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The Pulse isn't just another portable wireless speaker, it will be an invaluable centerpiece of your home, office or outdoor party decor whenever you use it. Contrary to such a preconceived notion, the Pulse does offer above average audio quality along with a really unique pulsating lighting effects that liven your listening experience. And to many, the Pulse will come off as looking like a great big gimmick with lackluster audio quality. JBL's Pule isn't the best portable Bluetooth speaker we have tested at around $200, but it most definitely is the most fun and one of the more unique ones yet. But don't right off the $100 UE Mini Boom and $100 TouchTone speakers since they are two really good inexpensive alternatives with an impressive, balanced rich audio quality for their diminutive size. If you're looking to find a richer sounding portable speaker with thumpier lows and overall better midrange performance, the UE Boom and SoundLink Mini come highly recommended at $200. It is good as far as these small speakers go, but it's far from exceptional or even thumpy as we like to refer to great bass. And because of that bass port the Pulse sounds a little warmer and punchier than the Flip, however, it still sounds as good as the Charge as far as we can hear. Keep in mind that the bass isn't in any way exceptional.
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Like the Charge, the Pulse features two 40mm speaker drivers under the hood including a passive built-in bass port.
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Instead, the highs are very bright and full of clarity which is a good thing, while the mids are acceptably present and slightly more detailed compared to the Flip and UE Mini Boom speakers. The Pulse sounds great, but it doesn't offer a complete sound signature that is balanced and rich. It's as loud and powerful as the Charge which means that it easily fills up a large space with sound that's extremely clear and treble-heavy. When it comes down to unadulterated sound quality, the Pulse can be described as an amalgamation of JBL's Charge and Flip speakers in terms of sound performance.

And in terms of portability and size, the Pulse is one of the bigger and bulkier compact speakers we reviewed solely based on girth, which has mostly to due with that LED light panel integration and that's forgivable. The black plastic portions of the Pulse have this really nice feeling soft-touch rubbery matte coating that gives the speaker a pleasant finish.

It isn’t quite clear whether or not the Pulse could survive a drop or two considering its unique hardware and otherwise simplistic construction. The Pulse does have this metal matrix-like grid grille covering the entire LED mesh surface and of course the internal hardware which has a really rigid quality to it that doesn’t flex or bend inwards when your put pressure on it. And I’d be reluctant to rough handle it like I could when using something like the UE Boom or even the JBL Charge speaker. When you first pick up the Pulse you get the sense that it is made really well, but at the same time it doesn’t seem as though durability is its main concern nor is it as impressive as some other equally priced offerings such as the UE Boom and SoundLink Mini speakers.
