Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great sound quality, and surprisingly powerful bass considering its being battery powered by a tiny battery. The only downside is its 8 hour battey life but its a double edge sword as its also extremely easy to replace. The front cover can be removed and under that are two screws which hold a plastic battery cover. The battery is relatively chyeap at around 30 dollers online and is just an un plug and replug replacement. Talk about repairability! And of course its rechargable but we all know batteries dont last forever. Good thing JBL thought about the devices longevity instead of the modern replace it mentality when something does not hold a charge.

I’m writing this review after literally JUST giving this speaker an initial first listen. WOW! Definitely love this thing! Clean highs and punchy bass…I went through all different genres of music on my playlist and I am highly impressed with the sound quality and overall aesthetic of it. I have soooo many different Bluetooth speakers around the house and was hesitant to buy another but I’m so glad I did! Can’t really speak to the battery life but I’m gonna assume it’s up there with the other JBL speakers I own and it’s always been sufficient. Nice work JBL!

Got this for my daughter on her birthday because she LOVES music and Amazon Alexa was just not doing it anymore. The choice was between the JBL or Sonos Move 2. We are a Sonos household by and large and love them but my daughter liked the looks of this one and the fact that it had physical controls instead of tactile. It is a really good sounding speaker and the battery seems to last pretty well. Probably not as long as the Sonos but we have not tested.

Has a nice robust yet sleek design/color scheme. The sound quality is incredible for its size and price. Overall a solid choice from JBL.

I love the retro look and feel. Sounds amazing also app control is pretty cool. Highly recommend purchase. It's loud, clear, and great bass.

Easy and light to carry. It also has great sound quality!

Impressed! Great sound, easy set up. Love the retro look. Premium materials. You won’t be disappointed.

Speaker looks and sounds great. This one having the battery is nice too. I don't think it's going to be something you very around often, but when you want/need to is very nice. I assume the battery is adding a bit to the cost, so make sure you buy it on sale and that will help. One concern I have is the support from JBL down the road. 2-3 I expect it to be well supported and updated occasionally, but it's the 5+ years down the road that I assume support will start to fall away. Yes, the speaker will still work I'm sure, but the smarts of it could very well be degraded. Just sometime to think about with smart speakers in general.

The sound quality on this speaker is amazing. I am a huge fan of JBL have a lot of their products and this is the best speaker i have, i love the retro look to it, looks perfect sitting next to my record player. Battery last a long time and the sound quality is crisp. The display in the store does this no justice once you get it home and play your music you will love this speaker.

This has been excellent , besides it looking really nice. It sounds amazing as well and the battery has been great. I’m considering getting the bigger one as well but the 300 has the handle and easier to carry around. Yes there is a cost but still love this thing. It’s connected to the WiFi so I can just tell Alexa to play music and get the better quality!

The sound is very good and crisp. The bluetooth has a great range.

Great speaker love the sounds and portability and battery life

Incredible bass for such a small speaker. The finish quality looks and feels high quality. The battery life is also great. Overall, its a bit pricey when not on sale, but totally worth it imo. The JBL app could use some work (it doesnt have spotify built in, which is an interesting decision)

Really cool product. looks amazing, sounds good too

Great speaker from JBL that offers amazing sound quality, along with Google assistant/Alexa being built into it. The battery last between 6-8 hours depending on the volume level, although I’ve mostly been using it plugged in. I highly recommend the JBL Authentic 300.

Had my eye on this for awhile. Very happy with the quality, size, portability and connectivity.

I love the product. It has excellent sound quality. Connected to Google home perfectly. I enjoyed it so much about a second one. My two concern. Amazon echo doesn't seem to know its name. It is missing some of the Amazon software. There's nowhere to change its name. The option doesn't exist in their software. My second concern. The microphone needs to be upgraded. Even without any background noise. It just doesn't hear us. At least not at the level of the Google nest speakers. As I said before I liked it so much I bought a second one. I work around is using the microphone on my watch.

While its not extremely loud the bass and treble adjustments makes it easy get the best sound for your music type, its so clean and crisp, I didnt know audio could sound this good out of a battery powered speaker. 5/5 would recommend

Best speaker i have owned. super clean design, bass is amazing and can take anywhere. usually leave it in the kitchen but took it on my trip to big bear over the weekend and everyone loved it

Heavy unit, but great quality build. Great sound, and easy to grab a go with battery use. Love using by the pool with voice assistance.