I work at Best Buy, and we have one of these on display. Whenever we’re slow, I pair my phone to it and play it at about 1/3rd volume. That’s loud enough to let me hear music anywhere in the home theater department, at half you can hear it at the front of the store. I’ve never been bold enough to crank it to full.
Dan's sense of humor is amazing. The taped over Sony logo with "SONY" on it. The damming with faint praise. The largely dry delivery. I've said it before and I'll say it again - I'd watch a tech podcast with this guy. Him and Anthony together would be on my must listen list.
I remember living in an apartment I had just a regular small PC speaker setup with a 6" sub. I lived on the 1st floor and had a little old lady that lived right above me. She knocked on my door one day complaining about a thumping noise coming from below her LOL. I could not believe that little sub traveled that far. I swear it wasn't even 20/100 volume too. Apartments suck.
People always underestimate how well bass frequencies travel. This is precisely why I don't have a sub in my apartment. I've got some 8" studio monitors, but they sit on my desk on isolation stands. They have a pretty full sound stage, but I'm not rocking the floor with every note. I left my "eviction class" subwoofer at home (a 2x12" 900W SVS beast of a unit) for this very reason.
@@Daphoid Yea it's crazy what a quality driver can do. I had two Velodyne Microvees which pack a 6.5" woofer and 2 6.5" passive radiators in a well constructed brick house I could still hear the sound waves across the street in my neighbors yard pretty well. haha
So far, in this 50 ish year old apartment, I have not had complaints. Even tho I use a 10-12 year old 5.1 Logitech G51 Set on my PC, and it can definitely put out some bass. At least I don't do it too late or too early, so perhaps that is why, I use it for gaming, music as well as movies/series so.
Reason why I never wanted to live in apartments anymore after moving to country side at age 11 I am 28yrs old and I rather have live in country side or at least wooded area but still have my own space
If I understand well, the idea for it to support your existing TV setup sounds pretty useful. Main usecase would probably be someone who has a soundbar for their TV, but no subwoofer. With this thing, you get an okay subwoofer, which you can wheel out and use as a sound system when you throw a party in the garden. Any speaker system of this class takes up a lot of room, but if it acts as your subwoofer while you're not throwing a party it becomes a bit more tolerable to have around
If you're stuck with a soundbar because you don't have the budget for decent stereo/surround speakers - spending $1000 on a boom-box probably wouldn't be a priority. It's a bit awkwardly sized to use as a sub for a TV. It also comes in at 26kgs - which is awkwardly sized to be portable. You can sort out a 12" sub/amp for your TV for just under a hundred bucks (you don't even need a fancy 2.1 system - just leech the stereo signal via split cables). And same for party speakers. You've seen those big bluetooth units that go for like $60 on Amazon? My friends bring those out to outdoor parties and they're enough to keep 50-60 people happy. There's usually an external battery or generator involved, but even those are pretty cheap.
He seems somewhat nervous and not confident. Something that people may find cute. I don't find him annoying or anything so I'm cool with him personally.
I am new to this channel and I am just checking out the comments. Yours caught my eye because my name is Dan and my brother's name is Anthony. What a coincidence.
As a speaker that gets wheeled around for corporate events, I could definitely see this. I've helped organise multiday training camps for new recruits and executives. Having a very nice battery in there for a day long run from guest speakers to mood music during the evening BBQ would've been amazing.
@@Psythik it's called product displacement. Generally speaking you don't have brand name stuff in videos (RUclips, movies, TV, etc) without a product placement deal in place. So you tape out / blur product names. But since the video is about Sony speaker, they replaced the brand with Sony. It's just a little quirky dad joke level gag
@@snipegrzywa i still dont get it am a dad. Please explain the lame joke? All i need to know i guess does that mean it is sponsored or isnt sponsored? Still not funny but atleast get the joke if i knew that.
@@scotts1668 The day they filmed this Dan was wearing a Sony T-shirt. Normally you wouldn't have a brand name in a video (people may think it's shady advertisement, the company may not like what you say, it's just easier to not have any brands showing), so you cover them up or hide them. You ever see someone wearing an inside-out shirt in a sponsored video, that's why. But this video is about a Sony product, so they jokingly half-covered the Sony logo on his shirt, then wrote the product's brand name on the tape...which is Sony.
i bought one older version like 3 years ago still works great with the lights and everything battery life lasts like 8 hrs straight full volume with rave lights off
if you call 60lbs heavy....i dont know how to be nice and encouraging with a follow up comment. its 60lbs.....basic employment requirements are 50lbs...
@@kazzxtrismus would you chastise him less if he used " weighs about as much" ? He didnt say it was to heavy for him to lift little pickle guy. And i dont know how to say that any more encouraging since its genetic and you cant change it 🥕 enjoy ut evening baby carrot...😅😂
@@scotts1668 its not genetic at that level... your neck can lift your bodyweight. \1 leg can lift your whole body to standing...these are all standards of the basic musculoskeletal construction of the body......if you cant do those things youve neglected yourself worse than obesity.... thats why they can mandate it as an employment minimum.... also the demo guy actually dropped it....... if you cant lift over 50lbs youve emaciated yourself...this is 60lbs...basically the same weight.... my 10yr old was lifting more for fun. you lot should be ashamed
Love how LMG has so many really knowledgeable hosts now. Each has their areas of expertise and you really feel it when they get to host something that's in their wheelhouse. Honestly couldn't care less about the speaker, but watching Dan put it through it's paces was still entertaining.
