My brother gave me his XB33 a few days ago and he'd only had it for about a couple of months. I was blown away by the sound quality. No wonder lots of people love it.

Thanks for the video! This really helped me make my decision! I need something with a bit of a warmer sound so I'm gonna go with the xb33. Sounded really bomb in the store. I'm using mine to replace my car stereo for a time being since my 2014 corollas stereo died.

Awesome review just got a charge 5 speaker needed to know more about the purchase! Thanks

One of the better videos, keep up the good work. Thanks brother.

Dope vid but you forgot to mention that the sony speaker got a live sound mode which is pretty fckin dope brings out all the instrumentation in songs you legit hear sounds in songs that you normally never hear when they playin in standard mode💯💯

thank you for the video. helped a lot! definitely gonna go with Charge 5.

Tremendo video! Gracias! Saludos desde Paraguay

I like the extra treble of the JBL as well as the longer battery life. Thanks for the video. Greetings from Jamaica.

I believe the xb33 has a less tightly woven mesh to let the internal lighting shine through

I owned a Sony XB33 and my sister has JBL Charge 5...as I've observed, the JBL has sound brighter while my Sony sound more bass-kicked and less vocal. But unfortunately, JBL sounds monophonic while Sony has stereo and I can hear its left and right channel separation especially when I set the Sony music player app to Studio effect. And through the EQ preset I have, it sounds perfect.

Bro I do appreciate yours videos 👍👍👍 I wish you would make a video upon LG PL7

Congratulations 🥳🤍 Your channel is growing up ! I think it was 16k subs when i joined You deserve more ❤️

I use power amp 10 band EQ When I set 32Hz +9.0 62hz -2.5 120hz -7.5 Xb33 bass is just ear ringing And mid and high are still maintain clearly I can't stop loving it

Thanks for the best review 🤠 man

I like them both different sounds but love the mid sized speakers both company’s did a great job I love the lights on the Sony. For my pool class one charge 5 does it xb33 I use 2 in stereo awesome performance plenty loud. Great video as usual thanks.

great reviews!

you can get usb audio through the charge 5 in demo mode the problem is its for stores so none of the buttons at the top work (no party boost) and it charges the speakers while its plugged in However jbl can push firmware updates to the device and if the usb c on the charge 5 is a smart in/out usb c they should be able to push a firmware update with a toggle for audio over usb this would also allow you to use a usb c to 3.5 mm adapter where as it sits right now in demo mode the port needs to detect power from another device to wake up where instead they should be able to code it where when you toggle on the usb audio the port wakes up an listens for any incoming audio.

How come no mention of the "Priority on sound quality" mode that the Sony XB33 has! It playbacks using the higher quality AAC and LDAC codecs with compatible devices that support them. The XB33 is better than Charge 5 with my iPad Pro and the audio sync (latency) is absolutely superb! Charge 5 seems not as perfect in my opinion, may be cos it only uses SBC. If you watch videos I would definitely go for the Sony. Have to press the Vol + button and then the bluetooth button to flip from the normal SBS codec to the higher quality one. 3 blinks indicates regular and 2 blinks indicates the better sound mode. It does get a bit louder and clearer with my iPad Pro and I am happy. I think for Apple iOS the Sony is better as most Apple devices will automatically support the AAC codec. Whereas most Androids will support LDAC which is supported by Sony XB33 too! For Android, have to go to the Developer section in Settings and choose a different bluetooth codec. Please share experiences as this has made a difference for me. It is hard to find reasonably priced bluetooth speakers that support AAC and LDAC - Sony XB 33 seems rare in that respect and is a winner in my book!

Sony remain its full sound balance in full volume.while jbl gets a bit missy.bass get low

Now I'm salty that both the XB43 and JBL Charge 5 aren't sold in my country... :/ Guess I'll have to use Amazon

when do u think the new Sony XB33/34 in 2021?

In truth apart from all features the only thing I care about it whether the speaker can switch devices without having to unpair and pair them every time... It gets really annoying doing this...

When he does a sound test, close your eyes, or just dont look at your phone, you can tell when the jbl is playing, it just sounds 100x more crisp and clean, bass is more of a punch too

I bought an XB33 about a year ago. Overall it's a very refined speaker. The tech is pretty current, so it will age well. I wish it were more powerful. And an illuminated control panel would be helpful. Aside from that, I'm happy with it.

I just bought the Sony xb33 off of Amazon and I’m excited!

Thank you. I bought a Charge5 from Woot last week. Snared it for $125.00

I just wondered 🤔! What speaker do you use?

I bought JBL charge 5 im really happy with the sound it has especially when listening to techno or some old school beats.

Thx for the Video, I would ve liked some comment about the sound of voices, I got the xb33 like last years spring at a good price, but I had been disappointed about the voices, regardless of the song I listenend to, all the voices sounded muffled, as if they sang through a thick pillow, it was extremely noticable to me, so didn’t like using it any more. I still kept the Sony, I had almost the same with the charge 4, now I got a big discount on the charge 5 and damn! What a difference. vocals sound soooo much better now. I’ll sell xb33 and definitely keep the JBL, they had cost me almost the same. I’m interested to what Sony changes the next gen.

