JBL Charge 5 Bluetooth speaker, front right view.
The JBL Charge 5 is a moderate power desktop Bluetooth speaker with enough watts to fill a typical size room. It also has a built in power bank for recharging light to moderate duty phones and smaller tablets.
But what do the watts a BT speaker has, tell us about how good it is? Firstly, the watt is a measure of how much power the unit requires and outputs. Plus, this metric is a nifty comparison measure. Why? Because speakers with more watts tend to play louder than those with less.
Now they do cost more, have bigger, heavier batteries and chargers, along with larger drivers and magnets. Yet they nonetheless offer some big plusses. They have more dynamic range, a deeper bass response, and stereo models offer a bigger soundstage to listeners.
Thus in general, the more powerful the speaker, the better it sounds, even at lower volume. You get better clarity due to higher accuracy reproduction of the bass, midrange, and treble parts of the music. Plus, more reserve power likely means less clipping distortion too, even at higher volumes. So, the speaker’s maximum watts output is a primary indicator of speaker quality and performance. And as such, this value is of great interest to audiophiles and novice listeners alike.
In this case, the Charge 5, is a decently loud model for all the bigger it is. Its watts can fill a small to medium party area with clear and full music. See below for details on its power output.
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