I have two SRS-X48s setup in stereo mode, and it's amazing how powerful they are considering their size. They also sound crystal clear at high volumes. Honestly, I think they would be fine for almost any use case, and something like this is complete overkill.
Just here for the Dan fans. He is an absolute asset to LTT. No awkward phase of being bad in front of the camera, just Dan enjoying the tech and giving his best Louie Theroux deadpan comedy review.
@@helenHTID I tried a lot before settling on the Sony. Suits my needs and after reading and watching many reviews and comparisons I was willing to pay the extra for Sony.
Use case for this: it’s a busy Dominican restaurant or deli in Brooklyn, during the day they use it to call out orders and and make announcements, maybe some light karaoke for larger gatherings. After close they blast it while they clean up. I wanna start a series soon where I go through interesting use cases for bizarre audio solutions. Like, there’s so much eyebrow rasing gear out there but most of it seems to find it’s unique use case.
Sounds like a good use-case for that speaker is to turn the bass way up, and position it near wet concrete that needs to be agitated to settle smoothly and solidly. Fifteen or twenty seconds should shake any bubbles to the surface, and get the fill packing firmly.
Speakers are the hardest products to review for others because we have literally no way of knowing (as the viewer) of what it sounds like. I love this review
I would like see you guys take a look at the soundbox brand of speakers. I see them in parks offices and people just walking around carrying them like a backpack
I'll poke a possibility for this. You go outside in a park (or outside in your yard), you throw a party for your friend, you have food, drinks, the usual park activities, a dozen families there with kids running around and screaming and shouting and having fun. You don't necessarily put it at the highest volume, but you do have a lot of oomph, hours of battery time, and enough to make your booty shake. Plug in a microphone, you got a karaoke. Plug in a portable mixer, a few instruments, and you can have a live band playing. It's not in our culture to do fiestas like this, but they do exist, and such device makes it awesome all-in-ones.
I always use my XB43 in stamina mode when using them as normal speakers. The Bluetooth mode is FAR too bass heavy. Using a cable input gives a much nicer sound profile, but if they actually put a proper EQ in the app it would be significantly better. 2x XB43 in stamina mode standing on either side of the TV with a stereo splitter cable giving each one mono actually sounds brilliant!
Comparing to the speakers we left in the 90’s which we used multiple to get surround sound, having one speaker that size for a party doesn’t sound bad inside or outside. As long as it performs
Can you do a video about a full audiophile setup, including DAC and speakers. Would be interested to see your reaction to the professional Genelec 8030C speakers and a Topping DAC.
As a TV speaker: oversized and mono sound As a Party speaker: heavy af, short battery life Basically get smaller speakers but multiple of them and pair 'em up. I apreciate the honesty in the review.
I mean speakers and batteries are Heavy AF, and that has a lot of both, so there is no making that thing light, same thing with the idea of mono vs stereo, it has stereo mids and high range speakers and Bass is always mono, as low freqs don't benefit from L and R most of the time, and to top that part off, the only way to get a defined L/R is two speakers on your left and right side, and then battery life seems pretty good once you understand the physics of power draw as it related to subs/low freqs and volume in general, It sounds like is plenty loud to not be needed at full volume at a party, and at that would your really need to crank it at full volume for 4 hours or more? Small speakers will NEVER get you the low end of a large speaker, its pure physics, like most of your complaints, the root of it them are physics bound. I can see plenty of use cases for this speaker and even a couple for going big and getting two of them.
I have the SRS-XP700 slightly smaller and probably from the previous generation. I love it. it is super loud, has 25 hours of battery life. I personally have used it for 15 hours at medium volume before I needed to charge it. I would recommend this speaker instead of the new SRS-XV900. This is because you can buy the XP700 for around 400 dollars compared to the insane $900 for the XV 900 Even though it has less power and sound. It has amazing bass, great sound quality, awesome for outdoor use. I personally use this for pool parties (water resistant), sand volleyball (not sand resistant but is pretty good if you wipe it down afterwards), and ultimate. I love it probably the best Sony speaker I have owned. (I bought the previous 2 generations as well) The cons however of the xp700 is that the apps are not very good. this extends as well to all Sony speakers however. They need to update it and receive customer suggestions because if the supporting apps were improved these speakers would feel a lot better.
I also have the XP700 and I love it! I put it in my garage for watching movies and listening to music… I never turn the volume all the way up because my wife complains about it shaking the room inside the house… I’m thinking of getting another one for pairing, so I could have even a better movie experience (I think it’s probably going to be overkill but hey, you only live once)…
These are great for party planners (aka the professional companies). Two of those and you never have to worry about having to wire the whole sound system in every location.
