JBL Bar 9.1 – Channel Soundbar System with Surround Speakers (Renewed)

Quality product, excellent sound, a few niggles.
I was fortunate to get this as “renewed” and it was basically brand new, open box.On to the device.Forst the remote hosts of “long” button pushes to do multiple functions. Its not clear and you probably won’t remember what does what. I used to be more of an audio guy but with two kids now we just wanted something nice and simple. I barely mess with the remote anymore unless we are watching a surround movie. Otherwise volume.up and down is integrated via some magic and works with my TV remote. I have an LG OLED.The unit itself is a bit tall and I had to make a riser for my TV out of a piece of plywood and then painted it black, you can’t see it but was annoying nonetheless. Had I got the LG soundbar I’m sure it is shorter to match their TV.Surround speakers work well. It provides a quality experience but I doubt it’s a fully immersive Atmos experience as a true system would be. Again, for simplicity sake this fits the bill very well. It’s a snap to undock the speakers and put them behind you.The Atmos setup worked just fine, though I don’t know that I have the speakers in an ideal spot, again it works for us.Sound quality and bass are great, so clear and crisp, bass could be a bit more, you do have a subwoofer button on the remote which is nice.Some complain for lack of EQ….broken record here, it’s SIMPLE, plug it in and enjoy.If you want whiz bang gizmos get something else.I looked between this and the bose 900 w/subwoofer. This was a few $$$ less. I dont know what I’m missing.Quality, solid product, great sound and bass, can shake my house when turned up over 20, provides an exceptional TV and movie experience for the whole family.

It’s fine
I wanted an upgrade from my small, dinky old soundbar, and this looked appropriate. The wireless surround speakers are a nice touch, as I didn’t want to have to run wires.The sound is a definite improvement — it sounds great and fills my living room. I’m not an audiophile so I can’t really comment in depth, though. I would have preferred some more control over the sound; you basically only have two options (standard and a preset EQ). Still, no real complaints.It was easy to install and integrates with my LG TV. The included brackets for the surround speakers were also not difficult to install. Adding the soundbar as a speaker to our wifi network wasn’t intuitive, but it seems to work well once that’s done. Bluetooth similarly works well.Downsides: the surround speakers have relatively poor battery life IMO, and only last a few days even with relatively infrequent use. If you’re a particularly heavy TV viewer or gamer you might have to charge them every day. They charge by attaching to the side of the soundbar, which adds significant length — the soundbar no longer fits on our shelf with them attached. I’ve also found them to be a bit finicky … they usually don’t turn on automatically — but sometimes they do — and I can’t adjust their volume when they’re detached, as trying to do so results in a “not supported” message.It’s also not letting me install a firmware update, which for all I know might fix some of those issues.

Good

The sound system is stellar and is one of the coolest I’ve owned. The problem is that it arbitrarily stops working. It’s fully connected and recognized by the tv, but there is absolutely no sound. Today it has done so two days in a row it’s happened at least once or twice a month since I purchased it. The only solution is to unplug and reset the whole system. I realize I bought a refurbish, but this problem should have been identified in testing. I would be reluctant to recommend the product and I am beginning to wish I had returned it when the problem first arose.

très bon produit .livraison excellente .