Bar 800MK2

I have a bar 800, have had it for 3 years, no complaints… several people have told me my sound system is awesome and my stepdad was worrying about waking my neighbours (detached house) Unless youre in a mansion or something it’s amazing.. My living room is an open space of 9 meters X 5 meters…

Give or take, a small to medium living room... my new place, the main living space is open plan, so it's like kitchen, dining, living in a 17X36 room, it's enormous, I have a Q800 with add on rear's and it's loud but it's not a "cinema experience" per se, the extra space stops you getting that percussive impact from the sub and there is an imbalance between the left and right channels because one of them bounces off a wall and the other disappears into the ether. You want larger speakers with greater capability to move air, capturing the full range of sound. In my second living room, I have a 12X12ish room that is fairly soft, and I have a JBL 800 in there, and that thing fucking crushes. The space is better for creating immersion

The 500 is ok, if you really need more sound then the bar 800 is pretty dope, I have one in a pretty big living room (5x5 meters) and it fills the space well, saw them on sale today for like 700 AUD somewhere… compared with like 2k for the Samsung… don’t get me wrong the Samsung IS better but if you don’t wanna spend the dough you’d have to have a pretty crazy space to not get enough sound out of the 800

I got the q935d a couple of days ago, it’s great ! Tested JBL bar800 mk2 but q935d is better for me.

I’ve had Q935D and now I have 995F, I had a JBL bar 800 mk2 but return it just because I didn’t like dialog sound. For me Samsung was way better, it also have possibilities to adjust it more in smart things app. You can adjust Chanel level and there is a choice to enable/disable voice amplification. For me it’s more than fine with this disabled

Hi. I’ve ordered a Samsung S95F and will soon get it. Started with buying a JBL soundbar that I tested with my old tv. The one I got was JBL bar 800 mk2. It was a good soundbar but I wasn’t really happy with the speech sound. Bought a Samsung Q935D and this is the one I use now. The all around sound is better with Samsung, JBL had more bass. I didn’t really like the concept of its detachable rear speakers with battery. Sound wise it’s great when you could place them anywhere you want but when attached to soundbar the speech sound bad. I like dedicated rear speakers more. Though a have ordered a Samsung tv I think a Samsung bar is the best option. Haven’t tried q symphony yet but I think it’s great to have that option

I started my soundbar path with JBL bar 800 mk2. Overall it’s a good soundbar, plenty of bass but I wasn’t satisfied with dialog and rear when they was mounted to the bar. They wasn’t especially loud when I had them placed out either. Tried Samsung q935D and this was much better in my ears. Lower bass but much better dialog and permanent rear speakers with only power cable. Samsung also have more sound settings via SmartThings app and I really like my own tweaks regarding sound

I had JBL bar 800 mk2 for a while but returned it. Wasn’t happy with dialog and didn’t like its battery driven rears. I have the room for permanent rears and that suits me better. As for dialog I thought it was distorted, especially when rears was connected to soundbar some how. Overall sound was great, good bass and so on but my primary use is tv so dialog is important to me. But this is in my ears. If you have the possibility to buy it from a store with a return policy it could suit you

Yes, you are absolutely right but my tv room has the space for permanent rears and I’m not up for having unit with built in battery on charge all the time. It a risk factor even if it’s small. I went for Samsung Q995F as my final set up and I’m so happy with it. Maybe there was something wrong with my JBL 800 mk2 but my Q995F has a way better dialog

I have q995f and I’m very happy with it. Don’t have any experience with JBL 1300 but I’ve had a JBL 800 mk2. For me Samsung has better dialog and I like to have permanent rears and not have to place them when needed. But I’m sure they both are great options, it’s more a choice what setup suits you

Ultimea for me. Bought last year D80 boom. But if you prefer with height up firing Speakers get the sky wave x series. Besides affordability without breaking a bank but standard Dolby Atmos speakers is my preference for now. But if you have extra budget. Get the bar 800mk2 or 1000 of JBL. With regards to your preferred brand against LG, Sony theater 6 is better but extra functionality of Sony features will require Sony TV. Nevertheless its all good. Check also Polk magnifi series.

Always Go With Newer Model Because They Find Out Some Bugs They Fix In next Version. After Taking Old One You Won't Gate Any Service Support Due To. Replacement Parts Shortage. Than They Will Definitely Give New Model As A Replacement 😂

I meant that older models sometimes face spare-parts availability issues once discontinued. In my experience with Samsung/JBL products, newer revisions usually have longer firmware and service support. That’s the only reason I suggested going with the newer model—not saying older ones won’t get support at all.

Nice how many detachable speakers were there. Do they get loud. I got the JBL bar 800 mk2 and thought the detachable speakers need to be louder like they sound in that mode that plays through them only. Other then that it seems good. I emailed support and asked them to add a option for full speaker mode with much louder detachable speakers. The rep said he passed it into the software guys. I have my fingers crossed for that.

go for jbl bar 800 or samsung q800/930, jbl have excellent bass while samsung have excellent clarity

I have the 800 and I watch broadcast tv with them attached then detach them for surround content. They won’t need recalibration if put back to the same position. Happy with them and reasonable atmos. To each side of and slightly behind your seating position. I think the step up to the 800 worth the cost.

Personally having surround speakers sold it for me.