I have a two Sony xp700 and pair them together. They Are prefect for my backyard/pool area and the light are a cool effect when the other outdoor lights are going! I also have an older Sony SRS-XB portable speakers and the lights are great for a small room or I use it for a concert in the shower! I honestly really love their line of "party/portable" BT speakers
"Loud" is a understatement. have an older smaller model 5.5 hours at full volume only hit ~50% battery but you can't be close at that volume its deafening in a small room. used it regularly in a warehouse during construction 300,000 sqf the bass was audible in the whole place. i expect this to perform better in the same situation.
For the support speaker mode, my LG C1 TV has a feature where you can pair to a Bluetooth speaker, check its placement in the room and then use the remote to sync the audio to use as a surround speaker.
I think the TV Boost feature is useful if you want to still retain the stereo image from your built-in TV stereo speaker, but still want to fill the whole frequency response because most TV speakers only have good mid-frequency with little to no extensions on the low and high side.
My biggest problem with these types of speakers is that most of them I've tried (don't know if that's the case for this one) is that they recommend that you don't keep it plugged in all the time but don't give you the option to completely turn off the battery so you can just use it at home
Exactly. What Sony (and every other company that makes a similar speaker) should do is give these devices the ability/option to easily switch between a battery-powered mode and an AC-powered mode. No one wants to run a speaker like this on battery in their home and then have to keep on recharging it all the time. They ONLY want to do that when the speaker will be used where there is no option to plug it in. Also, a device this size should have an easy to swap out, user-replaceable battery as well. If you aren't going to give it the option to run on AC power, then you are going to be drawing down the useful life of that battery in relatively short order. Once that rechargeable battery is worn out/used up, you're going to have to likely take it to a service center or battery specialty shop to get it professionally replaced. That's going to take a considerable amount of time and effort, especially on a unit of this size. This is something important that Sony really should have factored into their design decision/product planning on this item, right from the very start.
This was definitely made for a dorm room. As in that rich kid that has everything, but now needs to move into a tiny apartment where they'd get people over for parties etc. but also want a decent setup for watching movies other times.
The main problem with these wireless setups is the delay you get if you use it for basic sound mixing. I mean, no troubles just letting it play a playlist untouched but as soon as you wanna do a transition from one song to another on a mixpult, the delay throws you off. So you need to go wired then and this kind of beats the purpose.
Dan has become pretty funny over time. He was always amusing and made me laugh but he seems very comfortable and confident in front of the camera. His sarcasm during the WAN show and around Linus and co is even better.
as great as crabrave is, perhaps you oughta play a variety of copyright free music when you do overviews of items like this, there's plenty of great music out there you could use.
I used the srs xp500 for my wedding. The speakers have way too much bass but if you hold the bass boost button (at least on the xp500) then it will switch over to a low bass mode which helps extend battery life and makes music sound much more balanced.
A proper surround speaker at the same price would sound better. Rave speakers are not designed for sound quality, just volume. If it happens to sound okay at high volume levels, great, but they are always underwhelming at low listening levels.
this is for people with more money than basic knowledge...for the same price you can get a very nice full home 5.1 or 7.1 audio system off craigs list or kijiji a real sub and game etc and do all media interaction on premium quality sound....the recommendations to listen to things on headphone will seem ridiculous. and no you dont need to upset your neighbors in your getto tower apartment
@@kazzxtrismus ah yes, a nice portable 7.1 system? You are talking about a completely different use case here. But for the price I would still stick with the Soundboks.
I have a down-a-level but same-idea JBL equivalent as a wireless "amp" for my keytar (funny that they were the sponsor lol, but they're both really reputable brands for this kind of thing). I can confidently say that for people who want wireless keytar amps (all 3 of you), they work amazingly. Plus I have a great portable speaker that I can use while doing the dishes, or I can bring it out at parties for background music (or more than background music if the occasion arrives), or have a party by myself with the lights and bass, etc. It's like another bit of expensive equipment that you don't know you need until you have it.
I've got the 700 and absolutely love it - it plays music loudly so you can use it in crowds and was 200€ than the equivalent JBL. The one gripe i have with it though is the portability - i've carried it around, but boy oh boy you get tired quick. With the 900 being even bigger you'd think they'd finally include a straphook or some wheels, but alas, nothing. This thing is not mobile and you'll only be able to carry it short distances, so not sure what the point of it is really.
These things are going to be popular at college parties and tailgates, because that's exactly the sort of features my fraternity brothers and I could have used back in the day. Not sure it has a place in my life, but some younger folks that need a battery powered portable stereo/pa system are going to have fun with those.
So glad I grabbed a Sony RDH-GTK37iP back in 2014. The RDH when new cost was a third what the SRS is listed for. Sure it's AC power only, but it still kicks ass and returned the initial investment with one event.
Regardless of it not being for everybody which is true but the support it have for your TV is interesting. That means that if a person buy it just for partying they can also use it as a theater sound support system. Control the RGB lights with your phone via Bluetooth is Kool. Using one device to serve multiple purposes such as this party box is useful.
I was thinking that you might be doing movie watch parties together on a projector or a big screen tv in your home and the fact that it's a supporting speaker would be great in those instances. Great review!
