


If you want a light show and incredibly powerful sound then there isn’t anything else like the JBL Partybox 710. And it’s great that you can hook up your guitar and microphone up to it, there’s so much fun to be had with this. You can literally turn your living room into a nightclub with this speaker if you have space for it. When it's switched off, it's a bit of an eye-sore but when it's on, the RGB lights are mesmerising as they strobe and pulse to the beat. It won’t just fill the room with sound, it’ll fill the whole house. Not everyone will need or even want such a massive speaker, but if you do then the JBL Partybox 710 is seriously cool, it’s one of the most powerful JBL speakers there is. That means you can use it for everything from karaoke to band nights.
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To connect to the speaker you get the choice of Bluetooth or inside a panel on the back there’s a 3.5mm audio input, a guitar-in, a mic-in and a USB port. There are a few presets that pulse and strobe different colours, dancing to the beat, but you can also create your own through the app. You’ll be able to use a dial on the top to switch through light settings or use the PartyBox app. It’s a party speaker through and through. It’s clean and clear, you can hear each instrument as well as every lyric, and it’s got tonnes of energy to it as well. Outside of the thumping bass, the music sounds fantastic. If you’re a party host then it’ll definitely get things going. Even at about a quarter of the volume it completely filled up my living room and probably annoyed the neighbours. The JBL PartyBox 710 will literally shake your walls, especially when you turn on Bass Boost. JBL Partybox 710 review: sound quality and featuresĪt 800W, the sound is undeniably huge. There are three sound effect buttons as well including an air horn and applause - I’m not sure who would seriously use those but it’ll be funny the first time you do.

You tap the play button once to pause or play the song, twice to skip forwards to the next track, three times to go backwards, and there’s a large volume dial to crank it up. You’ll be able to adjust the bass, treble and echo using the three main dials, and there’s a Bass Boost button as well. On the top panel, there are a few different buttons and dials to control the speaker as well as a handy slot to hold your phone. The whole device seems built to last, it’s robust and even has an IPX4 rating which means it’ll survive splashes of water so it should be safe from accidents. Two joined up circles of flashing and strobing lights illuminate the room and they dance along to the music. I sat and watched it for a while, it’s mesmerising. Below the speaker grille, there’s a colourful RGB light show that will literally wow you when you first see it. It comes with a 2m power cable to plug it in, and when you do, you’re in for a treat. It’s predominantly black with a tiny JBL logo on the front, and there are rubberised feet on the bottom and on the side so you can place it both horizontally and vertically depending on where you want to use it. Luckily it has two wheels and a handle on it to help you move it around, but getting it up and down stairs won’t be easy. One day JBL may produce a Charge that can be outdone by a new and plucky rival, but rest assured, that has not happened with the rather splendid Charge 5.First thing’s first, the JBL Partybox 710 is huge, it’s about the size and shape of a mini-fridge measuring 399 x 905 x 436.0mm. It boasts marginal improvements, both sonically and aesthetically, over its predecessors. Thanks in part to a new 10W tweeter and racetrack-shaped driver, the Charge 5 is currently as good a sound as you can get in a portable Bluetooth speaker design for under £200 ($200, AU$300). Want a speaker roughly the dimensions of a bottle of wine that'll charge your phone and sound great? You've found it. The Charge 5's predecessor carried an IPX7 rating, meaning it could handle being submerged in water to a depth of 1.5m, but the IP67-rated Charge 5 builds on that durability by also being fully dustproof. The JBL Charge 5 is even more durable and better sounding than the four Charges that came before it – and if you needed any more proof than its five-star review, it's a current What Hi-Fi? 2021 Award-winner.
