so this is the LG X boom XL7 and now even though it does have its drawbacks personally
I enjoy its mellow sound profile and I think the customizable light feature up top is a
very nice touch but today we're going to see how the x-boom XL7 Stacks up to its smaller
competitors the JBL Party Box 110 and the Sony XP 500 regarding pricing the x-boom XL7
has a retail price of 600 which is rather steep for the speaker personally I would only
pick the speaker up if it's on sale for 450 or less but then there's the party box 110
and the Sony XP 500 which both have a retail price of 400 but they routinely like to go
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soon now first let's talk about the design of these speakers now all of these speakers
have a relatively soft plastic bodies which can get scratched very easily if you're transporting
any of these speakers and they all have a thin metal Grille on the front which can also
get dented rather easily now the x-boom is relatively larger and heavier than these other
two speakers weighing in at 34 pounds whereas the party box weighs in at 23 pounds and the
XP 500 weighs in a little under 25 pounds but to make up for the extra weight the x-boom
does have built-in Wheels which makes transporting the speaker a little easier and these wheels
are decently sized so they'll do an okay job of rolling on asphalt whereas with these other
two speakers you're gonna have to carry them now even though I do recommend that you try
to be gentle with these speakers because if they're soft plastic bodies do love to collect
scratches they're all rocking an ipx4 rating meaning that if any of these speakers were
to go rained on or splashed on they'll be fine just remember that keep the ports panel
on the back closed and I also want to quickly point out that the 110 is the only speaker
here that has a top hat mount on the bottom just in case you want to use this speaker
with a speaker stand Mount but next up there's the light feature now the X boom has a ring
light on it very similar to The Ring lights that you'll find on the 110.
but I feel that the ring lights on the 110 have more Dynamic animations than the animations
found on the x-boom but I do think the ring light on the X boom looks better than the
light feature found on the Sony but also the x-boom has this LED screen on the top which
also has its own set of animations and you can also customize it as well overall I think
the light feature on the x-boom is decent but I don't think it's as dynamic or as impressive
looking as the light feature found on the 110 but I think I prefer this light feature
over the more tamed light feature found on the XP 500 now obviously you shouldn't make
your speaker purchase decision solely on the light feature and if you do decide to use
any of these light features that is going to take its toll on the battery life now when
it comes to battery life the X boom hasn't advertised battery life of 20 hours which
is very impressive but this advertised battery life of 20 hours is with this speaker playing
at 50 volume with the light feature turned off but with the sound boost EQ turned on
which is good now the XP 500 also has an advertised battery life of 20 hours but this advertised
battery life of 20 hours is with this speaker playing at 30 volume which in general is very
quiet it's good for like Ambience 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 this is a speaker that you're going to have to routinely use between 80 to 100
volume but also this advertise battery life of 20 hours is with the light feature turned
off but with the megabase feature turned on which again is good and then there's the Podi
box 110 which has an advertised battery life of 12 hours but that's with this speaker playing
at 20 volume which is noticeably louder than 30 volume on the XP 500 but that's also with
its light feature turned off and with its base boost feature turned off as well now
battery life on all of these speakers really varies depending on how you use them if you
use these speakers at a higher volume that's going to drain your battery life if you use
these speakers with their light features turned on that's going to drain your battery life
or if you use the bass boost features on these speakers that's also going to join your battery
life but in general the x-boom does have the longest lasting battery life here just because
it also has a larger battery built in now when it comes to connectivity all these speakers
can be connected to two devices at the same time so you and a friend can both be DJ and
all of these speakers don't have any latency to them so if you want to you can always use
them to watch videos on your phone with them now when it comes to audio codecs the JBL
only has support for SBC whereas the LG has support for SPC and AAC but then there's Sony
which has support for SBC and AAC but it also has support for ldac which is Sony's own in-house
high-res audio codec just keep in mind that if you do want to use ldac you do have to
be an Android User because iPhones top out at AAC but now let's talk about the ports
on these speakers because there are some major differences here now first I do have to point
out that the X boom is the only speaker here that does not have an audio jack so you can't
use it with a wired connection and personally I find this to be rather ridiculous because
most other box speakers out there have an audio jack but I also have to point out that
the party box is the only speaker here that has an audio out Jack so if you have any other
speaker lying around you can always daisy chain them to the party box and they're going
to play the same music in sync but with all of these speakers they all have a USB a port
so if you want to you can always plug in a USB stick and play music off of it or you
can always use this USB a port to charge your own devices but personally I think that is
time that these speakers are moved on to a USB C Port because most phones these days
just come included with a USBC cables now with all of these speakers they have two quarter
inch inputs on the back so you can plug in a microphone for karaoke however the Sony
is the only speaker here that can properly drive to microphones because with both the
X boom and the JBL one input is meant for a microphone and the other input is meant
for a guitar and this guitar input has more resistance to it however the guitar input
on the X boom has a lot more resistance to it than the guitar input found on the JBL
because right now we're using the X boom and this microphone is connected to the input
that's meant for a microphone so obviously my microphone sounds good but if we were to
switch this input over to the guitar input right now that's at max volume so technically
with the X boom you can really only use one microphone on it alright so hold on I'm just
going to switch this over to the proper input foreign so yeah now that we're using the proper
input my microphone sounds a lot better now like I mentioned earlier the resistance on
the JBL isn't as bad so you can still get away with using a second microphone but definitely
