The Sound Floss: A Comparison of JBL and Sony Speakers

How it sounds now is a topic of debate among audiophiles, and I'm here to put your minds at ease by sharing my honest thoughts on this matter. As you can see from the speakers in front of me, I've got both a JBL and a Sony speaker, and I'm excited to dive into the world of sound quality.

When it comes to clarity, the JBL takes the lead. Its cleaner sound is a major advantage, with crisp highs and mids that make it perfect for music lovers who demand precision. The bass is not lacking either; while it may not be as prominent as the Sony's, it provides a solid foundation that complements the overall sound.

However, if I'm being completely honest, there is one speaker that stands out from the rest: the Sony. While it doesn't quite match the JBL in terms of sound quality, its fuller bass and smoother tone make it an excellent choice for those who value these qualities above all else. It's also worth noting that the Sony has a built-in speakerphone, which is a game-changer for anyone who wants to make hands-free calls or video conferencing.

One question I've received from many of my viewers is whether the Sony is really worth $200. In my opinion, yes! While the JBL may be available at a similar price point, the Sony's additional features and superior sound quality make it well worth the investment.

So, which one would I choose? If I had to pick between the two for pure sound quality, I'd go with the JBL. But if I'm looking for a speaker that meets all my needs – including a built-in speakerphone and impressive bass – then the Sony is the way to go.

Another question from my viewers is whether they should choose the JBL Charge 5 or the Sony. While both speakers have their strengths, I think the JBL Charge 5 is still an excellent choice for those who want high-quality sound on-the-go. However, if I'm being completely honest, the Sony's superior sound quality and added features make it my top pick.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enyo what's up everybody it's your boy floss back again with another video and today we're going to take a look at the sony srs xe 300 wireless bluetooth speaker now you can pick this one up online i'll throw the link up in the description the price on this one 200 bucks i repeat 200 bucks now it comes in three different colors you got black gray and blue all right so let's go through all the features now this is a bluetooth speaker that has multi-point connection so that means you compare two devices at the same time now it's ip67 dust and water resistant and it's also shock proof now you got a line shaped diffuser that's going to distribute your music evenly now the speaker's x balance so that's going to give you power clarity and distortion free sound now it charges via usb type c you got a microphone with echo canceling technology the battery life is 24 hours and you got quick charge so 10 minutes of charge will give you 70 minutes worth of play time now the speaker features party connect so you can pair up to 100 speakers together wirelessly and you also got the sony music app available for android and ios alright so all that for 200 bucks let's see what it is now at the end of this video i'm going to answer two questions number one is this speaker really worth 200 bucks and number two which one is better this or the jbl charge five now if you go on amazon right now the charge five is around 180 bucks but i will say this the sony speaker does have a microphone so you can use it as a speakerphone the jbl doesn't so that's already a plus for me but i like having better sound so we're gonna see which one sounds better alright so let's do this first things first shout out to white shoes back in the building calm down you see the knife hand extra rigid today okay here we go sony srs xe300 live life loud let's see did i miss anything okay so you got the fiestable app the music center app ip67 hands-free calls echo canceling mic 24 hour play time line shape diffuser all right so this is gonna distribute your music evenly okay here we go let's see what you get inside now of course you got usual books and plug them and follow them this is gonna be a charging cable usb a to usb type c all right shoes inspect that for quality okay here we go okay a little filler and this is gonna be your speaker okay srs xe300 okay let's see what it looks like now in the front this is your line shape diffuser so all your music is going to be distributed evenly little sony brandon i like the cloth texture that's one thing that i love about sony speakers let's see on the back you got a little flap this is your usb type-c charging slot now it doesn't come with the actual plug you just got the cable all right shoes i'm sorry to disturb you let's go through the buttons let's see you got power you got bluetooth you got playing pause also answering and phone calls you got volume up and down you can check your battery and you got your microphone mute button okay little sony brandon okay let's see the top bottom everything looks uniform now it has a nice rubber grippy feel to it since it is water resistant you can drop this right in the pool yeah pretty much pretty much good to go now let's do a quick side by side with the number one competitor which would be the jbl charge five now i'll say as far as weight the sony does weigh a little bit more but not much if you could carry around the charge five you could carry around the xc300 as far as height sony's a little bit taller both of these charge via usb type c okay but like i said the sony does have a speakerphone which is a major plus for me all right so let me grab a phone we'll pair this up and then we'll start our usual testing talk amongst