Nice hairdo bro LOL The HK actually holds up pretty well, very clean for an older speaker. I still prefer the Tribit but if they price dropped it to that $200 range it could be a very good alternative.
HK Go+Play is still one of my favourite speakers. Fantastic bass. I owned it once before I purchased Aiwa Exos 9. Too bad they haven't updated it at all. At the same time a sign of strength that a 6 years old speaker is still highly competitive. AND given its weight and power Tribit should sound a lot better.
There should be a new HK Go+Play 3 coming up in mid September. Most notable changes are (based on the video shared below): 1 amplified woofer instead of 2 x passive radiators (now a 3-way design), 60% more power (160W), almost 15% louder, automatic acoustic calibration via the 2 microphones, glass touch panel at the top, aluminum handle, better mesh fabric. The shape is similar, albeit a bit different and, unfortunately, the playback time is rated at up to 8h. Sorry if I got any details wrong. You can find more details about it in the HK product launch event video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e832Q4WZYYg.html
A very interesting comparison! I didn't know that at 70% both are same loudness. Thought the Tribit is much louder. I liked the Go and play since i heard it the first time. 6 years ago, and still one of the bests. Edit: I was wrong with the volume. ^^ my mistake, its 70 vs 55
Alan, after trolling all your very entertaining reviews, I picked up a used Harman Kardon Go Play 2 for $160nzd and am over the moon, just love the sound! Thanks for your reviews and keep them coming 🤣
Mr. Boomy Reviews kinda gotta got a ring to it. Lmaooo joking aside, another great video as always Alan 👑. Both of these speakers are very good (was pleasantly surprised how the GPP mini held up) that battery on the Mini is unforgivable though.
I think both of these speakers are great. It's a really amazing result for the Go+ Play considering it's age. Even now it's able to hold its ground purely in sound but no doubt the Stormbox Blast is the better bang for buck at this point in time with a longer battery life, newer specs, full waterproof rating, as well as the option of a higher maximum volume (even if it doesn't sound optimal). Everyone has their own sonic preferences. You present all the data to make it easier to choose based on individual needs and you understand (unlike most) that it's subjective. There's no one size (or speaker) fits all and if you like it that's what matters. Just one more reason why you're the best. Thank you for another excellent comparison, Alan! 😁👍👏
I bought a stormbox blast after watching just about every video you made on it and this thing is UNBELIEVABLE!!! Trades blows with my aiwa Exos 9 and my Partybox 100 like no ones business and does it with a better battery life than those two other speakers combined!
OK... that's the comparison I needed! 👍🏼 Thank you! I usually run the Go&Play around 40-70%, and I really wanted to test buy the Tribit, but it's permanently sold out - as it turns out here, to my advantage. I am still very happy with my Go&Play in 2022, there is no real reason to buy another indoor speaker of this size. For more power I run my old but gold Technics SA-CA1060 system from 1994 with a BT adapter. The MOS-FET amplifier delivers "just" 2x40 watts at 6 ohms, but in combination with the speakers it is extreme: 31Hz - 22kHz, 2cm tweeter, 8cm midrange, 14cm woofer with 18cm passive diaphragm - per speaker. In stereo mode half the room shakes, door handles and everything else that is not solid vibrate. Absolute technical masterpiece, often underestimated concept. But as a matter of interest, I have the new Nubert "nuGO! ONE" ordered, but will not be delivered until winter. Am curious what the device can do with ~ 1.5 kilograms. Nubert is known for enormously good soundbar and shelf. and floorstanding speakers, where even the bass never comes up short. :D Geilerweise is also AAC and aptxHD on board, although the development is not yet completed, so still the one or other change will come. live.nubert.de/nugo-one/a040893 "The nuGo! ONE heralds a new era: Nubert sound becomes mobile and will accompany you in the future on every vacation, on the terrace or in the garden. However, we have not simply developed a Bluetooth speaker, but a stereo system that provides good sound on the go. This is ensured by a radio receiver that supports FM, DAB+ and FM HD and thus works everywhere in the world. With 60 Hz bass and 24 hours of battery life, the performance is unparalleled in the compact dimensions of the nuGo! ONE is second to none."
forgive me but it reads like marketing over promise. when i read 24 hours battery life i know its written by marketing people. let us know how it holds up in the real world. 👍
I have had the Go+Play for years and I love the sound but I just hate that the battery life is so bad. Went out with it once to "party" and the battery ran out before the party could really get going :D It is great if you have mains nearby but no point in carrying that heavy thing outside when the battery doesn't last. Great comparison man!
