Sony XE200 XE300 vs Bose Marshall & JBL

I love their music sound, but the auto EQ makes me question them...

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0:00 intro
0:26 Sound Test
1:29 My Concerns...
2:55 My Initial Conclusion for Music Listening

[shaggyfries]

Really impressed you thought to listen to npr/voice audio, that made a big difference in quality!

[kimpoypogi]

Got my Sony SRS XE-300 last month, the bass sound is nice 😎

[gntxgsg]

For me as a classical musician it’s pity that nobody turning on the classical music at least one peace, ‘cuz it’s totally different sound 😢

[ervca]

Props for thinking of using NPR for testing. You’re the first one I’ve seen to do so.

[domepugliese]

I think the JBL and the Bose sound the best here, the Sonys are too muffled and sound boomy 'cause they have too strong upper bass, but no deep bass at all (as much as you can talk about ''deep bass'' in such small speakers), they look a lot bigger too, more comparable to a Charge 5 in size... nice vid btw

[Grommet]

The Sony speakers sound like they have a bit too much midbass/lower midrange, which can cause problems with reproduction of male voices. They sound a bit boomy. The JBL sounds a bit flatter through the bass region, but it also sounds a bit edgy, like there's something boosted in the highs somewhere. It sounded better than the Bose speaker and the Marshall speaker though. If I HAD to choose between these speakers, it would be either the XE300 (and use an EQ app to tame it), or the JBL Flip 6. But if other options are available, I'd explore them.

[aldopalacios]

I think both Sony sound awful. You see, it's as if you put a towel around them.
Flip 6? Amazing sound, absolutely good.
Thanks for the sound test.

[jub]

have you tried adjusting the eq a bit more with the sony?

[gziryfs]

Good day.
I understand that everyone has a different sense of sound, but still, which is better, whose sound is closer to the original, without exaggerated bass or highs, balanced - emberton2 or bang & olufsen beosound explore or bose flex? It was not possible to listen to marshall and bose at the same time, and in general to listen to bang & olufsen, my feeling is that the flex plays better than the flip6.
Or Sony better? Which?

[simfysu]

plz sugest me witch one is great for sound quality overall and base

[billdepalma]

The passive radiators are covered up might have something to do with it and all the sounded is squeezed out of the rectangular strip when the JBL flip 6 went on the sound was deep and alive and the Bose Flex another fabulous speaker watched it on QVC LAST NIGHT 129.95 now and it now comes in carmine red.

[warmsound]

Did you try increasing the treble and placing them bit further because they have diffuser tech

[faby_v]

Hello Danny. If I have to choose between a JBL Flip 6 and a Sony XE300, which one would you recommend? 🤔

[nhdismeh]

Would this be better than the JBL go 3? Both offer the same price where i live, i just care about the sound quality trade-off between the two.

[guangchenglu]

Looking forward to Edifier MP230 review and how it compares with Emberton II.

[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.

[yiactioncamerafootage]

Jbl flip 6 sounds soo good, i think it sounds the best.. xe300 is worth twice the price of xe200 ..xe200 sounds boxy ..like sound isnt coming out of the speaker .. fantastic comparison 👏

[motioz]

Hey Danny, which is the best speaker for a computer used at home... I bought the xe300 and its bass really hurts my ears so I returned it. I chose the sony because I wanted a stereo speaker, is a stereo speaker even necessary? Or what is the best option today for a PC?

[jatinraj]

Pls review partyboxs from jbl...i luv the ue speaker vid and i am confused between these two

[hixnada]

Wow - a LOT of negative comments about the Sony speakers. Is there an app to download to play with the Sony’s eq? I know JBL, Bang and Olfsen, Sonos all have their own apps that you can use to fine tune (and collect all your data!).