Boombox 4

i have one myself, the distortion does not bother me at all. pick one up people!!! https://preview.redd.it/wo9s5c70mo6g1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14000266d5ff9b66b267f446304ce00100d59f30

I have both, and just listed the bb3 wifi for sale. The boombox 4 is lighter, 3 modes for bass, does not roll of the surface you put it on, goes madly louder, bass is heavier, and I like the sound quality of it. The bbx3 wifi has a very slight better sound quality but every other aspect is won by bbx4. PLUS that the 4 can connect with partyboxes and newer models of jbl

JBL boombox 4 is impressive if you ask me

Ça dépend de ce que vous voulez en faire si vous voulez un super son ce sont les partybox qu'il vous faut sinon la Boombox 4 est très bien pour une écoute simple moi en tout cas elle remplace ma grosse chaîne hifi lourde qui date de 2014 et les voisins en sont témoins de plus aujourd'hui à l'heure actuelle JBL on sorti une mise à jour pour réduire encore plus les distorsions. Et la Boombox 4 fait largement mieux 

Oui avant la mise à jour surtout pour des basses profondes comme reggae, Trap, Dubstep etc...

You're gonna have to link the specific party box you're talking about. There are none that I know of that have two woofers side by side. Only stacked one on the other. You don't get passable soundstage without stereo separation. The boombox 4 has two woofers directly side by side. The 3 has the mids spaced out as far as possible. The 4 is a downgrade to me for that reason, among a couple of others. I can assure you, no partybox will have the same soundstage as a Boombox 3, unless they made one that's usable in a horizontal configuration. The BB3 is much wider in build than any partybox. I usually sit/stand <6 feet away from the boombox. It's not optimal but it definitely still has enough stereo separation. I'm an "audiophile" as my main hobby. I have been in to Hi-Fi setups and getting the correct speaker placement for years. I know what I'm looking for, and that is why I specifically sought out the Boombox 3 above all other options from JBL. https://preview.redd.it/9n5z4a588e6g1.jpeg?width=705&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8875f6d9f43eb54807f21b76876fec8c40e0126e (Photo is not mine) That woofer only plays up to 200hz. It does not matter that the mids/highs are in "the same speaker". They are far enough apart to make a HUGE difference compared to an Xtreme or BB 4.

I have proper setups with floor-standing speakers, as well as planar magnetic headphones when I want no compromises. I still don't get where you're coming from when you say it's the "same speaker", as if it's somehow different than two bookshelf speakers placed about 50cm apart from one another. They're obviously still quite close to one another, but it's more than enough to reap much of the benefit of stereo. The midrange drivers even have their own internal enclosure. Obviously separation drops off drastically with range, but it's a HUGE upgrade over an Xtreme which is also "stereo". Even across the room, while it's closer to mono than stereo, I can still clearly make out hard pans in the mix. There's nothing accurate about this speaker, but it's a joy to listen to, and would not be even close to what it is if it was truly mono. A partybox is too cumbersome and too fragile for my specific needs. I have other options if I want the highest fidelity or deepest bass response. This is something I mainly use out on the back deck, in a prime listening position, and that stereo separation in those circumstances is something I wouldn't go without. A partybox would never emulate that.

Wow, you've really thrown me for a loop with all your edits. I've lost track of where we stand. Seeing as you've edited and changed your entire comment, I'll engage once more. You seem to be implying that cabinet resonances ("acoustic energy") are so great, that it totally collapses any stereo "imaging" (using that term lightly, 50cm is better than nothing, great for a portable speaker, but is still poor in general). On one hand, I'm positive if I set one of my pairs of bookshelf speakers the same distance apart as the two L+R midrange drivers in this JBL, I'll get a very similar result. At the same time, you have said that "it all comes from the same speaker", and that it's no better than mono. Maybe, MAYBE I could get on board with some kind of cabinet resonance detracting very subtly from the stereo field, but you are saying that it would be much closer to mono. I can tell you that couldn't be further from the truth. Your "salt and pepper" analogy only starts making sense if we're cramming L+R channels though a single speaker driver. Obviously, that would be mono. This speaker has 5 different speaker drivers (classic 3-way setup with tweeters and mids completely isolated from one another, and a woofer in the middle). I don't think you have proved your point. You've certainly not cited more sources than I, although I'd be eager to have a look at any you may have on the topic.

I had one for a week. I sent it back. I wanted to love it, but not for that price. It had great deep bass at lower volumes, but now lacks the clarity the boombox 3 had…kinda muddy. Distorts and gets harsh at higher volumes.

I got it on Black Friday for 520. Sent it back and got a YEAHBOX. I have sent the YEAHBOX back now too and got the boombox 4 ordered once again…lol. I did get it new directly from JBL for 440. I’ll keep it for that price I think

I see all these reviews where they play them at 100%. I never do that to any speaker anyway. They all sound like crap at those levels…distortion or not.

Boombox 3 or 4 are solid choices if budget is not an issue. If you also plan to use the speaker indoors get boombox WiFi version.