JBL - Bar 1300XMK2

If it's available in your country. The JBL bar 1300 mk2

I got one of my own. It's loud man! I turn mine up to just 12-15 in my bedroom and that's plenty. It's blasting. It sounds great and the surround speakers are detachable and chargeable. It's very versatile as a soundbar system. The one I have is for North America and it's subwoofer is a 12' single driver that's down firing.

Can't say much for samsung. But I got the JBL bar 1300x Mk2 (North American version) and it's great!

I just installed the JBL 1300X MK2 (US version) and it is great so far! Way more louder and easier to hear than my Sony A7000

Quite a bit honestly! For how small they are. They are incredibly powerful for what they are! They are also easier to hear than my previous rears. You'll really like it if you get it man!

I upgraded from the Sony HT-A7000 to the newly released JBL Bar 1300x mk2. It's been a day and half since I first hooked it up. I gotta say? It's definitely a quality upgrade! The audio quality is to me far superior than my previous system. Putting on anything with Dolby Atmos or DTS X on the Sony would mean cranking the volume up to 30-35 just to hear it. Even then I had subtitles when I was watching something. But the JBL? Nope! Just put the sucker on 12-15 and it is infinitely louder and clearer overall. Audio for Dialogue is crisp. The rechargeable and detachable rear speakers are a big surprise for me! For my Sony I had the RS5's. They were okay for what they were. But the detachable rear speakers? For how small they are compared to the previous ones. I can hear everything behind me crystal clear! The 12' subwoofer is great too. Even on my carpeted floor. That thing comes in with thunderous bass. I can actually hear the Height channels too when I put on a Atmos or DTS X track. I can't recommend this one enough!

The 12' subwoofer is available here in North America. Though I would love to see what that 8' dual driver one sounds like! I heard it's got a 1000 plus watts of bass!

That's understandable! The 12' subwoofer is down firing. So you can definitely the "BOOM" aspect

I got the JBL bar 1300x mk2 myself. It's a great overall soundbar for what you want to use it for. Music sounds great on here Especially if it's mixed in atmos. Movie and tv show watching is fantastic on here too. I was watching the show "Untamed" on Netflix and it sounded great! I would recommend it myself.

The rear speakers on the 1300x MK2 is very good. Thats also on sale right now.

If you live in the U.S. you can get the JBL BAR 1300X MK2. I have one myself and it fills my whole bedroom at just 12-15 volume. It's got detachable rear speakers that you can also as regular Bluetooth speakers. Its on sale right now for black Friday on their site right now and they even have a code where you can get it even cheaper. https://preview.redd.it/br1224kj7m1g1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5e451980fde59ebaeda04cf001372af23233686

You can still get the 1300 mk2 because the rear speakers can be charged on the main bar itself. And you can change the volume on the subwoofer. You can mute it as well with the remote it comes with.

It's named 1300xMK2 instead — with a 12" subwoofer. I believe it sounds great. I've gotten the 1300x Bar last week at a little discount; I'm enjoying that a lot. As I'm in Brazil the MK2 would arrive much later.

I have a 1300xmk2. It’s not my first JBL, but it’s my first home theatre system with surrounds. The combination of surround + the bass is insane. The couch rumbles and the surrounds place you in the middle the content. One of the best things about the JBL is the detachable rears. They only come out when watching 5.1 content and go back when not, meaning they’re only off the bar about 10% of the time when surround is available/appropriate. I hate watching non-5.1+ content and having voice channels next to me. I’ve been at others homes with the Samsung setups, and they’ll be watching reality TV and it’s such a a lame experience because of the laugh tracks or voice tracks directly next to me.

Love my JBL 1300xmk2

I have the JBL and it has way too many issues with the HDMI handshake and passthrough. I stay away from them now. If you don't believe me look at how many different versions of the damn JBL soundbar app they have because of how frustrating it is.

Yes when it's all working it's amazing. Separating the speakers is kinda pointless tho because the effect diminishes to a point it's not audible. I rarely take it apart for this reason because it sounds awesome by itself. Granted I also have it in the middle of the living room because I project onto a wall. So that probably helps a lot.

Yes I do have that exact model and no the Atmos is not better with them off, only the surround sound benefits in my opinion. I have to place my ear directly over the atmos speakers when detached in order to hear it at a reasonable volume. If I turn the volume up enough to get the Atmos effect the rest of the soundbar is obnoxiously loud. Where I have it in the middle of the living room with the surround speakers constantly attached it sounds great.

I didn't like quads at all. I would pick jbl upcoming release over them if you like bass or Samsung if you like clarity and voice seperation. LG is the middle child. Sony has dropped the ball imo

Jbl 1300 mark 2

If you got the money is say go for the 1300x, has even more drivers and a much bigger sub with dual 10" woofers

I use my jbl1300xmk2 mainly for playing 4k blu rays through the Panasonic 820 (which I have hooked up straight to the soundbar itself) I watch a host of different codecs from atmos to DTS hd 5.1 I can say that the neural upmixer for DTS content is very much improved on the mk2 vs the last generations 1300x. I really cannot recommend this bar enough. The Samsungs flagship for our living room and lifestyle just wouldn’t work. We have small kids so having the rears needing to be plugged into an outlet at all times just wouldn’t work as our youngest would mess with them constantly. However just being able to put the rears onto the table behind the couch when we are watching a film is an absolute game changer. I think for the 1699 (and we got it on sale last month on Amazon and it’s bound to be on sale again come Black Friday) this is probably the best in its class. Short of having a dedicated surround setup. Side note we owned last generations 1300x for 2 years before purchasing the mk2 last month and I will say the volume is much louder this generation on top of the clear audio 2.0 is a great improvement. I suppose the only downside is the lack of 2.1 passthrough. It’s not an issue for me as I have the ps5 going straight into the tv and then my 4k player straight into the soundbar and this works perfect for my setup.

The surrounds suck tho on the JBL

The JBL 1300MK II is a huge step up from the original 1300

Kup F jeśli szukasz koniecznie Samsunga . Przy odpowiednich ustawieniach jest super . Posiadam też JBL 1300X i również jest świetny (trzeba go tylko dobrze skonfigurować) . Teraz w Polsce już model 1300X jest ciężko dostępny ale pojawił się 1300MK 2 to jest dopiero sprzęt… niestety kosztuje ok 6500zl