(NEW) JBL Go 4 Portable Bluetooth Speaker (Open Box)

If you're buying this as an individual product, it's 4 stars. The thing I would dock it on is the audio quality which is good but not for the price. The EQ is helpful in allowing you to improve things but that only goes so far. All in all, as an individual product, it's good and I'd recommend it if you have the money (although there are probably comparable options for less). However, if you're buying this as a system, it's shameful. What I mean by "system" is the Bluetooth Auracast feature allowing you to connect many speakers together. In short, it's almost fine - but for the price you pay for these devices, it should be wonderful. Firstly, you remember that decent EQ I mentioned in the individual product paragraph? Kiss that goodbye. You have ABSOLUTELY NO eq control when using the auracast feature, meaning you can only use the mediocre settings in their default EQ. This is not a technology limitation, it's poor design. When I configure the EQ on a speaker, it should override the default settings. Unacceptable. Then, volume control - horrid. I purchased three of JBL's speakers: charge, flip, and go. Obviously these speakers have different output capacities so if you crank them all up to 100%, the charge would be loudest and the go would be the quietest. However, each speaker has volume buttons on it that you can use to set the audio level manually. This works, but as soon as you touch the volume on the source devi, they all sync back up to the same level. So, if the little go was your host device, and you had it at 50% with the others at 20%, and you decided you wanted the volume a little quieter, as soon as you bump the Go down to 45%, the other speakers sync and get LOUDER. And MUCH LOUDER, because they are much bigger. You have the same issue in the other direction. The final sin JBL has committed is using the Auracast name. This is a new Bluetooth standard, sort of like USB is a standard. Isn't it nice that any phone with Bluetooth can stream to any speaker or headphone that uses it? It is. And you would think Auracast would be the same, right? Where you could buy speakers from many companies and they could all participate seemleesly? Well, you'd be wrong. This is a JBL standard. They have basically just rebranded their prior proprietary connection system under the Bluetooth name. Gross. All in all, I cannot recommend this product. If you are looking for an alternate, I recently purchased Soundcore's new floating speaker, and the audio quality of that device is better than JBL's while being priced cheaper (and with superior water performance and other features). I unfortunately threw all the packaging for these devices away so I can't return them (my mistake, I figured with how much money I was paying I couldn't go wrong...). I am planning on selling these online somewhere. If you absolutely insist on buying these, I would recommend not mixing different sizes of speakers. Buy all charges, or all flips, or all gos. This will alleviate the volume control issue a bit, but not the others.