JBL Authentics 500 - Wireless Home Speaker with Bluetooth, Voice Control, and Dolby Atmos, Multi Room Playback, Built in Alexa and Google Assistant

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The sound is phenomenal. The sound this pushes is magical. Is the sound any less enjoyable?

The sound quality is buttery smooth for a wireless unit as well. Without a doubt, this speaker has the fullest range perfect sound i have ever heard in my life. Sound quality of the speaker is absolutely top tier especially when the base hits.

This jbl speaker is a beast. It’s totally unbelievable! The craftsmanship is outstanding!

The speaker looks clean with a throwback style. It is a little bit on the thicker and chunkier side. The style is very retro and very cool.

The speaker is very, very easy to connect to wifi and bluetooth. Set up is really simple. I still have to do a final connect to the hub for the tv, though that is coming once it's final home on the fireplace mantle.

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Quality

Love the sound quality, not the incomplete smart functions.

This speaker is just fantastic in build and sound quality.

It looks heavy and feels heavy and even sounds heavy.

You can get a full night out of it, but just don’t expect to get multiple nights out of it before having to re-charge.

Price

At $499 or below this is definitely worth a purchase.

This unit should sell for around $200.

Anything above that then wait for a sale.

The retail price is a little steep.

Competitiveness

At this price point the era 100 seems a better buy as you can pair two of them for roughly same cost.

I own several brands of sound systems and this one beats them all for overall performance and flexibility.

Jbl knows speakers and the authentic 300 is another company brand treasure.

I was on the fence between the jbl authentics 300 and a comparable marshall bluetooth speaker.

Overview

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quality, good, bass, better and heavy.

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Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 59.3% of the reviews are reliable.

This product had a total of 217 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 19 2024.