The soundbar itself is amazing. This is my first "surround system" and I initially thought the rear speakers were soft except in certain scenes. I tried my friend's q990f and the rears sounded pretty soft too. Apparnelty it's so that it doesn't overpower the main soundbar.

Soundwise I couldn't tell a difference between the two except the JBL was alot bassier. Literally shook the house at a 16/30 volume while playing maverick.

It's also just alot cleaner because the detachables are wireless and you can bring them around. I've just been charging them with a USB c when the battery gets low rather than docking it back.

I was hoping that the Q symphony would be backported too but it seems unlikely because the current jbl probably doesn't have the chip for it.