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Hello Redditors. I'm in search of a classy yet extremely durable pair of hiking boots to take backpacking around the world for 12+ months with.

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JBL Go 3 features bold styling and rich JBL Pro Sound. With its new eye-catching edgy design, colorful fabrics and expressive details this a must-have accessory for your next outing. Your tunes will lift you up with JBL Pro Sound, it’s IP67 waterproof and dustproof so you can keep listening rain or shine, and with its integrated loop, you can carry it anywhere. Go 3 comes in completely new shades and color combinations inspired by current street fashion. JBL Go 3 looks as vivid as it sounds.

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 Let's check it out. Let's check it out. All right, so the JBL GO 3 comes in this little clear plastic case. Very familiar orange branding right here

 So you can basically just hang this anywhere you want to that will fit this little integrated loop. All right, so next, let's get to the sound test. So obviously, you're not going to get the full effect through my camera and through your television. So it's just going to be more of a sound example coming from the JBL Go 3

 So let's power on the speaker. It's just a nice little short press. There we go. So I'm going to put this about three feet from my camera so we can fully appreciate the lows here

 There it goes! Come on, let's go! Let's go! Hey guys, welcome back to another video. Alright, so today we're taking a look at the JBL GO 3. Let's check it out. Let's check it out

JBL Go 3: My thoughts & sound test!

JBL&#039;s Go 3 speaker delivers solid wireless audio performance in a waterproof, easily portable design for a low price.

 The JBL logo is emblazoned in large letters across the front panel, and a stylish, sporty lanyard is built into the left panel, next to the USB-C port for the included charging cable.

Internally, a single mono 1.5-inch driver delivers 4.2 watts of audio. Obviously, this speaker isn&rsquo;t here to deliver powerful output or thunder, but for its size, it does project some respectable volume

 The speaker manages not to sound thin overall, however, with some reasonable bass response and body to this track. At top volumes, the driver manages not to distort even when the enclosure vibrates powerfully.

JBL Go 3 Review

Other caveats: Note that like the Clip 4, the Go 3 has no speakerphone capabilities and doesn't pair with a companion JBL app, so you can't link up multiple speakers in PartyBoost mode like you can with some of JBL's step-up Bluetooth speakers such as the Flip 5, Charge 4 and upcoming Charge 5. Also, JBL removed the audio input that the Go 2 has, so you can't plug in a non-Bluetooth device.

Also worth mentioning: The Go 3 uses upgraded Bluetooth 5.1 while the Go 2 uses Bluetooth 4.1. Additionally, the Go 3's water resistance is IPX 67, not IPX 7

The JBL Bluetooth speaker that received the biggest improvements for 2021 is among the company's smallest. The JBL Go 3 has a completely new look -- it's now covered in durable fabric instead of having the naked plastic design of its Go predecessors -- and that new design coupled with surprisingly decent sound for its small size makes the Go 3 ($40, £35, AU$70) one of the top micro Bluetooth speakers out there.

JBL Go 3 review: Tiny $40 Bluetooth speaker with big improvements

 You'Ve got some rubber feet to help, keep the speaker, nice and stable. Whenever you set it down and then over on the right side, you can see you have your power button as well as your bluetooth pairing button, and then you can also see you've got some go3 branding there as well. The charging port is over on the left side right next to the carrying loop. So the speaker is running bluetooth 5

 Now, you're not getting a lot of hard-hitting, deep bass, but at the same time the speaker still gives you a very full sound so that it doesn't just sound like straight mids and highs i'll go ahead and play a few audio samples. Just keep in mind. It'S not a full representation of the sound. It'S just to give you guys an idea: [, Music, ], [, Music, ], uh, [, Music, ], [, Music, ], [, Music, ], so [ Applause, ], [, Music, ], bye, [, Music, ], [, Music ]

