So the new JBL Partybox 710 is just an insanely over kill speaker.
However, this thing sounds great, its bass produces earthquakes and it has a really cool
looking light feature.
But today we’re going to see how the Partybox 110 and 310 stacks up to the 710.
Now personally I absolutely love the 110 and I think the 310 is a much more sensible investment
over the 710.
But if you absolutely need to know how this family stacks up to one another… then keep
watching.
Regarding pricing, the Partybox 710 retails for $800, the Partybox 310 now retails for
$550 cause before it used to retail for $500 and the Partybox 110 now retails for $400
cause before it used to retail for $350.
But nonetheless all of these partybox’s are great… and obviously the larger the
speaker the louder and more bass you’re going to get.
And if you want to pick any of these speakers up they’ll be linked down below.
Now first let talk about the design of these speakers.
All of these speakers have a mostly plastic body which can be a scratch magnet and they
all have a metal grill on the front.
Now regarding weight, the 110 weighs in at 23 pounds… the 310 weighs in at 38 and a
half pounds and the 710 weighs in at 62 pounds.
Now when it comes to portability, the 110 is easy enough to carry around… and you’ve
got these built in carrying handles.
Where as both the 310 and 710 have built in wheels.
However, rolling the 310 around is much easier cause of its telescopic handle.
Whereas I did find that rolling the 710 around feels a little more awkward cause its carrying
handle is fixed.
And overall, just moving the 710 can be a two person job sometimes.
So if portability is a very big deal to you… then you definitely want to go with either
the 310 or 110.
Now when it comes to durability, all of these speakers are rocking an IPX4 rating.
Meaning that if either of these speakers we’re to get splashed on, or if they were to get
rained on… they should be just fine.
Just as long as the ports compartment on the back is sealed.
But finally I also gotta point out that both the 310 and 110 have speaker stand mounts
on the bottom.
Where as the 710 doesn’t.
So with either the 310 or 110… you can always elevate them if you want.
But now lets talk about the light features on these speakers cause JBL makes some very
impressive looking light features.
Now the light feature on the 710 is an upgraded version of the light feature on the 110.
As in the light rings that go around the woofers are conjoined.
Where as the light rings on the 310 are separated.
But the 710 has some additional elements to it like imbedded LED’s in its face and it
also has these colored light strips on either side.
But nonetheless with all of these speakers you can control their light features through
JBL’s partybox app and you can even customize them if you want.
Just keep in mind that if you do decided to use the light features on either the 310 or
110… they are going to chew into your battery life.
Now regarding battery life, the Partybox 110 has an advertised battery life of 12 hours.
But thats with this speaker playing at around 20% volume, with the light feature turned
off and with bass boost turned off as well.
Now 20% volume on the 110 is good for like ambiance… but real world use with the 110
playing at 65% volume which is good for working out, with the light fear turned on and with
bass boost set to level 1… the 110 is good for about 8 hours of playback time.
But then there’s the partybox 310 which has an advertised battery life of 18 hours,
but thats with this speaker playing at 50% volume, with the light feature turned off
and with bass boost turned off as well.
And 50% volume on the 310 is already a really good listening volume.
But obviously if you were to use the 310 at a higher volume, with the light feature turned
on or with Bass Boost turned on thats going to drain your battery life a little faster.
However something that the 310 has over the 110 is that it has a 12 volt charging port.
So if you want you can get JBL’s optional car charger and be able to power your speaker
with your car which could come in handy if you plan on taking your speaker on a camping
trip and it dies on you.
But now lets talk about the ports on these speakers.
All of these speakers have 2 quarter inch inputs so if you want you can plug in a pair
of mics on any of these speakers for karaoke.
Now you can adjust the Bass, treble, or echo on either of these speakers… but keep in
mind these changes only affects any microphone you have plugged into your speaker… not
your music.
Now continuing on the topic of ports… all of these speakers have a USB A port which
you can use to either plug in a USB stick and play music off of it… or you can use
it to charge your own devices.
Now I think its great and all that all of these speakers have a USB A port… but I
really wish these speakers also had a USB C port which you could use to charge your
own device and or use it as a wired connection cause most phones these days now come included
with USB C cables instead.
However all of these speakers still have your standard 3.5 millimeter audio jack so you
can always just use a wired connection with them… but they all also have a pair of audio
in and audio out jacks.
So if you’ve got a spare speaker lying around you can always daisy chain it to the any of
these partybox’s.
Or if you want to sync up more than 2 Partybox’s together you’re going to want to daisy chain
them.
And I’ll explain why later.
But when it comes to bluetooth connectivity, all of these speakers are the same.