Well there you go ladies and gentlemen the deal breaker for me is is the audio jack to be able to hardwire I don't care how good the speakers sound which one is better than which hard wiring is very important especially for battery life

I prefer Sony over JBL in terms of sound quality.. when JBL plays with 100% volume, it become hash no bass only lower bass which cannot handle hash ness around 6-7khz..

The JBL does sound better however, where i live the JBL costs twice the price of the Sony. Sony it is for me.

might have missed the xb33 STEREO pairing feature part of the review or im not aware of a jbl one that everyone else is but that seems like a huge missing feature from this review to me if it is missing. and if sound quality is an issue NOT combining left and right audio together, as with stereo pairing, into every separate speaker connected is a plus for me.. need two of them to take advantage of the stereo feature. the xb does have party pairing button as well as stereo pairing for one other sony speaker. too bad every individual speaker doesnt just have a left right or mid/both channels option for a bunch of speakers in stereo/surround sound.. or woofer for one big xb44. highlighting the indicator options like shutting off extra bass and lights was helpful

I still have the JBL Link 20. Will the charge 5 sound noticeably much better?

Good review

Wow it's Very Difficult, I Love Both of Them!!! 🤤🤤😍😍

Uboom review coming ?

I just bought XB43. Can we use it while charging?

Thanks!

What mic used for speaker test recording? What room? (its have acoustic treatment? ). Current record show equaly bad sound represention, both speaker have non-linear frequency reponse and tembral coloring, bad resolution just do it different ways. As i remeber sound of jbl IRL its play much better then on this record. (im listening it on good studio DAC and speakers) Maybe good idea time by time play original sound for comparsion but its have sens only if you record stuff good enough. For now its sound like you recorded on internal camera mic or external chip lawayer.

Lo sony suenan muy bien!! 👍 pero algo que me gusto de Jbl son los bajos profundos, mientras que los de sony son mas secos a mi parecer.excelente video amigo😉

Which one best in rock and acoustic?

How's the sound quality bass sound on Sony? Better than iphone speakers?

The XB33 is pretty phenomenal to me.. Such deep bass for a small item

Jbl seems to have tight punch than Sony. And also that extra tweeter is giving sharper highs adding more dimension to the sound.

I presume that for this price point they output stereo sound on their own or do you need to pair them by two's for stereo fx? Jbl sounds more open by the way..more defined sound

I’ve had the xb33 for two years and I got tired dragging it around the house so I decided I wanted another one for downstairs. I love the Sony but it’s now a €100 more now then what I got it for two yrs ago. So I bought the charge 5 this week. I connected this to my phone and it blew me away. The sony is no match to the JBL. I just turned the mids down by one in equaliser. The sony I had to change everything and it’s still now as clear. The bass is fantastic on both. But the JBL produces more sound. It’s a matter of taste. If you prefer a warmer sound, the Sony would be better. But I prefer a more realistic sound which is why I prefer the JBL. It actually amazed me straight from the box. I just hope the battery is as good as the Sony’s because I’ve heard ppl complain about it and the Sony’s lasts forever

Can I charge the JBL and blast music at same time? I cannot on the flip 5 it dies and turns off. I can on the XB-33. That would be a deciding factor for me on who the winner is.

Yo dude some great speaker reviews, keep at it 👍

Hey gymcaddy! I'm interested on buying a megaboom 3, but I don't know if it's better to wait the megaboom 4 to be announced... What would you do??

Can you do a comparison with the Charge 4 and the Sony Xb33

Why they cut out the 3.5 jack if they didn't put aptx ll bluetooth? They don't know that we have lipsync? ( when is about 🎥🍿)

I had the Charge 5 and both the appearance of the speaker and the sound quality is amazing, but I felt that it loses a lot of bass when the volume is turned up to more than 60%, and being mono I decided to sell it and buy the XB33, I'm going to try it and see if it convinces me more.

If jbl can do that 2 way set up in 2 channel, I'd move... but sucks they don't do LDAC streaming. Do type c audio in if you won't do LDAC!

The Charge 5 now has an equalizer through the JBL app. Now you can turn that bass up even more!

I have my JBL extreme 3 and I am loving it!

Here’s my take… I compared the XB33 that I had to the charge 4 and hands down the Sony beat the charge 4 by a lot… charge 4 sounded muddy and I just couldn’t do it, xb33 had way cleaner sound with decent bass. Idk how better is the charge 5 compared to the charge 4 and I keep hearing nothing but good things from it. The only thing was that the XB33 doesn’t get that loud in my opinion, but sound quality was really good. Again… sound can be subjective so everyone needs to hear this on their own to make a final decision.

At 3:28 the xb33 battery size is 2700 mah which to get thoses numbers is actually really good and which means it have better amp effiency vs the jbl as it has a 6,500 mah battery

just purchased a JBL 5 and I'm very glad I did! sounds amazing!

like always, jbl is more treble pronounce. but i might have to give this one to sony.