The tv booster is likely to help in a uni setting as you tend to have cheap and naff TVs that you dont normally choose they come with the place so having a party speaker rhat can compliment your TVs speakers is kinda neat
The bass being super high when over in the TV area wasn't because of the wall but because you were standing right in front of the port on that side. The bass will always be much, much louder near or directly in front of the port.
That tv boost mode could be good for like outdoor night time theater events in parking lots etc. Have some regular speakers and this to boost things over background noise.
Having own the xb33 i can say that sonys speaker when placed close to the wall will have a heavy bass. I had to place it further that the wall to avoid booming the walls.
I have 2x 15" Subwoofers in custom enclosures that I built. Running off a pair of 1000w RMS 4ohm amplifiers. Shakes the shit out of the house. My neighbours love it.
This is made for college kids throwing parties, definitely could work for frat parties if they are outside. The amount of times we’ve had speakers break mid party we and most other frats would be happy spending 900 on a reliable backup for normal and portable for games.
Finally, hearing crab rave through a speaker that can be used in a rave
I feel like at that size it won't be very safe for the crabs.
@@pirojfmifhghek566 do crabs have ears?
@@LukaSauperl If they didn't, then how would they hear each other on their shell phones?
@@pirojfmifhghek566 Oh my god, that was awful, I loved it.
@@pirojfmifhghek566 I love you man
_“But unfortunately it's very good at being not for everyone.”_
Only Dan could produce a sentence like that.
I work at Best Buy, and we have one of these on display. Whenever we’re slow, I pair my phone to it and play it at about 1/3rd volume. That’s loud enough to let me hear music anywhere in the home theater department, at half you can hear it at the front of the store. I’ve never been bold enough to crank it to full.
Do it on one of the days it’s icy and no customers are coming by anyway. See if you can hear it in the parking lot
Would you recommend this product for a low budget purchase for a vehicle?..
@@user-wz1px1pj9v it’ll be cheaper just getting subwoofer and aftermarket stereo and sounds better
@@user-wz1px1pj9vgd question I'm looking for one in mine's
@hide1080 can you recommend a set-up to buy. Need it urgently. For a party
This guy puts across equal amounts of nervous energy and expert energy, I have no clue why it works so well, but it does.
Dan is my favorite LTT host. I don’t need a speaker like this, but I’m still going to watch the full video.
i though that was pretty clear by now after months of saying the same thing
@@OldestHouse It's bot praising videos, on everyone of them lol
I was going to thumb you comment up, but it's a 69..., decided a comment was better.
I need a speaker like this, however I also need a house with a backyard to go along with it.
Dan could do a review on a mound of cow manure and I’d still watch it.
Dan's sense of humor is amazing. The taped over Sony logo with "SONY" on it. The damming with faint praise. The largely dry delivery. I've said it before and I'll say it again - I'd watch a tech podcast with this guy. Him and Anthony together would be on my must listen list.
I have a feeling it didn't say Sony but said Sorry in the Sony font.
The painter's tape on Dan's Sony shirt made my day, haha.
The shirt is the 2nd best part of the video. I'm crying! 😅
I stopped the video to have a better look at it as I wasn't so sure I was seeing right :) What's the story with it?
@@dan-nutu early LTT linus wore a NCIX shirt like this If i recall and her put tape over it. Something like that, my memory aint what she used to be.
Very smart to have Dan review speakers considering he used to work at a recording studio plus his humor is great
Sony as always, never disappointing us with its product naming.
If theres top 3 favorite brand for me, Sony is one of them.
@@fynkozari9271 Sony is the only brand I trust
@@SonyEnthusiast Haha. You might want to look up "Sony Rootkit".
@@SonyEnthusiast hmnn
srs-xb3, wmx-3000, wm-450...
I remember living in an apartment I had just a regular small PC speaker setup with a 6" sub. I lived on the 1st floor and had a little old lady that lived right above me. She knocked on my door one day complaining about a thumping noise coming from below her LOL. I could not believe that little sub traveled that far. I swear it wasn't even 20/100 volume too. Apartments suck.
People always underestimate how well bass frequencies travel. This is precisely why I don't have a sub in my apartment. I've got some 8" studio monitors, but they sit on my desk on isolation stands. They have a pretty full sound stage, but I'm not rocking the floor with every note.
I left my "eviction class" subwoofer at home (a 2x12" 900W SVS beast of a unit) for this very reason.
I agree I would definitely get booted out of my flat if I had this
@@Daphoid Yea it's crazy what a quality driver can do. I had two Velodyne Microvees which pack a 6.5" woofer and 2 6.5" passive radiators in a well constructed brick house I could still hear the sound waves across the street in my neighbors yard pretty well. haha
So far, in this 50 ish year old apartment, I have not had complaints.
Even tho I use a 10-12 year old 5.1 Logitech G51 Set on my PC, and it can definitely put out some bass.
At least I don't do it too late or too early, so perhaps that is why, I use it for gaming, music as well as movies/series so.
