JBL Bar Studio Review

JBL Bar Studio
Votes 6 6
Rating 4.5 4.5
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JBL Bar Studio rating

Overall
5
Multichannel surround
5

JBL Bar Studio review

If you watch a lot of TVs or often listen to music at home, you'll want something that sounds good and is compatible with your existing devices. Pay attention to a JBL Bar Studio review. As any soundbar, it offers some advantages: takes up less space, is easier to set up, and is affordable. After analyzing the features of JBL Bar Studio, we gave it an overall rating of 5 points out of 10 possible.

JBL Bar Studio Pros

  • Control your soundbar remotely or stream music from your devices via Bluetooth
  • Play your audio library from external media by USB
  • With HDMI ARC support reduce the number of cables between your TV and Bar Studio

JBL Bar Studio Cons

  • JBL did not complete the soundbar with an external subwoofer or a built-in subwoofer
  • There is no support for the Dolby Atmos surround sound
  • There is no support for the object oriented format DTS:X
  • AirPlay music streaming is not possible
  • Amazon Music streaming is not possible
  • There is no Spotify support
  • The Bar Studio has no WI-FI
  • No soundbar control App provided
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JBL Bar Studio back and front view

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JBL Bar Studio specs and features

General

Placement type table-top, wall-mountable
Connection to source wired, wireless
Soundbar buttons volume down, volume up, power, source

Audio features

Built-in channels 2.0
Amplification type active
Output power, W 30
Separate speaker (in package) 0
Separate speaker connections has not

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer
Separate subwoofer (in package)
Separate subwoofer connections wireless

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)
Amazon Music
Spotify
Other streaming services has not

Connectivity

WI-FI
Bluetooth
Ethernet (RJ45) 0
NFC
HDMI input/output 1/0
HDMI ARC
HDMI eARC
HDMI CEC
Optical digital input/output 1/0
USB 1 (USB 2.0)
Coaxial digital input/output 0/0
Analog audio input/output (RCA) 1/0
Headphone output 0
Subwoofer output 0

Features

Voice control
App control
Microphone
Remote control
Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos
Dolby (other) Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II
DTS:X
DTS (other) has not

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in 61.4 x 5.8 x 8.6/24.2 x 2.3 x 3.4
Weight, kg/pounds 1.4/3.1

Other

Release year 2019

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