yourselves all right john so we back in now to pair up the speaker real simple once you turn it on it's going to be in bluetooth pairing mode go to your phone's bluetooth menu and select the xe300 now the next thing you want to do is download the sony music center app now once it's paired up you're going to see a picture of your speaker you got the name of the speaker your bluetooth connection and your battery percentage now if you want to use party connect and group up to 100 speakers you hit group with other speakers now you got your music library you got the fiestable app now this is a separate app this is going to give you all your dj controls all right so you got drums you got that you got scratches you got audience you got voice come on come on come on come on here we go here we go here we go disco let's go let's let's go okay you can have a little party you got your phaser you got your reggae horn this is probably my favorite one and you got rhythm okay a bunch of dj effects to play with and you can also use motion control so watch this if i want to use scratch if i shake it this way and this way alright so this is cool so when you djing fun little app to play with yeah i know i love dj's so much okay let's let it connect again we'll go through the rest of the features okay so you got your apple music you got your spotify youtube music and you got settings so for sound settings you got clear audio plus okay if you want to you can go from mono to stereo you got your dj effects your bluetooth connection you can prioritize sound quality or stable connection okay let's go to power okay so you got your battery kit battery level voice power on and off sound microphone on and off sound auto standby bluetooth standby for system that's the name of the system and your device connection now this has multi-point so you can pair two devices at the same time now for sound let's turn this on if you turn on clear plus you have an actual eq all right so y'all know my eq settings maximum bass a little bit more mids and maximum treble okay just like that so that's pretty much it the app is simple and straightforward and if you're playing music on the bottom it'll have the song and you can raise the lower the volume all right so let's recap the buttons real quick now you got your power button with a little led indicator when you charge it up you got a little charge led indicator you got your bluetooth button also with an led indicator let you know it's paired you got playing pause that'll also answer and then phone calls you got volume up and down if you want to check the battery you do have voice prompts and if you want a phone call you want to mute the mic you got your mute button and again charges via usb type c all right so now let's do a little sound test make sure you put your headphones in i'm going to start off at max volume with the best eq settings okay here we go so 13 okay now this speaker sounds great face up or face down let's try another song do do okay and let's um let's finish off with one more one more so okay that's one of the things that i like about sony x balance speakers you can play them horizontally or vertically okay now i will say this speaker does sound great this might be one of the first sony speakers that i actually really like the music is crystal clear it's definitely distortion free at max volume it has a nice soft subtle sound to it the clarity i like this one i actually like this one now let's check some of the other features real quick all right so let's try the speakerphone i'm gonna call up the 24-hour dyno let's see what time they close let's get max volume yeah hi i wanted to find out what time you guys closed uh never oh never 24 hours now do you use our ubereats or can i just order and then i'm going to come pick it up myself uh uber easter doordash okay sounds good all right all right thank you so much you're welcome have a good night see now this is one of the things that i love about speakers that have a speakerphone if i'm chilling down here hanging out with white shoes getting my groove on and i gotta make a phone call i can talk right into the speaker effortlessly don't say that again effortlessly effortless effortlessly see what happens when you try to use big words i should have just said talk easily all right but a speakerphone that's a major goal alright so now let's try a little buttons now if you want to check your battery battery about 60 okay just like that now you got play and pause also answering and phone calls okay now let's check volume up and down that's max volume let's do volume down okay now if you want to skip to the next song double press if you want to go to the previous track triple press okay and if you want voice assistant long press what's the weather for tomorrow looks like it will be partly cloudy tomorrow daytime temperatures will hover around 91 degrees with overnight lows 91 degrees all right so all of the buttons work all right so now let's see which one sounds better the jbl charge 5 or the sony xe 300 now i got two iphones same song same volume now what better way to test this than the official flossie carter sound test by my homeboy mark rubio let's start off with the jbl yo sound test everybody shut your mouth for sound test time to test that quality the sound test how's the sound floss how the sound floss how's it sound now how's it sound now does it sound big does it sound loud that's does it sound big does it sound loud okay now i know this mike might not do it justice but i'm sitting right in front of both of these speakers and i gotta say i like the way the jbl sounds a little bit better it's a little bit more cleaner i better hides in mids but i will admit sony is winning in the