 The speaker is more than capable of giving you what you need in terms of sound and for the size, it's pretty impressive. How loud the speaker gets. Honestly, if you were having people over for a small get together or some sort of event at your house, you could easily use the speaker for background music. Now, if you're having a full-on party, you'll, obviously want to go with something a little bit larger, but overall the sound comes in nice and clean and there's no distortion, even at max volume

 This is another new addition to the jbl bluetooth, speaker lineup. I recently did a review on the xtreme 3, so if you haven't seen that video feel free to check it out after you watch this one, so the jbl go. 3 is a much more casual, smaller bluetooth speaker compared to the xtreme 3, and it's also a lot more affordable coming in at only 40 bucks, like always after you watch this video. If you're interested in grabbing one feel free to check out the affiliate links down in the description to make sure you get the most up-to-date price, if it's your first time to the channel, please consider hitting that subscribe button for more videos

JBL GO 3 Review & Unboxing | Sound Tests Included ($40)

 When I walked away from the table it was on, I could barely hear it, and it was around 50% volume. It'll be well-suited to more personal use or when you're with a small group of people. You get plenty of bass so tracks sound full, but not so much that the mids and highs get overshadowed. You can hear the detail of your sounds from the clarity of vocals to the individual instruments used

 It'll take about 2.5 hours to charge to 100%, which is quite a long time consuming for that size of battery life. When it comes to the sound, the GO 3 is relatively modest. The power output isn't huge, but it's better than the clip

 This is the JBL GO 3, and it is one of the cheaper and more portable Bluetooth speakers from the JBL family. With it being on the cheaper side, what can you actually expect from this speaker? Will its smaller, compact size be a sacrifice to the sound? Or will you be better off going with something like the Clip 4? Who is this for, and what can you expect when you get it? Let's talk about it. JBL makes plenty of large, powerful Bluetooth speakers, but the GO 3 isn't one of them. It's about as portable as it gets, it'll fit in any backpack, maybe even some pockets without issues

 If you want to spend a little more money, then maybe go with something like the Clip 4, or even something like the Flip 5 or 6 if you're looking for a Bluetooth speaker that can easily fill up a room with sound. But that's just my opinion. Just let me know your opinions in the comments down below. Give the video a like if you learned anything, and maybe hit that subscribe button if you enjoy these types of reviews

JBL Go 3｜Watch Before You Buy

 The first thing is if you are after just a portable, loud Bluetooth speaker that you can carry about anywhere you want, and you don't have to worry about it, buy it. Buy it now. Seriously, just stop watching this video, go and buy it. Like me, if you want a really good sounding speaker for the shower, buy it

 Same in dollars, roughly. I think at that price, it's almost no brainer. I think once you go beyond the £90, £100 barrier, that starts to get a bit tricky in terms of, do I go ahead and spend this money? Price wise, I think JBL have completely nailed it. I love how this thing feels

 If I'm honest, it's pretty rare these days that I take a product out of its box and step back in amazement. But that is exactly what happened with the JBL GO 3. Welcome back to Mark Ellis Reviews. Thank you for tuning in

 This is the JBL GO 3 waterproof Bluetooth speaker. I didn't have huge expectations for this speaker, to be completely honest. I bought it for one very specific reason, which I'll get onto in a bit. But I think my recent experiences with the likes of the HomePod Mini and the Google Nest Audio have left me a little bit underwhelmed about these kind of devices

JBL Go 3 review | The best waterproof Bluetooth speaker? | Mark Ellis Reviews

Overall, comparing these BICs to more modern speakers is a fun lesson in understanding what actually makes a speaker enjoyable. 

 The JBLs have compact cabinets, active crossovers, godlike waveguides for perfect off-axis behavior, and objectively correct frequency response honed by DSP. The BICs are the opposite in nearly every regard. 

