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everyone Jimmy with James review room JBL revealed their entire lineup of new Bluetooth speakers for the year so many to the point it covers nearly everyone's budget from the extreme down to the JBL flip 3 but right in the middle we have the charge tube Plus and this speaker here which I bought myself the JBL pulse 2 it's designed as a Bluetooth speaker of course but also a fun and interactive light show as well I personally paid 199 dollars retail but click any link in the video description below to see what they're going for today so without further ado add me on to Instagram Twitter or Facebook and be sure to subscribe if you haven't already welcome everyone to another review going over the physical features first it's 7.6 inches wide and 3.3 inches in diameter the speaker is still lightweight for carrying around and not considered as being heavy but it does ever so slightly way more than the other bluetooth speakers on the market at 1.7 pounds the entire speaker besides the buttons are in case with a very solid grille that protects the LEDs behind here but before getting into the light show getting into the buttons here there's the on and off switch bluetooth pairing button pattern switcher which I'll demonstrate later volume up and down with five white LEDs indicating battery level a JBL connect button allowing the speaker to be paired with another pulse to if you'd like or you can mix and match and from my research as of this video you can pair this with the flip three charge two plus and the extreme now the very bottom has your pause and play button and going into the connections the flap that covered the 3.5 millimeter port for physically connecting your device and the microUSB port for charging the speaker is really firm to open each time most likely for the splash proof design that JBL offers now by no means it cannot be submerged into water like the ue products of being splash proof is always a huge plus here for peace of mind around the kids or the pool basically now some connections not present is NFC or near field communication for easy pair and a charge out port to use the speaker similar to a power bank and physically charging your phone or other miscellaneous devices and speaking of power before I move into the LED features JBL claims up to 10 hours of use and from my test leaving this on at 50% volume and you can see the volume levels with the LED lights this dropped down to 50% better remaining at about 8 and a half hours in now I perform the same test again but this time at full volume from a full battery of course the pulse 2 died in 4 hours and 44 minutes to be exact now one of the main reasons for purchasing the pulse 2 are the LED lights the lights can be on all the time or you can turn it off by holding down the light function you can toggle through different settings and have a different array of patterns by using that same button again no question the lighting in general has improved over the previous pulse with the holes on the front grille being much more finer offering a more modern look now there is an accompanying app which you technically don't need to operate the LEDs but does offer a bit more control to what you can display versus using the buttons on the speaker itself now the JBL connect app visually shows you the themes being offered for example fire is first here currently being displayed on your screen and you can control the intensity from small medium and large the next one up here is rain offering white with a slight blue color and of course going through the other themes here you can see the differences however new to the polls too is the JBL prism for color sensing a nice way if you want or need to set the colors or mood to that environment you basically scan any color and have the post to display it through its LEDs and just as an FYI if you are using those theme displays which I showed you earlier you can't change the color so for the fire demo earlier you can't change it to say having purple and green flames if you wanted to but back to the spreads canner I'll admit the old model you could just physically select the color on the side of the speaker also adjust the dimming settings but with the pulse 2 you do have to walk up to the object either wall or fabric works fine for me and press the spectrum button for it to scan now I know some prefer the old method as you can just change it right then and there on the speaker but for ultimate matching the spectrum comes in handy and does work pretty accurate from my testing into the moment that you've probably been waiting for the sound I'll play several samples for you guys and then give you my verdict afterwards what up what up clock man did I stop that shit on laughs hey let me drop this yet these blow straight toxic come I get it like samurai get in the mic and you know I'm getting Americans I can feel my face but now I have to be so soon and there you have it folks of course sound recorded on my end then played through your speakers or not the best depiction of audio quality but hence my review here the pulse - does well in general with some very modern nuances the base is done better on here than other mid-range speakers but it doesn't top out at beating some of the other flagship brands out there when compared to the original pulse it is indeed louder better and bass and has more clarity and although it is better in bass it's not as clean sounding though some parts appear to slightly ever so slightly though drown out the mid-range just a bit causing those with more basic vocals to have this low hum in their voice when you have a speaker on loud or up to maximum volume for singers without deep voices it's really not present though and I don't think anyone really pick up that little drone but for me personally as I listen to this more often with different genres and then eventually noticed it a little bit further or a little bit more down the road the mid-range is good - with clear sounds but it doesn't have the bright signature that I liked on the JBL charge - Plus that are reviewed recently but not being bright it is more of a linear tone equivalent to the other sound field not one area of audio basically is dominating over the other not a con really as some prefer a more balanced signature rather than a more forward mid-range and for the highs they are not tinging and ear ringing there's just enough roll-off to prevent the high notes from basically going too far overall the sound is not bad and it is an improvement over the pulse to the original pulse for sure but after listening to the charge - plus the extreme those two could be better suited if you're wanting absolute audio quality if you do favor the LED lights and this is a must-have again this speaker is good and you won't go wrong here but keep in mind if it's sound quality that you're looking for it does take a very muddy hit when I compared to the aforementioned JBL models now another big question is this loud very much so for small rooms and at most though medium sized rooms in large open areas of course you will have sound if you're standing on the other side of the room or the yard you can still have a normal conversation with a normal voice to be answer to it's pretty typical of most mid sized speakers and the very last test here this range of the speaker is of course dependent on the environment and the device now I used three different devices to test the new LG v10 smartphone and the iPad air 2 tablet made it all the way to the other side of my house and downstairs going through several walls and the first floor ceiling no problems that's about 35 to 40 linear feet my note for smartphone here had skip free music across the house while on the same floor but if I were to go downstairs once I get to that bottom step there it would start to cut out still range is still considered as good for the speaker but not the best one compared to so again some of the other speakers out there and that's it for the review folks if you guys did enjoy my work be sure to like and subscribe to my channel here if you haven't done so already and be sure to add me on to Facebook Twitter or Instagram if you guys can see some behind the scenes information on there and also some products before of course I put them onto YouTube again I'm Jimmy with Jim's review room you guys take care I'll see you in the next one bye