JBL Charge 5 vs Ultimate Ears WONDERBOOM PLAY

The JBL Charge 5 and the Ultimate Ears WONDERBOOM PLAY are very similar speakers, despite their slightly different designs. However the JBL's performance justifies its higher retail price. Both have 14-hour battery lives and feature single-driver designs, so they're unable to playback stereo content without downmixing to mono and their directivity suffers as a result. The JBL has a more bass-heavy sound that's well-suited to playing back music genres like EDM and hip-hop, and there's even a graphic EQ in the companion app that lets you customize the sound. It's also capable of getting louder, with less compression at max volume. That said, the Ultimate Ears' hand strap and ergonomic control scheme make it the ideal fit for handheld use.