Bose 700 Soundbar - Black

Did a lot of research, prior to purchase. Went for the 700 rather than the 500 because was advised that tone, and especially base, holds better form at higher volumes. So it has proved. Little irritations, like very little illumination on the soundbar itself, I can cope with. A rather larger problem is Bose’s app. It really is poor. How such a reputable company can have such an underperforming app, is beyond me. Too often the app doesn’t communicate. I’ve placed the soundbar in front of the tv, in a medium sized living room. Really delighted with all the things that matter - tone, clarity, bass. Nonetheless, I’ve added the Bose 500 woofer - and wow. Will also be adding the surround speakers.

Sound quality seems good, but I'm no expert.I got mine because I wanted the Bluetooth functionality. I'm getting a projector, which will be located on one side of the room, but the soundbar will be on the other, about 4m away. A Bluetooth transmitter (TaoTronic) plugged into the projector via optic link will transmit to the Bose soundbar.Personally I don't think there are sufficient instructions supplied with the soundbar, and the online or in-app help and support pages are not very useful IMHO.Alexa works ok but some people have had problems. I think this might arise if an Ethernet cable is plugged in as well as WiFi connected at the same time. Alexa went away for some time and it took ages for me to sort out how to get her back. I don't know why this happened. The help pages were useless.

I Never Leave reviews , but sitting here listening to my Bose 700 Soundbar with the Bose Surround Speakers 700 and Bose 700 Base Module I just have to post to say how fantastic this is, it’s not cheap, but trust me when I say you will not be disappointed, it is simply amazing! It brings a whole new dimension to movies as you are immersed in sound, the sound quality is simply awesome. Even listening to music through Tidal immerses you in a sound which I’ve yet to match. I have Klipsch, Naim Audio, Sonos and Apple speakers around the house but the Bose setup just blows my mind every time and brings a smile to my face every time and takes me to a very relaxing place when chilling with tunes.Just buy this setup, you will never regret it!!

Sadly I had to return it. But I’ll still gladly give it the full 5 stars. Just wasn’t right for us and our living room setup. The glossy top doesn’t do this soundbar any favours as it reflects the light of your TV. But in saying that it’s a Bose and it truly is a great piece of kit. I now think the Bose 500 might be one that’s more suitable for us. I’d still highly recommend this soundbar regardless. As always a great service from Amazon.

I installed the soundbar 700 and subwoofer 500 in the bedroom underneath a 46 inch tv and its hardly noticable, which is a massive plus for this equipment ! So no large book shelf speakers, no large sound bar obscuring the bottom of my tv and no large sub woofer the size of a laundry basket hogging a corner and no amplifier. None of that !I have a sleek, small, good looking, well engineered : 1. Virtual surround sound cinema speaker with great dialog ability, not so great "all around the room effects", big booming bass that can fill the whole room 2. Voice control Alexa - an all the features that provides. 3. A Hi Fi system that rivals dedicated seperates and floor standing speakers. And all for a reasonalbe price of around 1200 pounds.Its not a master of audiphile hi fi, or the best 5.1 surround sound system, but it does do things well and doesnt upset the Mrs with the bedroom being turned into a tech filled man cave.

Amazing product, amazing sound, added the surround speakers and it improved the experience exponentially.The subwoofer is way too expensive. For now I'll do without. The bass is more than adequate.I may add the woofer in time, hopefully the price will drop.I'm have problems getting Alexa to connect to my TV. Don't think it's quite ready yet.My fears about lack of Dolby Athmos has gone, the sound is amazing. I have the surround speakers at 45 degrees, sound bouncing great.Definitely calibrate with the head set and for the 5 step, get as far as possible from the sound bar as possible within your room.

The main issue was that if my TV was set to Dolby (samsung q8f), the soundbar would cut off the first second of noise if their was a moment of no noise. So for example, I turned Sonic the Hedgehog on and there is no noise until the game boots up and shouts SEGAAA! But the soundbar will miss off the first part of the word SEGA and only getting the GAA... this happens all the time with anything, it’s like if there’s a moment of no noise, the Bose turns off and takes a second to kick back into action once there’s sound.Also, while a clear sound, no point in buying this without the sub.No volume indicator on the device which is inconvenient.If I’ve had a loud film on, Alex will be insanely loud, it’s a shame you can’t set a max volume for her voice.Set up took ages.audio syncing issues...My 6 year old soundbar, while lacking the clarity of this soundbar, beats it in every other category that I just mentioned and came with a sub and cost me £450 in 2013.

This soundbar is a beast.. Typical Bose. The sound quality is very sharp and the bass you get from it is more than enough for most people. It's performance is the best I've ever seen from any soundbar I've seen or had.. 800 quid is not to be sniffed at but in my opinion you get what you pay for, and in this instance that is definately the case.. I'm now trying to justify adding even more speakers to it, but I need to convince the missus first.. Excellent purchase..