JBL Bar 9.1 Review: Wireless Dolby Atmos With A Few Flaws | Digital Trends

Soundbars have a tough job.

The really good ones somehow manage to replace a full 5. 1 home theater surround system with just a single elongated speaker enclosure, and maybe a wireless subwoofer. Any soundbar that uses satellite speakers — whether wired to the soundbar or just wired to a power outlet — might produce better sound, but they do so at the cost of convenience and physical space, which is really the whole reason soundbars make sense to so many.

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