Reason why I never wanted to live in apartments anymore after moving to country side at age 11 I am 28yrs old and I rather have live in country side or at least wooded area but still have my own space
If I understand well, the idea for it to support your existing TV setup sounds pretty useful. Main usecase would probably be someone who has a soundbar for their TV, but no subwoofer. With this thing, you get an okay subwoofer, which you can wheel out and use as a sound system when you throw a party in the garden. Any speaker system of this class takes up a lot of room, but if it acts as your subwoofer while you're not throwing a party it becomes a bit more tolerable to have around
...except that it's not actually a good subwoofer. Or a good party speaker.
If you're stuck with a soundbar because you don't have the budget for decent stereo/surround speakers - spending $1000 on a boom-box probably wouldn't be a priority. It's a bit awkwardly sized to use as a sub for a TV. It also comes in at 26kgs - which is awkwardly sized to be portable. You can sort out a 12" sub/amp for your TV for just under a hundred bucks (you don't even need a fancy 2.1 system - just leech the stereo signal via split cables). And same for party speakers. You've seen those big bluetooth units that go for like $60 on Amazon? My friends bring those out to outdoor parties and they're enough to keep 50-60 people happy. There's usually an external battery or generator involved, but even those are pretty cheap.
Great host, there was never any dull moment and everything felt very seamless
Let Dan host more stuff, dude has a way of talking that's conversational but informative
the video of him and jake and linus working on the network stack at linus's house was a blast. very enjoyable to watch
He seems somewhat nervous and not confident. Something that people may find cute. I don't find him annoying or anything so I'm cool with him personally.
Would you be able to call that... Informaltive?
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I'm sorry...
More Dan level humor. Harkens back to early Anthony, who is now quite competent but we all know how smart and well researched he is.
I love his shirt
Anthony is the best!
I am new to this channel and I am just checking out the comments. Yours caught my eye because my name is Dan and my brother's name is Anthony. What a coincidence.
Man this guy is so relaxing to listen. Calm yet interesting to watch.
As a speaker that gets wheeled around for corporate events, I could definitely see this. I've helped organise multiday training camps for new recruits and executives. Having a very nice battery in there for a day long run from guest speakers to mood music during the evening BBQ would've been amazing.
the sony tape on the sony logo is truly comedy gold.
I don't get it; please explain.
yeah not sure how this has so many likes.
@@Psythik it's called product displacement. Generally speaking you don't have brand name stuff in videos (RUclips, movies, TV, etc) without a product placement deal in place. So you tape out / blur product names. But since the video is about Sony speaker, they replaced the brand with Sony.
It's just a little quirky dad joke level gag
@@snipegrzywa i still dont get it am a dad. Please explain the lame joke? All i need to know i guess does that mean it is sponsored or isnt sponsored? Still not funny but atleast get the joke if i knew that.
@@scotts1668 The day they filmed this Dan was wearing a Sony T-shirt. Normally you wouldn't have a brand name in a video (people may think it's shady advertisement, the company may not like what you say, it's just easier to not have any brands showing), so you cover them up or hide them. You ever see someone wearing an inside-out shirt in a sponsored video, that's why. But this video is about a Sony product, so they jokingly half-covered the Sony logo on his shirt, then wrote the product's brand name on the tape...which is Sony.
I love the commitment to the bit of showing off the top of the speaker while it's still on the table
Dan is such a great addition to LTT's regular presenters.
i bought one older version like 3 years ago still works great with the lights and everything battery life lasts like 8 hrs straight full volume with rave lights off
60 pounds is as heavy as some of the old RCA speakers I used to own, but those were made of wood.
Yeah that's about the weight of each of my tower speakers. 55lbs.
But this is a single Bluetooth speaker lol
27.2 kilograms
if you call 60lbs heavy....i dont know how to be nice and encouraging with a follow up comment.
its 60lbs.....basic employment requirements are 50lbs...
@@kazzxtrismus would you chastise him less if he used " weighs about as much" ? He didnt say it was to heavy for him to lift little pickle guy. And i dont know how to say that any more encouraging since its genetic and you cant change it 🥕 enjoy ut evening baby carrot...😅😂
@@scotts1668 its not genetic at that level...
your neck can lift your bodyweight.
\1 leg can lift your whole body to standing...these are all standards of the basic musculoskeletal construction of the body......if you cant do those things youve neglected yourself worse than obesity....
thats why they can mandate it as an employment minimum....
also the demo guy actually dropped it.......
if you cant lift over 50lbs youve emaciated yourself...this is 60lbs...basically the same weight....
my 10yr old was lifting more for fun.
you lot should be ashamed
I really want to give all of Dan's neighbors one of these. Then they can sync them and play crab rave at 3am.
I think he would be even more annoyed if one of them is slightly EQd differently
I'll say this every time Dan hosts - he is awesome to see on here - great reviews, great perspective, fun to watch
Love how LMG has so many really knowledgeable hosts now. Each has their areas of expertise and you really feel it when they get to host something that's in their wheelhouse. Honestly couldn't care less about the speaker, but watching Dan put it through it's paces was still entertaining.
Ah yes, just what I needed for my 10x10 living room!
