Purchased my Bose Solo 5 to enhance TV audio experience. I use my TV to watch "traditional cable" and also "stream" movies, IHeart Radio and Pandora for music. This is the single entertainment device on the primary floor of the house. The Bose Solo 5 interfaced with my "low end" Sony LCD flat screen via "optical cable" The Bose Solo 5 was easily programed into my Xfinity Remote. This was painless... Bose unit turns on an off with the TV and cable box. I don't play music or TV shows loudly (I'm Married.. enough said) The Bose Solo 5 has met every objective I had for the everyday use intended. (I do have my separate man cave in the basement with the full monty setup the Bose Solo 5 is not in that room... the Bose Solo 5 is on the residence primary floor for everyday viewing/listening. I mounted the Bose Solo 5 under my Sony TV which is wall mounted via swing arm mount. I manufactured my own sound bar mount using simple angle iron, painted black and trimmed. See pic. The sound quality is excellent for the $250 price point. Bass is surprisingly good for unit without separate sub. The bass is adjustable via remote too. The Bose Solo 5 also has Blue tooth option for use with phone's or pc's. This works as expected. One negative... the Bose supplied optical cable was faulty out of the box and frankly could have been better quality if it had worked.

So I live on the 3rd floor of my apartment complex. I want the big booming home theatre sound with a subwoofer and all the goods. But I can’t. The Bose Solo 5 is an excellent choice for someone looking for nice sound in a small space without thumping the walls and floor around you. It sounds clear, and the lows sound good too. Music sounds excellent. Hip-Hop, R&B, Reggae, Rock and Jazz are what I listen to and I am very satisfied with how it sounds. TV and video games are good too.

I love this sound bar. I cannot use a separate subwoofer because of tenants living below me. This sound bar is great and a lot better than the TV speakers. It’s very small too.

I was pleasantly surprised at the quality in the sound. I bought this open-box for $186 during social distancing and noticed when it was handed to me curbside the price tag said $149 and when I asked why was I overcharged was told they raised the price which I did not understand. It was missing the plug and had a wrong adapter but I was able to use the one from my old sound bar so if buying open box do check everything while there! But happy with the speaker which works better than the larger one bar we had and it takes up less room. The universal remote works great and setup was super easy.

Great sound, easy set up and connection. Got this for use with Samsung 28” TV. Work well together and easy to program Bose remote to control TV and Bose sound bar.