The speaker has enough punch of bass that can shake the room at levels above 20 and at the same time, the voice clarity while watching English movies is a super specialty. I am in love with these speakers that delivers crisp voice clarity and excellent bass all that is controllable from remote. With surround mode on, the speaker gives room filling surrounding sound.

The sound is great, and it works very well for music, movies and gaming. However, the soundbar has one big fault that you are constantly reminded of: The time it takes for it to lock on to a sound signal is too long, around 0.5 to 1 seconds. This doesn't mean much for movies, but for gaming and music it is a constant annoyance, because each time there is silence (usually in game menus or between tracks when listening to music), there is a very noticeable delay when the sound starts again. The result is that the sound skips typically when browsing menus in games and I never hear the first second of a song. It might not sound like much, but it is very annoying. The recently released december 2018 update did not fix this issue.

24hr review- bass is great. Boomier than I want but maybe it’s only because I have it in the corner of the room so the toddler doesn’t play with it but the subwoofer is insane for a sound bar. Love that part and worth every penny. HOWEVER, there’s absolutely no mid range. It sounds like it’s completely gone. The bar has 9 speakers and they’re amazingly clear but again, no mid range! This is disappointing. It’s very obvious there’s an issue when watching any kind of movie. I hope JBL learns from the other reviews as well and fixes this part in a future refresh.