 24 hours of playback time with my testing playing at 50% Bob to get a middle the road result for you guys I was able to achieve 20 hours in 46 minutes now one thing I want to point out after 12 hours of use out of the five white LEDs on the bottom I only had one remaining thinking it was going to die soon but it didn't it lasted close to another nine hours now the very last one I want to show you there's an indoor and outdoor mode this is completely new here either one offers a different audio profile meant to sound better in the environment that you're in of course I'll demonstrate this for you so first up here please put on your headphones or earphones as I'll be using binaural microphones as always be sure to LIKE and subscribe to help support my content much gratitude to those who helped make these videos and tests possible and there you have it folks holy freak doesn't sound crazy I'm going to try my best to break my audio analysis down for you guys there's four categories there's indoor performance outdoor performance and testing these at moderate volume at last it's high volume they'll keep that in mind so starting with how loud these can get the boombox makes the JBL charge three and extreme sound like small medium sized speakers respectively in general yes this will fill up large open areas and those catering to events family gatherings at the park birthday parties for sure on the boats at the beach this can handle it now indoors I'll admit it is a bit overkill but if you value bass and can shell out that 450 dollars this who rattled the house bass is super predominant on the boom box especially indoors here this is the type of bass that if you go downstairs you can still hear the sub bass beating and pounding through the walls and moderate levels of volume I'll be honest with you guys I love the audio signature every beat is emphasized and specific genres like EDM pop and hip-hop stands out that much more this speaker gets you in the mood to littering Jim out now hands down the boom box is a crazy good experience now if you are entertaining and pushing vine close to maximum the bass does somewhat unfortunately get distorted the clarity and depth is somewhat lost for a louder experience now again that's indoors now going outdoors and more so for entertaining having music in the background when you're standing further away and working on something let's say in the distance you don't notice the issue that much if anything being outdoors the base somewhat goes away despite how busy it was initially indoors either or the still out performance practically every speaker I've tested on the channel so far in regards to loudness and bass since we're speaking about the outdoor performance once you tie with a button on the rear and switch it to the outdoor profile I mostly notice the mid-range and higher frequencies becoming slightly more forward and pronounced it is slight but it does help nonetheless I went ahead and measured my distance to help you engage what you need for your situation at 50 percent vom audio was enjoyable up to 50 feet from the speaker beyond 50 feet it's still audible of course but it's simply not as loud or as present in your ears now bump is up to a hundred percent vibe and it's enjoyable up to a hundred and forty linear feet which is very very impressive now jumping into the mid-range frequencies we're talking about vocal performance where most instruments are heard by the human ear in the area of course where if there's bad audio most people can distinguish it from my experience the boombox sounded great at moderate bombs with clarity and detail vocal performance are pushed forward enough to make them stand out and appreciate it again once you start pushing vibe up based us somewhat distort the mid-range a bit here but if you're intending on using this outdoors standing further away does help standing further away does give the speaker a chance to disperse its audio this is common among entertaining and loud speakers in general now the higher tones from instruments like cymbal crashes snare drums some of the fast paced EDM music does get jumbled and sadly a little raspy at those higher volume levels now very similar to the mid-range frequencies if you stand further away it does help but listening to this within say a 10-foot radius or so at loud volumes you're going to hear the quality dissipate that medium volume indoors though I very much like the audio quality and the boombox accompany the other frequencies bands very well so overall this speaker is loud it's in your face it can get the job done for those large events and outdoor areas now that's where I see the most value now for those who are using this indoors don't get it wrong it sounds great if you have the money the boom box is outrageous for a Bluetooth speaker but as I stated earlier it might be a bit overkill the boombox indeed had some new features but it wasn't much to sway decision and the physical front in my opinion for indoor users you're paying essentially for how loud and how bassy that this thing can get which has some value though you make the call let me know in the comment section down below so that's it folks be sure to support my work by liking subbing and following you guys take care and I'll see you on the next one bye