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 It was a Christmas present, on the other hand to a technology patient like me what can you take? And then Bose has been synonymous with quality always, practically impossible to make mistakes, we trust regardless, especially if you are not experts. Unfortunately, all these valid topics do not correspond to the actual reality of the product. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to say that it is a useless slum, but I expected much more, it disappointed me and not a little. Before seeing strengths and weaknesses, I tell you immediately, I recommend the purchase only and only if the audio of your TV is under penalty, but really penalty! Otherwise the improvements will be minimal, perceptible only on the bass and sometimes on the "spoken". The expense is not worth. Regardless that for this type of functionality a bar that costs half, however ... Universal. In addition to the soundbar, it can control all multimedia devices, from TV, to DVD, to the sky decoder, to the game consoles and obviously the BT features. It is undoubtedly convenient to be able to manage everything from a single device. It is also functional, with all the easily accessible keys. Finally, it is resistant, finally, it has made it, yet it is always intact. Little cumbersome and beautiful to see, 55 cm. length, 8 depth and 6.5 in height. It can also be easily mounted on the wall. Minimal and very elegant design. Placing it in a pleasant way is a moment. Bluetoothonance. Easy, stable and fast, no compatibility problem, music feels in a dignified way. If we really have nothing else, it can go. From the maximum volume we would expect more. At least does not distort the sound. Solid, really well done. Nothing to say. Having very few functions would have been the height if it had been complex. We limit ourselves to being able to adjust the bass, to the BT connection, to the option to accentuate the dialogues and a little more. They were wasted. Via optical, coaxial or analogical audio cable. One of the aforementioned and the one for power supply. Everything you need. Immediate installation. Dialogues option. During the films, the "spoken" slightly improves, emphasizing the words at the expense of "noises" or background music. No miracle even in this case, but at least a slight difference is perceived. As you may have noticed that small detail concerning the quality of the sound. It is already ... not that from a simple soundbar you expect who knows that, but not even a lot of mediocrity ... precisely here we are to defects. Control: 👉 Aquality of the sound. I am attaching a video that, however compressed, should make you better understand what I am talking about. Unfortunately, the difference with the TV coffers is minimal, at times imperceptible, true that it can slightly vary for the better in certain situations, but nothing that can justify the expense for this bose. I repeat myself and I apologize, but the TVs of the TV have to do it to appreciate it. Or television must be small, with consequent decrease in audio capacity. In addition, so as not to miss anything, low volume and little power! The most important aspect is also the most critical. If it were not for the bass (you will understand ...), we will have to do with the most absolute nothing. No presets, no average, no highs, no configurations to be able to memorize. Nothing nothing. Boh ... my evaluation is made by taking into account that it is a simple compact design soundbar, which cannot and must not be compared to more complex and expensive systems, but despite everything we are not there. Other brands, even less famous, offer better audio quality at a less price. Bose can and has to do better. As far as I'm concerned, it is a no as big as a house. I hope to have been useful to you, the next.

The soundbar feels good but be careful⚠️: it has no HDMI doors like Amazon specifies in its description. Unpleasant surprise, I had chosen this model precisely because of the presence of the HDMI that would allow me to use the TV remote control to adjust the volume

These "monitors" are in my best the best on the market for quality/price ratio, point, there is little to do .. I use them in the recording studio as a second pair of reference monitors, in my opinion they are the NS-10M of this decade, in fact they are similar to our NS-10 as regards the arrangement of the tweeter, or out of axis from the woofer and mirror with each other, these are obviously smaller than the NS-10 but boast of a front reflex door, Also out of all, from the rest and speculate with the other monitor, the latter in my opinion works in an excellent way for a monitor of this dimensions. The use with the tweeters outwards (as they should be used) and I can say that as regards the sound, yes .. they are not very faithful, but as the NS-10s expose medium frequencies a lot, the frequency response is limited in both ends, but at the same time they boast of an image of an image. Phenomenal stereo, in my opinion due to the fact that the components are all out of axis and mirror, according to me if you listen to well in the studio and learned, they can serve very well as a reference, therefore not so much for the loyalty of reproduction but to expose the averages and therefore arrange any problems in the mix. For those who would like to buy them for recreational or entertainment purposes, they notice very well on voices, organic (jazz, soft rock, swing, country etc.) instead for electronic traces very processed the not recommended, could be fine for ambient or other more "spacious" genres ... but genres such as hip hop, disc, techno, etc. In my opinion they do not represent them well, if you intend to listen to these latter genres I do not recommend them.