The result is buy the boombox 3 conqueror JBL Encore but not Essential because the battery is bad! Currently costs the encore is the equivalent of half less than the Boombox 3. A great party box!
yeah but for about 2 hours? take the boombox 3, its got a 72Wh battery, the difference is night and day. 27 watt hours in a powerful bass heavy speaker is nuts.
@@alanrossreviews what 2 hours? The Essential is very poor but the jbl Encore lasts me about 6 hours with over 60% volume, lights on and bass boost 1. Why are you telling this?
You must tell me which hairdresser do you go to!! please! so chameleon, as the good artists!! and I'm not blind to like those hairs, because if I were, I wouldn't see anything!! 😆😆 Thanks again, Alan, also for your words for the boom and its deep bass that defies the laws of physics (sooo tue!). You are the best bluetooth speakers reviewer-ever
I have had HK Go Play for several years. A very good speaker with a deep bass and a wide sound. To increase the volume and extend the operating time, I connected it to the 19V powerbank. To improve the treble, I removed the front casing. I bought Tribit and sold HK. Tribit sounds better / louder. But I miss HK.
"HK go play" truly and still shines after all these years...Never needed EQ with it and never bothers my ears for long listen... BTW really great comparison :D If i need party style speaker, i'd have JBL Partybox Encore...
Both amazing speakers!!! I'm surprised the hk is still holding up so good except for shit battery of course, it's quite ancient in Bluetooth speaker age
I don’t think much has changed in the Bluetooth speaker market in terms of sound vs size vs performance personally. The things that have changed to me seem to be more mono speakers with the option of wireless stereo pairing, better batteries, waterproofing, and more competitive prices. Just my observations
i think the only thing for me really changing is the bass they are squeezing out of the smaller speakers. the bigger speakers are just being rehashed. at least with the boombox 3 they are trying something a little different but JBL seem to have a moto, if we put tweeters in then make sure its ear bleeding tweeters. 🤣
Which portable bt speaker would YOU recommend to listen to 1950s' era opera for hours? 50% volume for medium size room? Yes? HELP me please Allan, I'll go bonkers if I watch any more "this is it...this is the speaker of the century!" YT videos! 🤪
I like your channel and watch every video but this comparison is inappropriate. The harman is always louder and therefore naturally produces more bass? the only passage i liked was 100% volume of the tribit against harman 100% the only fair passage!
This comparison is little strange dude but Alan Ross Reviews keeps it fair and matches the volume of both to a similar level.But right, the Tribit could have beaten the "old man" easily, at 100% you see..
Of corse the Tribit wins as a overall Bluetooth speaker but the Go+Play mini 2 still does sound good especially in 2022 but is your next video about the Boombox 3?
I see but let me try this....HEY RU-vid I WANT YALL TO SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON LIKE YOU DID ON YOUR CRUSH INSTAGRAM PAGE AND GET ALAN INSPIRATION TO REVIEW THE BOOMBOX 3❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Still the go play for me! Although the encore replaced it if you dont mind the battery.. i returned it anyhow and got a 710 at home now which doesnt have a battery at all😝 i love it, more than the 1000, but will send it back as i want to buy an other car, have a lancia ypsilon at this moment, but going to switch to a jaguar x type 2.5 v6😁😁
and you're a student right? 🤪 yeah whats that battery all about? blast has become my go to but with custom, neutral custom. the encore i still cant get here.
AGAIN with the wig man?😂 hey great comparison video. I didn't know Harman kardon had released a speaker simular to the tribit. Man I'm running out of room in my house for all these speakers.
I tried the Go+Play in store again, while there's a great deep bass and a decent mid bass, there's no upper bass on it, like at all. Also the treble is still quite grainy. This video will tell me if should remove the Go+Play definitely from my wish list 👍 By the way the Go+Play is "only" 250€ in France. I don't get why Harman kardon is so expensive in the US 🤔
Yes! I had it at home and if you turn on jazz or other classical music, it will be played widely and without distractions. The bass is also really clear, but not overexposed
@@ThibautMahringer At home it sounds for sure more bass, but it can't match the tribita bass! For me in Poland, harman kardon is cheaper than tribit, but I would choose tribit, although tribit sounds a bit boring due to the lack of treble compared to harman kardon
@@DominikReviews Call me crazy but I came to like the 5.5khz dip on the Blast. With the right EQ, it's never harsh no matter what track you play, even the most aggressive ones. And since you can EQ around that dip to smooth the treble you can still get decent highs. You lose some clarity because of that dip but you also get a speaker that is never aggressive in the treble. When alan said that dips can be deliberate, yeah I agree. And I think it is deliberate on the Blast 😁
Need to get a altec Lansing imt800 boom box to do comparisons, I promise you'll be surprised. Would be great if you could review it, would like to see where you think it stands in terms of sound quality.
