JBL Live 500BT vs JBL Xtreme 3

The JBL Live 500BT are fairly versatile headphones that have a decent sound profile. These headphones are quite similar to the JBL E55BT, which seem to be the previous lineup before the Live series. The Live 500BT will be suitable for most music genres and have amazing battery life. Unfortunately, this model doesn’t have active noise cancelling (ANC), which means they won’t be ideal for commuting

I have Flip 5 and Xtreme 3 and I have to say that PartBoost is not good solution. It's range is very bad and even if I have both speakers close to each other it losts connection. The worst part is that speakers don't reconnect automatically so I have to retry whole procedure. Power off, power on, and enable PB again

After a moment it goes back to the bluetooth available list and said it failed. Tried restarting my Stick but still no success. Anyone else has this problem or know to solve it?

My question is, is there any firmware, software or hardware hack which would allow us to override the auto power-down feature and have the speaker "on" and waiting for bluetooth connections until and unless we *physically* turn it off with the power switch, in our own time? Has any workaround to this been released or discovered?

After COVID, I bought JBL LIVE 500BT, and quietly enjoy the upgrade from the comfort of my home, mostly in kitchen while preparing food.

Otherwise they're just very nice bluetooth headphones with good audio and sound. Plus for USB-C charging and a long battery life. It has a sound passthrough to let you hear your surroundings, but i haven't really tried that out yet, but i guess it's nice to have. I think i paid somewhere around 700NOK (80usd) for them and i think they're worth it

I would like a pair that has big earcups (full-sized or just a bigger than average on-ear will do). I prefer when the sound is over all balanced with clear sound. It would be preferable if the cable is detachable or has a built in microphone. In the past I have had Skullcandy Hesh 2 and JBL Live 500BT, both of them were a bit small and my ears ended up getting tired, I don't have much sound experience but in my (probably ignorant) opinion, I enjoyed the sound

Back in my 20s would have returned that speaker the same day I got it. (Bottom line for bass heads. You will never be fully satisfied at loud volume by a small speaker. The physics of producing bass demand size and hollowness

The JBL Live 500BT wireless headphones support Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant voice control and deliver powerful, bass-forward audio.

I will turn on the speaker and be listening to music, but my wife will unintentionally cut-in from elsewhere in the house because her phone and pc are also connected. There is no way to clear the Bluetooth connections without resetting to factory (and like I said, can't really do that since the app won't connect). A shame that JBL couldn't figure out the simple things for what would otherwise be a five star speaker.

Volume levels are plenty for my taste. You can have enough bass and volume to make your eyes vibrate and your ears ring. I can't relate to the people who state these have no volume in their reviews. Perhaps it's a difference in the source we're listening from

8-inch tweeters, delivering a powerful rumble augmented by the aforementioned dual radiators. The frequency range is listed as 53.5Hz to 20kHz. The speaker is compatible with Bluetooth 5

* Reasonable sound quality (no audiophile here, I just don't want something super boomy or thin)

The Sony looks better but I don't need lights that drain battery. But I am happy with it. Wish it was cheaper.

Is there any thing I should try before returning these and buying headphones from another brand? It’s too bad as I love the design.

Fills the ambient air (around her!), purchased for wife and she likes the camo design. Sounds really good, feels good and heavy, not like lightweight junk. Seems like all the good stuff is heavier.

But These headphones are great at this price. If something happened to these cans today, I would buy them tomorrow without question. So, no doubt get these cans people! [This review was collected as part of a promotion.]

put the saved money towards more music or whatever (or a second speaker to pair together). I think that if the sound produced by either of those is great to you then it probably isn't enough better sound quality to justify getting the Xtreme 3 for the price difference. Without playing them side to side (like may videos), you probably wouldn't hear enough difference to justify the cost. Maybe there was an issue with the Xtreme 3 I received so take this all as my opinion and possibly a defective product (all manufacturers have occasional bad ones)

No bass at all on stock sound profile. I have to download the app to put the bass boost mode on. Even with bass boost mode enable, I can still heard sound distortion on medium sound volume. Sound volume is low like I have to crank it up to 70% - 80% volume

That being said, I'd probably save up a bit more for something with a little more volume and punch for a party, like the Partybox line from JBL.