JBL Bar 2.1 Deep Bass Sound Bar, In-Home Entertainment System with Streaming Capabilities and Subwoofer, Black

Was really tight on my budget having just bought the samsung uhd tv but i am an audiophile and couldn't have watched netflix etc on that tv speaker. This seemed to be a reasonable option under £100 and i was looking to give jbl a try for sometime now. so far, i am liking it. Has enough rumble/bass to enhance the action sequences. The dialogues are clear too. Not something that will shake your room but this is plenty loud enough and i always find myself lowering the volume during action scenes to avoid waking up the neighbors. Don't look elsewhere. Good enough for any living room. I would have bought bose 300 soundbar if i had the budget if not then bose tv speaker but this will do for now. I still like music better on my bose soundlink mini se though. But i am satisfied with the purchase. Makes watching action movies a treat. !!! Update: 15 months of usage now. Still does the job. Again bass is not room shaking but it good enough for small and medium size living rooms. I would soon upgrade to sonos beam gen 2 and sub mini. But i am glad i gave jbl a chance and it didn't disappoint at all. Connect it with a hdmi cable that came with it and it definitely enhances your tv viewing experience. Thanks.

Good quality sound works great easy to install and setup

***Update*** I’ve purchased a second “as new” used warehouse deal from Amazon. The reason for this is I have a cheap portable projector screen (tripod type) for use with a Xgimi Horizon Pro projector (excellent projector btw) and needed something I could quickly set-up that was small but packed a *reasonable* punch. Typically, I’m using the projector in the main bedroom. I had considered (& even ordered from Amazon) a Creative Stage 360 (the cheapest Atmos soundbar money can buy as far as I knew) which worked out about £40 less than a warehouse special JBL 5 Multibeam but I had 2nd thoughts thinking that the JBL would be the better (& more convenient solution as there’s no wired passive sub) - so I cancelled the Creative & ordered a 2nd JBL 5 Multibeam. Glad I did too - as I hadn’t realised that I hadn’t set the 42” LG Oled Tv or the AppleTv 4k up to use Bitstream rather than pcm - subsequently meaning I had not been listening to the JBL at its best (at least with the best sound source). What a difference. So for the bedrm / smallish rm (say 4m x 4m) it genuinely sounds very good (note we have a Sennheiser Ambeo in the living room with an 83” OLED so I know what a decent soundbar sounds like & had 2 high quality Marantz Atmos setup’s at my old house each well north of £2k each) so; you know for <£200 this is pretty f*cking good! Seriously. Btw, as to my 2nd Warehouse deal; even better - this time it literally looked brand new, was in an outer Amazon box - I genuinely could not split it from a brand new one - except for a small “Amazon warehouse” sticker on the box. Original manufacturer clear circular seals unbroken (although this was £196 whereas my original one was £187). Remember to calibrate the soundbar in the room of choice! Enough now …. my original review words follow: I don't like taking too much of a risk with Amazon's warehouse deals but this was very well priced (£187) and stated it was “as new”. Whilst the packaging was a little damaged (there was another for sale that said its' packaging was damaged) mine wasn't supposed to be - plus it shipped in JBL's normal box I.e. Amazon didn't re-pack it which didn't help HOWEVER - its more than ok for a study under an LG 42" OLED in my case which is used as a PC monitor on a gaming system (& backup for work on the opposing side of my study) so my expectations weren't too high. The small LED display on the front is very useful and whilst the remote could be more practical (there are hidden features e.g. adjusting bass - where you have to hold a button for 5 seconds & then press volume) it’s more than enough for the job. HDMI CEC works perfectly so the TV remote works perfectly . In terms of its Atmos, virtual Atmos rather; don't expect too much - it is what it is (it is projecting sound rather than emitting it from dedicated ideally place Atmos speakers) as it's quite a small unit BUT it really is 1/2 decent for a small room and sounds great with music. As you’ll read above, despite thinking I’d set the TV eARC up correctly- I actually hadn’t - so post writing my review (on my second purchase of one of these I realised my error) the subsequent results were better. For its small footprint, ease of use and above all performance vs price, this is pretty neat.

