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hello everyone and welcome today it's finally time to check out the new Sony SRX xB 31 a bit more in detail it's quite a hyped and raved speaker I'm not sure why but I'm getting really lots of comments when do you finally review the xB 31 and 41 I only heard the 41 in the store yeah he also had it together with me my recent video and I thought it's horrible I turned it off immediately I thought the xB 31 easily be better but if you know the evolution of the xB 3 to the X B 30 and now they're 31 you will notice that it's rather a step backwards especially sound wise it gains some nice features like this one here for example completely useless it hasn't worked that well so I'm not sure who would really use this also the new LED strip here I don't like it that much I would turn it off in public if I really wanted to use the speaker only nice feature is that it's completely waterproof now the xp3 wasn't but how often do you really put a speaker underwater I mean it's great if it's less water-resistant like oh these are the 10 it's also completely waterproof but it doesn't float on water so it's drones and then I'm not sure so the most important part is sound for me and this is where the XP 31 rather disappoints you can already check it out from my database for all those who don't know it it's a recording database with all speakers I had at home so more than 200 speakers you can compare it against any other speaker in this in the same price range or a cheaper one a larger one whatever but now I would like to demonstrate you the sound in a kind of live video I'm wearing binaural microphones so you should listen with headphones and we will compare it first maybe against a top contender in this class the Denon environment is more less currently I think hundred 70 euros the original price of this one is also hundred seventy so please listen headphones and I start with a song from so Poisson process freedom and the Sony playing first some settings are default so it comes like this out of the box then on yes you can get a difference yeah I think it's time to start the Sony they call it music center now family was called the song power thing and every time I switch it will need to reconnect to the speaker which is also a little bit offered so this is the standard mode which is extra bass enabled you can try standard it sound any better as the bass is not as muddy anymore but compared to the denim it simply will sound that very thing so you can see here the F is also let me try to enter again here a new mode is live sound which enhances the stereo image listen to the result I think it's completely overdone not a big fake treble becomes out of phase slightly so it sounds like some cheap mp3 again again also some stir enhancing but way more natural not to such a degree where the meats also their ego becomes pronounced I still have the any seven anything we could try is adding a bit of treble boost the volume here is that unlike the XP 30 we're boosting treble booster trailer upper travel gear you will only goes lower treble somewhere is it we have again the street and equal equalizer so you get lots of presents boost doesn't sound that great I will leave it maybe like this again right it is a bit softer compared that's the also way more dynamic list for district listen hi swallows their tax of the base rum then way more than anywhere way more punchy so I'll increase volume is more and the Sun it becomes three-man compressed and also somehow they stole their perfect so this year the trace from his smokey cat all I can increase volume and the Sun remains still a normal white at low levels the tenant sounds normal the sonne on the other hand will will suddenly become Bhoomi for low levels so you would need to again like on the xp3 read turn off this extra base for low levels turn it on for high levels but you don't have any button anymore you have to keep prayers - with play pressed for 3 seconds yeah I'm not sure why they had to save for a simple button and also there is no way to switch to live sound without it but let us enter at higher levels check out how the Sony will reduce basement more despite extra base it's not listenable egg this compressed mess by the denim Sun it's not as large but still normal is making over persons I'm not sure this will sound great outdoors sadly they cannot appear smadi although people claim it to have let's compare it against the XP 30 I will revert back to default settings and let's have a listen to these the XP 30 will be playing with my suggested settings which is bass and treble at maximum and extra bass disabled below our volume and enabled above half right now we are above half so extra bases on why the XP 31 will be playing with its default settings which is also extra bass enabled let's try another song expert area and I think you're here it still sounds simply subpar and it's not easy you can see VF is just hopeless I will try it they connect to the experience that so we cannot be run anything okay try the expectation you can hear it sounds way better let me try the app again I'm not even able to post read an hour do something that's perfect as I listen here that based on his way more effective way more dynamic compared to their x2 31 there is some limit nervously way stronger than its on the XP 30 more similar to the xp3 mating Madison analog from sufficient princess future let me try and yet again I have to come Wi-Fi hotels mates come on now hopefully so maybe we can boost treble any bit you can see that it is just and you will notice that listing travel doesn't to stop arrivals or rather the presence region and let's also boost base just like on there if you thirty maybe it will get some more cake so here it starts to distort already this Phil doesn't have the strong presence but Wayne Isis Martin classes on trade let's write this wreck and it's increased volume on not also place cleaner that experien already get some information to hear this I mean we've boosted based on maximum to make it comparable and it starts to distort is this one more a fairy yeah I will already get so let's write this right this is behind history I'm still not oh that's still it's usable there's time I'm decorating a month you can try lower levels of course now I will turn off extra base to make it sound normal so here you would have to keep the space price at low levels maybe it becomes a little more open sounding maybe they start to adjust treble for low levels which they didn't with the XPS 13 130 sorry so I will enable extra base again as at high levels it will those base way too much so there should be extra base and maybe a heart wreck and let's listen what happens we are around half now we call here is that term extra based on the expectation No so it could have played even let's try the game maximum one and now you can hear a difference as if it was strong in quite a lot I would like to hear the other song again because I didn't play it with extra base but the XP fairly definitely needs extra base about a volume so you can hear it remains quite punchy maybe the difference is not huge but it's definitely noticeable so you can hear some differences only thing we