so this is the Sony xv800 now personally I like its new mellow sound signature it also has an
optical Port so you can use it with your TV which I feel helps makes the speaker a little bit more
versatile and it also has a decent world world battery life however the speaker is a little big
and it is a little pricey but today we're going to compare the Sony XV 800 to some smaller and more
popular box speakers like the JBL Party Box 110 and the Sony XP 500 regarding pricing the xv800
has a retail price of 650 a little pricey but I do expect this speaker to go on sale on a regular
basis but then there's the party box 110 and Sony XP 500 which both have a retail price of 400 but
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get subscribed now first we need to talk about the design of these speakers as you can clearly
see the XV 800 is the largest speaker here now this speaker weighs in at 40 pounds but for the
most part a single person can easily transport the speaker and to make life a little easier Sony went
ahead and added some Wheels the only problem is these wheels aren't of the largest so they're not
going to be the best one on a rough surface like let's say asphalt you're still going to be better
off just carrying the speaker whereas with these other two speakers they don't have wheels but
they're smaller and they both weigh in less than 25 pounds so these are your more portable options
now durability wise all of these speakers have a mostly plastic body which can get scratched very
easily but they're all water resistant so a little rain or if they get splashed on they're gonna be
perfectly fine but then there's the light feature on these speakers both of Sony speakers have
their typical light bars up top and on the bottom overall these light features look decent and they
look good at night or indoors but plainly said the 110's light feature is much more impressive
it's larger and it's much more Dynamic but one thing that the xv800 does have going for it here
is that its capacitive buttons up top light up and this is very useful either at night or in
a dark room but regardless if you decide to use the light feature on any of these speakers that
is going to take its toll on the battery life now when it comes to battery life the XV 800 hasn't
advertised by a life of 25 hours however this advertised battery life of 25 hours is with this
speaker playing at 30 volume which is a decent listening volume for at-home use and that's with
the megabass feature turned on which is good but that's with any light feature turned off but real
world use with this speaker playing at 65 volume which I feel is a decent listening volume to use
while with friends and with the mega bass feature turned on and with the light feature turned on the
xb800 is good for about 10 hours of playback time which is rather impressive but then there's the
XP 500 which has an advertised battery life of 20 hours but that's with this speaker playing at 30
volume which is actually very low it's good for like Ambiance but it's not good for like actually
listening to music and in general the XP 500 is very quiet for its size when it's running off of
its internal battery and also that's with the mega bass feature turned on and that's with the light
feature turned off but real world used with the speaker playing at 80 volume which is better but
at 80 volume the XP 500 is still going to leave you wanting more relative to its size and with
the megabase feature turned on and with the light feature turned on the XP 500 is good for about
six hours of playback time and finally there's the party box 110 which has an advertised battery life
of 12 hours but that's with this speaker playing at 25 volume which is noticeably louder than 30
volume on the XP 500 but that's with the light feature and the bass boost feature turned off
but real world use with it playing at 65 volume which I feel is a decent listening volume when
you're with friends and with the light feature turned on and with the bass boost feature turned
on as well the 110 is going to be good for around 6 hours of playback time but overall battery life
on these speakers really varies depending on how you use them but in general yes the xv800 does
have a longer lasting battery life than all these other speakers which can come in handy
if you plan on taking the speaker on the go with you now we're going to connectivity all of these
speakers can be connected to two devices at the same time so you and a friend can both be DJ and
none of these speakers have any latency issues so you can use them to watch videos on your phone
now when it comes to audio codecs the 110 only has support for SBC whereas Sony speakers have
support for SBC AAC and ldac which is Sony's own in-house high-res audio codec just keep in mind
that if you want to use ldac you do have to be an Android User because iPhones top out at AAC and
also if you do decide to use ldac that is going to take an additional toll on a v battery life
but if you want to you can always just use a wired connection with any of these speakers because they
all still have an audio jack but the 110 is the only speaker here that has an audio out Jack so
if you have a spare audio cable lying around and you have a spare speaker lying around regardless
of size or brand you can always just daisy chain it to the 110 and they're going to play in sync
but something that the XV 800 does have that these other two speakers don't is an optical Port and it
also comes included with its own optical cable so if you want you can always use the speaker
with your TV as a soundboard and personally I do like having this feature because if you need
a little extra something when you're going to watch the game the xb800 can come in clutch and
finally all three of these speakers can be used for karaoke however with both the Sony speakers
they can properly drive to microphones whereas the 110 can only properly drive one microphone
because the second quarter inch input is meant for a guitar so if this input has a lot more
resistance to it so your microphone isn't going to sound as good however with the 110 you can
go into the app and you can adjust the sound of your microphone whereas with a Sony speakers the
only thing that you can really do is add an echo and personally I don't think an echo is the best
thing for karaoke but overall I do feel that if karaoke is very important to you then you
might want to go with the Sony's here because you might want to be able to do karaoke with a friend
not just you but in general I do wish that Sony speakers would allow you to adjust the sound of
your microphone because all of these silly sound effects that you find in the Fiesta Bowl app just