base department let's try that one more time here's the jbl on it that's a sound test here's the sony the sound white shoes has a sound on it ladies and gentlemen mark rubio now like i said i'm sitting right in front of both of these speakers the speakers both of them sound great but the jbl has a cleaner sound okay now if you're looking for clarity the jbl is definitely winning and i will say the jbl is slightly louder but the sony has more bass and more of a smooth sound if i had to pick honestly i would go with jbl okay i like having a cleaner i like having crispy highs and mids and bass this one has a lot more bass i wouldn't say a lot more bass just the bass sounds fuller but that doesn't sound that great if it doesn't have crispy highs and mids now the jbl perfectly balanced chris hodgson mids now i know if y'all watch my channel some of y'all think i'm a jbl fan boy look i'm not sponsored by jbl or sony neither one of these companies in my whole career on youtube have ever sent me anything to review all of this stuff is our products that i buy myself and i want y'all to have the best honestly i come to my channel because y'all want honesty honestly if i had to choose between the two for sound quality i would go with jbl but let me say this if i had to pick one of these speakers to take with me on vacation i'm going with the sony and let me tell you why you got the speakerphone okay you got the fiestable app yeah i know i love djing i love the sound effects i love playing around with different um you know tunes and scratches and voices all of that stuff you gotta factor into your decision when you're buying your bluetooth speaker now if you want just a speaker to run around with the jbl does sound a little bit better but i'm into features okay i want the speakerphone which is automatically a win for me and i want um the app functionality where i can actually play with the eq now i know somebody's going to say oh you had the eq set of this i did this test off camera with all of the eq settings and it comes out the same this is the best eq settings that you can find for this speaker the ones i got right now the jbl is just clean it has more highs and mids and this has more of a fuller bass sound anyway let's go ahead and wrap this up all right so now let me answer those two questions number one is this speaker really worth 200 bucks and i'm gonna say yes the jbl is around the same price but this one has more features and a similar sound so it's definitely worth the price next which one would i choose the jbl charge 5 or the sony like i said the jbl has a little bit better sound quality but personally i would go with the sony because i need a speakerphone and i'm a sucker for dj effects anyway sony srs xc300 hit me up in the comments let me know what y'all think about this one shout out to everybody rocking with me on facebook foursquare twitter google plus shout out to all the google gangsters i see how i hold them down that facebook page shout out to everybody hitting me up on box up and a special shout out to everybody rocking with me on instagram you gotta know that's why i'm at full time 100 full throttle and a special shout out to everybody rocking with the new stream on sundays y'all already know stream games is on deck get your drinks ready no meatballs oh yeah special shout out to everybody following me on snapchat flossy underscore carter that's where i'm at and a special shout out to the notification squad i'll see y'all in the comment section early hashtag salute oh yeah one more thing i almost forgot fellas ladies say it with me all y'all haters all your trolls close your eyes energize i want everybody to subscribe to flossie carter for the real tech reviews you know flossy carter we know you've lost it now guess what i'm flashy money made our day don't want to know me flossy carter you're part of the money teamyo what's up everybody it's your boy floss back again with another video and today we're going to take a look at the sony srs xe 300 wireless bluetooth speaker now you can pick this one up online i'll throw the link up in the description the price on this one 200 bucks i repeat 200 bucks now it comes in three different colors you got black gray and blue all right so let's go through all the features now this is a bluetooth speaker that has multi-point connection so that means you compare two devices at the same time now it's ip67 dust and water resistant and it's also shock proof now you got a line shaped diffuser that's going to distribute your music evenly now the speaker's x balance so that's going to give you power clarity and distortion free sound now it charges via usb type c you got a microphone with echo canceling technology the battery life is 24 hours and you got quick charge so 10 minutes of charge will give you 70 minutes worth of play time now the speaker features party connect so you can pair up to 100 speakers together wirelessly and you also got the sony music app available for android and ios alright so all that for 200 bucks let's see what it is now at the end of this video i'm going to answer two questions number one is this speaker really worth 200 bucks and number two which one is better this or the jbl charge five now if you go on amazon right now the charge five is around 180 bucks but i will say this the sony speaker does have a microphone so you can use it as a speakerphone the jbl doesn't so that's already a plus for me but i like having better sound so we're gonna see which one sounds better alright so let's do this first things first shout out to white shoes back in the building calm down you see the knife hand extra rigid today okay here we go sony srs xe300 live life loud let's see did i miss anything