Bose Soundlink Flex Review! vs JBL Flip 6 and JBL Charge 5. Travel heaven?? 🤞

Bose Soundlink Flex is a decent sounding small form factor portable bluetooth speaker from the might of Bose. Known for their bass heavy and warm sound singnature Bose have now added the Bose Soundlink Flex to their travel speaker lineup. In this video i compare the Bose Soundlink Flex speaker with the JBL charge 5 speaker and the JBL Flip 6 portable speaker. Full tests including bass test and maximum loudness test between the Soundlink Flex, the Flip 6 and the Charge 5 speakers. Is the Soundlink Flex the best small bluetooth speaker for 2022?

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Chapters
0:00 intro
6:01 frequency response
7:25 on axis vs off axis
10:23 50% volume comparison
13:08 50% spectrum analysis
16:33 75% sound test
21:18 100% volume test
23:33 100% spectrum analysis
25:07 summary
26:51 specs
29:44 cconclusion

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Pound for pound world champion:
Amazingly deep bass to 40hz for its size and price.
For a leaner more agile sound with similar deep bass for the same price try the Mifa Wildbox
Still worth a look:
My former world champ the Soundcore Motion Plus can still offer great clarity.
£50 champion:
Bass Heavy Speakers:
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Worth a Look:
The T9 is a reasonably loud and balanced party speaker with a big bright detailed sound.
Budget Loud Boombox: no clear winner but my pick for fun outside listen would be:
Travel Speakers:
offers a decent immersive sound with full and tight bass. Beware though it does go very loud
Only mono but has a very clear and dynamic sound at low volumes and can go reasonably loud but will become a little screechy over 80%.
Denon 250bt, no longer made but the standard for size/quality ratio for travel (battery drain issues)

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Bose Soundlink Flex, ultimate travel speaker 2022?!
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[twohassles]

I accidentally ran across your channel while searching for some info on the Bose Flex speaker... I watched several videos on the speaker, but it was your channel that I felt was a "honest review". You gained a new subscriber! Thank you.

[MD-kydt]

i missed your sense of humour and top reviews ! thx, Alan.

[robbieasghari]

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS.


Just a thought on the JBL Flip 6 vs the Bose SoundLink Flex. They are the same size and according to the internet the bose has a larger transducer than the JBL but the JBL has a tweeter and an adjustable equalizer within the app where as at this time on the bose connect app there is not an equalizer to adjust the sound. But I have another bose speaker and it uses a different music app and it runs on the bose msuic app and in the bose music app it has an equalizer so you can adjust the bass and the treble to your liking. And in the JBL portable app you can do the same thing except you can also adjust the mid-range. Bose could add an EQ to there app in the future/near future. Bc I read on the internet that when the JBL flip 6 was released it did not have an adjustable eq within its app for its speakers. But now it has an eq in the app. I think with the equalizer off on the JBL the bose sounds better but with the eq on I think the JBL sounds better. So if bose added an equalizer that could change things. I know the speaker has position IQ technology where it’s supposed to adjust the sound depending on which way you lay it but it would be nice to be able to turn that off if you wanted to. A similar portable speaker called the sonos roam has a similar feature but in the sonos s2 app you can turn that feature off. In the bose app you cannot do that or on the speaker itself either. And also Sonos has an adjustable EQ within the app like the JBL. The bose is behind the times with that but I bet they’ll change for the better. I would turn position IQ off and have an equalizer set to my liking if I could. I prefer my bose soundlink flex to sit upright so it’s pointing at me but they say it will produce more bass if you lay it flat, in my testing this is true. A little more bass for sure. Which I like. But I shouldn’t have to lay it flat to get maximum bass output. And the speaker needs better rubber feet on it because sometimes it will move it self. Or vibrate itself off the table. So I would recommend not placing it near the edge of a table if you don’t have to. Thank you for whoever actually takes the time to read this.

[bhcbhc]

Appreciate you posting on speaker latencies, it's an underrated category most other channels are missing. I bought Flip 6, Emberton 2, and Soundlink Flex to test your claim, you are 100% correct.

[amplifiedlight]

Simply awesome review work! Your knowledge and fleshed out spectral analysis really helps in understanding the potential auditory experience a listener can expect from each speaker.
Top marks! Subbed!

