Customer Ratings & Reviews

Good sound for the size. Easy to set up. Looking to add a sub in the future

I purchased this sound bar to help clear up the voices on my TV. Overall it does help to make the voices clearer and reduce background sounds and music. Easy to set up and control with the volume with my TV and cable box remote. Also has auto on function.

Very pleased. Easy to install and awesome sound quality.

I needed a replacement for the lousy speakers installed by Samsung in my parent's set. It had to be zero adjustment-- just the television or DVD player remote to adjust volume. Great quality and absolutely no additional effort by the user after HDMI and power hookup. This is the unit.

Killer addition to my tv experience! Wasn’t sure what to really expect with connecting it to my Samsung tv since Samsung is funky like that but it’s been nothing but great sound and that good little addition of bass to my movies and shows.

Works well to augment normal TV sound in mid-sized room.

It's perfect, excellent sound, compact... just great!!!

It’s good speaker. Sounds great. Easy to install. Good brand. Size is perfect match with my cabinet. I like it. I highly recommend it

Works very well. Has great sound quality and volume.

Easy hookup. Works well with my TV remote. Crisp sound.

I would give this unit 5 stars, except for the lack of LEDs on the front panel to monitor the status of the soundbar (read below). The sound is excellent for what I'm using it for. I didn't want to run a bunch of wire and hang satellite speakers for my 5.1 rear L-R speakers, so I'm using this soundbar for my rear L-R channels. It sits under the TV and incredibly fills in the gap between the front L-R main speakers. The dispersion is excellent -- exactly what Bose is famous for. (NOTE: This unit is amplified, so do not shoot hot amplified audio from your amp's speaker outputs unless you can pad it down! My Onkyo surround tuner lets me set each output as low as -14dB, which is perfect for not over-driving the input of the Bose.) I use the analogue AUX input jack to feed in the speaker-out signal from the amp. The "dialogue" setting really does clarify speech in shows & movies where there is a lot of background EFX or music going on. Mids & highs are crystal clear -- no sibilance. Now, about those cheesy LED's... This unit only has 2 LED's on the front to let you know what mode you're in, etc. The LED's change color, blink in various ways, stay solid, etc., for each function. I had to download the complete manual and keep the page for the LED Mode Table handy to keep track of what I was setting up. For $279, Dr. Bose should have added a few more (inexpensive) LED's to the front panel. This was a real design flaw. Simplicity is fine if it doesn't make things complicated. Lastly, when in auto power-down mode, it takes about 2 hours to power off when there is no signal present -- kinda silly. 10 minutes makes more sense. I do not use this unit with any outboard sub-woofer, as my Boston Acoustic mains give all the thump we need. If you are using this (as intended) strictly for a TV speaker, you may want to add a small sub-woofer. You can easily connect one with a patch cord, via the 1/8" sub-out jack on the back. The price of this unit is way too much, but I paid it because it's Bose and it was the best sounding bar in this size range with an analogue input.

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Great sound, right amount of base, easy to connect, really increased volume!

I've had the speaker for a few months now. Easy installation. Immediate improvement in our sound. Clear speech was the reason we bought this and this delivers. We are getting up in age and sounds are becoming distorted on most tvs. This cleared it up amazingly. 100% recommend for that alone. My complaint is you can only turn the speaker off and on by using the remote. I honestly would have searched for a different sound at because of that alone. I like my sound at to turn on when I turn the TV on or at least have a way to power it on the sound at itself.

This sound bar is easy to setup and is a great addition to the tv. It clarifies the voice to make watching tv more enjoyable for old ears.

I caught this on sale and bought two of them because I enjoy Bose speakers. The sound quality is amazing but the speaker itself will disconnect and connect on its own which is annoying, other than that I love it.

Having owned several Bose products we had high hopes for this reasonably priced product. Extremely impressed with this small bar and it’s big base sound. No separate woofer needed; this sound bar augments our LGGX in a very open living area with ease. This was our fourth attempt to find a sound device that did not sound like an auditorium speaker and render high quality sound without big bucks.

Best speakers in the business, I have 3 of these and 1 in the box just in case. No need for expensive surround sound. A bose sound bar gets it done.

We bought this sound bar on the recommendation of the man helping us in the store, and we are pleased with the sound quality.

The Bose speaker has great quality for the price point and I love the fact that it compact and can fit in small TV units. My only issue that it does not have a remote and always needs to be handled through phone. If you’re looking for something compact without a subwoofer, this is worth the money!