Bar 300MK2

i just bought the jbl bar 300 mk2 for 400, its good 🤷🏽 can also cast music from my phone, so thats cool. its just an all in one bar with no sub or anything. also am not an audio man and never had a soundbar before. i mostly just watch streaming apps from my tv which mostly dont support dolby or any higher audio files. but im happy with it, it sounds pretty nice. (im sure others here will disagree lol)

music sounds good on it, has a suprisingly nice bass that you can increase or decrease, and the couple movies i watched on it so far had nice surround sound especially for just a sound bar that sits under the tv

JBL Bar 300 Mk. II. It’s one of the best without a subwoofer. I have the Mk I version and it’s pretty good. I was shopping for the Mk II but couldn’t justify over triple the price. I got the original version sealed on EBay for $100

For a bedroom, you don’t really need a sub. But you can always add the Sonos sub after. For that price range, I think the Beam is still the best sounding to me. I sold mine and downgrade to the JBL Bar 300 Mk2, and it’s been pretty decent so far (I just needed the extra HDMI port, which the Beam does not have). The Beam sounds a little better and definitely clearer. And damn, I actually miss having Amazon Alexa integrated into the soundbar

If you’re looking for lower cost, all-in-one, Sonos Beam Gen 2 would be my top pick. I’m currently using the JBL Bar 300 Mk2, which would be my second choice in this price range. I use mine for my bed room, which is why I don’t want a sub or surround speakers.

I am in a similar situation, with another bedroom on the other side of the wall. I will say yes, it’s definitely still worth getting a soundbar. But you need a decent mid-range one. The cheap ones won’t be better than your TV speakers at low volume. Get an all-in-one without the Sub. I’ve had the Sonos Beam Gen 2 and JBL Bar 300 mk2, both sound really nice and clear volume < 10

JBL 300 MK2 is a beast and I recommend it I personally hate quiet dialogue and loud noises, same problem with kids sleeping etc. The above has great dialogue isolation and boosting, but only if the sound is mixed in 5.1 or better. If you're watching content that's mixed in Stero sound, you'll need to turn on tv PCM mode and also any kind of Night Mode/dynamic sound suppression options on whatever you're watching it on. Once I did that, I don't get loud noises anymore. And it's quick to turn these settings off when I get 5.1 or better mixed content.

I would suggest a JBL Bar 300 or Bar 300 Mk2 check in your country if the Bar 500 is at a good price for you. You probably should avoid Sonos as they still have heavy software issues, it’s still not fixed after more than one year of shitstorm. They have significant hardware issues in their current line : paint flaking from the grids. When we ditched everything Sonos in my house I replaced the Sonos Beam in the gaming room with the JBL Bar 300 and it’s incredibly better. Sound is more detailed, precise. It’s a good bar to listen to music too, with a good musicality. And it’s more open, with a good support of DTS. Sonos doesn’t even support it properly.

JBL Bar 300. I had a full house of Sonos speakers and soundbars and when I ditched it because of its software issues I replaced the Sonos Beam in the gaming room with a JBL Bar 300. We were all amazed by its sound quality vastly superior to the Beam. And it has no subwoofer. I got it on sale for 250€. Now they have the Bar 300 MK2 which is a newer model. Sound is very clear.

JBL Bar 300 MK2 It has no subwoofer, a very good sound, very clear and detailed and a sound projection system which gives the feeling you have rear speakers. It's not as good as actual and well placed rear speakers but it's quite good to create an immersive sound bubble.

No certainly not because Sonos devices are unreliable. 2 years ago they revamped their whole software platform, moving it to the cloud. It has been a shitstorm and they eventually fired their CEO and many other people. They have still not fixed all the issues. 1 month ago their new CEO gave an interview to Bloomberg explaining they are working hard to fix the software but it will take time. Do you really want to commit in such a closed and unreliable ecosystem ? And expensive too. We replaced a Sonos Beam by a JBL Bar 300 and discovered how much Sonos sound quality is overhyped. They are actively influencing to make people believe they are the best but they are not and far from it. Their influencers will tell you all the issues are solved by now. But if this is true, why does their new CEO says it's not ? Check the Sonos Bar 300 MK2.