[alanrossreviews]

Chapters
0:00 intro
6:01 frequency response
7:25 on axis vs off axis
10:23 50% volume comparison
13:08 50% spectrum analysis
16:33 75% sound test
21:18 100% volume test
23:33 100% spectrum analysis
25:07 summary
26:51 specs
29:44 cconclusion

[djijspeakerguy]

Yeah, I have charge 5, Bose soundlink flex, and UE megaboom 3. The JBL charge 5 is the only one to vibrate my floor, less mid bass, and less percieved bass volume, but goes deeper. I think the JBL charge 5 has a flatter response than the others.

[sorhomy]

This is the most well put review I’ve seen on this speaker I just purchased a few days ago thinking of getting another one to try the stereo mode

[_-Z-]

Great to see another review! 🙂 I was going through Alan Ross withdrawals. The flex seems impressive for its size but, considering the small price difference between it and the charge 5, the charge 5 seems like the better buy (as long as a larger speaker is OK). Thanks for another outstanding Alan Ross Review! 😁👍👏

[rwynne]

Alan, I have been waiting for this review. Great real wild review as always!! You’re the best! Thank you!!

[budfox]

👍the long-awaited Flex! By the way, happy new year! True, the bluetooth version 4.2 is really strange. BUT, in this case it is not a deal breaker in my mind. The sound, especially the bass is really nice given the weight and the size. Agree with your conclusions.😃

[alanrossreviews]

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7:25 Stereohats-Dance(I Just Wanna)
10:23 Tony Vida & Max Kilian - Maniac
16:33 NCPTN - From Paris To Berlin
18:08 Start Your Own Cult - Regicide
21:18 DigitalTek - Love Me Again

[iu]

Great to see you back, Alan. Happy New Year!!
This was a review I was waiting for - Bose released the speaker in the states but didn't let us have it in the UK for ages. Not sure why.
I really like the idea of this speaker.
It seems that if the volume is what anyone is looking for, then there is no real competition - for the price they should go for the Charge 5 - but it seems that this speaker is not for blasting - it is for listening - actually and really listening - not just playing some non-descript, music. This speaker looks like it is for playing your favourite tracks and enjoying them up close and personal.
That warm sound is characteristic of Bose - I have a set of the Revolve+, and they are beautifully warm and huggy!!
That usually means that you sacrifice some highs but bit that you seem to sacrifice instrument separation and spatial distinction.
Is that true?
There is only 1 driver, so no stereo.
I have heard that the stereo is something else - I would love to hear what you think about that.
How do you think it compares to the Bang and Olufsen A1 Gen 2?
I know you sent them back, but what do you think?
Looking forward to a review of the stereo pair mode if possible.
Great to see you on a video again, Alan.
Thanks for the work you put in - Always Fantastic!!

[TommyM]

Hey Alan, happy new year!
Thank you for another great speaker review😉
What do you think about the difference between the Bose Soundlink Flex and the Anker Soundcore Boost ubgraded?
I would say, in comparsion, the Bose isn't worth it's money.

[jasonkeast]

Great to see you back Alan😀. I know it has nothing to do with your video but just wandering if you or any of your subscribers know anything about new update on the motion + ?

[coreykuo]

The best professional reviews i have ever seen, i chose charge 5, thank you !

[legendaryblood]

Its impressive how tiny that Bose flex but sounds almost as good as the bigger Charge 5

[wed]

Great review as always Alan. I'm curious what is the mili seconds lip sync on the soundcore motion boom. When I watch YouTube videos and Prime movies it seems like it's really good. Thanks for your info. Ray

[taylorfox]

Thanks for another great review! Can you test 2 Bogasing M4 in (TWS) mode vs JBL Charge 5.

[vgk]

Thanks for the (as always) good review. I already have JBL Boombox 3 and have ordered Bose Flex and JBL Charge 5 during the amazon prime day. I wanted to decide between one of them -- and ended up keeping both. Even though the Charge 5 is by far more powerful, at low to decent volumes (like drinking a wine, reading wikipedia and listening to some tunes) it just feels that the Bose "keeps the sound together". Its not the fLaT REspoNSe -- guess its rather because only one speaker is used, thus leading to a more "natural" sound feeling with more details. At mentioned volume levels JBL sounds to me a bit "disjointed", i.e. my brain somehow senses that some of the frequencies are coming from tweeter and the others from the main speaker, leading to some "mental distraction". What are your thoughts, Alan?