#Jbl charge 5 partyboost driver#
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#Jbl charge 5 partyboost portable#

JBL Charge 5 review: verdictĪs far as portable speakers go, the JBL Charge 5 is definitely up there as one of the best. There’s also no microphone so you won’t be able to take calls through it on the go. Unfortunately, there’s no 3.5m audio input to play music through a wired connection though.

#Jbl charge 5 partyboost Bluetooth#

To connect your devices to the JBL Charge 5, there’s Bluetooth 5.1 which was reliable and worked even when I wandered off with my phone. Another really handy feature on the JBL Charge 5 is the built-in power bank, so if your phone is running out of battery you can top up the charge and keep the music playing. This replaces the old JBL Connect+ which was on the JBL Charge 4, you won’t be able to use PartyBoost with Connect+ speakers though. You just need to press the dedicated button on each of the speakers you want to pair. If that's not enough you can add on even more speakers to make it even bigger. If you want to make the music louder, PartyBoost lets you pair two compatible speakers together for stereo sound. It would be a great addition to give you more control over the sound.

It’s a shame that there are still no equaliser settings in the JBL portable app, it mostly serves to check the battery level and manage the PartyBoost function. It won’t quite make the walls shake but for a small portable speaker, it definitely packed a strong punch. And the volume will happily cut through the hustle and bustle of a busy park. Not to mention loud, it would easily fill a room, if not a house. Overall the audio was energetic, detailed and accurate. To test out the audio quality, I played a bunch of different tracks on the speaker ranging from bass-heavy tunes like Diplodocus by Noisia to vocal-focused power ballads like Because The Night by Patti Smith.Īn impactful, punchy low-end paired with crisp highs delivered a well-balanced sound across genres, there were some tracks where the vocals took over slightly, it wasn’t a massive issue though.

#Jbl charge 5 partyboost driver#

The JBL Charge 5 has an RMS power output of 30W + 10W with a new wider 52 x 90mm bass driver and a separate 20 mm tweeter. The buttons are integrated into the design, they feel quite stiff to use but are responsive all the same.

Sitting on the top are six buttons to power it on or off, activate Bluetooth pairing, control the volume, pause or play the music as well as the PartyBoost button. Underneath the JBL logo is the small LED light strip that indicates battery life. An IP67 rating means it’s waterproof and dustproof so if you do get caught in the rain then you won’t need to worry about damaging the speaker. Although taller, longer and wider than the JBL Charge 4, it still feels small enough to be portable. Towards the middle of the speaker is the big new JBL logo in silver framed in a subtle red. The colour coats the rubberised ends as well as the main mesh body.

For this JBL Charge 5 review, I saw the blue. Sporting the familiar cylindrical JBL design, the Charge 5 is a good-looking speaker that comes in loads of colours including green, red, pink, teal, blue, black grey and white.