if you do plan on getting one of these speakers and if karaoke is very important to you and
if you want to do karaoke with two microphones then you do want to go with the Sony but now
let's talk about sound now both the party box 110 and XP 500 have a dual front with
firing woofers with the exhaust ports that shoot out the back meaning they can amplify
the bass on both of these speakers by placing them up against the wall and they both have
dual front modifying tweeters but then there's the X boom which has a single 8 inch front
wood firing woofer with the exhaust ports that shoot out the front and it has dual from
referring tweeters but now we're going to jump into the sound test if the x-boom is
playing at 75 volume and with its sound boost EQ turned on which is my preferred listening
method the party box 110 is playing at 93 volume with the bass boost set to deep and
the X p500 is playing at max volume with this megabase turned on [Music] things to circle
the other s
to you but our pieces left uncovered I'm thinking [Music] about it
would you say please [Music]
[Music]
this is
foreign
[Music]
[Music] sweat to me
[Music]
foreign [Music]
[Music]
now first I think we need to adjust max volume performance on these speakers obviously since
the x-boom XL7 is a larger speaker than both the party box 110 and XP 500 the x-boom is
going to get noticeably louder than these other two speakers and it should be good enough
for up to 20 percent parties 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 12-ish person parties 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 were to 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 speakers starts to perform as you would expect now when the party box 110 is plugged
in it performs very similarly to the x-boom when it's running off of its internal battery
but the really interesting thing here is that with the X boom it's going to give you a very
big performance Pub and when it's plugged in overall just as you'd expect the X boom
is going to get louder than these other two speakers but the party box 110 does do 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 internal battery it is going to leave you wanting more but
when it comes to the overall sound quality of these speakers the x-boom leans towards
a brighter soundtrack like the JBL but not as much whereas the Sony leans towards a warmer
sound signature overall the vocals on the X booms are very well pronounced but the key
thing about this speaker is that its base is mostly on the audible side meaning that
the speaker doesn't have as much a chest thumping or wall rattling bass as these other two speakers
Now by no means does this mean that the x-boom sounds flat but this is a speaker that I would
mainly recommend to someone that likes a more vocals Focus DQ and like I mentioned earlier
since the exhaust ports on the x-boom shoot out the front you can't do much to amplify
its base like you can with these other two speakers and even if you were to go into the
speaker's EQ and raise its space all the way up the bass on the speaker isn't going to
give you the same physicality that you'll find on these other two speakers now if you're
looking for something with a lot of rattling bass then you'll want to go with the 110 here
because you can set its bass boost to punch him and raise the space as well and then you're
really going to feel your base now the XP 500 also has a decent amount of Chess rattling
Bass But even if you were to raise the base on the speaker all the way up it's not going
to match the 110.
so overall sound quality wise I think the party box 110 is the most versatile speaker
here whereas with the X boom this speaker has a much more mellow sound profile to it
but since it is the largest speaker here it is going to get louder but finally let's talk
about pairing these speakers up with other speakers now with the XL7 if you have another
XL7 then you can wirelessly pair them up and get them to play in left and right stereo
mode or if you have multiple xl7s and xl5s then you can wirelessly pair them up and have
them all play in sync and you can have up to 100 speakers playing together which is
obviously just Overkill next up if there's the 110.
now again if you have another 110 you can wisely pair them up and get them to play in
left or right stereo mode or you can wirelessly power up your 110 to one other party box either
an encore another 110 or a 310 or to a 710 and you can sync them up and get them to play
in sync just keep in mind that you cannot pair any of jpo's larger party box speakers
to any of jbl's a smaller party boost speakers so for example if you have a JBL Boombox 3
you cannot wisely sync it up to the party box 110 but like I mentioned earlier the 110
does have that audio object so if you have a sparrow audio cable lying around you can
always daisy chain any other speaker to the 110 and then both speakers are just going
to play in sync but finally there is the XP 500 now again if you have another XP 500 you
can wisely pair them up and get them to play in left and right stereo mode or you can always
pair your XP 500 to any of Sony's other speakers that are using party connect like either another
XP 500 and XP 700 the upcoming XV 800 or the XV 900 but also you can pair your larger box
speakers to any of Sony's smaller speakers that are also using party connect like either
an xg500 XG300 XE 300 XE 200 or an xb43 xb33 or xb23 and you can have up to 100 speakers
paired together which again is obviously Overkill I don't expect anybody to actually do this
just be warned even though Sony's party connect is super accommodating because you can pair
your large box speakers to your smaller more portable speakers party connect can sometimes
be a hassle to use sometimes it just takes forever for all of your speakers to get paired
up sometimes all of your speakers don't get paired on the first time so you'll have to
go through the pairing process multiple times and sometimes Echoes do form so personally
I do prefer to use a JBL speaker pairing protocol here because it's just a lot easier to use
but it's a lot more limited so with all that being said obviously since the x-boom XL7
is a larger speaker it's going to get louder than these other two speakers and it also
has a longer lasting battery life because it has a larger built-in battery but from
a sound profile standpoint the speaker is better suited for someone who wants a more
mellow listening experience because this speaker doesn't have a ton of physicality in its base
but then there's the party box 110 which can give you a mellow listening experience but
it can also give you test rattling bass if you want it and this speaker also gets decently
loud for its size and if you use it while it's plugged in you're going to get more out
of it but finally there's a Sony XP 500 this is a speaker that you're probably going to
have to use while it's plugged in a lot but it's a good option if if you want to do karaoke
with friends and if you already have any of Sony's other speakers big or small if you
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