Sony XE200 XE300 vs Bose Marshall & JBL

I love their music sound, but the auto EQ makes me question them...
amzn.to/3cv9u5h - Sony XE300
amzn.to/3zphhKX - Sony XE200
Danny Pops Speaker Recommendations and Why
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Best Micro Portable Speakers:
♯amzn.to/3DRFg81 - Tribit Micro 2 - Ludicrously good sound for the price.
♯amzn.to/3NiiaKv - Marshall Willen - most stylish, but I slightly prefer the Tribit.
♯amzn.to/3DHQw6w - Wonderboom 3 - Loud, Clear, Cheap, Colorful.
Best Small Portable Speakers:
♩amzn.to/3U2KHGR - Bose Flex - The King of Small Sound.
♩amzn.to/3TLzMkl - Marshall Emberton II - Stylish and clear sound.
♩amzn.to/3T2asFX - JBL Flip 6 - A bit more refined that the amazing Flip 5.
Best Medium/Large Portable Speakers:
♪amzn.to/3XVSrgA - Motion X600 - Great Spatial Sound, fun to listen to!
♪amzn.to/3NoMT8T - Vifa Oslo - Amazing clarity but very expensive.
♪amzn.to/3SV6fDW - Marshall Tufton - Best Smooth Bass in class.
♪amzn.to/3gTMoHz - Soundcore Motion Boom Plus - Slam Dunk for price/performance.
♪amzn.to/3sDp97o - Tribit Blast - At 12.3lbs this thing can crank some serious bass.
♪amzn.to/3U290nE - UE Hyperboom - The hyperboom is hard to beat for loudness.
Danny’s Best Home Speakers:
♫amzn.to/3DIKNO3 - Klipsch The One II - A beautiful beast of a mid century style speaker.
♫amzn.to/3FqaDaC - Klipsch The Three II - Its like the one but just a little bigger sound.
♫amzn.to/3rqN0K9- Marshall Acton III - Best Buy overall for great sound/value
♫amzn.to/3PSPg7e- Marshall Stanmore III - Only slightly louder than Acton III.
♫amzn.to/44NAAuc - Marshall Woburn III - Best in class for massive warm sound.
Danny’s Best Earbuds
♭amzn.to/44MrEW1 - Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro - Best sounding Period.
♭amzn.to/3ruABoG - Sony Linkbuds S - Best Microphone for phone calls.
My favorite headphones
🎶amzn.to/3rmcckY - Apple AirPods Max - phenomenal sound & fit/feel
🎶amzn.to/43mxbBy - Sony 1000XM5 - comfortable, sleek, great 360 audio
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!

[@ervca06]

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

[@yiactioncamerafootage9341]

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 👏

[@jub8891]

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

[@user-gz4ir9yf1s]

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?

[@warmsound75]

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

[@kimpoypogi3065]

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

[@user-si3mf1ys9u]

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

[@nhdismeh9402]

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.

[@guangchenglu5334]

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

[@billdepalma161]

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.

[@user-gn2tx6gs4g]

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 😢

[@tsankotsankov760]

I like listening to classical music and I really love how my bose soundlink flex reproduces it. The mids and highs are rich but not exaggerated. The sound is very nice and balanced. I can totally recommend it.

[@Scarrus666]

Metal music is the life

[@jatinraj1263]

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

[@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

[@rubric_ra]

Exactly

[@denvercyclist]

Thumbs up for being a Colorado local!

[@wayoff_e]

For outdoor settings like street courts and also with home use would you recommend the Emberton II or Flip 6? Bass is kinda important to me but not a top priority. Love your vids!

[@DannyPops]

If bass is important id do the flip 6

[@wayoff_e]

@@DannyPops Alright thanks man. Is the discrepancy between the bass quality of the Emberton II and Flip 6 all that large? especially at louder volumes and outside and stuff

[@DannyPops]

@@wayoff_e the flip 6 has 2 passive radiators that do a better job with bass and sounds less artificial. Either you'd be happy with once you use it but I'd say JBL has better bass by a small margin.

[@warmsound75]

Sony new range looks very experimental. That's why I bought xb43 and xb23 . Now waiting for upgrade of xg500 and xb13

[@faby_v9]

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

[@DannyPops]

I'd go for the flip 6 for sound.

[@faby_v9]

​@@DannyPops thank you very much!👍

[@motioz8423]

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?

[@DannyPops]

amzn.to/3Fzvzfj these logitech z625 are hands down the best to me. I've used them for 7+ years and i still find their sound the best.

