JBL’s Bar 5.0 Multibeam is an all-in-one soundbar with Virtual Dolby Atmos
The Bar 5.0 Multibeam comes a year after JBL's first Atmos soundbar. | Image: JBL JBL's Bar 5.0 Multibeam is a new soundbar which is its first to offer Virtual Dolby Atmos thanks to its Multibeam technology. It will be available for $399.95 (349.99) starting later this spring.
The announcement of the JBL Bar 5.0 comes a year after the company announced its first Dolby Atmos soundbar, the JBL Bar 9.1. The previous Atmos soundbar used upward-firing drivers to bounce sound off the ceiling to give the impression of it coming from above. In contrast, the new JBL Bar 5.0, which costs less than half the price of its predecessor, uses virtualization to achieve what JBL claims is a similar effect. It's unlikely to sound as convincing, but the result is a much more affordable soundbar.
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