JBL Xtreme 5 reviews, the new top pick in the large class
I'm a little late to the JBL Xtreme 5 party, but as I always say better late than never.
I never thought I'd say it, but the JBL Xtreme 5 is the new leader in many categories in the Large class based on reviews from Oluv and Alan Ross. It's overall ranked #2 of 74 large size portable speakers, and also is the top pick for sound quality, loudest and digital usb-audio input in the Large size class.
The only real downside is the price, which is a good 3x more than a Tribit Stormbox Lava, so if you're price sensitive at all, just get that instead, it's still a fantastic speaker.
JBL was always focused on bass bass bass with a lot of midbass and midrange suck out, but JBL seems to have seen the light and the Flip 7, Charge 6 and now the Xtreme 5 are actually all pretty good sounding speakers.