JBL J22a vs Jays a-Jays Five (2013)

The JBL J22a hasn't managed to perform well enough to earn a place in any Earphone roundups conducted by sources that do their own, high-quality, hands-on testing. That alone makes it a hard product to recommend.

As for the Jays a-Jays Five (2013), it wasn't able to earn a top spot in any roundups from trusted sources that conduct their own hands-on testing. Nevertheless, it managed to impress reviewers at What Hi-Fi?, Head-fi, and TrustedReviews enough to make it onto their respective shortlists.

We also meant to do a direct JBL J22a vs. Jays a-Jays Five (2013) comparison of their ratings, but we, in spite of our best efforts, couldn't find any review scores for the JBL J22a.

Finally, we wanted to pit the Jays a-Jays Five (2013) against the rest of its competition. Thankfully, we were able to find enough data to properly examine its review performance and found that it, on average did worse than most other Earphones - it managed to get an average score of 6.3, compared to the overall Earphone average of 7.3.