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Sound quality
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
I own 7 Bose products. Read my review
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Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I have purchased the Bose 500 (two of them) and 900 sound bars, 500 & 700 subwoofers and 500 & 700 surrounds.
The sound quality is superb. Exquisite even.
Now the downsides.
These don’t play well with TVs. I couldn’t get the TV remotes to turn the volume up on the Bose soundbar. With EARC you can have devices communicate things like volume and on/off signals to all devices. Bose is EARC “compatible” Not at all. I purchased 3 different brand high quality TVs just to get these sound bars to work. Really. I literally went through three brand new TVs so I could keep the Bose products. I connected directly to the TVs with a few different quality HDMI cables. I even had geek squad out and they were baffled.
I use an Apple TV and I couldn’t get that remote to work with the Bose stuff either. I had to use the infrared on my Apple Remote to finally get the soundbar to work. Ya like 60 year old technology. So because the soundbar is under the TV and on a high TV entertainment unit I have to have direct line of sight between the remote and soundbar. This means my arm must go way up in the air to change the volume every time. It’s even more fun laying on the couch. The TV and Apple Remote are set up for Bluetooth. Beautiful. No more aiming at the tv. Till Bose. It sucks.
Same thing for my Bose 500 in the bedroom on a smaller tv. HDMI won’t even work with the sound bar for sound. I have to use another old technology. Optical cable. It works but just barely.
Oh yes and on both systems the updates are horrible. They get stuck all the time updating. Days stuck on the update. Meanwhile I can’t use any app features like dialogue mode. Then I have to play a game to get them unstuck. This usually results in having to reconnect the subwoofer and surrounds which is a huge pain. Oh and sometime it deletes the IQ feature which takes a bunch of time to set up too. I can spend an hour resetting things up because of updates.
One last thing about their proprietary products. These can not be used with any other products. I went to use my 500 subwoofer in my office for my computer and it doesn’t use a normal input. So I put it back in the bedroom. It made me realize that someday when the soundbar dies I will be unable to make use of the sub and surround speakers. To have a soundbar go out and have the rest of the working speakers be unable to work is a waste of money.
Buy Sonos instead. I’m going to switch to them on my next purchase. The sound quality of Bose isn’t worth the nightmare.
Hello, Thanks for reaching out and providing your feedback, we are happy to hear of your enjoyment to the audio quality of your products. The Bose Bass Module 500 and Bass Module 700 are designed to be used with the available Bose Soundbars, we apologize for the inconvenience of being unable to connect this to your Computer system. If you are looking for a computer system, we have some great options available for enhancing your computer audio. We're sorry that you're having some issues with connecting your third party remotes to your systems. Both the Soundbar 900 and 500 use Infrared technology in their remote controls, your system can be controlled by universal remotes that send IR (infrared) commands. You do not need to change any settings on your soundbar. Just be sure not to block the IR remote control sensor on the front of your system. To program a universal remote, refer to the programming instructions for it. As for software updates, this shouldn't take multiple days to complete, because of this, there may be some interference causing delays in your software updates. If the update is complete and the speaker is unresponsive, it is worth taking a look at our available troubleshooting steps here: http://bit.ly/40m3wYg We'd love to help you with your product concerns, we have a 1 year warranty and a lifetime of support available. You can reach out to our knowledgeable product support team via https://bit.ly/3UNtwsQ who are readily available to assist you in getting your systems back up and running. Tegan - Bose Customer Support
Pros mentioned:
Sound quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent sound
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bose Bass Module 700 wireless sounds experience is fantastic.