[@motioz8423]

@@DannyPops Thanks, I think they'll be too loud, today i'm using the first FLIP that came out haha... that's why I thought about a Bluetooth speaker to replace it and wanted it to be stereo unlike the new JBL they mono

[@gilmercina3320]

Quality Clarity in audio. Bose👍

[@hixnada8278]

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!).

[@Grommet2007]

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.

[@zlycho1471]

I just watched this for the bose lol

[@nirajmidhun5743]

I am confuse to buy new portable Bluetooth speaker which one would you recommend me jbl flip 6 or sony x200

[@palkrishnan8141]

Same here

[@yamanakatv1976]

Good Job

[@gilboxx]

nobody implement input aux anymore... why? >:(

[@kardesai]

Bro, please compare vocals on all the speakers for us.

[@ianashlon1154]

A bit of EQ can make a great sound out of that sony as it seems

[@CarMumel_Anthony]

Can you do stack mode on a willen and an emberton 2 together?

[@joelf5565]

I’ve heard you can but that the Willen needs to be the Host.

[@user-gz4ir9yf1s]

Need your help choosing headphones with good sound. Recommend headphones in the middle price range (+/-100$) with a good balanced sound - so that there is not too much bass, and also not too much highs - so that there is a good sound I looked at buds2, buds2 pro - but the price, buds FE, wf-c500, c700, wf-ls900 linkbuds s, I don't know - maybe bose quietcomfort or sport, or nothing ear 2 (and also the price), or anker soundcore life note, I don't believe in oppo, or do I not consider them for nothing, like Philips, panasonic?

[@joelf5565]

I love my JLabs…sound amazing and they’re cheap.

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Ive seen so many vidoes bowz everytime the default eq of sony is flat and muffled, almost like the one is covering the speakers. Very impressed by that small ibl. The bose sounds very clear. Injust dont like the overall design. Hard choice! I currently have an old ie boom3 and i find its audio nixez thr sparial sound is amazing, to me ar least. I know jbl has power, but has avery punch default eq signature

[@robbieasghari8361]

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.

[@DannyPops]

I read it

[@robbieasghari8361]

@@DannyPops Thanks :)

[@jacobjezuz1743]

Por que el titulo esta en español?

[@aldopalacios3357]

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.

[@EvanLovell]

Sony such a disappointment this year

[@fulstaak]

I am so confused. Been looking online for a portable speaker to listen some music at home with. I own a pretty good Denon sound system and I absolutely love the sound of it. I am an audiophile and I'm looking for a great portable speaker that will give me a great experience with all types of music. Any price point is fine but I want a bang for my bucks. Any top recommendations?

[@DannyPops]

I've got a list of recommendations in the video description If you want to take a look :) depends on what size speaker you want :)

[@joelf5565]

I’ve just heard a demo of a new Klipsch speaker coming out in a few weeks. It’s called Nashville. It definitely took its design queues from the Emberton, but sounds better in my opinion. A little deeper bass than the Emberton and more crisp vocals. And all the while very balanced.

[@fulstaak]

​@@joelf5565 Hey thanks for your suggestion, I got myself a Soundcore Motion+ a year ago (two of them) and I really enjoy these so far, but I will keep an eye on the Nashville for sure. Your description of it def got me curious. Cheers.

[@shurikencookies]

Imo the soundstage on the Sony XE speakers sound really weird compared

[@IamBluford]

Will a usbc to aux adapter work on the flex?

[@DannyPops]

I don't see why it wouldn't. USB c can send all sorts of data.

[@DannyPops]

Most smart phones are pretty easy to send aux sound from via a USB C to aux. I did it many times in the middle of a desert once to connect my S21 ultra phone to a car with only aux and radio. Edit: I see so you want to send aux to usb c.... that may not work but why can't you just connect USB to USB C

[@IamBluford]

@@DannyPops I’m thinking it should work too. I’m wanting the flex for my local movie drive in set up and would need to connect my portable fm radio to the flex for an upgrade on sound quality. The usbc to aux adapter seems like the obvious fix since the flex has no aux but I’d hate to get it just to find out it doesn’t work for some strange reason

[@DannyPops]

@@IamBluford you are in real niche territory. You could always try it and return it and then let us know how it goes.

[@IamBluford]

@@DannyPops Good idea, will do

[@vishnu18697]

I went to a store ans tested flip 6 and soundlink flex. I love sony but XE200 , 300 sounded muffled. Ended up with Bose's flex because it's base sounded better than flip 6.

