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  1. Table of Contents
  2. Top
  3. Main Differences
  4. Design
    1. Style
    2. Comfort
    3. Controls
    4. Breathability
    5. Portability
    6. Case
    7. Build Quality
    8. Stability
    9. Headshots 1
    10. Headshots 2
    11. Top
    12. In The Box
  5. Sound
    1. Sound Profile
    2. Frequency Response Consistency
    3. Raw Frequency Response
    4. Bass Accuracy
    5. Mid Accuracy
    6. Treble Accuracy
    7. Peaks/Dips
    8. Imaging
    9. Passive Soundstage
    10. Virtual Soundstage
    11. Weighted Harmonic Distortion
    12. Test Settings
  6. Isolation
    1. Noise Isolation
    2. Leakage
  7. Microphone
    1. Microphone Style
    2. Recording Quality
    3. Noise Handling
  8. Active Features
    1. Battery
    2. App Support
  9. Connectivity
    1. Bluetooth
    2. Non-Bluetooth Wireless
    3. Wired
    4. PC / PS4 Compatibility
    5. Xbox One Compatibility
    6. Base/Dock
  10. Comments

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless vs JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless

Side-by-Side Comparison

Products

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless

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Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless Picture
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless Picture

Variants

  • Vista (Black)
  • Vista (Mineral Blue)
  • Vista (Nimbus Gray)
  • Vista (Planetary Green)
  • Reflect Flow (Black)
  • Reflect Flow (Blue)
  • Reflect Flow (Green)
  • Reflect Flow (Teal)

Our Verdict

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless

JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless

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Main Differences for
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Threshold 

0.10
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Full Comparison

Design

Style  

Design Picture 2  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless Design Picture 2
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless Design Picture 2

Type  

In-ear
In-ear

Enclosure  

Closed-Back
Closed-Back

Wireless  

Truly Wireless
Truly Wireless

Transducer  

Dynamic
Dynamic
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Comfort 
 

7.5
6.5

Comfort Picture  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless Comfort Picture
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless Comfort Picture

Weight  

0.03 lbs
0.04 lbs

Clamping Force 
 

0 lbs
0 lbs
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Controls 
 

7.4
5.2

Controls Picture  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless Controls Picture
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless Controls Picture

OS Compatibility 
 

N/A
Not OS specific

Ease Of Use  

Decent
Okay

Feedback  

Good
Mediocre

Call/Music Control  

Yes
Yes

Volume Control  

Yes
No

Microphone Control  

No
No

Channel Mixing 
 

N/A
No

Noise Cancelling Control  

N/A
No

Talk-Through 
 

N/A
On/Off

Additional Controls  

N/A
Voice Assistant
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Breathability 
 

9.2
9.1

Breathability After Picture  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless Breathability After Picture
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless Breathability After Picture

Avg.Temp.Difference  

0.8 °C
0.9 °C
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Portability 
 

9.6
9.3

Portability Picture  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless Portability Picture
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless Portability Picture

 

1.5"
1.5"

 

1"
1.3"

 

0.9"
1.1"

Volume  

1 in³
2.1 in³

Transmitter Required  

N/A
No
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Case 
 

8.5
7.5

Case Picture  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless Case Picture
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless Case Picture

Type  

Hard case
Hard case

 

2.8"
3.2"

 

1.4"
1.4"

 

1"
1.5"

Volume  

4 in³
6.7 in³
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Build Quality 
 

8.0
8.0

Build Quality Picture  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless Build Quality Picture
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless Build Quality Picture
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Stability 
 

8.0
8.0

Stability Picture  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless Stability Picture
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless Stability Picture
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Headshots 1  

Angled Picture  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless Angled Picture
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless Angled Picture

Side Picture  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless Side Picture
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless Side Picture

Headshots 2  

Front Picture  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless Front Picture
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless Front Picture

Rear Picture  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless Rear Picture
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless Rear Picture

