The JBL Flip 6 is a more affordable alternative to the JBL Flip 7, but it doesn’t have the same features or sound quality. The tubular speaker has been softened by JBL, and the passive bass radiators now feel chilly, textured, and metallic rather than smooth and rubbery. The positioning of the USB-C connector, power, and Bluetooth buttons is the same, but they are positioned on a smaller rubber surface that does not extend the entire length of the speaker.
The Flip 6 is designed to prevent it from flipping off your desk. A tiny rubber foot is added beneath the panel to increase stability, and previously, the wider rubber panel concealed the seam where the speaker’s fabric jacket joined. But now it is completely visible. We bring this up because JBL made a comparable decision with the Go 3 speaker, and we discovered that it led to a weak spot that eventually became prone to fraying. But in this instance, the spine feels well-finished and there isn’t a strand that can be pulled.
The JBL Portable app lets you connect other JBL Partyboost-enabled speakers in “party” mode or in stereo if you have another Flip 6. The Flip 6 now has a three-band equaliser to adjust the sound. ..
We found that, as you might expect, increasing the midrange or treble is the easiest to detect after experimenting with the bass, mid, and treble sliders. Even if they minimise the mid and treble tabs, bass fiends won’t gain much by sliding the bass tab up to its maximum.
