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JBL Flip 3 - thermal issues update

2015-07-26
hello and welcome to a short update on the topic regarding temperature related issues of the JBL flip 3 unfortunately I cannot give any final statement I wanted to grab another black unit as I thought it might only affect all the black units because of the dark color but I couldn't grab one because they are currently out of stock and I have to return this unit so I cannot really do any direct comparison all I can say the yellow unit doesn't have any problems I put it into the Sun for one hour two hours and it still sounded great before putting them into the Sun they look like this I mean equal but after the black one stands in the Sun for 10-15 minutes the passive radiators come out and when pulled out like this standing upright they are even rattling against the base so I'm not sure if it's really just my unit but meanwhile some others reported the same problem with other colors one said he had two red ones and both of them had the same problem my yellow one doesn't have this problem also the JBL extreme so far didn't have any problems I didn't notice anything I have it in the Sun every day now for several hours and it still sounds great so this might be really some production problem some sample variation I don't know umm one came up with a theory that it might be related to a daily or a night production so during night the temperature is different than during day therefore the air pressure is also different in some units and then if it becomes hot the air pressure becomes even even stronger even higher therefore the passive radiators come out I don't know to sum up I would conclude that bite if you like it and if you have this issue return it and well take another one I'm sure not all of them have this problem but it seems some have it and otherwise I wouldn't have noticed it well if someone from JBL or Harman Kardon watches this yeah you can send me your better units and I will test them I'm sure I will find any error any issue like I did with the JBL charge tool like I did know the flip three so well send me your units and I will willingly test them down to their guts another interesting side note maybe is the difference in sound quality between both when I compare them both I found that the black one sounded slightly better then to really get true I measured both I also repeated the measurement after repositioning them and I got the same results they simply measure differently and although the yellow one seems to measure a bit flatter I think the lower bass boost of the black unit simply gives the sound a bit more punch this is somehow missing from the yellow unit I cannot say which one is more true to the sound you should get from this unit but I simply prefer the black one therefore it's really a pity that it has these problems at higher levels because the yellow unit becomes a bit uncontrolled with really bass heavy tracks the black one has this lower bass boost while the yellow one has some slight emphasis on the upper base which tends to distort slightly therefore I'm really not quite sure what's the normal sound how they should sound in reality but all I can say they even sound differently but I think the yellow one is the more common you can also see a slight Preble peak on the yellow one which is missing from the black one it sounds slightly smoother so yes this is all I can say for now I hope all you other users and owners have no problems with sticking out passive radiators or like I did and you are satisfied with the unit because they are really great but I'm really not sure what JBL what kind of problem is going on here again I think right now this is all I can say about this topic I will post another video showing of the JBL connect feature in detail before sending this unit back so stay tuned for more oh so I hope I could help I hope you liked it and we'll see you next time bye bye
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