I also found out the Charge 3 can play very loud, and very clear quite by accident. Maybe the UE Megaboom would be a better one to test against. However, it’s a definite improvement over the UE Boom. If you like low-end thump, you’re not going to rattle your windows, and the police aren’t going to knock on your door. I can definitely confirm these findings with music. The story is pretty much the same when standing upright. The UE Boom (yellow) just kind of rolls away below that. The JBL (green) definitely has a bigger bass presence below 100 Hz. Now let’s overlay both speakers lying down (horizontal). Here’s the same test with the UE Boom, in both standing up on end and lying down. Not much difference between standing up and lying down, except the higher frequencies seem a little attenuated when standing on end. Here were the results of the sweeps:įirst up, the JBL Charge 3. I placed each in my recording booth and arranged them in both standing up on end position as well as “lying down/horizontal”. Since I didn’t have the closer-in-size, larger UE Megaboom to review, I decided to test the two anyway.
I found no audio adjustments.Īt first I thought this would be a pretty comparable side-by-side with the UE Boom speaker I reviewed in 2014 until I put them side by side. There is a smartphone app (iOS version shown above) but it seems to be limited to setting up the JBL Connect features, which allows you to tie two compatible speakers together in stereo.
JBL CHARGE 4 VS UE BOOM 3 SERIES
Note the bright series of white LED dots at the base of the rubber foot that indicates charge level. The cable is one of those flat ribbon-style ones that tend not to tangle as much. I really liked the bright orange USB charger and matching microUSB cable. I weighted the Charge 3 at just over 1 lb, 11 oz. It allows the Charge 3 to remain in a horizontal position without rolling away. This unusual-looking thing is a flat spot on an otherwise cylindrical design.
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