JBL Bar 500: 5.1-Channel Soundbar With Dolby Atmos

The subwoofer is 10/10 in concrete apartment it very difficult to have a good sound but this one did the job and i tested bose and none worked good in concrete,

I didnt have to pair the sub with the bar it was already pair.

1st thing to do is buy a very good HDMI cable quality get the best you can,

2nd thing is UPDATE THE FIRMWARE ON WIFI because purevoice have a very important update that make it BAD/GOOD and the update is a massive change for purevoice quality sound, without the update it hisssss SSSSSSSS it was very bad before the update, DO THE UPDATE OR YOU GOING TO RETURN IT 100%. **IF YOU WANT GOOD SOUND FOR OLD PEOPLE DO NOT CALIBRATE BECAUSE IT GOING TO REDUCE CENTRAL SPEAKER (VOCAL ONE) FOR ATMOS ON SIDE SO YOU GOING TO UP AND DOWN VOLUME NON-STOP WITH VOCAL TOO LOW AND EFFECT TOO HIGH**

3rd thing is setup your tv setting and use all potencial of a quality hdmi cable. You can go PCM (on tv)
** Do not dolby digital plus for old people it going mess the vocal just use normal dolby digital** and uncompressed audio quality, with a very good hdmi cable you can get best possible song from tv. Check every setting and tune it/test it **TUNE IT UNTIL YOU LOVE THE SOUND IF NOT KEEP ADJUST TV/CABLE BOX/JBL ONE APP

4th: put the app on a tablet/phone and adjust the equalizer to your taste (For old people it can be flat you be fine with nice bass and perfect vocal IF YOU NOT USED CALIBRATE FEATURE).

**This is a very good product if you take the time to adjust it and if you buy it for a 60+ years old do the update/setupOnTv/setupOnAPP take your time and you get what you want** ***DO NOT CALIBRATE IT BECAUSE IT RUIN THE SOUND BY MAKING VOCAL SUPER LOW AND ALL OTHER EFEFCT SUPER HIGH***

Massive strong powerfull bass (i use level 3 if not calibrate and 1 if calibrate for young taste of the 5 and is strong).
Clear voice dialog very good for 60 years old + people (IF NOT CALIBRATE AND NOT USE DOLBY DIGITAL PLUS).
JBL Subwoofer work on concrete condo and thats pretty rare, i tried bose and returned the bose.

If you can get it at 30% or more discount get it. If you buy it for your father is a good one the purevoice make all dialog very loud and clear. the bose tv speaker was good BUT the voice was canned into the bass and was hard to hear by old peoples even with the vocal mode ON.

***WARNING THE JBL ONE APP IS A MESS AND EACH TIME YOU OPEN IT MAYBE IT RESET WHOLE THING AND CANT CONNECT TO THE SOUNDBAR UNTIL A RESET OF THE SOUNDBAR *BLOCKING WIFI* BUT THE JBL ONE APP IS ONLY GOOD FOR UPDATE THE FIRMWARE ONCE THEN AFTER YOU FINE TO NEVER USE IT AGAIN EVER***

For young people in a house that want mega bass with mega effect do the dolby digital plus and calibrate you get loud home theater. BUT FOR 60+ YEARS OLD DO NOT CALIBRATE OR USE DOLBY GITAL PLUS STAY WITH DOLBY DIGITAL NOT THE PLUS THEN YOU GET THE BEST QUALITY FOR VOCAL AND A SOUND THAT YOU WONT KEEP UP/DOWN EACH 5 MINUTES.

Remember for old peoples: NO CALIBRATE EVER (IF YOU DID JUST RESET THE BAR) AND NO DOLBY DIGITAL PLUS GO NORMAL DOLBY DIGITAL. with this you get the best movie sound quality and a subwoofer who punch but not like young kid in a sport car the whole building going to hear. (the PCM is the best sound possible for old people and no need to turn up/down volume every scene)

trouble tips: If you just buy it and have some trouble with no audio sometime or stop working after a day or 3, this is because of the hdmi cable if you have a bad cable you can turn off the eARC to go in only normal ARC inside the tv setting. try look for a eARC quality hdmi cable if you not want any trouble.

Previous 5.1 system (receiver with standalone speakers) died. Saw abd listened to this product in display at a big box store and was very impressed. Purchased this system when it went on sale from Amazon. This soundbar and sub combo is fantastic. Clear vocals, serious thumping bass and impressive virtual surround sound. The only improvement would be if it were true Atmos instead of downmixing, but regardless it’s still a great system for the price point. The Jbl app helped with setup, updating the software and customizing the sound. Hopefully in future software updates they’ll add more customization tools to the app and bar.

At our old home I created a great sound system with tower, center channel, sub woofer, and rear speakers. It had good sound but cost thousands of dollars and took up a lot of space so I sold it with the old home.
I wanted some of the same sound using less space and less money at our new home. I bought this sound bar and subwoofer thinking the sound would be better than just the TV speakers but … Well I am very pleased with the sound and find it to be as good as my old expensive system.
As a bonus it was simple to setup with my older Samsung TV and a FireStick. I can even ask Alexa to turn on the FireStick TV and play the music I want.

Arrived nicely. Product worked. Everything was great. The sound is amazing thank you much appreciated

First of all there is a misleading information on the publication, it says the item weight is 2,8 kg when it is 16 kg, I bought it and bring it to Argentina by courier that cost me a lot of money. Then the sound quality is not as good as expected, I ended paying more than 1100 $ because of the misleading weight info and for sure it’s not worth for that price!

Tengo ya la JBL Bar 5.1, ahora compre esta y debo decir que si cambia bastante con su predecesora, los sonidos son bastante firmes y claros, el bajo es preciso, el dolby atmos si se nota en una pelicula, me costó 9,025 pesos y honestamente creo que vale cada centavo si tu como yo disfrutas de una buena pelicua o incluso escuchar musica de vez en cuando en altavoces.