okay so you got the fiestable app the music center app ip67 hands-free calls echo canceling mic 24 hour play time line shape diffuser all right so this is gonna distribute your music evenly okay here we go let's see what you get inside now of course you got usual books and plug them and follow them this is gonna be a charging cable usb a to usb type c all right shoes inspect that for quality okay here we go okay a little filler and this is gonna be your speaker okay srs xe300 okay let's see what it looks like now in the front this is your line shape diffuser so all your music is going to be distributed evenly little sony brandon i like the cloth texture that's one thing that i love about sony speakers let's see on the back you got a little flap this is your usb type-c charging slot now it doesn't come with the actual plug you just got the cable all right shoes i'm sorry to disturb you let's go through the buttons let's see you got power you got bluetooth you got playing pause also answering and phone calls you got volume up and down you can check your battery and you got your microphone mute button okay little sony brandon okay let's see the top bottom everything looks uniform now it has a nice rubber grippy feel to it since it is water resistant you can drop this right in the pool yeah pretty much pretty much good to go now let's do a quick side by side with the number one competitor which would be the jbl charge five now i'll say as far as weight the sony does weigh a little bit more but not much if you could carry around the charge five you could carry around the xc300 as far as height sony's a little bit taller both of these charge via usb type c okay but like i said the sony does have a speakerphone which is a major plus for me all right so let me grab a phone we'll pair this up and then we'll start our usual testing talk amongst yourselves all right john so we back in now to pair up the speaker real simple once you turn it on it's going to be in bluetooth pairing mode go to your phone's bluetooth menu and select the xe300 now the next thing you want to do is download the sony music center app now once it's paired up you're going to see a picture of your speaker you got the name of the speaker your bluetooth connection and your battery percentage now if you want to use party connect and group up to 100 speakers you hit group with other speakers now you got your music library you got the fiestable app now this is a separate app this is going to give you all your dj controls all right so you got drums you got that you got scratches you got audience you got voice come on come on come on come on here we go here we go here we go disco let's go let's let's go okay you can have a little party you got your phaser you got your reggae horn this is probably my favorite one and you got rhythm okay a bunch of dj effects to play with and you can also use motion control so watch this if i want to use scratch if i shake it this way and this way alright so this is cool so when you djing fun little app to play with yeah i know i love dj's so much okay let's let it connect again we'll go through the rest of the features okay so you got your apple music you got your spotify youtube music and you got settings so for sound settings you got clear audio plus okay if you want to you can go from mono to stereo you got your dj effects your bluetooth connection you can prioritize sound quality or stable connection okay let's go to power okay so you got your battery kit battery level voice power on and off sound microphone on and off sound auto standby bluetooth standby for system that's the name of the system and your device connection now this has multi-point so you can pair two devices at the same time now for sound let's turn this on if you turn on clear plus you have an actual eq all right so y'all know my eq settings maximum bass a little bit more mids and maximum treble okay just like that so that's pretty much it the app is simple and straightforward and if you're playing music on the bottom it'll have the song and you can raise the lower the volume all right so let's recap the buttons real quick now you got your power button with a little led indicator when you charge it up you got a little charge led indicator you got your bluetooth button also with an led indicator let you know it's paired you got playing pause that'll also answer and then phone calls you got volume up and down if you want to check the battery you do have voice prompts and if you want a phone call you want to mute the mic you got your mute button and again charges via usb type c all right so now let's do a little sound test make sure you put your headphones in i'm going to start off at max volume with the best eq settings okay here we go so 13 okay now this speaker sounds great face up or face down let's try another song do do okay and let's um let's finish off with one more one more so okay that's one of the things that i like about sony x balance speakers you can play them horizontally or vertically okay now i will say this speaker does sound great this might be one of the first sony speakers that i actually really like the music is crystal clear it's definitely distortion free at max volume it has a nice soft subtle sound to it the clarity i like this one i actually like this one now let's check some of the other features real quick all right so let's try the speakerphone i'm gonna call up the 24-hour dyno let's see what time they close let's get max volume yeah hi i wanted to find out what time you guys closed uh never oh never 24 hours now do you use our ubereats or can i just order and then i'm going to come pick it up myself uh uber easter doordash okay sounds good all right all right thank you so