Customer reviews from jbl.com
JBL - Pulse Portable Bluetooth Speaker - Black
Average customer rating
4.1
(80 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 80 reviews
5 Stars
44
4 Stars
16
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
6
1 Star
6
79%of customers recommend this product.
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56 out of
71)
Customer Reviews for JBL - Pulse Portable Bluetooth Speaker - Black
Customer Rating
4
Looks and feels great
on June 25, 2014
Posted by: akashchelsea
from India
Hey this is a really nice product, with great sound and really nice led effect. But with apps in andorid and ios, is it possible to get an app for windows?
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
5
The Truth...
on June 14, 2014
Posted by: MUZIKLUVER
I treated myself for Father's Day...I have another wireless device it's good but this thing is "AWESOME" I love the light display....JBL struck GOLD with this one...
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
4
GREAT SOUND AND LIGHT EXPERIENCE
on June 10, 2014
Posted by: APUBORICUA
from PUERTO RICO
GREAT SOUND GREAT LOOKING SPEAKERS. THE BATTERY IS GOOD.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
3
Reserved for specific uses
on June 4, 2014
Posted by: Caponsacchi
from Kenosha, WI
I've been a fan of JBL since purchasing my first set of Athena bookshelf speakers (Lancers with 14" woofers). I'm on my 3rd set of Harman-Kardon Soundsticks. I eagerly purchased the remaining Motorola EQ7 BT portable units, each with four 2" JBL transducers producing the most sound in the smallest package for under $100--the best value yet. And JBL maintained this quality with the less powerful but thinner and lighter, still great-sounding JBL OnTour iBT units.
The Flip, using 2 instead of 4 transducers, exceeded the power, or gain, levels of the OnTour, but the sounds of the piano--in frequency range, transient response, capture of the "harmonic series" of overtones--these were not as accurately represented to my admittedly fastidious, purist ears as they were in the preceding 4-transducer units. The Pulse leaves me with the same sense of disappointment as the Flip in A-B comparisons of Vladimir Horwitz's or Bill Evans' piano touch. And the "light show" fails to distract me long enough to forgive what I detect as a step backward in sonic fidelity (i.e. "faithfulness" to the original source). The sound is admittedly "bigger" but not necessarily "better" than that of the Flip, which simply is not as "transparent," or "natural," as the OnTour iBT and Motorola EQ7.
I now bring the Pulse with me on trips to the grand-kids. The light show and the efficient wireless operation of the speaker make my job all the easier when entertaining and educating kids who otherwise ignore "fidelity" and fixate on images, video games, and the words of the songs from "Frozen." On personal business trips, on the other hand, I couldn't ask for anything better than the light and thin OnTour iBT in my shoulder bag. In size and weight as well as performance, it's the perfect complement to my Macbook Air. I'm still mystified that Apple would throw three billion at an inferior headphone "marketer," Beats, instead of using their wealth and resources in conjunction with Harman's to produce custom-made, collaborative products representing genuine innovation in the world of mobile personal media devices which, at least up to this point, has been a willy-nilly competitive environment of mere hype and style. Beginning with my first Harman Kardon "iSub" back in the '90s, I had hoped that these two great companies would eventually merge as one unchallenged standard-bearer.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
4
A speaker that is actually fun!
on May 5, 2014
Posted by: AwesomeLED
from Seattle, WA
Used for 1 week so haven't had experience with battary life. However, it is cool speaker that can be even better in the creative area by leveraging the LED's. Here is some suggestion:
(1) Expand JBL app to include beyond patterns, such as time, date, emotional icon (happy, wild, etc.), and messages
(2) Open up the API for the user community to create apps to expand the basic profile provided by JBL
(1) Expand JBL app to include beyond patterns, such as time, date, emotional icon (happy, wild, etc.), and messages
(2) Open up the API for the user community to create apps to expand the basic profile provided by JBL
I was looking for a way to expand the use of the JBL pulse speaker but unable to do that. I can imagine myself writing an app that can utilize the LEDs that can later be incorporated back into the JBL app. JBL, can you help?
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
5
Love it
on March 16, 2014
Posted by: HRNK
from Cedar City, UT, United States
Gender:Male
Is there a way to connect spotify playlists with the jbl music library? If that is possible, this would make it a perfect portable speaker for me. That is the only thing that is missing. Let me know if anyone knows!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
4
Windows Support?
on March 10, 2014
Posted by: MajedMan
from SF
This is a really cool speaker, literally just bought it, sounds great.. LOUd, the colours are cool too.....
BUT, i have a Windows Phone and Windows 8 devices... any chance apps will be coming for this?...
BUT, i have a Windows Phone and Windows 8 devices... any chance apps will be coming for this?...
otherwise, its literally not useful for me.. sadly
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting jbl.com
Customer Rating
5
Hear the Truth
on February 23, 2014
Posted by: Chano
from Sun Valley, Los Angeles, CA, United States
The JBL Pulse Bluetooth wireless speaker is just a great portable sound system. People please do not hesitate buying this great speaker if you're considering buying one.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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