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everyone Jimmy with Jim's review room welcome back to another comparison video now think Sony Bluetooth speakers recently are killing it they sound great they look great buy on the channel here JBL for the last two years or so have been winning me over it with their sound and features now what I want to do in this video is compare the small speaker category here if the sony xba-4 the JBL flip for now both of these retail for $100 I did personally pay $70 for the XP 20 just last week so the sale might still be going on what I'll do is I'll leave my Amazon affiliate links down in the video description below click on my links and they'll give you the most updated prices in real time they never know when these things might go on sale but jumping right into this one both speakers are nearly identical in size and weight now if you value portability over other features both speakers are easy to grip with one hand here throw into your bag with ease and both are quite durable now with the flip for it does have these exposed passive base radiators on the side I never had them tear a break but I know for some of you guys out there that is or maybe a concern now I haven't had to issue though but the only thing I would nitpick with the sony xba-4 on the front but it might show somewhere over time when rubbing against things yet on the other hand JBL offers a nylon ruggedized fabric that absorbs abrasion a bit better now going over the features the JBL foot 4 has everything that the sony does except that the foot floor features JBL connect plus meaning you can connect over 100 JBL connect plus speakers and have them play all at the same time now i know no one will own a hundred of these but if your friend may come by here and he also had the JBL connect naples speaker you both can pair with each other and jam out essentially now sony does have this feature too but you're only able to pair up to ten again most people won't have ten of these speakers but it's a feature nonetheless now Sony's most visible feature that makes it stand out is the LED lights you can have them strobe pulsate or fade in and out to your music all control through these Sony app now keep in mind the SP 20 model are limited to just one color now this will impede flashing blues purples red Cetera's - simply white both figures do offer some sort of water protection the Sonia is only splash resistant with an IP 5 rating while the JBL flip 4 offers an IP 7 rating allowing the flip forward to be submerged underwater the one thing to note though if flip 4 does not float so make sure you take that into consideration now regarding better life there both offers up to 12 hours of use with real-world testing both speakers at 50% volume the Sony died in 9 hours and 8 minutes while they flip for was going on 14 hours and still had another 50% of better life to go the JBL was very impressive now both offers good Bluetooth wireless range both performs equally as well as walked about 50 linear feet down the office here and both speakers and the audio signal had never cut out on me now both getting function as a speakerphone as well for your phone calls comparing both of them head-to-head they look for picked up my voice louder and more pronounced across every length I've tested this at now I tested this at 3 feet 5 feet away and also 10 feet away with the Sony it performs well but the voice was not as forward or loud when compared to the JBL so let's jump into the audio test there I'll play them back to back and as a side note I'll have the extra bass function on with the Sony for your reference here's the first track this one is fortress by a lynnium featuring Johnny fedora Oh and there you have it folks audio recorded on my end and then played through your speakers are not the best depiction of audio quality but hence my review here now both speakers selling great for the price overall they both sound a punchy this sounded better than most other $100 Bluetooth speakers out there for this head-to-head comparison video I gotta hand it to JBL for the bass category during my time testing both were very close in performance the almost identical at times but I noticed more often that a JBL would be the bass ear speaker of all the songs that I've tested JBL was more consistent in offering that bass experience now doing a complete 180 here on every test the XP 20 had brighter and more for mid ranges the mid-range frequency is where you hear most of your singers and voices and most instruments it's where you hear most of the details and clarity of any song and with the sony it stood out every time compared to JBL foot for my ads really high notes the higher frequencies both speakers were nearly identical in performance with both speakers not being tinny or you're ringing the speakers in general not sharp at all and that's for a spatial sound the XP 20 does do a slightly better job here you hear more of an airiness and directional audio over the JBL foot 4 so in the end here my analysis I love my JBL product it's still some phenomenal and I would buy the flip floor if I wanted more bass I wanted a speaker that I know if my little cousin throws into the pool that it would still be okay and the fact that it has and will most likely withstand more abrasion and bumps not to mention the same exact battery test that performs at 50% volume on both of these speakers that foot 4 went way past at 12 hour mark now on the other hand if I don't need any of that ruggedness I'm aware better life is around 9 hours on this thing at 50% volume I would hands down go with the Sony for the audio performance if you like lights on the XV 20 more power to you so folks in the comments section below let me know which ones you would pick here Sony has seriously been underrated for such a long time in regards to Bluetooth speakers I think it's up to you the consumer to determine which one will be the best seriously comment down below I'm Jimmy with Jim's reviewer and I'm here to help you make that purchase this you guys take care I'll see you on the next one bye