Its going to blow your ears off
hard to see why would need wireless in a room like that, or how can't beat the sound from this gimmick using speakers at half the price
For a party product, it'd be best to do an outdoor review (also). Which is most probably the intended use anyway.
My thought exactly. This becomes in a big room or outdoors, not a room-studio
Shortcircuit is a quick and dirty unboxing channel tho, but I agree
This is not a review channel
@@salsaestoniaWell then shouldn't give an opinion on whether it's good or bad or why it's good or why it's bad
I have two SRS-X48s setup in stereo mode, and it's amazing how powerful they are considering their size. They also sound crystal clear at high volumes. Honestly, I think they would be fine for almost any use case, and something like this is complete overkill.
Just here for the Dan fans. He is an absolute asset to LTT. No awkward phase of being bad in front of the camera, just Dan enjoying the tech and giving his best Louie Theroux deadpan comedy review.
Don't give two hoots about the speaker, but Dan is such a chill guy and great to listen to. More Dan!
Dan THE MAN is always appreciated
A few months ago I bought the much smaller but still very powerful SONY SRSXG500B.
Love it!
You made that name up on the spot. 😂
I bought the JBL boom box 2.. Better than yours at 100 notes less!
In my opinion that is, I tried both before buying :)
@@helenHTID I tried a lot before settling on the Sony. Suits my needs and after reading and watching many reviews and comparisons I was willing to pay the extra for Sony.
Use case for this: it’s a busy Dominican restaurant or deli in Brooklyn, during the day they use it to call out orders and and make announcements, maybe some light karaoke for larger gatherings. After close they blast it while they clean up. I wanna start a series soon where I go through interesting use cases for bizarre audio solutions. Like, there’s so much eyebrow rasing gear out there but most of it seems to find it’s unique use case.
Sounds like a good use-case for that speaker is to turn the bass way up, and position it near wet concrete that needs to be agitated to settle smoothly and solidly. Fifteen or twenty seconds should shake any bubbles to the surface, and get the fill packing firmly.
Dan has rapidly become my favourite host, more Dan videos please :D
Speakers are the hardest products to review for others because we have literally no way of knowing (as the viewer) of what it sounds like. I love this review
you guys need to turn down all your lighting stuff so we can see how it would look in a darker setting like it would be at a party
Just bought 2 XV800 for parties and I love the clarity in sound.
The support function is really when you're not partying... It's better usage than just leaving it sitting 6/7 days of the week
I like that they brought back the square woofers
Seriously thinking about picking up the smaller version of this for the back yard. Seems like a great option.
My first thought starting the video "oh man I can't wait to hear crab rave through *this* " 🤣
I would like see you guys take a look at the soundbox brand of speakers. I see them in parks offices and people just walking around carrying them like a backpack
I'll poke a possibility for this. You go outside in a park (or outside in your yard), you throw a party for your friend, you have food, drinks, the usual park activities, a dozen families there with kids running around and screaming and shouting and having fun. You don't necessarily put it at the highest volume, but you do have a lot of oomph, hours of battery time, and enough to make your booty shake. Plug in a microphone, you got a karaoke. Plug in a portable mixer, a few instruments, and you can have a live band playing. It's not in our culture to do fiestas like this, but they do exist, and such device makes it awesome all-in-ones.
5:29 wow 😮😮😮 that bass coming through earphones harder, must be stronger in person... they did a nice job here plus the looks 🙂
I always use my XB43 in stamina mode when using them as normal speakers. The Bluetooth mode is FAR too bass heavy. Using a cable input gives a much nicer sound profile, but if they actually put a proper EQ in the app it would be significantly better.
2x XB43 in stamina mode standing on either side of the TV with a stereo splitter cable giving each one mono actually sounds brilliant!
Cool. I use my XB41 as my TV sound bar
Dan demonstrating his newly learned skills from studying under the best tech dropper there is I see
Comparing to the speakers we left in the 90’s which we used multiple to get surround sound, having one speaker that size for a party doesn’t sound bad inside or outside. As long as it performs
Can you do a video about a full audiophile setup, including DAC and speakers. Would be interested to see your reaction to the professional Genelec 8030C speakers and a Topping DAC.
As a TV speaker: oversized and mono sound
As a Party speaker: heavy af, short battery life
Basically get smaller speakers but multiple of them and pair 'em up.
I apreciate the honesty in the review.
I mean speakers and batteries are Heavy AF, and that has a lot of both, so there is no making that thing light, same thing with the idea of mono vs stereo, it has stereo mids and high range speakers and Bass is always mono, as low freqs don't benefit from L and R most of the time, and to top that part off, the only way to get a defined L/R is two speakers on your left and right side, and then battery life seems pretty good once you understand the physics of power draw as it related to subs/low freqs and volume in general, It sounds like is plenty loud to not be needed at full volume at a party, and at that would your really need to crank it at full volume for 4 hours or more?
Small speakers will NEVER get you the low end of a large speaker, its pure physics, like most of your complaints, the root of it them are physics bound.
I can see plenty of use cases for this speaker and even a couple for going big and getting two of them.
5 hours seems plenty long med vol and rgb or even 4 with high vol. 12 hours is far more than enough no rgb
@@Alex-zi1nb Advertised times. Keep that in mind. Reality might look a lot different.