I bought this as I’ve had past JBL in car speakers. This has brought back some nice rumbling bass memories. Sound quality is really good. Set up was easy. Separate bass speaker is a nice looking piece. Remote works well. But, omg! The quality of the sound from Jurassic park was amazing and then I played an old bass track (that I appear to use as my standard for good bass) mr bombastic (No laughing) anyway bass is really good - crisp and rumbles well. The volume isn’t as loud as I wanted or expected but then I always liked the noise as loud as poss and as I’m now an adult so a total of 300 output is very good. There is only three settings for the bass which is adequate. Overall I’m very pleased and satisfied. Worth every penny.

While it's not really a 9.1 channel system (it's 5.1), the unique feature is the detachable shoulder speakers that can be placed apart to provide a real surround sound environment. The detachable shoulder speakers last almost 8-9 hours on a full charge (simply by connecting them back into the bar) that's usually between 3.0-3.5 hours. The subwoofer is fantastic, and the Bluetooth connectivity is incredibly quick, with no skips/lags. Very easy setup, and feature rich for those inclined to customise settings. Overall, worth every penny. Also comes with holding plates in case you want to screw the bar into the wall.

I've had the multibeam for about a year now; I'd done a fair bit of research to settle on it and it works decently well with my LG CX. Good sound for a single unit. There's a pseudo-surround effect at times. Not perfect, but it goes a long way. As for the negatives the soundbar often disconnects for seemingly no reason, maybe once or twice a week. It is a pain to get it to reconnect, sometimes requiring flipping the power off. For that reason alone I would be wary of recommending this unit. Pairing to a bluetooth device can be dicey at times as well. The remote control is awful. There are limited buttons yet there are features only available through holding down buttons for different lengths of time. Just terrible design, they should have added more buttons. You need to keep the manual handy if you need to ever tweak the settings. Another negative for anyone using the LG CX - this soundbar is too tall and will overlap with the base of your screen. I had to set up a makeshift riser for the TV to get it above the height of this soundbar. All in all, good sound and price, but it is not reliable and it's clunky to use.

This is the perfect soundbar I was looking for. I’ve installed the same in my bedroom along with my 55inch OLED 4K. What a great companion it is for producing 4K HDR Sound. Kudos! Dolby Atmos could be an excellent addition but I don’t mind that at this point in time! My bedroom literally shakes with the amount of Bass it produces, and I mean the clear, punchy and filling bass. Bass and Sound Sync both can be controlled via remote. I keep the bass level to 15 out of 30 and it is already too much. The connectivity is awesome and super easy. In case you have an Apple TV, connect HDMI to the Bar and HDMI ARC of bar to HDMI ARC of your TV this way Apple TV remote can turn on all 3 devices (TV, AppleTV Device and Soundbar) with just one press of a button and turn all 3 of them off with a single press. Unlike in Firestick remote you can only turn them on but cannot turn all 3 off together via same Firestick remote. Amazon Echo can be connected to the system via bluetooth via one command to Alexa (post one time configuration in Alexa App). I like how the bar switches the sound source automatically depend on the source it is getting at any particular amount of time. JBL should make a phone app to configure the device or to make my phone remote of the device. But I’m not missing that part much, this habit perhaps have been inculcated through Bose SoundTouch in my room. The surround sound button on the remote really turns on the 3.1 sound from the bar. And the sound modes - movie, music, voice, standard and sports really turns on the magic. My favorites are Movie and Sport modes. The only other critic I have for the product is the lack of WiFi streaming of various music services like Apple Music, Amazon Music, Spotify, etc at this price point but that’s not a deal breaker! Just go for this one without anymore consideration, you won’t regret!

OMG! This totally change the experience to watch a movie! You should have it! It’s perfect, looks like you’re in a cinema! Amazing!

this couldn't be better, clear and powerful sound, and the Base from the subwoofer is extra ordinary, deep and clean. no distortions or anything... highly recommended

The soundbar is amazing, The bass the quality perfect.u can feel the sound of cinema using this soundbar

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