Open Box JBL EON ONE COMPACT Battery-Powered All-In-One Linear Array PA System Level 1 With 4-channel mixer

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Like not love - won't buy more due to bluetooth

Bought 2 speakers in July 2022. But I won't be buying more. There are some pro and cons (as you might expect with any speaker). 1. Battery life is great. Charge and go with no issues. 2. Multiple inputs with the onboard mixing. 3. USB power source for 12v (like my wireless mic). Required accessory purchase. 4. Happy with sound quality and tone for 150w 8" speakers. Here is what I wish I knew before I purchased: 1. The bluetooth distribution is hub and spoke. This means there is one source speaker and then you have your receiver speakers. So you can't really spread these around a patio daisy chain style they need to be with in range of the source. 2. The bluetooth linking only links the bluetooth source. It's DOES NOT bluetooth distribute the mix to remote speakers. This means if I have a mic, keyboard and track none of it will be rebroad cast to the remote speakers using the BT sync. Only the BT is synced with remote speakers. I suspect this is due to the older version of BT tech the speakers use and latency and sync issue which would be noticeable in a live environment. 3. I understand the need for infinity knobs with an app that can control volume. But the knob light is very hard to see in daylight and the adjustment light has a long light band. This means syncing speaker to the same volume without using the app is hard because there is no precision control on the main or channel volume. My solution is I just turn the main and channels up 100% since I almost always use an external mixer. 4. The BT connection audio indicator is more than annoying. Here is the scenerio: Connect your phone BT to the speaker BT so you can control the speaker. Get everything working... the performer is playing ... then you walk out of range.. then return ... the phone and speaker reconnect. This is confirmed by a BT connection audio tone through the speakers (while the performer is playing). In conclusion I like the speakers. I'm keeping them. The USB charging external device is the tipping feature for me over their competitor - otherwise I would have returned. But I've disconnect the BT from all my devices and use a 3rd party 2.4g wireless transmitter/receiver from main out (so I get all channels) to the remote speaker. Or cable the speakers together.