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hello and welcome it's already announced I thought we should check out the new clips groove today the clips groove is the first of a new line of portable speakers from clips and really curious to see the other ones and it's pretty interesting so far it's only available in the US so I bought it from there I haven't found it in any shop in Europe yet but I think it's a really decent speaker the only problem is it's mono it seems clips took the KMC one cut it in half and yeah the result is the clip groove it resembles sound wise more of a PMC one then the clips gig but the difference of the clips groove is that it applies some kind of loudness compensation for low levels if we have a look at the frequency response you can see that it measures really flat this is typical for clips with some slight bass emphasis at 200 Hertz and if looking at the KMC one in green here you see that both are really similar at the meats and bases well nearly equal just the highest sound a bit different but as already mentioned the clips groove applies loudness compensation which you can see here so if you turn volume lower you get a more full-bodied sound the clip KMC one didn't do this and sounded quite a bit teeny at low levels I thought we should check it out how it sounds as always I'm using my binaural microphones and the head cam so that you get a kind of first-person the person impression let's turn it on here these are the new hardrock tones from clips but thank goodness you can disable them simply press aux button for about four seconds and the tones will be gone yeah now and just to demonstrate you the loudness compensation I thought I'll play a track from soul persona this is original from coolant again and you can hear it already sounds nicely full-bodied at low levels I will increase volume you and reduce it again and you never get a teeny salt maybe at low levels it could get along with a bit more treble but I think it's pretty decent the only problem it's a mono speaker and clip you didn't include any wireless pairing with another one this is a pity and well one of the biggest flaws if someone really wants stereo sound so you really only get mono it's pretty loud and we will test this out and I thought for comparison we could use the calf Muir it's also a mono speaker despite having two drivers inside so the calf neo costs more than twice but you will hear that both sound pretty similar both are more tuned for high five we will lay down here the clip groove against the JBL charge too and you will see that both sound completely different but let's first start with the with this tool and have a listen to the clip groove first okay I have to increase volume to maximum so let it control it well from my player you hear that both have a very similar sound cap always takes a little time to reach the final loudness let's listen for our track and I will increase volume comics mumbo this is yeah I think it was obvious that the cleave groove could even play louder although the curfew is not a very soft speaker but you could maybe already hear that there was some slight distortion creeping in during the last volume steps with the clips groove now I thought we should check it out against the JBL charge - - yeah there three was already announced but well it's not out yet maybe the three will sound completely different I don't know but the charge tool is a kind of reference for this size and price and you will hear that both sound well quite a bit different the clip has already mentioned is more hi-fi and the JBL is rather tuned for a smiley response with quite a bit of bass and treble boost so let's have a listen I'm starting again with the clip group first and a kind of jazzy organ track you my love I do most anything you sweet baby I'll do most everything cuz I love you and I hope you feel the same way my momma Swift the ocean blue just by you my blue I'll take Mary lovin sweet daddy better huh I wouldn't be you you gave me milk sorry something else this is from resolution 88 this was the kV oh by the way it turned off automatically with a home you already hear some compression maybe we should turn on maximum to hear the difference in overall over loud nests also sidewalks the JBL does probably have a bit better dispersion it's already struggling a bit I will turn it for maximum JPL as well yeah no chance the table is much softer with much more compression let's try something again here this becomes a bit ridiculous I know I know someone mentioned some other youtuber that the JBL in charge to is louder but yeah I don't know there is simply no difference between the store the clips does not compress maybe there is some slight distortion already but the difference in loudness is extreme it tries keeping all the bass but you hear what it does with all the rest becomes the kind of pumping effect here you can leave you this time distortion let's see what the GBO I will reduce volume slightly so that we match hole with mobile you're wrong let's try aspects and lists somehow there Jamiel charge to renders the bass drum and pear for the clip radially spanked maximum the clip was reduced to match them both more or less I think you can hear the obvious dynamic processing of the video I will turn the clips again to maximum well this portion is not going to be comedy I will go far away let's try a rock track there is this night and day difference I will reduce the tips again yeah I think the clips group is really impressive I mean it's not a boomy boosted a kind of speaker but I would call it kind of mini high file system a pity it's not stereo I mean you cannot pair it with another one maybe the hardware would even support it but clips well didn't enhance anything this is the biggest flaw and the other one I think it plays really loud but you will get a little bit of distortion not with all tracks but with very heavy mixes you will definitely hear distortion at maximum level and slightly below reduce it some notches you will be still louder than the charge - or even the Bose Soundlink mini I'm not even talking about this assets you cannot quite compare these two as we've already heard the groove is rather comparable to to a hi-fi speaker like the cave newer but still I think it's better I mean it costs less than half of course you can pair the cave with another one but this is rackety test I think IP X 5 or 4 rating you see it has it has a flap but it's quite hard to open i I really hardly managed to open this there is nothing just yeah here you have there is the USB micro or for charging am auxilary and a small button which is probably some kind of reset yeah track controls play and pause and you can also a double press or jump to the next track with three a triple press back yeah and nothing else volume control is not synced between iPhone and speaker but you can leave it at maximum and control volume through for the through the player yeah I think this could give you a first idea about the clips groove I think it's really decent speaker for the price especially for one who likes real true and more HiFi sound not this boosted compressed stuff you usually get from all other manufacturers clips is a company who really take sounds seriously they don't try adding funky effects you'll get simply pure sound if you like it or not this is well it depends on you sure the JBL charge too can sound better I mean I say better but more true is the clips groove it sounds like the original source why the JBL adds bass adds treble and adds compression if you turn it slightly above half there is no compression at all you really get the kick even at maxim's sure with with a bit of bass reduction but but yeah level as the result is impressive I think it's a kind of small KMC one so yeah I hope it was helpful for you I thought we should go out but it's very windy today and I cannot do any recordings so maybe next time we'll compare but you heard wellness wise it's no different I mean it's not not a comparison I tried the clips groove against the river s as well I mean the rivas costs much more and sometimes I like the clips more sometimes the river it makes them of course the clips hadn't had an edge because it wasn't a louder and outdoors you could hear the sound much further away so yeah I don't think a different comparison against the real s makes much sense as it's a different category of speaker also get much more spacious sound with the river s but maybe next time if there is enough interest I will try comparing it against the US as well so again thanks a lot and we'll see us probably yes soon in another video have a nice time and bye bye you