Bar 1300

Can say from personal experience that the 990D is better than the 1300(not mk2). Voices are clearer. Bigger atmos. More precise bass (the JBL subwoofer is ridiculous and there IS NO QUIET MODE on the thing. Also the JBL remote sucks. Having to turn off the enhanced sound mode every time sucks. As does having to remember the “secret combos” to do everything On the remote. The Samsung is a superior product. Supposedly the MK2 improves sound on JBL but the same co trial issues and sub issue remain. Too annoying.

Samsung, the JBL is more bass heavy out of the box. But the overall tone and soundstage the Samsung provides is clearer and more full. Just adjust the settings to your liking and the Samsung takes the cake.

I have the JBL Bar 1300, a great deal, but nowhere near the depth on the sonos sub and arc my dad have. I still think it’s waaay to much to spend for watching movies, where Samsung and JBL is better for cinema for half the price. And sonos is the best for music and only great for cinema experience. And with Mette Frederiksen messing up everyones economy here in Denmark🇩🇰🥲🤣 I would personally go with the smaller Samsung model tbh - unless you have a REALLY big living room and you need the extra watts. Think about how much you actually need to play on max volume…

i have a lg tv 2025 model and it has supposed “dolby atmos” inbuilt speakers and i bought a jbl 1300 and holy fking shit the difference is INSANE i can NOT even listen to 2 minutes on the inbuilt tv speakers im genuinely wondering how it even got a dolby atmos certification (the tv speakers) but besides that it depends on your tv speakers quality too but i recommend getting a soundbar

Have the original bar1300 hate it everyday worst heights rear speakers are dumb no immersion at all ,the only good is subwoofer but the bar and rears sounds worst

You own jbl bar1300 mk2? ,if yes ,apart from the bass,how is the soundbar and rear surrounds performance as in immersion and height effects with non-atmos movies. Am concerned be'se I own bar1300 mk1 which is under whelming, surround sound performance is way too bad compared to 9.1 which I had before, sorry but I don't want to fall in same hole.

Rear speakers batteries not a problem have used mine for 3 years [jbl 1300]and still going strong works whole day and re-attach them at 70%.still there's an option of connecting them at charger full time.

Had the bar 9.1 to me was better than the bar1300 mk1 I own now,according to surround sound performance. It was good

Just hooked up same jbl bar1300 mk2 with small duo 8"sub,coming from original bar1300 mk1 which didn't appease me But the mk2 it's on the level bass strong and controlled it hits hard ,sorround sound performance are great vocals are great can't recommend this monster enough. Atmos is good. Can't go wrong with it. To get it right for me switched smart mode off ,just togling through movie,music and standard.