[@lexgotv]

There is no comparison from the Sony xe200 vs the bose sounding flex and the jbl flip 6 does not have a microphone

[@dgs1017]

but you can adjust sony tho

[@Zenstone26]

High frequency is such a mess on xE the experiment

[@waynedexter]

Bose just released a red color for the Soundlink flex. Supposedly it’s a limited edition. Looks dope. Btw, the flex is $130 right now

[@minnybiker4505]

I just bought 2 red ones. I've been obsessing about speakers for a few months. The new color (close to my alma matter's color) and the reduced price sealed the deal for me finally. I currently have 1 SoundLink micro and am very happy with it. Two flex in stereo should be nice, even though they're twice the size.

[@waynedexter]

@@minnybiker4505 Have they arrived yet?

[@minnybiker4505]

@@waynedexter currently tracking for Wednesday delivery.

[@waynedexter]

@@minnybiker4505 I’m excited for you. You won’t be disappointed because just 1 of these bad boys sounds great. So 2 in TWS should sound brilliant

[@minnybiker4505]

@@waynedexter got 'em! They do sound great, very pleased! Linking in stereo has proven kinda tricky, but once done, I am very impressed!

[@jeamrudychumabba7775]

tiene buen bass el xe300 luego sigue el bose y jbl

[@ufriendz9928]

Sony makes perfect sound

[@fzlirm]

Sony XE-300 with LDAC is a whole different level

[@rajanbgmiyt]

Is sony better than emberton?

[@rubric_ra]

All of em are trash get only Bose or the JBL speaker and d if you're not a sucker for brand just get the Soundcore Motion + with Alan Ross' custom equalizer settings it beats all the speakers on the table.

[@rajanbgmiyt]

@@rubric_ra i actually bought the Marshall emberton cream colour and i'm pretty happy with its clarity and premium looks

[@kingkobra1956]

Sony needs to go back to the drawing board and start all over again.

[@thirtythirty9054]

Bose-Sound is very good

[@andy_barus]

Speaker Polytron the best 😂

[@gilmercina3320]

Sony lack of clarity

[@rubric_ra]

Don't understand if the dude in this video have ears or he's just deaf? How can he imply he's conflicted when there are 3 speakers that are known for horrible sound. The Sony(s) which are all muffled and have boomy upper bass and the Marshall with very sibilant ear pericing highs? Crazy!!

[@gokulpeediyekkal3700]

Jbl, bose,Sony xe200😇❓

[@jamieeisenhower1560]

JBL is the one to get

[@TheOneandOnlyCornBread]

After the clock radio sound of my xb33 compared to a $60 JBL clip I’ll never buy another Sony bluetooth speaker again, tbh I have no clue how it has so many good reviews

[@pixelreflectorpro]

Because people actually use the eq and sound features from Sony's app And sony improved the sound of all party connect speakers

[@user-ht2mq4rc1r]

Bose👍

[@computerpwn]

the only thing stopping me from getting the soundlink is the wide open charging port that will eat dust, dirt, sand, water and everything else. horrible design choice

[@computerpwn]

but remedied easily by a small rubber C mold or a piece of tape, i guess.

[@MaleHolistics]

BOSE is best for sure

[@warmsound75]

Sony has caged the sound . I don't know if that is a smart move

[@DenniS-zw1zm]

yep i dont know why they spit on they own new bt speakers again

[@infectedmushroomfan6446]

Like from Russia

[@kangoon4434]

No. That bass isn’t “clean” that bass of the XE200, I’m sorry to say it, but it’s the worst bass you can get on a speaker at this size. Bass shouldn’t sound like that. From my testing the bass cuts out at about 160Hz on the XE200 and that got me thinking WTF is going on with SONY, the EQ is so off that it’s peaked at around 200Hz, making the sound very muddy and the vocals are all crumpled up with the bass. The high frequency is also very bad on the XE200, probably because of the design of it that sink the drivers inside the body. The XE200 just doesn’t have anything, there’s no bass at all, there’s no clean mids, the highs sound like a toy… I’m sorry but SONY really made me disappointed.

[@vahapdilek446]

Bose

[@harshithn2536]

Got that sony speaker for 120$

[@riderboy510]

Jbl

[@semimedinaborejon]

These Sony models are not good compared to my XG300...

[@user-rz6bg4kn7t]

JBL

[@sunny787]

jBL

[@darrellee4953]

Try testing speaking with music that uses actual musical instruments, not authentic noise.

[@capitanlevi203]

Soundcore >>> sony

[@artarealmblazer8452]

Those Sony speakers are terrible.

[@joelf5565]

All of the Sonys I’ve ever heard sound terrible. It’s hard to tell about these for sure since the music selection was very limited.

[@jnw7373]

Bose sounds like 80s tv..yuck

[@Lana-or5dz]

Bose