It's interesting how the BICs are pretty close to the opposite of the JBLs, which are literal textbook examples of modern affordable loudspeaker design. If you read and worshipped every page of Toole's book and enlisted a major multinational to build a set of $300 speakers following those principles, the JBL 3-series is what you would create within that price constraint. The JBLs have compact cabinets, active crossovers, godlike waveguides for perfect off-axis behavior, and objectively correct frequency response honed by DSP. The BICs are the opposite in nearly every regard

My daily drivers are JBL 3-series studio monitors (augmented with subs) and the C-Notes DIY kit, both of which are cheap but quite accurate. I'm definitely no "golden ears" but my preference is accurate sound and I've piled up thousands of listening hours on those speakers. So my opinions are at least somewhat grounded in reality, and a hobbyist's understanding of and belief in objective audio engineering principles. 

The Bic RTR Eviction EV-15's key features are a 15 inch driver and a [95db efficiency...that feels like 115db](http://gph.is/2qjWXXP).  Internet rummer falsely attributes their design to [Dr. Poh Hsu](https://www.soundandvision.com/content/dr-poh-hsu-founder-hsu-research), and after having experienced the bass these monsters produce, I see where the rumor got it's legs.  However, they were in fact designed by [Roy Allison](https://www.audioholics.com/news/a-tribute-to-roy-f.-allison), the guy who literally invented the dome tweeter.  It's clear that 60 years of sound and engineering design experience went into making the (almost) last of it's kind monkey coffin speakers.  Tastes have clearly moved on from full sized towers with large drivers, but that also makes them a perfect fit for r/BudgetAudiophile because they need to be absurdly under priced to compete with more trendy options.  [They retail for $450 a pair, but I was able to get mine for $340 shipped to my door with a run of the mill sale and a discount code (NSFW link)](https://youtu.be/8fxCd_AhsLo?t=4).

Detractors will dismiss these out of hand as boomy party speakers, and although they do look the part these sound better than any Cerwin Vegas I have auditioned.  Though to be fair every pair I've heard were crammed into a corner with a keg shoved on top.  If you set EV-15s up properly the overall sound quality is at least as good as any $175~$225 tower I have heard, and with that realistic expectation they really do shine in several areas.

Before modern bookshelf wonder speakers and quality sub-woofers, audio enthusiasts had to rely on plain old physics for good sound.  Big drivers in big boxes to make big sounds.  Dedicated sub-woofers were at one time a fantasy, and then for a time wildly overpriced and laughably underwhelming, so you needed your stereo speakers to be as close to full range as possible. This was an era of legends like the Klipsch Forte and Chorus.  Bigger, badder and more muscular than their competition.

I was lucky enough to have briefly owned a pair of Klipsch Chourus II's, and they are with out question the most compelling speakers I've ever owned.  I've been chasing that high for 20 years.  They sounded lovely, could be [powered by bad breath and colorful language (NSFW link)](https://youtu.be/8fxCd_AhsLo?t=72), and filled any space with chest beating mid-bass even at impossibly low volume.  Devastatingly, I had to let them go when they would not physically fit in my car for a move.  I have deeply regretted that day ever since.  They were however, replaced by a pair of Forte II's that have spoiled me rotten.  The overall sound quality is a notch better and they hit a bit lower in frequency, even if they dont quite put out the same volume of low end that the Chorus's did.  Overall though they are very similar loudspeakers.

20 years latter as I'm putting together a secondary system.  I found r/BudgetAudiophile and asked about the current state of HiFi, and all I got was a [bunch of hipsters shouting at me about magnets physics and 5 inch drivers (NSFW link)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bhYMnHb5JY).  They weren't wrong.  After testing/breaking in some new bookshelf style surround speakers for my main home theater, they make accurate noise down low enough for a dedicated sub-woofer to take over.  [However, at moderate volumes the mid-bass just is not that impressive](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/645/713/888.jpg), they just can't [move the volume of air I'm ~~accustomed to~~ spoiled by](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbt-OfbQTpw).

