JBL - Bar 9.1
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Last updated: Aug 6, 2025 Scoring
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"Another high point is its truly wireless surround sound speakers. That means no wires or additional power source needed for the rear speakers. They can be charged by attaching them to the main bar or portable battery pack if you don’t want to do that."
"has detachable wireless rears for when you want to crank it up for a movie"
"I got the JBL 9.1 and it ’s awesome. ... The JBL I have am has wireless surrounds too that with the sub is perfect for movies and music"
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"I got the JBL 9.1 and it ’s awesome. ... The JBL I have am has wireless surrounds too that with the sub is perfect for movies and music"
"after placing the sub and rears properly and turning the sub to 2 I love it and think it sounds great with all kinds of content (music, movies, games)."
"Its bass was ridiculous"
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"Its bass was ridiculous"
"Down firing sub that gives plenty of bass ... loved it for the sub"
"I have the JBL Bar 9.1 that kicks enough ass for me to be satisfied."
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"Definitely recommend it if you want a super easy setup."
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"But to be pretty cheap but still get all of the “good stuff” the jbl 9.1 is $700 and its a 5.1.4 system. It’s a fair priced system for what it offers."
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"Bar will fail to wake up unless unplugged and replaced from the wall. ... The failure to wake up from sleep is the deal breaker for me."
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"Rears will cut in and out constantly."
"JBL Bar 9.1 is cute but no one metions that those rears are rechargable and have to be attached to the soundbar to charge up. So you will always be deataching them, then battery gets low, then reataching them to recharge and so on.... and that just seems like a hassle over time."
"Simply reattach/recharge when not in use after a few days, solves the issue but understand your point."
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"Rears will cut in and out constantly."
"Simply reattach/recharge when not in use after a few days, solves the issue but understand your point."
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"the center channel would cut in and out at an unacceptable rate."
"At one time I had the JBL 9.1 BAR that sounded really well outside of dialogue in a movie."
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"music played through hdmi has lots of sound processing and sounds terrible. ... Have to listen to music only thru airplay."
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