much you're welcome have a good night see now this is one of the things that i love about speakers that have a speakerphone if i'm chilling down here hanging out with white shoes getting my groove on and i gotta make a phone call i can talk right into the speaker effortlessly don't say that again effortlessly effortless effortlessly see what happens when you try to use big words i should have just said talk easily all right but a speakerphone that's a major goal alright so now let's try a little buttons now if you want to check your battery battery about 60 okay just like that now you got play and pause also answering and phone calls okay now let's check volume up and down that's max volume let's do volume down okay now if you want to skip to the next song double press if you want to go to the previous track triple press okay and if you want voice assistant long press what's the weather for tomorrow looks like it will be partly cloudy tomorrow daytime temperatures will hover around 91 degrees with overnight lows 91 degrees all right so all of the buttons work all right so now let's see which one sounds better the jbl charge 5 or the sony xe 300 now i got two iphones same song same volume now what better way to test this than the official flossie carter sound test by my homeboy mark rubio let's start off with the jbl yo sound test everybody shut your mouth for sound test time to test that quality the sound test how's the sound floss how the sound floss how's it sound now how's it sound now does it sound big does it sound loud that's does it sound big does it sound loud okay now i know this mike might not do it justice but i'm sitting right in front of both of these speakers and i gotta say i like the way the jbl sounds a little bit better it's a little bit more cleaner i better hides in mids but i will admit sony is winning in the base department let's try that one more time here's the jbl on it that's a sound test here's the sony the sound white shoes has a sound on it ladies and gentlemen mark rubio now like i said i'm sitting right in front of both of these speakers the speakers both of them sound great but the jbl has a cleaner sound okay now if you're looking for clarity the jbl is definitely winning and i will say the jbl is slightly louder but the sony has more bass and more of a smooth sound if i had to pick honestly i would go with jbl okay i like having a cleaner i like having crispy highs and mids and bass this one has a lot more bass i wouldn't say a lot more bass just the bass sounds fuller but that doesn't sound that great if it doesn't have crispy highs and mids now the jbl perfectly balanced chris hodgson mids now i know if y'all watch my channel some of y'all think i'm a jbl fan boy look i'm not sponsored by jbl or sony neither one of these companies in my whole career on youtube have ever sent me anything to review all of this stuff is our products that i buy myself and i want y'all to have the best honestly i come to my channel because y'all want honesty honestly if i had to choose between the two for sound quality i would go with jbl but let me say this if i had to pick one of these speakers to take with me on vacation i'm going with the sony and let me tell you why you got the speakerphone okay you got the fiestable app yeah i know i love djing i love the sound effects i love playing around with different um you know tunes and scratches and voices all of that stuff you gotta factor into your decision when you're buying your bluetooth speaker now if you want just a speaker to run around with the jbl does sound a little bit better but i'm into features okay i want the speakerphone which is automatically a win for me and i want um the app functionality where i can actually play with the eq now i know somebody's going to say oh you had the eq set of this i did this test off camera with all of the eq settings and it comes out the same this is the best eq settings that you can find for this speaker the ones i got right now the jbl is just clean it has more highs and mids and this has more of a fuller bass sound anyway let's go ahead and wrap this up all right so now let me answer those two questions number one is this speaker really worth 200 bucks and i'm gonna say yes the jbl is around the same price but this one has more features and a similar sound so it's definitely worth the price next which one would i choose the jbl charge 5 or the sony like i said the jbl has a little bit better sound quality but personally i would go with the sony because i need a speakerphone and i'm a sucker for dj effects anyway sony srs xc300 hit me up in the comments let me know what y'all think about this one shout out to everybody rocking with me on facebook foursquare twitter google plus shout out to all the google gangsters i see how i hold them down that facebook page shout out to everybody hitting me up on box up and a special shout out to everybody rocking with me on instagram you gotta know that's why i'm at full time 100 full throttle and a special shout out to everybody rocking with the new stream on sundays y'all already know stream games is on deck get your drinks ready no meatballs oh yeah special shout out to everybody following me on snapchat flossy underscore carter that's where i'm at and a special shout out to the notification squad i'll see y'all in the comment section early hashtag salute oh yeah one more thing i almost forgot fellas ladies say it with me all y'all haters all your trolls close your eyes energize i want everybody to subscribe to flossie carter for the real tech reviews you know flossy carter we know you've lost it now guess what i'm flashy money made our day don't want to know me flossy carter you're part of the money team\n"