I purchased this to install on my golf cart to get away from using my jbl boombox. I have had the wet sounds and ecoxgear sound bars and they both sound anemic without the addition of a subwoofer. This jbl doesn’t need a subwoofer to give full sound and bass, highly impressed with it.
I just received a RallyBar XL today. I was very impressed with the quality of the component. I plugged it into a 12vdc power supply and easily paired my phone. The sound is phenomenal and the bass is solid and present. For most, I would doubt you will desire a stand alone subwoofer if we are talking SXS or Golf Cart. The LEDs are a plus and just add to the overall experience. But again, the sound is where its at with this beast and it does not disappoint. Sadly I am sending it back. I knew this might be a challenge to mount on a golf cart, given the supplied mounting options are really geared towards mounting on the round tube most SXSs have. I have an ICON EV golf cart and due to the rear roof supports it makes mounting ANY sound bar a challenge behind or above your head. While this was certainly a struggle, I know I would make some custom brackets and get it mounted without issue. But then the show stopper, for me. I have an AuxBeam switch panel. I want my SoundBar to come on when I switch its power on with my AuxBeam. Even thought the RallyBar has a ON/OFF switch on the side, even if you leave this switch on... when you apply power, the sound bar does not turn on, it stays in Deep Standby/Sleep mode until you reach up and press the power button on the bottom of it. I read the entire manual and can find no solution. It would be different if it had a RF remote or something where you could quickly turn it on, but why put an ON/OFF switch on the side of it, if you still need to hit the power button the control panel to wake it up/turn it on???? Again for many this might not even be an issue, but for me this is a huge deal and a sad oversight on JBL's part. I don't know maybe they could change this with a firmware update, but I am guessing they will not make a significant firmware change for one guy. Now I have to figure out what to try next, I had an ECOXGEAR bar, it sounded like a tinny hot mess and the JBL just walks all over it (it at least turned on with the power application).