@@blaness13 I dont think the product itself is bad, I just see no good use case for this.
I have the SRS-XP700 slightly smaller and probably from the previous generation. I love it. it is super loud, has 25 hours of battery life. I personally have used it for 15 hours at medium volume before I needed to charge it. I would recommend this speaker instead of the new SRS-XV900. This is because you can buy the XP700 for around 400 dollars compared to the insane $900 for the XV 900 Even though it has less power and sound. It has amazing bass, great sound quality, awesome for outdoor use. I personally use this for pool parties (water resistant), sand volleyball (not sand resistant but is pretty good if you wipe it down afterwards), and ultimate. I love it probably the best Sony speaker I have owned. (I bought the previous 2 generations as well) The cons however of the xp700 is that the apps are not very good. this extends as well to all Sony speakers however. They need to update it and receive customer suggestions because if the supporting apps were improved these speakers would feel a lot better.
I also have the XP700 and I love it! I put it in my garage for watching movies and listening to music… I never turn the volume all the way up because my wife complains about it shaking the room inside the house… I’m thinking of getting another one for pairing, so I could have even a better movie experience (I think it’s probably going to be overkill but hey, you only live once)…
These are great for party planners (aka the professional companies). Two of those and you never have to worry about having to wire the whole sound system in every location.
Seeing that Roland makes streaming gear now is awesome as someone who plays an instrument and is familiar with their equipment
I have a two Sony xp700 and pair them together. They Are prefect for my backyard/pool area and the light are a cool effect when the other outdoor lights are going! I also have an older Sony SRS-XB portable speakers and the lights are great for a small room or I use it for a concert in the shower! I honestly really love their line of "party/portable" BT speakers
We have 2 of the JBL partybox 1000s, theyre also really cool
"Loud" is a understatement. have an older smaller model 5.5 hours at full volume only hit ~50% battery but you can't be close at that volume its deafening in a small room. used it regularly in a warehouse during construction 300,000 sqf the bass was audible in the whole place. i expect this to perform better in the same situation.
For the support speaker mode, my LG C1 TV has a feature where you can pair to a Bluetooth speaker, check its placement in the room and then use the remote to sync the audio to use as a surround speaker.
I don’t have neighbors but I hate myself is that close enough?
such luxury to not have neighbors. flexing on us.
@@Timotarius_ I can’t help I’m a Yee Yee lol
I love how Dan is out of breath for the first half of the video
I love Dan's videos. Great presentation.
I think the TV Boost feature is useful if you want to still retain the stereo image from your built-in TV stereo speaker, but still want to fill the whole frequency response because most TV speakers only have good mid-frequency with little to no extensions on the low and high side.
My biggest problem with these types of speakers is that most of them I've tried (don't know if that's the case for this one) is that they recommend that you don't keep it plugged in all the time but don't give you the option to completely turn off the battery so you can just use it at home
Just buy one which doesn't have a battery.
Exactly. What Sony (and every other company that makes a similar speaker) should do is give these devices the ability/option to easily switch between a battery-powered mode and an AC-powered mode. No one wants to run a speaker like this on battery in their home and then have to keep on recharging it all the time. They ONLY want to do that when the speaker will be used where there is no option to plug it in. Also, a device this size should have an easy to swap out, user-replaceable battery as well. If you aren't going to give it the option to run on AC power, then you are going to be drawing down the useful life of that battery in relatively short order. Once that rechargeable battery is worn out/used up, you're going to have to likely take it to a service center or battery specialty shop to get it professionally replaced. That's going to take a considerable amount of time and effort, especially on a unit of this size. This is something important that Sony really should have factored into their design decision/product planning on this item, right from the very start.
This was definitely made for a dorm room. As in that rich kid that has everything, but now needs to move into a tiny apartment where they'd get people over for parties etc. but also want a decent setup for watching movies other times.
The main problem with these wireless setups is the delay you get if you use it for basic sound mixing. I mean, no troubles just letting it play a playlist untouched but as soon as you wanna do a transition from one song to another on a mixpult, the delay throws you off. So you need to go wired then and this kind of beats the purpose.
I love your shirt! The tape over Sony with Sony written in it is just a delightful!
Also can you be the main narrator from now on? Please and thank you
Dan has become pretty funny over time. He was always amusing and made me laugh but he seems very comfortable and confident in front of the camera. His sarcasm during the WAN show and around Linus and co is even better.
as great as crabrave is, perhaps you oughta play a variety of copyright free music when you do overviews of items like this, there's plenty of great music out there you could use.
Yeah, 5 seconds of the meme is enough, they could pull all sorts of cool audio in to test
I used the srs xp500 for my wedding. The speakers have way too much bass but if you hold the bass boost button (at least on the xp500) then it will switch over to a low bass mode which helps extend battery life and makes music sound much more balanced.
5:30 that face was just
Dan is f****** great. We need more Dan.
"Sleep paralysis demon music", best LTT quote to date!
Seems like a bunch of niche use cases, but at least it sounds nice. If only this could be used in a surround sound set-up.