Enter the [Bic RTR EV-15s or 8.83 times the air displacement of a pair of 5” drivers](https://reactiongifs.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/the-avengers-angry-hulk-smash-loki.gif).  Even that number assumes the same Xmax values, but with the [massive foam surround the driver uses it is a safe assumption that the total difference in displacement is even more silly](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/8a5ca50b-62d8-44ba-820d-066aa93221d7). What does that extra displacement get you?  Bass extension and volume of accurate bass.  Playing as low as 40db, you get a full low end, and by 50db you can feel the mid-bass.  This is great sound at genuinely considerate listening volume.  Sure your bookshelf's CAN do the same things with 10db MORE sound pressure, but we cant always listen at higher volumes.

The biggest reason the EV-15's are a good fit for r/BudgetAudiophile is that they play as low as most sub $500 sub-woofers.  They are ratted down to 24Hz or “full range” for music and more “full range” than almost any other main speakers on the market for movies **with out the expense of a  sub-woofer**.  Compare that to the Bic F12 (commonly accepted as the best budget sub) that is only ratted to 25hz.  I currently have them paired with **two** SVS PB-1000's, and after some testing, they barely play 5hz lower, and only slightly flatter than the EV-15's alone (albeit at higher output below 40hz).  This is improvement, but thin sliced for subs that **each** cost twice what the mains do.  By the time you spend enough to hit substantially lower than the Bic's do alone, it is difficult to justify pairing them with budget mains.  At the end of the day we are tying to get people into the HiFi hobby, and old school full(ish) range speakers make for one less box for a newbee to research, understand, purchase, set up, and balance. 

The mids and highs are nice on the EV-15's to boot.  Granted, they dont keep up with my treasured Forte II's, but if I'm not A/Bing them they are close enough not to matter to my ears.  If you are among the pickiest budget audiophiles I'm sure there will be $350 towers that are a bit more accurate, but you will be making trade off's for that (low end, efficiency, dynamics).  

Another boon for new budget minded HiFi enthusiasts is the efficiency of the EV-15's.  They rate at 95db, and feel louder than my Forte's (99db) did in similar sized rooms.  What that translates into overall starting cost is that [they play loud with minimal power](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWWDKZ-kydE).  I have these hooked up to a [80 watt per channel receiver that is locked in at ¼ volume, and that is being fed audio by my computer that is also typically set at 25%](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFoC3TR5rzI).  The EV-15s will easily put out 65db of continuous sound that peaks at 75-80db with these settings.  I wont try to guess how many watts that translates into but if you can only afford a lower power amp, I have no fear that these will strangle out considerably more volume than 98% of other loudspeakers on the market AT ANY PRICE POINT.  People see a bigger than life speaker, and assume that you need equally bigger than life power source to get it up and running, but in reality the opposite is true.  The physics of a big cabinet and horn loaded drivers mean you need less power to get to the same total output, whatever your preferred SPL is.

EV-15's can be found for a newbee friendlyish prices, $340 shipped from a big box retailer.  With direct specialty internet sales companies we have access to the best sound money can buy with whatever sound signature your picky little heart can desire.  However, to audition endless speakers you will need to spend an additional $50 or more to ship back your cute little baby bookshelfs, and it only gets more cost prohibitive to audition towers.  If you try a pair of EV-15's and you think I'm full of crap and EV-15's are pure garbage, your only out some gas and a drive to return them.  That cuts out another massive barrier for new enthusiast. Trying out just 2 sets of bookshelf's drives the total cost up to the next echelon of speaker quality.

The biggest real objection to these speakers is their physical size.  [They are huge (43"x18”x13”), enormous the way you think of gods as big (NSFW)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQWnBC2hmdc).  There is no getting around it.  However, if you look at typical 2.1 audiophile setup's the bookshelf speakers they use are placed 3 feet away from any wall often on bulky stands and a dedicated sub-woofer you quickly outgrow the footprint of two EV-15's, so this criticism is *somewhat moot*.  Being front ported they are relatively tolerant of being placed near walls, so you even have a little more free to place them where you want them, instead of the middle of your room.

