Customer Ratings & Reviews

My Bose Sound Bar I bought from NFM with my TV 7 yrs. ago recently went out, so I went to Best Buy on Black Friday and bought a new one. And of course, I upgraded. I love Bose brand and got an excellent deal! More speakers in the bar than what I had before. Very EASY to install. The sound is clear and crisp! Very satisfied!

Great sound and so very easy to setup and connect to tv

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.

Great sound, compact, and good price, not so great on bass.

This soundbar blew me away! The sound is crystal clear, the bass is deep, and it completely transforms my movie and music experience.

It sounds good; I bought it for my bedroom and I love it.

Great sound, not to bulky in size, the only issue I have with the sound bar is there’s no buttons to manually power on and off or turn the volume up or down because I have a tendency of losing remotes.

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.

I got this on sale around Memorial Day, for the price. I think it is a good deal for a Bose product. Perfect for my small space. I get theater quality sound, and it only uses 36 watts. I can switch from TV sound to Bluetooth with a press of a button. I have my Amazon Alexa dot connected to it via Bluetooth and it works amazing! The only thing I don’t like about it it does not have Dolby Atmos, and if I want to add a subwoofer, it would be wired and expensive. Overall amazing product.

I love this sound bar!! It does perfect for my home. I can blast music and hear it all throughout the backyard perfectly. It’s done great for movie nights and gatherings.

Good sound bass is good for no sub woofer if want super low bass add the woofer, but if you just want it for tv so you can hear it better then this is the soundbar for you with the added dialog mode makes voices louder with out increasing all the background noise

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

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.

I was pleasantly surprised oh how loud this can get. Sound is clean and easy to set up

The sound is great and easy to use. The soundbar was also easy to install.

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.

Great sound quality, small, and easy to install. Just what I was shopping for.

This sound bar is much much better when hooked up via an HDMI ARC (with ARC being the important part). Otherwise you play a never ending game of which device to control the volume, especially if you switch between different inputs (like Apple TV, Blu-Ray, and internal TV). Sound is good - my main purpose was to get get sound facing me instead of bouncing off the wall from the tv (whole reason to get a sound bar). Cannot comment on if the Bose sounds better or worse than other sound bars but it is well made and sounds just fine.

Purchased this to replace an LG bar that did not offer rich sound or perform well in the low range. The Bose does really well, offering rich sound with decent bass without a subwoofer. I am pleased.

We love these Bose bars! They make listening to the TV a lot better. It takes out a lot of the "white noise" and is great when you start having issues with your hearing! We now have one in the living room and master bedroom in our home and my mother-in-law's.