isn't cutting it but now let's talk about sound regarding speaker setups both the 110 and XP 500
have a dual format firing woofers with an exhaust Port that suits out the back and they both have
dual former firing tweeters but then if there's the XV 800 which also has dual from mcfaring
woofers but its exhaust Port shoots out the front and this thing has a total of five tweeters on
it three on the front and two on the back that shoot upwards now when the speaker is standing
upright it'll use these two tweeters and the two on the back and when it's on its side it'll use
these two tweeters and it will continue to use the two on the back as well but now we're gonna
jump into the sound test the XP 500 is playing at max volume just so that it can keep up the
110 is playing at 88 volume with the bass set to deep and the XV 800 is playing at 75 volume with
the megabase feature turned on and all of these speakers are running off of their internal battery
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I think we need to adjust max volume performance on these speakers obviously since the XV 800 is
larger than both the party box 110 and XP 500 the xv800 is going to get noticeably louder than these
other two speakers and it should be good enough for a 20 party now the party box 110 gets decently
allowed for its size when it's running off of its internal battery and I'm willing to say that it's
decent enough for up to a 12 person party whereas with the XP 500 this is a speaker that's going to
leave you wanting more when it's running off of its internal battery however with all of these
speakers if you use them while they're plugged in you're going to get a noticeable performance bump
out of them they're all going to get louder and they're all going to have more bass and when you
use the XP 500 while it's plugged in that's when the speaker starts to perform as you'd
expect now when the party box 110 is plugged in it performs very similar to the XV 800 when it's
running off of its internal battery overall just as you'd expect the XV 800 is going to get louder
than these other two speakers but the party box 110 does a good job of keeping up relative to
its size but then there's the XP 500 where if you use it while it's running off of its battery it's
going to leave you wanting more but when it comes to overall sound quality of these speakers the XP
500 has a warmer sound signature to it so it's going to sound a little shallow and the vocals
aren't going to be as emphasized whereas other 110 has a brighter sound signature to it so vocals are
going to be even more emphasized but then there's the XV 800 which has Sony's newer more balanced
sound signature to it the vocals are a lot more emphasized than on the XP 500 but they aren't over
emphasized as with the 110. overall I like how the XV 800 sounds but the key thing to keep in
mind here about this speaker is its base the base on the XV 800 is more on the audible side and it's
smoother and surprisingly enough the bass on the 110 has the same amounts of physicality to it when
the bass boost is set to deep but if you were to set the base on the speaker too Punchy and if you
were to raise the base on the speaker as well the 110 is going to be able to Rattle your walls more
than the xv800 overall the xv800 gives you a more balanced listening experience and is going to get
louder but if you want as much bass as possible here then you might want to go with the 110. but
finally let's talk about pairing these speakers up with other speakers now with the 110 you can
wirelessly pair it up to one other party box like let's say an encore or 110 or 310 or a 710 and
you can get them to play in sync or if you have a two of the same speakers you can get them to play
in Stereo mode but the most important thing to remember here is that you can now wirelessly pair
any of jbl's larger party box speakers to any of jbl's smaller party boost speakers now personally
I do think that it is very limiting that you can only watch the pair of two party boxes together
and I also think that it's very limiting that you cannot pair your box speakers to your smaller more
portable JBL portable speakers however the 110 does have that audio out Jack so like I mentioned
earlier if you have a sparrow audio cable lying around you can always daisy chain it to one other
speaker and get them to play in sync but then there's the XV 800 and the XP 500 which are
both using Sony's party connect so you can watch repair them up to any of Sony's other speakers
that are also using pretty connect like an xv900 and XV 800 XP 700 or at XP 500 and you can pair up
to 100 speakers together and get them to play in sync or if you have two of the same speakers you
can get them to play in Stereo mode but the really cool thing about Sony's party connect is that you
can pair your larger box speakers to any of Sony's smaller speakers that are also using party connect
like let's say an xg500 XG300 XE 300 xe200 xb43 xb833 or xb23 and again you can pair up to 100
speakers together and you can get them to play in sync now even though Sony's party connect is very
accommodating and it gets to jump done sometimes it can be a bit of a hassle to use sometimes it
can take a while for all of your speakers to get paired up sometimes all of your speakers
don't get paired up on the first try so you're going to have to go through the parent process
multiple times and sometimes skipping does happen now this doesn't happen all the time but this is
just a heads up as to what to expect with Sony's party connect whereas with jbl's tws even though
it is a lot more limiting because you can only pair two pretty boxes together and you can't
pair them to any of jbl's pretty boost speakers personally I have found it to be a lot simpler to
use event party connect pairing your two speakers together is easier it's faster and skipping isn't
as big of an issue but with all of that being said yes if you were to Sprint for the XV 800
it's going to be noticeably louder it's going to have a longer lasting battery life you can connect
it to your TV and you can use two microphones with it for karaoke honestly the XP 500 has a
very hard time even keeping up with the XV 800 but then there's the party box 110. now this has been
one of my favorite box speakers to recommend because it sounds good it has as much bass as
the XV 800 and it has a very impressive light feature but this speaker doesn't have as good
of a battery life it's not going to get as loud and it can only properly drive one microphone
but still the 110 is still great but it is worth springing for the XV 800 if you made it this far
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