@@alanrossreviews Hey, I wasn't dogging you! It just struck me funny as all heck. REALLY liking the jbl encore by the way. That ported thing is super touchy on rokm placement though.
no no i know you wasnt. you are one of the true good guys on my channel! i know that 👌👌 but i did mean that i know my videos are overlong and i take a while to get to the point. but it doesnt matter to me because i just have to make videos in the way i can enjoy them. 😁
Well the Go+Play 2 still sounds pretty good but if they raise the price to 400$ like they did with the Studio 5,6 to force you to buy the Studio 7 well the might be a go plus play mini 3 but the Studio 8 comes out next year.
Actually a flat on axis FR doesnt say much about a speaker besides telling you what sticks out and what sounds reccessed in the scheme of things. Of course we wouldnt want anything to stick out like a sore thumb or sound distant, so a flat FR is desirable. The on axis FR doesnt tell you how a speaker would sound like, far far from it. But measurements dont stop there, we have off axis measurements, directivity and dispersion at all angles, distortion, resonances, what reflections from a typical room would roughly do to the overall sound which is usually very accurate and compression which will affect sound after its 'comfort zone'. Harman and some others like Amir and Erin do all this not to define what a perfect is but rather to show if a speaker is actually broken in design or not. The speaker is always the weakest link in the system, so its always a good thing to have hard data on it. One man's neutral is another man's bass light, and that is why objective measurements equalize subjective views and give the reader/listener a better view of things, IF he or she knows to translate the data provided to their listening preferences. I dont doubt a flat FR and other measurements, I doubt the things like tgeFletcher Munson curve and the Harman curve because that was derived from a limited sample of humans that were tested on. As Amir and Floyd Toole said, even with all the data we have now that is measured on speakers, it only tells 70% of what a speaker would actually sound like, the other 30% consists of actual listening, hence the subjective portion of Amir's review is still alive and well till this day. No objectivist would dare say on axis FR is end all fak all, in fact much more importance is given to the listening window and PIR that usually correlates to real live listening experience.
What you been drinking 🍻 today? 😱 I have one test in the real world, my smile test 😊 we all have our opinions on what does and doesn't matter. If id spent 100k on a machine to take 2000 measurements and translate that via mathematics into anechoic equivalence id also say it was all you need know. Toole himself advocates listening with your ears as the main factor. You know my views on this, i respect yours while disagreeing. Again i make a distinction between compressed bluetooth speakers and high end audio. The limitations of Bluetooth speakers and the fact they are used mostly as a single speaker in different locations is why i disagree on a lot of this when evaluating them. High end speakers require very careful positioning for a lot of that data to translate.
@@alanrossreviews i mentioned that Toole stated after all measurements provided on a speaker, the other 30% of listening is still vital. Someone that understands the data will never say that listening isnt important, its still part of the process. Extremists on both ends are what I dont agree with, it has to be a ying yang thing. Measurements help enormously, if you can translate that data on hand into real life listening. Ear dyno dont mean jack because that is totally subjective, relying 100% on measurements is foolish too. For critical listening, every degree you go off axis up or down, left or right is in the data, hence the term 'small' or 'big' sweetpot. I totally agree that for a bt speaker, all this dont apply as you can put the speaker in closet and still report back on how it sounds. IMO, on and off axis measurements would be more than enough to indicate what the speaker will actually do in real life. A lot more work but thats just me. Many of your charts show compression indirectly, simplified for the regular consumer. I still feel that more basic info like what a bt speaker does off axis would help them understand more about a certain speaker. I understand that needs more money and time but thats just my personal opinion. Your data has helped more than anyone is doing currently but things can always evolve eh? You are to me the leading bt speaker reviewer, fak Oluv.