They can all be connected to 2 devices at the same time so that you can either hot swap
from one device to another regardless of operating system which is great for power users.
Or so that you and a friend can both be DJ.
And when it comes to performance… this speaker has zero latency across the board when watching
movies or videos whether you’re using an iPhone or an android device.
But now lets talk about actually listening to music with these speakers.
Now all of these Partybox’s have the same speaker setup.
They all have dual frontward firing woofers, dual frontward firing tweeters, and an exhaust
port that shoots out the back.
However the real difference here is when it comes to wattage.
Now the 710 has an out put of 800 watts.
The 310 has an out put of 240 watts and the 110 has an output of 160 watts.
However, the 310 and 110 can only hit those out put numbers that I just mentioned when
they’re plugged in.
When they’re running off of their internal batteries they won’t get as loud.
Now all of these speakers also have a Bass Boost button.
And you have 2 levels to choose from.
Now personally I like to use bass boost level 1 on both the 310 and 110 at all times…
but I actually found that with the 710, I don’t like having bass boost turned on if
you’re going to use it indoors cause the bass can get very over powering.
But now we’re going to jump into the soundtest.
Now just as you’d expect, all of these speakers have the same sound signatures.
So to make things more interesting id thought that we’d use these speakers all under the
same settings.
As in therye all playing at 44% volume, with bass boost level one and theyre are running
the same lighting mode.
However, both the 310 and 110 are playing while unplugged.
So
like you may have just heard, all of these speakers have the same sound signature.
They all have strong mids so that vocals are prominent, but they also have strong bass
that comes in when it has to.
In general these speakers sound good and balanced.
However, the 110 is a little quicker to bring in the bass than these other two larger speakers.
But for the most part these speakers share the same sound signatures.
However when it comes to the sheer physicality of the bass on these speakers… the 710 is
just in a league of its own.
The 310 also has a ton of bass to it… but just not as much as the 710.
And when it comes to max volume, obviously the 710 is going to get the loudest here.
Now the 310 gets almost as loud as the 710 when its plugged in… but the same amount
of bass just isn’t there.
And when you have the 310 playing off of its internal battery its not going to get as loud
or have as much.
And again with the 110, if you’ve got it plugged in it does a good job of keeping up
with the 310 when its running off of its internal battery.
But again the bass just isn’t there.
And if you were to use it while running off of its internal battery…its not going to
get as loud or have as much bass.
But with all that being said, has more than enough bass and get more than loud enough
for personal use.
Its going to easily fill a larger room with music and its get more than loud enough for
an out door party.
However, if you want a little more physicality in your bass and you want better battery life
performance then you can go for the 310.
And then there’s the 710… this thing is over kill for personal use.
And I highly doubt that most people will ever have to go past 60% volume on this speaker
unless you want a visit from the cops.
The 310 will also
But finally lets talk about pairing these partyboxes together.
Now all of these partyboxes have True Wireless Stereo…
TWS.
And you can wirelessly pair 2 Partyboxes together.
However you can only wirelessly pair a 710, 310, or 110 to one another.
None of these speakers will pair up to lets say a Partybox 100 or partybox 300.
Now you can either get any two speakers together and get them to play in sync or you can get
two of the same speakers and get them to play in left and right stereo.
However you can only wirelessly pair a total of two speakers together.
If you want to pair more than two speakers together like I did in my B-Roll then you’re
going to have to daisy chain them up.
They’ll play in sync, but their light features won’t sync up.
And finally, I also gotta point out that Partybox’s won’t wirelessly pair up to any of JBL’s
smaller party boost speakers.
So if you’ve got a JBL Boombox 2, Xtreme 3, Charge 5, Flip 5 or JBL Pulse 4… they
won’t wirelessly connect to any partyboxes.
And personally I just really wish JBL would bring Partyboost to their Partyboxes.
But with all that being said, the JBL Partybox 710 is simply just over kill for personal
or indoor use.
However the 710 has your classic Partybox sound signature but with a whole lot of earth
shattering bass.
And not to mention… the extended light feature which featured additional LED’s embedded
into the face of this speaker and the LED light strips on the sides looks very good
as well.
But if you do plan on constantly moving this speaker around… it can be a two person job.
Personally I highly recommend that if youre looking for a large portable bluetooth speaker
then you should go with the 310.
Its gets more than loud enough, it also has a ton of bass, its much easier to move around,
you’ve got that built in battery which lasts a good while, and there’s even that 12 volt
port if you want it.
And then there’s the 110… this thing also gets more than loud enough and it also sounds
significantly better than the JBL Boombox 2.
The 110 is also the most portable speaker here.
I just wish it had a longer last battery.