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This is an entry level Bose sound bar. It has decent sound quality. I am VERY IMPRESSED with the overall quality of the sound bar itself. It’s seems to be built with good quality material. My only knock on this sound bar is that you can get WAY better sound quality for much cheaper, if you are willing to go with other brands like Vizio, Sony, Samsung, etc… However, if you get caught up in the Bose brand name, know that you will definitely be getting less than you could have.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
I purchased this speaker because of the Name recognition, assuming it would be exceptional and at a great price because it is refurbished. The price was good--I was happy with that part. The speaker has no manual controls, and the remote has almost no redeemable features. It is quite small, making it difficult to find, especially in a dimly lit room, it does not light up, making it harder to find in any situation, and the keys are hard to see, especially for sight impaired. The sound, actually, does not seem different from the tv sound speakers. There is no projection with movies. I rate this speaker as just OK--nothing special--for 180.00 I should have spent more and got more.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
Product provides excellent enhanced quality of sound for my flat screen TV. If this is what you seek, this significantly improves the volume and clarity of speech. Although there is some improvement in music quality, don't expect multichannel sound system fidelity. This is as advertised, i.e. a sound bar to provide improvement over TV speakers.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
I’ll start this buy saying this is a fantastic sound bar and worked as it should for about 2-months. Then all of the sudden the left speaker and center tweeter blew?! I was watching TV in dialogue mode at a really low volume at like 2AM and noticed a drastic difference in sound clarity because it wasn’t there? It was still better than my Vizio TV speakers but something wasn’t working. While only a stereo soundbar it’s so good that you notice if something isn’t working. Bose uses every speaker in a unique way that even though it sounds better than default TV it’s nothing like you’re used to. Upon closer inspection you can hear that the left speaker/Center tweeter wasn’t working to balance the sound and provide that full bass and clarity. I had to call Bose and they agreed to replace the speaker because it’s within the one year warranty. However Beware…. because they didn’t have to do that!!! Seller is not an authorized dealer that’s why he has no returns!!! Bose said they will send out a new unit in about two weeks so I will update then and edit rating if need be. I’m in my early 40’s and I don’t like loud obnoxious sound when watching movies/TV so it wasn’t me cranking this thing at all. Never went above level-25 on my Vizio. Now for the review… I got this for my bedroom because Vizio V-Series 50” TV has the worst factory speakers out of any TV I’ve owned in 40yrs of life. The Bose TV Speaker is just a “stereo” soundbar so it’s not designed for surround sound at all. I don’t need or want body rockin bass watching TV, but this certainly gives very good punchy well balanced bass making gunshots sound realistic without distorting mids/highs. If you want more bass you can turn it up it has 5-levels and the default (what I kept it on) is on level-3. Turning it up to 4 makes things much more punchy but still balanced and level 5 even more so, but always maintaining balanced sound clarity. The best part is the DIALOGUE MODE!!! Push the button and it makes everything crystal clear even at the lowest of volumes… to me that’s worth the price as I don’t have to watch everything with subtitles on all the time anymore. This isn’t for the latest Atmos/DTS etc sound profiles… but it’s something that you’ll appreciate (and miss…) when watching TV. Sound quality is just so full and clear that makes watching anything better and if your television has an HDMI ARC/E-ARC port you can use your television remote to control the volume and it turns on/off with your TV. Had to set lip sync on Level 9 on my TV but rarely had sync issues after I figured that out. Bottom line is it’s a great soundbar for people that maybe don’t feel they need/want a soundbar do to it’s dialogue mode itself. I just hope it’s not a reoccurring manufacturing issue with the Bose TV SPEAKER itself because for the money and Bose known quality this should last 5-10yrs easy!!!Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Not as immersive as I expected. Something not right with this speaker as the TV sound goes on and off from the speaker by the fact it’s connected to HDMI. Ad says TV remote should control TV sound and no need for speaker remote - not in my case as I have to play around the remote to get the sound back. My TV is brand new as I just bought it from Best Buy on June 22 so I don’t think my TV is the issue. I plan on returning this speaker. It’s very annoying to be playing around the with the remotes just to get the sound back. I’ll make a decision my tomorrow. Thank you.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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