JBL Flip 6 Portable BT Speaker.

The new JBL Flip 6 has inherited the cola can shape from its successful ancestors. In fact, at first glance, it’s barely distinguishable from the previous bestseller, the JBL Flip 5. Only the larger, detached JBL logo makes it easier to tell the two generations apart.

The JBL Flip 5 also marked a bigger leap from its predecessors in terms of dimensions and design. And a lot had happened inside as well. Instead of two small, round full-range stereo speakers, there was only one oval Racetack driver in the mesh-covered baffle. What may look like a sacrifice to the layman at first glance was actually an advantage. For one thing, the two stereo speakers of earlier Flip versions sat far too close together for proper spaciousness. To do this, they produced different sound cancellations depending on the angle using so-called comb filter effects.