JBL Cove Review: Great Sound, No Engineering Degree Required — Boss Hunting

I’ve waited a long time for a home audio system that doesn’t need an engineering degree to set up. Most multi-room setups I’ve tested or lived with have ended the same way: one speaker refusing to join the group, a firmware update halfway through the night, and someone eventually reaching for a Bluetooth speaker out of sheer frustration.

Then JBL Cove landed at Boss Hunting HQ, along with a challenge: I had to get the entire house rigged with the Cove system and the JBL One app in the…