JBL - PartyBox 720

I got a 720 upgraded from the 710 and either one of them with do the job

I think the partybox 320 is the best bang for buck. It's roughly half the price of the 520 and it weighs 20lbs less. It's portable, gets loud and is reasonably priced. The 520 and 720 are bigger and better options, however at $880 and $1100 respectively, I don't think they're the best value. Price and portability aside, they'd be better options. Getting a pair of speakers will sound better in terms of coverage and allow for stereo output. I run a pair of 310s and my nephew has a pair of 320s. Very happy with both. The 120s are also a good pick in terms of price/output/size. It really depends what your use case and budget is. If we're running a pair of 320s by the fire at night, it bothers the neighbor 100 yards away trying to sleep. I guess I'm saying consider how much output is even appropriate for your situation.

Ahhh dang, that sucks. For me the 720 is a deal breaker because it can't be mounted on a speaker pole. I like getting my speakers up high so they have more throw and you can get the tweeters above your ears for less ear strain. I have a $4000 pa system that I bought used and if I really need the extra output, I'll run my 12" tops and 18" subs. It sounds incredible but it's more work to transport, setup/teardown, and find outlets to plug everything in. For this reason, I prefer the partyboxes for most use cases, so I might sell my pa next summer. The 310s work well enough for what I need and I just got some studio monitors that I can use for booth monitors. I have a Bluetti AC70 that I can run my mixer and studios monitors off, so it's still a completely off-grid setup. Going to try getting my 12" pa subwoofer in the mix as well and if that doesn't sound good with everything, I'll just sell that too.

Partyboxes are fine tbh, I don't see why audiophiles hate them

Yeah.  I've heard a few different PartyBox models.  For me it's that the $3000 partyboxes are hot garbage. but the $300-900 ones are REALlY good.

I agree. For the price and quality of frequency range. Other option would be a Yamaha HS3’s with a sub.

The JBL partybox series have zero delay - if you plug into the daisy chain port

Depends on the speaker. Some of the delay is caused by Bluetooth, and some by the DSP (signal processing) - aux will bypass the Bluetooth, but not necessarily the DSP. Some speakers have minimal-to-zero lag on the aux (Minirig, Tribit Stormbox Blast) and some still have significant. For example I believe some of the JBL PartyBoxes have lag on the aux in but not on the daisychain as that bypasses the DSP :)

I would recommend sone of the bigger JBL speakers (Not the Xtreme). The RGB Looks somewhat trashy bit they Sound alright

What Adam says, the smaller JBL series have a passive membrane which serves as the Subwoofer, but its in no way as controllable Like a normal Driver. the ones inwould recommend are from the partybox series, they have sizeable drivers and two tweeters for the high frequencies

basically all partybox models.

Very nice setting. I reduced last two treble points to +5,+5. Vocals matched JBL PartyBox sound when playing daisy chained.. perfect 👍

I use a JBL partybox. Has aux input, has a battery for portability (goes well with a portable FLX4) and has really good bass and is loud enough.