WAF and décor are apparently real consolidations for today's audiophile, and I cant deny that these things are as large as they are horrifically out of style.  At least in person, with the grills on, you can't see the red drivers.  In normal home lighting they look just like any other big black electronic box.  

Anecdotally, my wife loves their sound.  She has burst into spontaneous dance more in the past 2 weeks that I've been breaking these in than she ever did in 10 years with the Forte's.  It is not the traditional form of WAF, but I'm happy she is shaking her butt rather than her finger.  The important take away is that if you spend a decade convincing your wife loudspeakers should be the size of major home appliances, these are the WAF [heavy weight champs ;)](https://sparkpeo.hs.llnwd.net/e4//nw/1/9/l1944941193.jpg)

EV-15's wont the correct choice for ~~many~~ **MOST** audiophiles, I'm not even going to pretend they are.  However, they do offer a whole lot of sound for a minimal of investment, and in their own way are quite newbee friendly.  If they sound like a choice that makes sense to you, they will likely make you exceedingly happy.   Then in a few years **IF** you outgrow them and want to go all out on a hyper accurate 2.1 music system these will make ridiculously good home theater mains when paired with a system (read $500+ sub-woofer(s)) that can keep up with them, and that is more future proof than the incrementally improved lineup of bookshelfs r/BudgetAudiophile group wisdom would suggest ;)

<div class="md">The Bic RTR Eviction EV-15&#39;s key features are a 15 inch driver and a <a href="http://gph.is/2qjWXXP">95db efficiency...that feels like 115db</a>. Internet rummer falsely attributes their design to <a href="https://www.soundandvision.com/content/dr-poh-hsu-founder-hsu-research">Dr. Poh Hsu</a>, and after having experienced the bass these monsters produce, I see where the rumor got it&#39;s legs. However, they were in fact designed by <a href="https://www.audioholics.com/news/a-tribute-to-roy-f.-allison">Roy Allison</a>, the guy who literally invented the dome tweeter. It&#39;s clear that 60 years of sound and engineering design experience went into making the (almost) last of it&#39;s kind monkey coffin speakers. Tastes have clearly moved on from full sized towers with large drivers, but that also makes them a perfect fit for <a href="/r/BudgetAudiophile">r/BudgetAudiophile</a> because they need to be absurdly under priced to compete with more trendy options. <a href="https://youtu.be/8fxCd_AhsLo?t=4">They retail for $450 a pair, but I was able to get mine for $340 shipped to my door with a run of the mill sale and a discount code (NSFW link)</a>.

Detractors will dismiss these out of hand as boomy party speakers, and although they do look the part these sound better than any Cerwin Vegas I have auditioned. Though to be fair every pair I&#39;ve heard were crammed into a corner with a keg shoved on top. If you set EV-15s up properly the overall sound quality is at least as good as any $175~$225 tower I have heard, and with that realistic expectation they really do shine in several areas.

Before modern bookshelf wonder speakers and quality sub-woofers, audio enthusiasts had to rely on plain old physics for good sound. Big drivers in big boxes to make big sounds. Dedicated sub-woofers were at one time a fantasy, and then for a time wildly overpriced and laughably underwhelming, so you needed your stereo speakers to be as close to full range as possible. This was an era of legends like the Klipsch Forte and Chorus. Bigger, badder and more muscular than their competition.

I was lucky enough to have briefly owned a pair of Klipsch Chourus II&#39;s, and they are with out question the most compelling speakers I&#39;ve ever owned. I&#39;ve been chasing that high for 20 years. They sounded lovely, could be <a href="https://youtu.be/8fxCd_AhsLo?t=72">powered by bad breath and colorful language (NSFW link)</a>, and filled any space with chest beating mid-bass even at impossibly low volume. Devastatingly, I had to let them go when they would not physically fit in my car for a move. I have deeply regretted that day ever since. They were however, replaced by a pair of Forte II&#39;s that have spoiled me rotten. The overall sound quality is a notch better and they hit a bit lower in frequency, even if they dont quite put out the same volume of low end that the Chorus&#39;s did. Overall though they are very similar loudspeakers.

