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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's freebie room Bluetooth speaker technology is really making some headwind with better battery performance rugged build and audio quality that's been improving over the years Sony just released their new lineup of Bluetooth speakers for 2016 the SRS XP series with the xB three that I personally paid here it retails for a hundred and forty nine dollars at the time this video but I'll place several links in the video description below as prices I'm sure will change throughout the year so without further ado guys my channels here to help you make a purchase decision welcome everyone to jim's review going over the physical features first it measures 8.3 inches wide a little over three inches from front to back and a little over three and a quarter inches in diameter it does feel a bit heavy though when you compare it to other products on the market like the UE boom - or the JBL charge - plus now if portability is your focus take this into consideration now quality wise sony has burgundy glossy and straight line designs and now features what feels to be a ruggedized plastic you can lay this flat if you want to or you can stand it up for your personal enjoyment now there's no claim that this is shockproof but it does feel pretty beefy and the entire unit hasn't shown any signs of wear or scuffs from everyday use on the top bottom and sides has very grippy silicon texture while the front offers a very minimal flexing Grill along the newest features for those who are active the xp3 is claimed to be water-resistant and in the fine print it's IP x5 certified now it's water resistant against fresh water tap water and also sweat enforcement you can't submerge this underwater like a Yui or fugu products that are on the market now only when you get to about a ipx7 rating those products now can be submerged but spring water for my test here the speaker still works perfectly fine now going over the buttons and features up top you have your power on and off vibe up and down far left has your speaker options who answer phone calls when paired to your phone and sadly all those sitting about three feet away from the speaker here my voice did sound like I was very far away and if I'm not sitting directly in front of the speaker and about three feet or further out my voice would become crackling during my tests now moving down there's an extra base function and Sony's clearly marking this towards base lovers here but I'll discuss that in my sound test shortly now bluetooth pairing button is in the middle and last and I wish Sony emphasizes more on their websites you can pair two of these and get more room filling music and better sound separation it's very similar to the JBL connect feature or the ue double-up now last and what you can't see is NFC for easy pairing just tap your NFC device here and your phone is then paired now rotating to the back there is a woofer to help push bass out the rear here may be against the wall if you plan on putting it there but behind this flap you have a 3.5 millimeter input for physical connections a powerline in and this will use Sony's wall charger unlike many other Bluetooth speakers on the market they instead use a micro USB port and last is a charge out port meaning you can connect basically your devices to the speaker and use it just like a power bank it will charge your phone and since we're on the topic of power Sony claims a very impressive up to 24 hours of use and the fine print Sony did indicate it from their test they use a volume level set of 10 and from my review from my testing here the amount of volume taps from silent to maximum was actually 30 so when they tested their speaker it was a little bit less than 50 percent so I set mine at 15 taps for mute and left my phone volume level at maximum now as with any Bluetooth speaker review that I personally do here again I left it at 50% Vaughn through the entire night and into the following day I was able to achieve in 19 hours and 53 minutes on day two at maximum volume again from a full battery to dead I was able to get four hours in 32 minutes now the very last test that I did was basically range in the same standard test here I placed this on one side of my house and walked to the other side and downstairs no problems with the signal going through a wall and the first floor ceiling the only thing that I really found missing here on this sony was oddly they didn't include a true battery level indicator the light does glow red when you're close to a basic being dead the battery here in green when it's full but other than that there's really no prompts to find out what my battery levels are so to the moment here that you've been waiting for this I'll test I'll play several songs and then I'll give you my verdict afterwards first up is a Lenin's fortress featuring John you can and there you have it folks now sound recorded on my end and then play through your speakers are not the best depiction of audio quality but hence my review here now the xb3 gets plenty loud and for sure fills up a medium-sized room in my room here is roughly about sixteen by 18 feet now this mid sized speaker is also pushing the threshold of being suitable for large open rooms or even outdoors as well if you have two of these this works very well for entertaining now as stated earlier bass is the main focus for the xp3 and this for sure has it now I believe it has more so than the beats pill plus that I recently reviewed but for being loud though not for heavy hitting low frequencies now it's not that deep sub bass levels that we've known from the beats lineup but for the price the bass is more so than any other speaker at this price range but talking about the quality here of the bass this is where it dips a slightly here though now at times on the top band of bass and the low end of mids out here the slight flutter this distortion that isn't pleasant now with the extra bass and at higher volumes critical listeners will for sure hear it and for the average consumer you may notice it too but if you're in a store again you'll notice this Sony will be louder and impressive at first don't get me wrong the bass will sound deep compared to the competition again that price range of $149 but stand there a bit and you'll notice this is droning this bass fluttering noise is probably the best way that I can describe it now the mid-range and general vocals does well I believe for a bass heavy speaker there is some slight spill over again from bass though but again it's really your preference and lastly highs do work well without being earring or teen at all spatial sound is pretty much absent like most Bluetooth speakers and audio separation isn't there unless you pair two of these together so with my conclusion here sound quality wise if you're a bass head and don't mind that slight distortion at times it's a serious consideration because all the features that you're getting here and how loud it can actually get now if you're a bit more critical I'd say wait until the JBL charge 3 comes out here should be coming up pretty shortly that's also a mid sized speaker at the very same price point so that's it for this review here be sure to subscribe of course I'm gonna get the JBL charge 3 pretty soon here remember to add me on to Facebook Twitter and/or Instagram I'm Jimmy with Jim's review room you guys here and I'll see you in the next one