Bose - 5.1-Channel Lifestyle 650 Home Theater System - Black

Incredible clear sound. Best surround sound system I have ever had. Easy set up. Wall mounted center channel under TV and front speakers next to tv. Ceiling mounted rear channel speakers.

I had previous model for 12 years. Nothing better then those

This was an upgrade from my 20-year-old Bose Lifestyle 25 surround system. The unit is beautiful to look at and the sound produced by the small surround speakers is very impressive. A clear upgrade from the 25 is the streaming options...both through wi-fi and Bluetooth. The remote is a little bulky (is actually taller than the speaker cubes!), but not difficult to use. Connections to various media through the console are easy to attach and Bose provides ample HDMI ports. Although the rear speakers can be connected wirelessly, three different Bose techs I talked with suggested wiring them for optimal sound. Plus, the heavy "bricks" needed to connect wirelessly also require two electrical outlets. Note the 650 does not have a CD player or AM/FM tuner, but there are simple ways to add those if you want. To be honest, I do not hear a dramatic improvement is the overall surround sound, compared with my older Lifestyle 25, but I attribute that more toward the overall quality of the Bose products over the years than any perceived problems. The 650 is not cheap, but none of the Bose line of products are. I also am impressed with the Bose customer service techs who have helped me tweak the system over the past few weeks. They are quite patient and have helped me better understand "best practices" for the system. One significant downside to my experience was the terrible service I received from the Best Buy Geek Squad. From my first meeting with them, I experienced misleading promises, missed deadlines and delays. Much, but not all, of that disappoint was offset by the wonderful, excellent work of the Geek Squad installer who dismantled by old 25 and connected the 650. It was a four-hour process and he did a superb job. Too bad my initial experience with this group was so problematic. That said, a month in, I am happy with the performance and love the new system. I just hope the Geek Squad does a serious examination of their practices so the overall Best Buy/Bose experience in the future improves.

I bought the Bose Lifestyle 650 (white) in May 2017. Recently, I've noticed the bass not working every time I turn my Lifestyle on. I called Bose to get the 3.5 mm Stereo Cable to connect the console to the Acoustimass. This solved the failing-to-connect-wirelessly issue, but there was a new problem of a loud popping sound every time I turned the system off. Bose sent me a new Acoustimass, which doesn’t make the popping anymore. The Lifestyle 650 doesn’t allow adjusting the sound volume of the speakers based on your preference. Instead, they have a terrible ADAPTiQ to automatically adjust the sound volume. This automation is horrible as I couldn’t adjust my speakers properly. I had to throw blankets on my rear speakers and bass to adjust my speakers. Sound quality is very good.

I compleltly love this system with just a few thing to say negativly about it the remote is kinda finiky with a set up of the remptes back button system being a bit difficult to get use to but other then that it sounds fenominal and the conection is great i havnt had any problems with it other then previously mentioned all the love for bose and would very much recomend it if you want a quality speaker.