No argument. All the "modern" JBL soundbars were just as crappy as the rest of the "modern" soundbars.
I remember buying that soundbar (back at Fry's!) and all the soundbars were pretty much just as good (well, the Bose ones were garbage and overpriced, but let's not get started about that ...). They weren't audiophile quality, but they were good enough that an amateur like my wife really couldn't tell much difference.
What the hell happened that caused soundbars to go to shit?
Soundbars in the past were a niche market for people with expensive Plasma screens so they had to appeal to that group.
Soundbars today are a cheap addition to make up for the horrible sound on everyone's cheap $300 LCD 65 inch TV that in addition to horrible sound looks worse at 4k than the 720 Plasma did.
I remember buying that soundbar (back at Fry's!) and all the soundbars were pretty much just as good (well, the Bose ones were garbage and overpriced, but let's not get started about that ...). They weren't audiophile quality, but they were good enough that an amateur like my wife really couldn't tell much difference.
What the hell happened that caused soundbars to go to shit?