Customer Ratings & Reviews

Not good as alone until buy with woofer option. Alone it is ok and better than TV sound but did not get the sound effect we expecting from sound bar

Bought it for a 85 inch tv in our bedroom and just poor sound quality. Then found out the return window is 14 days?! How are you supposed to buy Xmas gifts if they have to return before they even receive? Poor customer service Best Buy

Does NOT amplify voices as advertised. Cannot increase

Pro: -Good audio for its size -Simple setup Con: -Limited features -Expensive -No hdmi cable included To sum it up, the Bose TV Speaker is exactly that, external speaker you hook up to your TV. It’s not a soundbar, so no passthrough or additional inputs. It sounds great for its size and is simple to set up. The audio is amazingly good considering how small the speaker is. The sound is full, dialogue is clear, and has a decent amount of bass. Not enough for booming sounds from movies or games, but good enough for TV and music. You can add an additional Bose subwoofer, for a high cost. At the right distance, it sounds like the audio is coming from the entire space in front of you rather than from a small box under your TV. It’s best for watching stereo content or listening to dialogue heavy audio. While it’s okay for movies or gaming, it doesn’t bring enough to be considered a home theater experience. There’s an option to enhance voice making it louder, but the background audio gets a bit compressed. Out of the box, it’s easy to set up and use. It’s best with HDMI/Arc so the TV can control the power and volume of the speaker. It’s a shame they don’t include an HDMI cable. Using optical, you lose the control but can set up so that the speaker turns on when it detects sound. The only indicator are two lights that flashes in different combinations depending on what is being adjusted. It’s pretty easy to read. Although the Bose speaker has superior audio quality than a typical soundbar of this size, at this price, you can buy a 5.1 or 7.1 soundbar with a wireless subwoofer. It depends if you would rather have better stereo sounds and don’t care about features you get from a full soundbar, or a soundbar with additional inputs and probably better bass, but with less fuller audio.

Not as loud very low from what was advertised. I am very disappointed.

Very disappointing in Bose. Upon first impression had almost no bass and could hardly tell any sound improved from TV speakers. I decided to live with it and then the HDMI port just stopped working as a connection, brand new Samsung TV as well. I ate that loss too and just used the included optical cable. Less than two weeks later the sound bar just stopped turning on all together, tried different outlets and still no luck. I had to return this product very disappointing and let down by Bose after loving many of their products.

not the best sound quality compared to the old bose solo bars

Bose is by far one of my favorites brands for speakers but this one was a total letdown. The sound wasn't loud nor clear. I had to return it.

I wish I didn’t spend the money on this. I don’t notice much difference sound wise between regular tv and having this on. Maybe there are better options out there but I’d skip this one.

Purchased 12/23 and had nothing but connection issues. Now. Only 1-1/2 years old. Piece of crap. Always thought Bose was a good product.

Returned. Didn't think the sound was much different than the TV sound.

Connector/power in/output gets extremely hot and it stopped working

This soundbar stopped working after 14 months of use. Bose wants $100 to diagnose, Best Buy support is not useful. Converting to ABT Electronics as Best Buy products and support has gone downhill these past few years.

It was working really well until it didn’t. The speaker constantly cuts out and turns off basically making it unusable. I regret purchasing the product without a warranty, save your money bc I feel scammed

The sound quality is not so good. There is not much quality sound difference between our Sony TV speakers and the Bose soundbar.

The sound was too low for the size of the room. I need a bigger sound system and it did not match up with my turntable.

It's ok. Not a good of sound as I was hoping to get.

I purchased this for my parents as it does an excellent job with the dialoge boost feature. It makes it very easy to hear conversations and voices in movies, news, etc, and catch everyword.

Quick install by very knowledgeable technician. Some equipment still doesn’t work properly.

Surprised from Bose. Usually they have dep rich sounds, but it sounds anemic.