JBL - Charge 4
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Last updated: Dec 5, 2025 Scoring
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"The JBL lineup is relatively cheap, with the most value for your money a charge, second-hand they go for 50-75 euro, I believe they are new around 100 euro."
"if you're gonna listen only at home when you're by yourself I consider the Charges 4 and 5 a better option moneywise"
"JBL is cheap"
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"Daily, all day, charge at night. ... I'm WFH, so I have on while working, about 10 hours a day"
"I have a jbl charge and the battery is amazing."
"battery lasts all day"
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"splashed ... dropped in pool ... kicked across deck...drops etc"
"going on 5 years of 3 daughter abuse pool side ... still sounds great"
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"my jbl charge 4 lit had more bass, more excursion on the woofer and the passives and somehow was louder with the same EQ"
"It sounds fantastic"
"Charge has more bass."
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"splashed ... dropped in pool ... kicked across deck...drops etc"
"I also have the charge 4, that I use to bring easily on camping without a car etc."
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"No deep bass at all. ... But bass? Nah"
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"Between those two there is no noticible diference, meaning, there is a very, very noticable delay. ... So I just don't bother with the wire anymore."
"Those tend to have a delay (JBL has one), even when connected to the cable. ... The delay makes beatmatching between the speaker and your headphones quite annoying."
"I own a JBL Charge 4, but the latency, even with a cable connection, isn't ideal for DJing."
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"My jbl charge 4 and jbl flip 6 suffered driver blown out despite no drop, no play high volume, and bass boosted song. ... It didn't do this in the first 6 months of owning my charge 4 and flip 6. My charge 4 and flip 6 started doing this after the warranty is over. I didn't use the lfm mode and I played these two speakers at <50% volume. Musics are from Spotify streaming."
"over a 3 year period I’ve had a JBL Charge 4 and a JBL Charge 5 just randomly stop working."
How about all of the other cylinder shaped speakers?? They all came with circle drivers and now when jbl used the racetrack driver in their charge4 for the first time everybody started doing it. Sony, huawei, xiaomi, mifa, and many others. I know there has been 2 way speakers since or before the jbl charge 4 but im talking about the woofer and that everyone is copying them and nobody can thing of a new design. Atleast the tronsmart s100 used a new type of design and finally changed something up.
r/Bluetooth_Speakers • New Xiaomi bluetooth speaker ->Agree, I have the partybox 300, pretty decent warm sound. I also have the charge 4, that I use to bring easily on camping without a car etc. The extreme's are better than charge's. But yeah I would recommend the partybox series myself. 100's are a bit small, but possible to put in a backpack. 300 has decent sound for 10 people with dancing
r/psytrance • Best ~500€ bluetooth speaker for Psytrance ->I mean for that price u can’t complain. If I get it later it will replace my current JBL charge 4 just cause it’s always out of juice when I need it
r/MilwaukeeTool • Thoughts on this m12 speaker? ->Charge 4 or flip 5 imo cuz lfm
r/JBL • Which Bluetooth portable speaker? ->I have two JBL Charge 4's. The Charge is more powerful and have better bass, but at almost 4x the price. The Xiaomi is quite a bit better bang for the buck than the Charge.
r/Bluetooth_Speakers • Xiaomi Sound Outdoor 30W speaker is seriously impressive! ->I just use a JBL Charge 4. Does the job.
r/swimmingpools • Speaker Around Pool ->got to say I was all in on JBL for years with my Charge 4, not really having much to compare with outside of soundcore and UE but after getting my Harman Kardon Go + Play 3 and Luna I'm not sure there is a better sound quality to price ratio out there for me. Crystal clear sound without distortion at any volume and really well balanced bass. Even better if you can catch any of their speakers on sale.
r/Bluetooth_Speakers • What Is The Best Speaker Brand? ->damn that looks really good. This the one I use: [https://www.jbl.com/bluetooth-speakers/JBL+CHARGE+4.html](https://www.jbl.com/bluetooth-speakers/JBL+CHARGE+4.html) but that one looks slimer and ligher while still 30W
r/Elektron • Budget speakers recommendations for Digitakt in 2024? ->I don't know how true this is, but I was told by a coworker that the M12 speaker is basically a rebadged JBL Charge 4 or 5 minus one "sub" to make room for the battery terminal. That would actually be cool because I have a JBL charge 4 and it's an awesome little speaker.
r/MilwaukeeTool • Yo this M12 speaker is actually amazing ->I just got the Xtreme 3 for Chrismas and the first couple of days I wasn't a big fan. I wondered if my Charge 4 (which i have used for 3 or 4 years now) is better. But those doubts passed once I got used to the bass. I used it at 2 partys and everyone tought it's so much better + it's a lot louderthe only thing that bothers me now is a kind of white noise while the music is playing. I mean the noise is really quiet but when I'm alone in my room and the volume is down I can hear it and I'm not a big fan. Otherwise I find it great for partys or when you're outside, so if you like listening music with your friends it's a good choice, BUT if you're gonna listen only at home when you're by yourself I consider the Charges 4 and 5 a better option moneywise
r/JBL • Xtreme3 is not that great?! ->The charge 4 is the goat. Used it for 3 or 4 years and it was the best
r/JBL • Any way to get more bass on iphone? here are my EQ settings for spotify and jbl portable app ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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