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Pros and Cons

Pros4

The juice is worth the squeeze. Take the time to read the manual and make some adjustments for your room. The subwoofer is very good actually have to turn it almost all the way down just to make it to where it wasn't shaking the whole house.

Dual surround is great as well depending on the mood im in and which movie or show im watching. This time around both the subwoofer and speaker are more compact.

It's an affordable and easy-to-use soundbar system that produces great sound quality. The soundbar comes with a remote control that makes it easy to adjust the volume. The remote is very nice with a backlit display.

One of the best things about the vizio v-series 5. Home theater sound bar is its ease of use. The one thing i really like is it is really easy to customize the sound for what i need and yes the 5. Home theater sound bar is a great feature.

Cons2

Not at all happy with this product or seller. Some techs tell me because it doesn't have a hdmi input and can't allow the 4k signal through correctly. Vizio says the serial numbers should match.

The sound is either too loud or not loud enough. The bluetooth feature is terrible. While great for bluetooth, unfortunately not being able to use the soundbar unless i'm blasting audio makes it not work for my modified use case.

Pros5

Bose tv speaker with bt and hdmi-arc, majority sierra 2. This sound bar is too good for 300 dollars. Most convenient if you're using the arc feature where you can use your tv remote to control the sound bar volume.

Nice and loud, but not muffled. Gaming very good sound, music is where this thing shines.

Jbl is top notch. Specially at this price point. When it is on sales, it offers good value. Afterall, it is still better than 2.

It still packs a lot of bass for not having a dedicated subwoofer. Works well in smaller rooms where the left and right channel have a wall to bounce off of. While it saves for additional rear speaker wiring or the need to charge the rear speakers, th...  Read More

Installation is fast and using the remote is simple. That download is important. Makes everything sync with little effort on your part. All settings sync once you open the app.

Cons4

The sound is muffled and the base is so muddy. The woofer is huge but such a muddy bass and it's big size makes it hard to return. If this speaker isn't made made to be play loudly without busting, then why promote as such.

wifi disconnects itself randomly. Turning back takes a second which requires rewinding to hear missed dialogue. The sound beaks up intermittently which is annoying.

Amazon is getting my business, jbl/harman is not. Until then, beware. Very unhappy with this item.

What a wast f of time. That pains me as i'm a fan of jbl. It's that bad.

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