JBL Bar 500: 5.1-Channel soundbar with MultiBeam™ and Dolby Atmos®, Black

easy setup
great if you like big bass and clear sound for a reasonable price, i decided to upgrade from my 15 year yamaha speakers and planned on using my yamaha surround sound receiver, but after using this before i hooked up the receiver i relegated it for garage duty. the setup is super easy w/ bluetooth and hdmi

Fantastically easy to set up and use. Great solution for blending in.
Needed a simple solution to living room audio that nobody would complain about using, looking at, or bad sound quality.Worked flawlessly with my Roku Ultra and Sony TV, I can control everything from my Roku remote and all of the devices turn off with the same power button.Setup was as simple as plug it in and turn it on. Bass sync’d automatically, and no configuration was required for HDMI pass through setup.Sounds way better than the built in Sony speakers on the TV I have, and isn’t unsightly for the space.Doesn’t sound as good as the Studio 580s or 270s in the basement, but that’s not what I bought it for.10/10, if you can afford it compared to other sound bars, highly recommended.

Great Product for the Price
I recently bought the JBL Bar 500 to mainly use as sound system for my living room TV. The audio quality is amazing and the bass is extremely nice. So nice my wife generally asks me to turn it down. We also have house parties and like to play music and this setup is PERFECT for that. Setting the system up and adding the wireless subwoofer is super simple. I highly recommend this product for anyone seeking a really good audio system for a great price.

Someone’s used/abused soundbar
I ordered this JBL Bar 500: 5.1-channel soundbar. When it arrived at my dwelling the packaging looked as if it had been used for shipping this item too many times. The edges and seams of the boxes showed signs of being torn and retaped many times. I had a professional installer install the sound bar and subwoofer so I knew that it was handled with care. Being that Amazon doesn’t advertise this product anymore I figured that I had probably purchased the last one available. Having now used it for six weeks I find that I can hear it producing beautiful surround sounds. After about 3 to 5 minutes, it shuts itself off completely and will not come back on for at least an hour! Neither the external switch nor the remote with new batteries, will turn it back on! I have a feeling that I was sold someone’s junk! According to the seller it is not replaceable or refundable! Do not buy this Model if it ever gets advertised again!

Excelente calidad de sonido. Los graves son de cine, muy profundos cuando la película lo amerita. Las frecuencias medias y altas no son muy cristalinas, pero son suficientemente definidas para un equipo de entrada.500w que se sienten en lugares medianos.Fácil de emparejar tanto en Bluetooth, Chrome CAST y con el HDMI.Muy recomendable si se encuentra a un precio menor a diez mil pesos.

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 APP4th: 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.

Gran compra, buenos bajos y gran calidad de audio, único problema con el hdmi arc que a veces la enciende por sí sola aunque la TV esté apagada