I would ad the JBL Bar 300 MKII. I have the original one and it's quite amazing for the price. And it's a very simple setup.

As someone else told you, a JBL Bar 300 MK2 is an excellent simple soundbar. Basses won't be huge but good enough and you will get some spatialization even without actual rears

Sonos is in deep deep trouble since almost 2 years. Their software platform became completely unreliable when they moved it to a cloud based achitecture. It is so bad they lost many customers and fired their CEO and others executive. It's still not solved and far from it. Some days ago their new CEO gave an Interview to Bloomberg explaining they have a lot of work to do on the app to fix it. And it will take time. Of course their influencers are always ready to say the have no issue and the software problem have been fixed since a long time. Now they even have hardware issues with the paint flaking from the grids. If you want another alternative you may consider a bar 300 MK2. We replaced a Sonos Beap with a Bar 300 1rst gen and were amazed ba its sound quality, much better than the Sonos Beam.

JBL Bar 300 MK2 is just stunning for the price. Incredibly better than Sonos and their software issues.

It has much more clarity than the Sonos it replaced. Sound is more precise, detailed, vivid. You really hear more details. Musically, for a soundbar this price it really is quite good. It has a display and a remote and a 2nd HDMI (Bar 300) the Sonos beam has nothing like that and it really is missing. It does have proper DTS support too ... Which Sonos doesn't have. And moreove we never got any bug with the JBL, when Sonos is so unstable their new CEO needs to give interviews about it ... (Yeah they actually fired their previous CEO after 1 year and a half of shitstorm because of their issues). But you will always find people here to defend Sonos and say everything is fine and there is no issue at all.

JBL Bar 300 MK2 Avoid Sonos at all cost because despite what their influencers are telling, they have huge software issues since about 2 years and it's not fixed yet. Even their new CEO acknowleged this 1 month ago in an interview to Bloomberg ! (But they will still tell you everything is fine 😂) We replaced a Sonos Beam with a JBL Bar 300 and it's incredibly better. Sound quality is clearly superior and everythig else is better, the bar having a remote, a display and a 2nd HDMI.

As others told you, avoid Sonos and its shitty software. We had a full house of Sonos gear and regreted every cent we wasted in it. When we ditched it all we chose first a Sonos Bar 300 to replace a Beam. The JBL is incredibly better so we replaced the Arc + ones in the living room by a JBL Bar 1000. Sound quality wise both JBL arz much better. And they have several HDMI, a re,mote, a display, DTS support ... The JBL Bar 300 MK2 is worth to be considered.

Yes but you don't need a very powerfull and expensive one, and you don't need a sub. I would suggest to avoid Sonos as they are still unreliable since about 2 years and no it's not fixed at all. If you wanna treat you a good soundbar, check a JBL Bar 300 MK2. A standalone bar perfect for this use.

Anime can have good soundtracks too. You probably don't really need a soundbar with elevation channels which I find generally useless however. - Do you want a sub for rumbling basses ? If you live in an appartment you should avoid a sub, it's not OK with neighbours. If you don't like heavy basses (like me) you can do without either. - Do you want rears ? If you don't have enough room behind your couch, it's quite useless to get rears. You can get a good standalone soundbar with a sound projection system to simulate rears. For a standalone soundbar I can recommend the JBL Bar 300 or Bar 300 MK2. Very good sound, and sound projection is quite good to simulate rears. There are other good brands like Samsung but I didn't really try it. I cannot recommend LG which I found lacking sound quality wise. Avoid Sonos, their influencers will tell you they have the best sound and their huge software issues are over, but they are just desperate to sell. Sonos sound is average at best and they have software issues since about 2 years they are still struggling to fix.

I have a Bar 300 which comes without sub and without rears in the gaming room and am extremely happy with it ! But I don’t like heavy basses generally.

I have only the Bar 300 and the Bar 1000 and voices are very clear to us in the house. You may wanna check what formats you use and if your TV is not messing it a bit like downmixing or something like that. You can try to connect your source directly to the soundbar and then the soundbar will send the picture to the TV. Have you calibrated the sound properly ?