20 years latter as I&#39;m putting together a secondary system. I found <a href="/r/BudgetAudiophile">r/BudgetAudiophile</a> and asked about the current state of HiFi, and all I got was a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bhYMnHb5JY">bunch of hipsters shouting at me about magnets physics and 5 inch drivers (NSFW link)</a>. They weren&#39;t wrong. After testing/breaking in some new bookshelf style surround speakers for my main home theater, they make accurate noise down low enough for a dedicated sub-woofer to take over. <a href="https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/645/713/888.jpg">However, at moderate volumes the mid-bass just is not that impressive</a>, they just can&#39;t <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbt-OfbQTpw">move the volume of air I&#39;m <del>accustomed to</del> spoiled by</a>.

Enter the <a href="https://reactiongifs.me/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/the-avengers-angry-hulk-smash-loki.gif">Bic RTR EV-15s or 8.83 times the air displacement of a pair of 5” drivers</a>. Even that number assumes the same Xmax values, but with the <a href="https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/8a5ca50b-62d8-44ba-820d-066aa93221d7">massive foam surround the driver uses it is a safe assumption that the total difference in displacement is even more silly</a>. What does that extra displacement get you? Bass extension and volume of accurate bass. Playing as low as 40db, you get a full low end, and by 50db you can feel the mid-bass. This is great sound at genuinely considerate listening volume. Sure your bookshelf&#39;s CAN do the same things with 10db MORE sound pressure, but we cant always listen at higher volumes.

The biggest reason the EV-15&#39;s are a good fit for <a href="/r/BudgetAudiophile">r/BudgetAudiophile</a> is that they play as low as most sub $500 sub-woofers. They are ratted down to 24Hz or “full range” for music and more “full range” than almost any other main speakers on the market for movies with out the expense of a sub-woofer. Compare that to the Bic F12 (commonly accepted as the best budget sub) that is only ratted to 25hz. I currently have them paired with two SVS PB-1000&#39;s, and after some testing, they barely play 5hz lower, and only slightly flatter than the EV-15&#39;s alone (albeit at higher output below 40hz). This is improvement, but thin sliced for subs that each cost twice what the mains do. By the time you spend enough to hit substantially lower than the Bic&#39;s do alone, it is difficult to justify pairing them with budget mains. At the end of the day we are tying to get people into the HiFi hobby, and old school full(ish) range speakers make for one less box for a newbee to research, understand, purchase, set up, and balance. 

The mids and highs are nice on the EV-15&#39;s to boot. Granted, they dont keep up with my treasured Forte II&#39;s, but if I&#39;m not A/Bing them they are close enough not to matter to my ears. If you are among the pickiest budget audiophiles I&#39;m sure there will be $350 towers that are a bit more accurate, but you will be making trade off&#39;s for that (low end, efficiency, dynamics). 

Another boon for new budget minded HiFi enthusiasts is the efficiency of the EV-15&#39;s. They rate at 95db, and feel louder than my Forte&#39;s (99db) did in similar sized rooms. What that translates into overall starting cost is that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWWDKZ-kydE">they play loud with minimal power</a>. I have these hooked up to a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFoC3TR5rzI">80 watt per channel receiver that is locked in at ¼ volume, and that is being fed audio by my computer that is also typically set at 25%</a>. The EV-15s will easily put out 65db of continuous sound that peaks at 75-80db with these settings. I wont try to guess how many watts that translates into but if you can only afford a lower power amp, I have no fear that these will strangle out considerably more volume than 98% of other loudspeakers on the market AT ANY PRICE POINT. People see a bigger than life speaker, and assume that you need equally bigger than life power source to get it up and running, but in reality the opposite is true. The physics of a big cabinet and horn loaded drivers mean you need less power to get to the same total output, whatever your preferred SPL is.