wow well i didnt see that coming, i respect what you say so thats high praise indeed. trust me i have considered all this and havent dismissed it. In regards to off axis measurements and outdoor testing. the trouble is i simply dont have enough time, never say never but its a combination of time, having to enjoy what i do and when is enough information really enough. I have speakers piled up here that i will probably never get to. I am just sticking to what is interesting to me and what most people are asking about. And trust me, i would not like to fak Oluv 🤪🤪
@@alanrossreviews yup, its all about time and money and I totally appreciate what you are doin for the community. You da man Alan! Educate, dont masturbate! I will always support your work Alan! And... and.. and... I would fak Oluv, if he is wearing pretty wigs unlike you and after 48 pints of Guinness. 🤣🤣🤣
Which speaker would you get if you could only buy one boombox right now? I like bass but clarity and volume are really important. Motion Boom Plus or Tribit Stormbox Blast?
Hi Alan what firmware are you running on your tribit, I have v 2.6 ready to install but don’t really want to do it until I know what the update does? Hope you are well mate, haven’t seen anything from you for a while.
Nearly Harman kardons entire consumer line of products that past years have been infamous for sounding amazing, but having batteries that are a joke, and software and functioning flaws that made lots of disaster. Such as Cortana being discontinued, or the citation towers not interacting with the citation sub in the way users wanted, or simply the fact that it was all reliant on wireless and no simple old school reliable plug in jacks. At least they sound good 😭
@@alanrossreviews I heard an ONN speaker the other or at least seen a few reviews in their bigger speakers and to be fair they are not too bad either. Which Partybox? Good question Alan but before I give an opinion I’ve not been disappointed with my Tribit speakers. I don’t think any Bluetooth speaker has age appropriation. I am in my 50s and still appreciate thunderous bass like I have since my teens. As far as Partybox goes personally I would plumb for the Encore (not the essential version, the battery life is terrible). The 110, 310 or 710. I have window rattling HiFi but the 710 can rattle a Tank, the 710 is The Tank Rattler!
ALAN ROSS LAB !!!!!knocked it out out of the park on this review!! lmfao!! i have so much to say? HOWEVA!! love the paul stanley of kiss hairdo!! the jbl boombox3? is not praised by everyone! lol! i saw reviews, of people witha frown.. even a man that carries a pallet around and a big rock!! complaining of boomy bass! hes not to happy at all with the jbl product, but never is UNLESS?? its giving him praise!!! but of all bluetooth speakers? the motion boom plus 6hz shreekfest? has traumatized millions!! lmfaooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@alanrossreviews no.just telling the truth.i new what the video was about, the first minute. Lmao 😂😂 I thought he was going to cry reviewing the boombox3!!! Olivia is all about praising him.. I feel sorry for the dog in the videos!! But? I went to a jam party at a bar 🍺🍺 over the weekend. And a bunch of people have watched your reviews!! Definitely better than all the others. My friends where like? Who's that guy outside in the woods playing jbl partyboxs and a pallet and has a big rock setting up speakers!! I say OLIVIA!!! Lmfao 😆😆😆😆😆😆
you know what would be weird? if his dog actually ended up being more famous than him 🥳 i dont have an issue with his dog, do we know his name? let me guess, Uboom? is it just me or do you picture the people at earfun looking at that speaker and calling it Uboom hell?
@@alanrossreviews oh yeah! the first video had the jbl boombox 3 and the tribit blast and the uboom! crazy? but it had to be in video because of ego, it could have been a jbl flip5 or something... but?? NOOOOO!!! its about ME!! but?end the end of the videos. the tribit was the good loyal servant. NOT BOOMY!!!lmfao!!
@@alanrossreviews as for me, tribit plays weak in xbass
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The go+play can be found used for cheap, bought 2 for 200€ ( like new ) big advantage I think. Bought a citation 200 for cheap too ( new on sale ) but haven't receive it yet, hope it's good.
Any thoughts on getting two Trubit Stormbox Blast to replace two Anker Motion Booms with your Custom EQ? Will be using indoors so Volume will probably be around 65%.
Allen you are definitely a ladies man. I thought that went without saying but here I am saying it! Hair looking great mate. Ladies eat your heart out 👍
Harman kardon Sound hat a rich bass. But they nee to improve a better stuff. The no name brands are fuckong theu off complete. Just jbl hat now a bit of Advantage on The serie Party Box. But in a nearly future with be the same like the boombox 2 and the tribit STBBlast
