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hey everyone welcome back to the channel due to popular request here goes the JBL charge for and the sony xba-1 down so here we go so both retails for $150 i have seen the JBL on sale for 114 and these sony xba-4 118 as always I'll place my affiliate links down in that video description below click on those links for the most updated prices in real time you never know where these things might go on sale don't pay retail so first up the biggest difference the sony has these amazing LEDs while they charge for doesn't instead there's these passive base traders on the side that pulsates with your audio output now although the charge for it does have a full fabric and closed-shell or body there are no speakers on the rear most of your audio is actually coming out from the front the Sony XP 32 and the other hand does have a woofer actually on the back and that does help push audio more specifically bass when you put this against the wall does it help does it sound better than JBL I'll demo that later in this video other than that they're both similar inside the Sony is slightly longer in length but the JBL is slightly bigger in diameter they both weigh nearly the same at about a 6 gram difference between both but for me if you're looking for portability JBL is good but sony is easier to grip here now diving a bit deeper both speakers have the same water resistance certification with an IP 7 rating this is currently the best in the industry now both speakers can be submerged underwater and with my testing both speakers do have the capability to float as well a huge plus if you drop this I don't feel like diving into the deep end to get it probably drowned but anyways this was a draw the JBL is rugged with its fabric going all the way around here but no indication that it's drop or shock resistant now with Sony they do claim that it is shock resistance but as stated in my review the plastic protecting these LEDs right here can crack if you drop it right on the corner the JBL is tough and even though sony has that claim the I can still be compromised I give this a draw for both products as well no button wise JBL feels much more tactile a little bit more clicky up top here and the essentials on both speakers are there with pause/play vibe up and down and answering phone calls the only thing missing you can't go back on a song with the JBL speaker you can skip forward by pressing the play button twice pressing it three times doesn't do anything now with Sony you get this function what you also get is this thing called live sound that alters the audio characteristics which again we'll talk about later in the audio section the only thing that simply wasn't intuitive to me with the sony xba-4 s of the buttons are back here behind this water-resistant flap and this is from turning off the leds to check in better life to appear in this speaker with another sony speaker it was all back here with JBL that JBL connect plus button which is right here is not illuminated this allows you to pair with another speaker right on top a little bit more convenience the battery level indicator is also on the front which i think is technically better but with sony though you can press that button here an actual voice prompt now consumer useful eyes which one is better as much as I love JBL and the button placement on the Sony could have been better and Sony technically does have more features more options more specifically live sound skipping forward on a song and I personally prefer a verbal prompt on battery life not to mention the Sony speaker does have NFC for easy parry now a touching base on phone call performance the JBL surprise e doesn't have a speakerphone option which was a quite a letdown here the Sony speaker it works great within just three feet or less which isn't much at five feet it starts to break up a bit and at eight feet you have a lot of trouble hearing what the other person is saying so it's not even good in that aspect as well getting into better life JBL claims up to 20 hours sony claims up to 24 hours but that's with extra base and the leds off with JBL i got 9 hours and 14 minutes on a battery performance at 50% bond with sony I did the test with the LEDs on and extra base extra base does sound a little more equivalent to what JBL offers I was able to get 13 hours in 27 minutes and again at that 50% volume level as well Sony got it there but then I have no clue why here but Sony went with micro USB to charge the speaker on the back while the older charge for has USB C for those who don't know USB C is the future proof for future connection Universal connection for most devices is moving forward you might have seen him under laptops obviously your new smartphones and such it's all there we're moving forward folks now jumping into bluetooth both of these speakers are possibly the most popular most well-known Bluetooth speakers on the market but oddly they both only offer bluetooth 4.2 we're now at Bluetooth 5.0 testing this JBL achieved 100% coverage in my apartment which is impressive though and again for Bluetooth 4.2 with the signal going through several walls and literally from one side of the apartment to the other the Sony I'm getting about 75 to 80% in coverage before the signal starts to crackle or skip JBL simply did better in regards to connection if you need range JBL is the way to go testing this with video the Sony played really well with no syncing issues on both Android and Apple with JBL i retested this again as last year they did have syncing issues I thought there'd be new updates or so that would have helped this out again same problems Android perfectly fine with Apple devices Netflix had a nanosecond delay with YouTube that's where it had horrible delays with lips just moving and then the audio playing Sony wins this one for sure so folks let's get into the audio sample here's some quick comparisons and be sure to LIKE subscribe follow me on twitter instagram at jimmy little official and also the twitter handle should be j loom official probably have a tin screen or at least it's in the video description hi folks here we go Heys what you lean on me I cut your lip you fall so take a leap up if difficulty is clouding up come and see it supplies the Sun I need you to let go probably secret stick with me you're the only reason is your Leone's we and there you have it folks of course audio recorded on my microphones and then heard through your own headphones or earphones are not the best depicted on audio quality but hence my review here so when I received these sony xba-1 firms it did sound slightly better than the XB 31 from the year prior it's less muffled and less distorting I will admit though it's back to being close and at times neck and neck with the JBL charged for either speaker is good they're not bad at all and honestly they're two of the best mainstream name-brand speakers on the market here goes the little details and see which one is technically better now getting to basemen in general you can hear Sony attempts to hit lower frequencies than the JBL charge for but the charge for although it doesn't hit that low JBL offered additional depth that Sony didn't achieve with or without extra bass activating there's this very nice thump and punch on every beat that was a bit cleaner and what I personally appreciate on the charge for I also mentioned in the independent review for Sony the XP 32 does have this odd bass flutter I mean low end when you have this at very loud levels the bass on JBL was more so at the mid and upper bass levels and somewhat into the low mid range because so the mid-range did have a bit more warmth at vocals while this sony had a slightly more neutral level the mid-range on the JBL does sound much more direct on most songs a bit more forward and alive the JBL for some might sound a bit too ford but I personally don't mind this as it gives the impression of being clear the high frequencies were also slightly better on JBL with a nice snap for snares very much identifiable and again quite clean the sony did well overall but when doing this head-to-head there's times when the sony was just a bit higher and sharper and at times it sounded to roll off depending on song now getting into soundstage if you utilize live sound and these sony xba-40 tube there is a difference and you can tell that the audio output is a little bit wider you do lose that more recked in-your-face audio but again it's a trade-off to get more of a wider soundstage that audio separation but again soundstage the last thing I want to mention them sony does have this thing called el deck which allows you to play high resolution audio files that's great but the audio characteristics these sony xba-40 this wasn't up to par with the JBL in my personal opinion the JBL sounded a little bit better now bose speakers played up up the same vayam the JBL was again a little bit more directly bit more forward and now jumping into audio separation the JBL was a bit better you can hear bass separately then you can hear the mid-range separately and you can distantly hear the high frequencies independently and it creates much more of a dimension or depth here to your experience so in the end sony has a lot of features and does prove to be better than JBL here in several areas the lights alone the better life and live sound the bluetooth performance although it didn't reach the end of my apartment for the fact that it plays video without sinking issues is a huge plus but towards the second half of this review video JBL Shaklee still provides better audio even though Jamie I went with a single speaker it's crazy to think about it but the audio output was simply better as always it's tough to choose folks let me know down in the comment section below both great speakers but please vote did Sony win or did JBL this is just my personal preference but I honestly went with JBL myself alright folks let me know in the comments section I'm really eager to hear this it's always a good debate here between these two companies I'll catch you guys later