r/Bluetooth_Speakers

For the last 3 weeks I have been doing a lot of research, to make sure I got the best BT speaker, in the class just before party boxes. I wanted an easy portable speaker to move around in my house, which also had good sound, and could play at good high volume.

Everything pointed to either Sony Field 7, or JBL Boombox 3. All reviews praised these speakers, all comments was like “best speaker ever” The ones who didn’t like sony, said JBL BB3, and the ones who didn’t like JBL, said Sony field 7.

The sound tests in these video reviews are kind of pointless as it doesn’t translate very well.

SONY FIELD 7

I bought the Field 7, because I liked the design. But the sound was absolutely horrendous! The midtones were completely busted, at half volume it made my ears bleed. Even with midtones turn all down in the EQ, it was still extremely bad. Since most vocals and instruments are living in the midtones, it just sounded bad in all cases of music.

JBL BOOMBOX 3

I returned the Sony, and got the JBL BB 3. This speaker was also bad, but in different ways. It looks like an ugly womans purse. The midtones was much better, but still bad, I still had to turn the mids all the way down, the bass was way too soft, and lacked punch, there were nothing. The bass also didn’t follow the volume at all. At high volume I had to turn up the bass, and at low volume I had to turn down the bass again to match, wtf!

So. Either people are not honest in reviews, and comments, why is this?

Have people really just become accustom to bad tech products? Is a BT speaker “the best ever” just because it’s better than the last generation of BT speakers? Even though it’s all bad?

Or are everyone so young that they have never listened to real music on real speakers hooked up to a receiver? And they just don’t know any better?

I see the same thing happening every time I want to buy any new tech, TV’s, robot vacuum, robot lawn mowers. It all the same, you buy it, and the robots can’t find their way around, or the TV’s have problems no one mentions.

I am not an audio fanatic by any means. I just want the music to sound right.. I have a SRS-XB43. It spits out really good sound quality honestly, and I love that speaker. But it lacks volume. Which I why I want a new one. I also have a Philips NX5, in my workout room, and that one is also very high quality and sounds great, even for normal listening.

Please only reply if you have a genuine opinion on this, please hold these “there’s something wrong with your ears” comments out of this thread 🙏 I want to talk with real people, thank you 🙂

I returned both speakers, and in my third and last attempt, I bought the JBL Encore 2. This is a far superior speaker than the two other ones I tried. This one has much less midtones problems, they are still there, but it doesn’t make your ears bleed, and it only sticks out in some songs.

The bass is still on the softer side than what I like, but it’s no way near as bad as on the JBL BB 3, AND, it follows the volume super fine. This one ia very close to sounding like a real speaker, after some EQ adjustments.. I will be keeping this one, as I have a feeling it’s not really feeling any better than this.

Thank you for listening to my rant, and I’m sorry if I sound like an idiot to those of you who likes these speakers. I’m just frustrated, that’s all.. Nothing serious 🙂

says it in the title. Not intense cycling, and I don’t need crazy good audio. Keep it under $30

I currently have the JBL Charge 6 as my main music listening Bluetooth speaker. I’m thinking of buying a certified refurbished Sony Ult Field 1 from eBay. It will be secondary speaker just to listen to audiobooks and podcasts, and the occasional background music. I really don’t need a loud speaker for those tasks and it will be placed in my bedroom.

Does anyone have any experience with certified eBay refurbished Bluetooth speakers?

Both devices look amazing and I can't decide which one I will go with so would love some input from you all!

The Sony ultimate tower 9 seems to have clearer volcals due to it's dedicated mid range drivers and it's price is very fair (580 euros). However it doesn't seem to connect well with other speakers that aren't from Sony which is quite a red flag for me.

The JBL 720 comes with a punchier bass, cooler lights and has great input and ouput port options. But having to buy the batteries seperely it does reach 740 euros which is a bit much.

Based on the price difference I'm leaning towards the Tower 9 but with the JBL there's an aux-out port which I can directly insert into my stereo to extent the setup and I'm worried that the Sony won't allow me to do.