When it comes to JBL, Nokia Lumia has to be mentioned. Previous Lumia phones often used JBL headsets as standard earplugs, and its colorful Bluetooth headsets were also sold with Lumia as official accessories. But in fact, JBL's earphones are not famous in the circle. Few earphoners will use JBL earphones. If you open the official website of JBL, you will find that their products are more focused on the external display of speakers, and even you will see the JBL logo on many laptops (such as Lenovo). The JBL Charge3 we shot today is not an expensive speaker product of the JBL family, but a civilian class JBL wireless Bluetooth speaker. Interestingly, it can not only be used as a Bluetooth speaker, but also has its own 6000mAh power supply for charging mobile phones and other devices, which can be said to be a power bank that can play music.

Left: JBL Charge3 Right: Sony SRS XB30

The overall size of JBL Charge3 is about the same as that of Sony SRS-XB30. At present, the mainstream thousand yuan Bluetooth speakers on the market are all in this shape. The main body of JBL Charge3 is made of woven linen fabric. When I first saw it, I thought its sound outlet was located in the position of woven linen fabric, but actually its sound outlet was located in the left and right JBL Logo diaphragm positions. The fully enclosed design enables JBL Charge3 to have a waterproof level up to IPX7. For general rainy environments, splashing is no problem, and it can even be immersed in water for a certain period of time. However, we do not recommend that you soak it in water for use, because it will have a great impact on its sound quality.

The keys of JBL Charge3 are all concentrated in the row of woven linen fabric, and they are basic function keys.

By breaking off the dark grid on the back of JBL Charge3, we can see three interfaces, namely 3.5mm interface, Micro USB charging port and USB power output port (for charging electronic devices) from left to right. For the charging function of JBL Charge3, first of all, the official did not indicate that it supports fast charging. After the actual test, we also found that it does not support QC fast charging. With 50% of the power, Sony Xperia Z5 Premium can only reach the level of 5V/1A with it.

The mesh flax fabric has a great friction force, the weight of the whole machine is less than 1000g, and the holding feeling is good.

There is no need to download the app. JBL Charge3 can be used after Bluetooth is enabled and directly paired with the device. In terms of sound quality, the author simply listened to a few songs. It can be said that JBLCharge3 can indeed achieve better sound than the MacBook Pro 2016 low configuration version. When the speakers of the MacBook Pro 2016 low configuration version are already among the best in notebooks, it can be said that the sound quality of JBL Charge3 is no problem.

If you look at JBL Charge3 at the level of a thousand yuan machine's Bluetooth speaker, you can only say that its sound quality is only better than the pass line, not to an excellent level. Although its exposed bass diaphragm makes it look dynamic, it's not deep enough to dive, lacks some flexibility, and has a poor sense of atmosphere. Its voice density is thin, But if you compare it with the laptop speaker, it must be a difference. You can only say that the sound quality of JBL Charge3 is inferior to that of the previous one.