could try is this live mode how both sounds as the XP that it doesn't have live mode if compared like this without live modes the XP ferry wins easily at low levels it sounds nicer not as booming let me try I hope the app will let me again no yeah it's really me now many settings missing let me try again maybe play the song in the background so that did yeah this is a piece really strange and now it tries to connect to that XP 30 again it doesn't see the experience so let me turn off this here it's still unvisible invisible so Sonia come on here it is finally so if you want to switch to life mode or switch between all these modes it's really a hassle you can see it doesn't work at all what a bleedin finish line which means no connection or connection failed come on you can see so I will turn off this one as well and we'll try from scratch as I want to show you both with life mode enabled for the expiry one so but now it should be right yeah here it oh no finally so let's enable live mode I'm not sure if there is some button combination that you can enable life not without app but I don't think so we have still treble and bass at maximum I would reduce travel maybe some notice because with life mode it already gets some more presence I will turn the xB 30 as well and what we have here yeah let's try a track from so personam princess we try again here is from the you here what happens we are on high volume now it is life mode swallows dynamics completely lost any effect from the face doesn't have this on stage but not speak to me wait for my time boost so way more dynamic somehow more days it's like this also from sort of countries really listening justice dominate next be ferry if you hear how I started to adjust the place immediately there is some slight email with so nice because they always either the base comes back afterwards on hours away at Maui ferry place clean I will increase wanna many more no it's this will turn off this now it's not is this turned off again yes they have some problem if it's a ton of accessories so we can compare them at rather normal levels here missing some spots I mean the sausage is nice but it also sounds fake somehow and this distortion at low levels of course this sounds boring an original this one is please change the circuit when I'm with my head so let's increase let's turn on extra base again let's try them at maximum this is the XP fairy someplace happiness also mixing they're way more than any four days not anymore we've been here I was a difficulty father that is my respect we know we can hear how the limit of pushes wall around yeah I mean I was impressed with the it's been 30 because again I was impressed with the XP 30 because the potential is there there is some nice stuff rebels parking it meets some app yes some help from the app but at least with this extra base trick you can bring it to yet a usable level well here you don't have any buttons anymore and even with some trail boosts you still miss this part so just on sound alone this is a disappointment also could hear there was some distortion with this life sound mode it loses dynamic compared to the XP ferry which already tricks quite a lot when comparing it against the Denon which we did they explicitly there are some strange compression tricks as well but not to such a degree like the XP 31 of course I measured it and you can see different volume levels without extra bass in black and with extra bass in red so you can see without extra bass at low level stories tool in bass while it handles it loses bass too much the same effect we had on the XP 30 with extra base that is way too much bass for low levels while at high levels it manages to retain more bass but you can also see some treble deep above 7 kilo Hertz and above 10 kilo as there is not that much if I overlay the xp3 here with my suggested settings again treble and bass at maximum with extra bass enabled you can see that there is also some slight dip which makes it appear maybe slightly muddy but it doesn't have this presence boost and also much better upper travel so yeah overall yeah by the XP theory if you are really interested in this by even 2 of them I cut this for 70 euros this is hundred 70 so I could get two for the price of one I can I can play them in stereo they have better sound without this stupid party boosters I don't know so for me it's a huge disappointment it's it should be an advanced and how do you say in English advancement I don't know it should be some development but we are yet it seems to develop back the Sun is horrible you always again have to change modes depending on your level I need a speaker like the Denon which sounds great at low level sounds great at high levels I do not need to turn any extra bases and not sure why they did this I mean the speaker has this potential it just needs some more reasonable tuning without stupid button presses I don't know why you have to increase treble from inside the app if it can play the straddle but why do you have to adjust it before or why do you have it to adjust it by your own it should have this tuning from from stock or yes Sony please please give us a speaker which is really decent this is complete crap waste of money the extra 30 was already decent it had the potential but thisis maybe because of the material which now swallows up a treble but then ya do something against it not simply use the same drivers but make better travel so that it can come through yeah I'm a little bit frustrated also not that I had hopes for this but because yeah they are developing back then like we've seen with the JBL what was this the go to which is the same speaker three years afterwards the same sound just more expensive then on also his issues they have some self discharging some he said at low level so I think we are still not there therefore I hope this was helpful for you to give you an impression about the XP 31 mm if you don't want to hear me talking check it out on my database Capri compared against the XP 31 I have recorded it with three settings on with its normal mode without extra bass with extra bass and with my suggested settings I think with my suggested settings it sounds really decent but it doesn't have this life sound the life sound here is also completely over exaggerated so it's overdone it floats around and the mids are pushed way too much the down does it really well it has some story enhancing built in but not to such a strongly agreed just here helps to improve the sound make it a little bit more open I would have wished maybe some life sounds not on there xp3 but no to such a degree and I don't need these materials this was already great-looking I think just a ton of lights and it's yeah it's nice yeah I hope you like this anyhow and not a Sony friend I am NOT a demand for member and not a fanboy of anything anything I just want decent speakers and yeah let's listen to some really decent ones which I just got recently there the audio Pro p20 which are really nice so thanks for watching I hope I didn't waste your time but now let's listen to some really great music way more punch way more dynamic somehow I managed somehow with the drake suffer she senescu and trained for she's an epic so