The jbl charge 5 would cost about $1800 in my country's currency. That's quite expensive for me!

Walmart has the charge 5 for $140 so I picked it up the Sony at Best Buy $119

So, I used to have some Sony speakers, sold them, got a boombox, got rid of it, and now I bought a charge 5. How do I carry it around while listening to it? Is there a good sling case or something?

I was going to get the charge 5 but was said it didn't have a Aux port..

JBL has it's distinct signature sound that when you listen to the sony you knew its not JBL.

Thanks

I just ordered Sony XB33 after watching your reviews. Couldn't find Charge 5 on Amazon.

Excellent video. The JBL is certainly better.

charge 5 for sure, i usually use mine for listening to videos on my ipad or playing music in the yard to play with the dog and its good for both indoor and outdoor use. outdoor about 80 to 90% if your far away and indoors around 30 to 50% depending on how well the audio is in videos. if the audio is compressed and low quality in videos making it very low volume then you need it on like 70% but for me i mostly use it indoors can use it for 3 days straight before the light starts blinking red so its good in sound and battery. is not fancy with lights but you cant have it all its why i also got the pulse 5.

I got the Flip 5. Very good budget friendly speaker and it got good bass

STOP REMOVING THE HEADPHONE JACK! USB-C supports audio transfer why tf would you make it purely a sharing port?

I'm not impressed with the jbl charge 5. It's ok but I was expecting to feel the music way more. I bought it for my personal gym because I don't want to turn my ear buds all the way up. Any recommendations?

I have the jbl charge 5 and I love it!

I love the bass on the Sony and I like the cleaner sound on the JBL

I just bought the XB33 for 89.99 new which to me is a great deal.

Cant decide between these two. I just want a good deep bass without the use of custom EQ.

I tried both in the store and choosed jbl. More louder, better bass. I believe maybe better quality and higher chance of meeting someone with the jbl to connect at a party. I love it.

How long does it take to charge the battery from 0 to100 jbl and sony ?

we need audio jack for lossless audio (HIFI)

14:00 that point is bs. Because phones can now connect to multiple devices. So just use your phone.

XB33 is the best the BASS Bluetooth speaker It’s amazing very strong the XB33 got 2 Subwoofers that’s BASS OUT Plus the radiators the XB33 2021 the best and cool asf Bass Bluetooth speaker love the 2 Subwoofers Inside of the XB33

Charge 5 doesn’t have any EQ adjustability. XB33 does and after two mins of tweaking the EQ, it’s freaking awesome.

But u can use AUX from the usb type c that is there

I ordered sony xb33 today, the red one, got it for 90€, arriving in few days

I'm getting the charge 5 this week

I would really like everyone's opinion. I recently bought the JBL charge 5. I've had the three for a while and loved the sound profile, it has just been cutting out before dead battery. When I brought the charge 5 with me to the beach any acoustic or Rock even the voices started sounding very tinny. Has anyone else experienced this?

I would love to know how the charge 3 compares to the charge 5. I love my charge 3 alot but want to upgrade

See, I tried the JBL and the Sony and hated the first and loved the latter. I consider myself an audiophile with experience in audio production. What I want to say is: what sounds "good" is highly subjective, so don't base you opinion on reviews like this.

Open sound by JBL do not means automatically better. I find that the Sony has better overall sound, Sony bass are deeper. Another important thing that many youtubers miss in speaker comparison, is the sound quality in low volume, like in morning time during a breakfast or a romantic dinner or as a background speaker. I'm sure both will excel but Sony maybe better at lower volume because that JBL 10w twitter will take over all the high frequencies vocals and twits, I mean the sound on JBL will be just nosier. Let me know if you have both speaker which is better in low volume around 10 to 20%.

How do know the XB33 is 30watts? Sony refused to publish the wattage b/c they know it's lower than its competitors. This explains why the Sony sounds too low and muted.

I got my charge 5 for 109 on sale at Walmart JUST because they had to use more tape on the box :)

Jbl speaker coil wire is made of aluminum, while sony is just a normal standard coil.

If there were an option to purchase without lights blinking, instead of option to turn off within the app I would purchase it… I like my charge 4 and 5

I think codec is important. codec is sound quality.

I went from 1 XB40 to 2 XB33s and I'm in two minds as to whether I like them. The party mode is alright but it stops the speakers from working in stereo. I thought 2 of the speakers working in tandem would allow for more volume but I'm guessing stupid E.U. rules put that idea in the bin because having 2 speakers connected at the same time makes no difference to volume. I'm considering sending these speakers back and buying the bigger brother to the XB33s.

For me. The JBL is more special. ❤️

Can the charge 5/ filp 5 be use with a microphone pluged in to a phone as a PA system?

The JBL has much better sound quality but I got the XB33 because of the lights and it still sound amazing. You can’t go wrong with either.

Awesome jbl charge 5👍👍

Hey @gymcaddy , what about a pulse 4 vs charge 5 video?