A proper surround speaker at the same price would sound better. Rave speakers are not designed for sound quality, just volume. If it happens to sound okay at high volume levels, great, but they are always underwhelming at low listening levels.
this is for people with more money than basic knowledge...for the same price you can get a very nice full home 5.1 or 7.1 audio system off craigs list or kijiji a real sub and game etc and do all media interaction on premium quality sound....the recommendations to listen to things on headphone will seem ridiculous.
and no you dont need to upset your neighbors in your getto tower apartment
@@kazzxtrismus ah yes, a nice portable 7.1 system? You are talking about a completely different use case here.
But for the price I would still stick with the Soundboks.
I have a down-a-level but same-idea JBL equivalent as a wireless "amp" for my keytar (funny that they were the sponsor lol, but they're both really reputable brands for this kind of thing). I can confidently say that for people who want wireless keytar amps (all 3 of you), they work amazingly. Plus I have a great portable speaker that I can use while doing the dishes, or I can bring it out at parties for background music (or more than background music if the occasion arrives), or have a party by myself with the lights and bass, etc. It's like another bit of expensive equipment that you don't know you need until you have it.
I can hear that bass through my earbuds! Disclaimer: they are already on the bass profile
More hifi please … Dan is doing a great job as a presenter 🎉
I hope you know That those kind of Bluetooth speaker aren't anywhere near hi-fi
@@NOBODY-hp3mu it was more for them to review hifi stuff not this crap …
This is no hifi! This is crapp.2.0 !
I love Dan's dry humor.
So pretty, i really would love it, i have a sony stero from 1997 still working exept the tap deck.
I've got the 700 and absolutely love it - it plays music loudly so you can use it in crowds and was 200€ than the equivalent JBL.
The one gripe i have with it though is the portability - i've carried it around, but boy oh boy you get tired quick.
With the 900 being even bigger you'd think they'd finally include a straphook or some wheels, but alas, nothing.
This thing is not mobile and you'll only be able to carry it short distances, so not sure what the point of it is really.
Ima show this to my Mexican dad .
Sony of today has lost its durability. How sad.
What's sad is your cognitive ability.
These things are going to be popular at college parties and tailgates, because that's exactly the sort of features my fraternity brothers and I could have used back in the day. Not sure it has a place in my life, but some younger folks that need a battery powered portable stereo/pa system are going to have fun with those.
not mentioned in the video, LIVE SOUND actually using audio processing to widen the sound stage and almost give a surround sound experience
So glad I grabbed a Sony RDH-GTK37iP back in 2014. The RDH when new cost was a third what the SRS is listed for. Sure it's AC power only, but it still kicks ass and returned the initial investment with one event.
Just received mine about two weeks ago the base is awesome on this thing love it 😊
Regardless of it not being for everybody which is true but the support it have for your TV is interesting. That means that if a person buy it just for partying they can also use it as a theater sound support system. Control the RGB lights with your phone via Bluetooth is Kool. Using one device to serve multiple purposes such as this party box is useful.
We got 2 700s and I can say they're beasts. Definitely recommend the SRS speakers to anyone
This speaker, through the video makes my own speaker setup's subwoofer engage more than I've ever heard it do before lmao
I was thinking that you might be doing movie watch parties together on a projector or a big screen tv in your home and the fact that it's a supporting speaker would be great in those instances. Great review!
I read the title and almost skipped the video. Then I saw Dan. Love that guy.
This guy is great host! I might start watching ltt content if they relax a bit like this guy
I heard it in person. And I love it.
my use case would be party speaker and a sub for out door movies in support mode on the projector!
2 of them for tv, and then you can detach one and roll it around for a bluetooth party speaker. I love the idea.
corners are bass magnet. it makes sense when u move away from there to feel it less. thats why in studios they add bass traps in the corners.
The tv booster is likely to help in a uni setting as you tend to have cheap and naff TVs that you dont normally choose they come with the place so having a party speaker rhat can compliment your TVs speakers is kinda neat
"Is it reactive to sound?" *punshes devices* "Must be internal."
What would be cool would be for the mids and highs speakers to be detachable on cables, or even wireless units that charge from the bass unit.
The bass being super high when over in the TV area wasn't because of the wall but because you were standing right in front of the port on that side. The bass will always be much, much louder near or directly in front of the port.
That tv boost mode could be good for like outdoor night time theater events in parking lots etc. Have some regular speakers and this to boost things over background noise.
Having own the xb33 i can say that sonys speaker when placed close to the wall will have a heavy bass. I had to place it further that the wall to avoid booming the walls.
My MTI’s at BMT used similar speakers to play music while we did PT to heat our dorms
I have 2x 15" Subwoofers in custom enclosures that I built. Running off a pair of 1000w RMS 4ohm amplifiers. Shakes the shit out of the house. My neighbours love it.
First time I see a vid presented by Dan and have to say I really enjoyed it. Might be my new fav presenter at LTT
This is made for college kids throwing parties, definitely could work for frat parties if they are outside. The amount of times we’ve had speakers break mid party we and most other frats would be happy spending 900 on a reliable backup for normal and portable for games.