Top  

Top Picture  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless Top Picture
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless Top Picture

In The Box  

In The Box Picture  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless In The Box Picture
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless In The Box Picture
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Sound

Sound Profile 
 

Frequency Response  

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Frequency Response  

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Bass Amount 
 

-0.12 dB
2.7 dB

Treble Amount 
 

-0.76 dB
-1.45 dB
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Frequency Response Consistency 
 

9.6
9.7

Consistency L  

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Consistency R  

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Avg. Std. Deviation 
 

0.09 dB
0.07 dB
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Raw Frequency Response 
 

Raw FR L  

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Raw FR L  

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Raw FR R  

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Raw FR R  

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Bass Accuracy 
 

9.1
8.4

Bass  

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Bass  

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Std. Err. 
 

1.36 dB
2.27 dB

Low-Frequency Extension 
 

10 Hz
10.15 Hz

Low-Bass 
 

-0.61 dB
3.2 dB

Mid-Bass 
 

0.07 dB
2.9 dB

High-Bass 
 

2.3 dB
0.82 dB
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Mid Accuracy 
 

8.6
9.1

Mid  

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Mid  

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Std. Err. 
 

1.89 dB
1.26 dB

Low-Mid 
 

0.6 dB
-0.04 dB

Mid-Mid 
 

-2.27 dB
-1.87 dB

High-Mid 
 

1.41 dB
-0.02 dB
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Treble Accuracy 
 

6.8
7.4

Treble  

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Treble  

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Std. Err. 
 

4.47 dB
3.46 dB

Low-Treble 
 

-0.9 dB
-1.05 dB

Mid-Treble 
 

2.77 dB
-2.89 dB

High-Treble 
 

-2.8 dB
-4.47 dB
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Peaks/Dips 
 

6.4
8.4

Peaks/Dips Graph  

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Peaks/Dips Graph  

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Peaks 
 

2.41 dB
0.94 dB

Dips 
 

1.8 dB
1.2 dB
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Imaging 
 

9.0
9.2

Group Delay  

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Phase Response  

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Weighted Group Delay 
 

0.1
0.16

Weighted Amplitude Mismatch 
 

0.34
0.74

Weighted Frequency Mismatch 
 

0.86
0.67

Weighted Phase Mismatch 
 

8.55
1.15
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Passive Soundstage 
 

1.0
0.5

PRTF  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless PRTF
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless PRTF

PRTF Accuracy (Std. Dev.) 
 

N/A
N/A

PRTF Size (Avg.) 
 

N/A
N/A

PRTF Distance 
 

N/A
N/A

Openness 
 

3.5
2.1

Acoustic Space Excitation 
 

1.5
0.2
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Virtual Soundstage 
 

0.0

Virtual Soundstage  

JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless Virtual Soundstage

Head Modeling 
 

No

Speaker Modeling 
 

No

Room Ambience 
 

No

Head Tracking 
 

No

Virtual Surround 
 

No App

Weighted Harmonic Distortion 
 

7.9
7.8

Weighted Harmonic Distortion  

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WHD @ 90 
 

0.240
0.231

WHD @ 100 
 

0.108
0.125
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Test Settings 
 

Firmware 
 

Unknown

Power 
 

On

Connection 
 

Bluetooth 4.2

Codec 
 

SBC, 16-bit, 48kHz

EQ 
 

No EQ

ANC 
 

No ANC

Tip/Pad 
 

Silicone (small)

Microphone 
 

Integrated
Isolation

Noise Isolation 
 

6.4
7.9

Noise Isolation  

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Isolation Audio 
 

Overall Attenuation 
 

-15.71 dB
-22.6 dB

Noise Cancelling  

No
No

Bass 
 

-8.66 dB
-10.45 dB

Mid 
 

-13.46 dB
-20.22 dB

Treble 
 

-25.37 dB
-37.97 dB
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Leakage 
 

8.7
9.8

Leakage  

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Leakage Audio 
 

Overall Leakage @ 1ft 
 

28.83 dB
22.04 dB
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Microphone

Microphone Style 
 

Integrated 
 

Yes
Yes

In-Line 
 

No
No

Boom 
 

No
No

Detachable Boom 
 

N/A
No

Mic  

Yes
Yes
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Recording Quality 
 

4.3
5.5

Microphone Frequency Response  

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Recorded Speech 
 

LFE 
 

239.73 Hz
522.85 Hz

FR Std. Dev. 
 

