JBL Bar 1300

After hearing this exact bar while watching the entire Blade Runner 2049 on Blue Ray, I would say it’s a very good bar and upgrade over the 1300 first edition. Out of everything that a soundbar can do well, I’d say dialogue is top notch, sub is very good but play it too loud like my buddy does and it becomes boom city. Keep it down like you did and that’s how to get it right even tho many soundbar people just like it louder and super boomy for some reason. If I were to give it one little negative, it would be the Dolby Atmos aspect. I’m not saying it’s horrible, but after going through many different models, most are barely able to get it around my head level and this was similar. Otherwise it’s a very enjoyable experience. Good luck with it

My Quads by a good margin. I have the arc ultra with era300s and 2 subs, and the Quads are just better and now with Sonys new sub, Sw9 (finally) it’s just magical for me and my listening. The Arc has a different style sound signature that is very good and it might sound better to others, but to me the Quads are a true masterpiece imo… The Ambeo Max could’ve been right there but they never did rear speakers.

We replaced our stereo Marantz amp years ago by a soundbar. It was a Sonos and we were amazed by its sound. It was so much better. And then 3 years after we ditched everything Sonos in the house because of the software issues and we were amazed again by our JBL soundbars. Sound was again incredibly better. Don’t listen to people saying soundbars are not for music. That was maybe true 10 years ago. It’s the same stupid language that saying vinyl is better than CD and that film photography is better than digital. I would recommend JBL bars. Have the Bar 300 and Bar 1000. Avoid the Bar 1300 first model which has a design issue with the center voice. Bar 1300 MK2 seems tonuave solved this issue. At all cost avoid Sonos. They spend more money influencing social networks than actually fixing their software mess. And it doesn’t sound as good as advertised.

Check JBL too, I replaced all my Sonos Gear with a Bar 300 and a Bar 1000 and it's quite amazing. The Bar 1000 or 1300 MK2 would be great, probably even the Bar 800 too if you are on a budget. Avoid the Bar 1300 first model, it has a design problem making the center channel not so good. The 1300 MK2 has solves the issue and is fine tho.

We are very happy with the 1000 in the living room, it sounds so good we use it for music too. We can even listen to our CD collection using our BR 4k deck. For movies it’s perfect. Voices are really better than with our old Sonos Arc. At first we wanted to get the Bar 1300 but it has issues with the speaker layout and so the center voice is not so good. The 1000 is more than enough for us anyway.

I would avoid Sonos as they are still stuck in software issues since more than 1 year. And they have hardware issues too with the paint flaking from the grids. Anyway it doesn’t support properly DTS which is a no go if you wanna play Blu ray discs except with spexific and more expensive players which can convert some DTS formats. If you only watch streaming services, as their sound is compressed, the sound quality may not be a priority and you can be happy with average sound. I can recommend JBL soundbars. Got myself a bar 300 and a bar 1000 to replace my Sonos Beam and Arc when I ditched it because of the software issues. The JBL does sound incredibly better, more detailed, more vivid, with a superior clarity. Given the Bar 1000 in my living room is amazing, the Bar 1300 MK2 is probably wild ! (Be aware their Bar 1300 MK1 has a design issue with the center channel and is to be avoided - they fixed it in the 1300 MK2)

We are very happy with both our JBL Bar 300 and Bar 1000. We got it when we ditched Sonos some time ago. It's incredibly better than the Sonos Beam and the Arc+ones. Sound is much more precise, detailed and has a superior clarity. Just avoid the JBL Bar 1300 (first gen) which has a design issue with the center channel. This has been completely solved with the JBL Bar 1300 MK2.

There is a lot of remodelling to do as your TV is much much too high. Somebody suggested Sonos, but really, avoid this brand. They are still in deep trouble because of software issues since 2 years. You probably don't want to put your money in an unreliable brand which is not able to fix software issues caused by an update in such a long time. When we ditched Sonos in my home, we got JBL soundbars and are very happy with it. It's better in every aspect including sound quality. So I may suggest you check the JBL Bar 1300 MK2 (not the first gen which has a design issue with the center channel, solved in the MARK II).

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 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