JBL Charge 4 Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker
$119.99
$179.95
33% off
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Condition: New
Color: Green
Top positive review
27 people found this helpful
Sad edit. Returned after 1st week. Loved the sound.
By Farmer on Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2024
A solid easy pairing speaker. It isn’t necessary to use the app. There is no equalizer function in the app for the charge 4 anyway. Edit 1: it is easy pairing - but after pairing when i walked 15 feet away all connection would drop. No music. Would have to re- pair. The Amazon music app has an equalizer function built in that allows you to configure custom levels for each song, even during a song. And the charge 4 is perfectly responsive to the Amazon music app equalizer. So no need for the jbl presets to limit your music style. I bought the 4 because it has the 3.5 aux input. Charge 5 does not. The aux input is a more steady, stable and stronger signal than any Bluetooth. And the sound quality is superior. In addition the battery will last longer. This charge 4 uses an older version of Bluetooth. That is not an issue because all 5 range bluetooth is backwards compatible to 4. I’ve had no problem with Android or ios or kindle fire connections. Edit 2. Distance is an issue if you pair and walk away I’m happy listening to everything on this. Most of my music is piano, orchestral and folk. I alter the preset in the Amazon music app or my device equalizer. This is not just a boom box. But it can definitely boom a deep enough bass on the factory presets. Fast pairing on all devices, great loudness, good sounds that i can alter with my own equalizer. Works for classical or jazz, too. Including symphonies. Not hi fidelity or stereo but very pleasant. Good price. Connects to other jbl connect devices. Has 3.5 aux. I liked it so much i bought it a carrying case. Edit 3: i returned the Jbl charge 4. Now i have an empty jbl charge 4 case which i will use as an ugly purse.
Top critical review
12 people found this helpful
Well, on the third try I found speakers I'm going to keep, but.......
By tbyg on Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2023
They sound good. Pretty amazing bass for such small speakers. (Not a patch on my vintage L150s, of course. 😄 ) However, they have a really weird gap in the volume. You can have medium loud to as high as they'll go, or pretty soft to very soft, but you cannot have medium. I will turn these down from a little too loud and hear it go to the volume that I want, and then hear it tick down to even softer. I can't believe this couldn't be fixed with a firmware update, and I sure hope it is. I'm a little tired of listening to them just a little louder than I really want. Getting them to stay in stereo mode is a little iffy, and it's really annoying that you have to do it with their app, which really isn't good for much except that. In the first place, you'd think that for two of them stereo mode would be the default, or that it would stay there when you set it, at the very least. And besides that why the heck do I have to use an app?? My little Oontz Angle Pros that cost a third of what these cost, and sound nearly as good, frankly, go into stereo mode and stay in stereo mode all by themselves. I really fail to see why these can't do the same. Again, I bet this could be fixed with a firmware update and I hope it is. Uh-oh. Just found something that might be a deal killer. I was running the pair on batteries to see how long they lasted, and one of them cut off because it's battery had run down. Okay fine. So I plugged in the USB cable and it blinked to show it was charging, but it wouldn't play. Let me repeat that, it wouldn't play. What kind of device won't run off the input power while the battery is charging?? I'm going to see just how long it takes it to condescend to play again, but this issue may cause me to send back yet another pair of speakers. Who designs these things?? This issue is telling me that when the batteries go the speakers are also toast even if they are plugged in. Batteries don't last forever, so I am on the verge of considering that unacceptable, much as I want to keep these.
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