3.87 dB
3.53 dB

HFE 
 

2,313.87 Hz
3,272.31 Hz

Weighted THD 
 

5,923.665
4.663

Gain 
 

-37.26 dB
10.54 dB
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Noise Handling 
 

5.8
6.1

SpNR  

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Speech + Pink Noise  

Speech + Subway Noise  

SpNR 
 

9.17 dB
13.65 dB
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Active Features

Battery 
 

6.3
6.1

Battery Type 
 

Rechargable
Rechargable

Continuous Battery Life 
 

5.5 hrs
8.7 hrs

Additional Charges 
 

2
2.0

Total Battery Life 
 

16.5 hrs
26.1 hrs

Charge Time 
 

2.5 hrs
2.1 hrs

Power-Saving Feature 
 

Auto-Off Timer
No

Audio While Charging 
 

No
No

Passive Playback 
 

No
No

Charging Port  

USB-C
micro-USB
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App Support 
 

8.0
0.0

App Picture  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless App Picture
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless App Picture

App Name  

Jaybird MySound
No App

iOS  

Yes
No

Android  

Yes
No

macOS  

No
No

Windows  

No
No

Equalizer 
 

Parametric + Presets
No

ANC Control 
 

No
No

Mic Control  

No
No

Room Effects 
 

No
No

Playback Control 
 

No
No

Button Mapping  

Yes
No

Surround Sound  

N/A

Surround Support 
 

No
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Connectivity

Bluetooth 
 

7.3
6.8

Bluetooth Version 
 

5.0
5.0

Multi-Device Pairing 
 

No
No

NFC Pairing 
 

No
No

Line Of Sight Range 
 

313 ft
206 ft

PC Latency (SBC) 
 

297 ms
304 ms

PC Latency (aptX) 
 

N/A
N/A

PC Latency (aptX HD) 
 

N/A

PC Latency (aptX-LL) 
 

N/A
N/A

iOS Latency 
 

285 ms

Android Latency 
 

80 ms
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Non-Bluetooth Wireless 
 

0.0
0.0

Non-BT Line Of Sight Range 
 

N/A
N/A

Non-BT Latency 
 

N/A
N/A
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Wired 
 

0.0
0.0

Cable Picture  

Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless Cable Picture
JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless Cable Picture

Analog Audio 
 

N/A
No

USB Audio 
 

N/A
No

Detachable  

N/A
No

Length  

N/A
N/A

Connection  

N/A
No Wired Option

Wired Latency 
 

N/A

Analog/USB Audio Latency 
 

N/A
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PC / PS4 Compatibility 
 

PC/PS4 Analog 
 

No
No

PC/PS4 Wired USB 
 

No
No

PC/PS4 Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No
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Xbox One Compatibility 
 

Xbox One Analog 
 

No
No

Xbox One Wired USB 
 

No
No

Xbox One Non-BT Wireless 
 

No
No
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Base/Dock 
 

2.2
2.2

Type 
 

Charging Case
Charging Case

USB Input 
 

No
No

Line In 
 

No
No

Line Out 
 

No
No

Optical Input 
 

No
No

RCA Input 
 

No
No

Dock Charging 
 

Yes
Yes

Power Supply 
 

USB-C
USB
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Jaybird Vista Truly Wireless

JBL Reflect Flow True Wireless

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