EV-15&#39;s can be found for a newbee friendlyish prices, $340 shipped from a big box retailer. With direct specialty internet sales companies we have access to the best sound money can buy with whatever sound signature your picky little heart can desire. However, to audition endless speakers you will need to spend an additional $50 or more to ship back your cute little baby bookshelfs, and it only gets more cost prohibitive to audition towers. If you try a pair of EV-15&#39;s and you think I&#39;m full of crap and EV-15&#39;s are pure garbage, your only out some gas and a drive to return them. That cuts out another massive barrier for new enthusiast. Trying out just 2 sets of bookshelf&#39;s drives the total cost up to the next echelon of speaker quality.

The biggest real objection to these speakers is their physical size. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQWnBC2hmdc">They are huge (43&quot;x18”x13”), enormous the way you think of gods as big (NSFW)</a>. There is no getting around it. However, if you look at typical 2.1 audiophile setup&#39;s the bookshelf speakers they use are placed 3 feet away from any wall often on bulky stands and a dedicated sub-woofer you quickly outgrow the footprint of two EV-15&#39;s, so this criticism is somewhat moot. Being front ported they are relatively tolerant of being placed near walls, so you even have a little more free to place them where you want them, instead of the middle of your room.

WAF and décor are apparently real consolidations for today&#39;s audiophile, and I cant deny that these things are as large as they are horrifically out of style. At least in person, with the grills on, you can&#39;t see the red drivers. In normal home lighting they look just like any other big black electronic box. 

Anecdotally, my wife loves their sound. She has burst into spontaneous dance more in the past 2 weeks that I&#39;ve been breaking these in than she ever did in 10 years with the Forte&#39;s. It is not the traditional form of WAF, but I&#39;m happy she is shaking her butt rather than her finger. The important take away is that if you spend a decade convincing your wife loudspeakers should be the size of major home appliances, these are the WAF <a href="https://sparkpeo.hs.llnwd.net/e4//nw/1/9/l1944941193.jpg">heavy weight champs ;)</a>

EV-15&#39;s wont the correct choice for <del>many</del> MOST audiophiles, I&#39;m not even going to pretend they are. However, they do offer a whole lot of sound for a minimal of investment, and in their own way are quite newbee friendly. If they sound like a choice that makes sense to you, they will likely make you exceedingly happy. Then in a few years IF you outgrow them and want to go all out on a hyper accurate 2.1 music system these will make ridiculously good home theater mains when paired with a system (read $500+ sub-woofer(s)) that can keep up with them, and that is more future proof than the incrementally improved lineup of bookshelfs <a href="/r/BudgetAudiophile">r/BudgetAudiophile</a> group wisdom would suggest ;)
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Bic RTR EV-15: Plays Low At Low On the Low Low... and from Low's???

 Not really loud enough for outdoors. Bottom line: Meh! It's ok but nothing to write home about. I won't buy another one.

The pros: Charges up fast and connected to my iPhone easily. Doesn't drop off like a couple of my other bluetooth speakers. The con: The sound is muddy compared with the Eboda speaker I used to have (it gave up the ghost after 5 good years). Not especially loud either, so best for in the shower or in a room

Not the best sound

 The size is great for carrying on the golf cart or in a pool bag. [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

I think the sound quality of the GO is ok but the Flip is better. More crisp. The size is great for carrying on the golf cart or in a pool bag. [This review was collected as part of a promotion

Great size but sound quality is just ok

Love the speaker for what it is! Price is awesome and the sound quality is there! Bass is good for the size. My one problem is that the “JBL” lettering on the front came off and the stoppers on the bottom! Disappointed in the glue used to stick to the speakers fabric body and had to put tape over the letters. Other than that, it’s a perfect for travel and literally sticking in your pocket or attaching to your backpack. It’s worth it for a tight budget and you still want some quality sound!

Awesome for the size! Only one problem..

walmart

target

JBL Go 3 vs Sonos Move

QUICK QUESTION!

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