 Short historical premise ... If you are interested in Bose, perhaps it is useless because almost everyone knows, appreciate and share the same judgment against the American audio giant, or the absolute top in the field of sound technology. They have passed more than fifty years since Amar Bose decided to found the homonymous group intended for a worldwide success almost without previous, just he who began very poor to repair them but he could not To afford to buy new ones. But the famous American dream, you know, sometimes works, even for those who, like him, are not even 100% American but of Indian origins. For gratitude to the country that hosted him and to the research institute he believed in him and financed him until he became one of the richest men in the world, before dying, Amar Bose donated half of the actions of his group to the research institute with a gesture itself with a gesture itself with a gesture. Beautiful and honorable.Forse on an e-commerce site like Amazon this brief historical nod on the origins of Bose may not be "relevant" but on every review I do, from the smallest to the largest and most expensive, I always wonder who is behind the sale and behind the final product that I am describing why, if this "someone" has a beautiful story behind it that is worth telling, I feel the duty to do it as in this case. Seeing in detail all the characteristics of this very interesting product, hoping can help those who are approaching the purchase and want to know more. Do the Eternal Soundbar or Home Theater dilemma? - Until the advent of this jewel, my answer would have been rather obvious: a home theater 5.1 system always better with amplifier and separate speakers. But for me it is easy to respond with this safety since the cinema and home theater have always made my greatest passions and I have now lost account of the number of plants purchased and tried for my family, for relatives or friends. If you also put us that I am an avid collector of Steelbook edition films, here are my inclination decidedly aimed at pure systems, rigorously composed of a powerful amplifier always flanked by separate speakers and suitably positioned. Therefore compromises therefore and the amletic doubt between Soundbar and Home Theater for me it was never really placed, at least until you know Bose 700. Comparing the two "worlds", below and in a nutshell, we could summarize the main differences: • Soundbar is certainly the cheapest and most fast choice to improve the bad audio of the new generation of TV, increasingly oriented towards improving the video and less and less attentive to the quality of the audio. Thanks to the various speakers positioned with different angles inside it manages to simulate the origin of the sounds from different points and to produce a good/excellent quality audio. If the budget is limited, the space is reduced and you do not have the desire or the possibility of physically passing the six minimum cables provided to connect to the amplifier…. Especially the two rear ones that are normally always the most uncomfortable…. Then it could really represent the perfect compromise. • The Home Theater system is however completely different because it provides a sound performance really similar to that of cinemas. Thanks to the six non -integrated external speakers (minimum six if not eight) manages to channel the sounds by separating for example the spoken, the soundtrack, the environment noises and the bass, and to send them separately to the speakers. The result is an enveloping audio, pure, clear in detail and powerful in the bass thanks to the dedicated subwoofer. On the other hand, obviously it requires a more expensive expense, much more space and sometimes even of the housework for the passage of the cables, especially for the rear coffers, cross and delight of the system. This is the differences, explain the differences and clearly expressed my point of view and my obvious propensity towards the home theater, I imagine that someone is wondering the reason that prompted me to assign five stars. I don't even suffer from bipolarism ... on the contrary, I am always convinced that a home theater 5.1 system (or 7.1 if you prefer) is always objectively higher than a soundbar. But now that I have been able to see and try the Bose 700 personally I have expanded my horizons and I understood that there are soundbars that cannot be considered only simple compromises but, on the contrary, very valid alternatives to a complete home theater system. Packaging and packaging - the packaging is very elegant and consists of a resistant rectangular box in rigid black cardboard wrapped in plastic protection. The opening of the box is highly effective because it shows only the case well wrapped in a transparent plastic sheet and lay on a cardboard base; Six equidistant plastic supports, three higher and three lower, complete the stabilization of the case preventing any type of slipping or friction. Really an packaging that borders on perfection and that puts it safe even from the most clumsy of the couriers. The base where the case rests is actually a resistant cardboard box destined to contain all the accessories supplied (see attached photos). The package contains: • Bose soundbar 700 • Universal remote control • 4 AA batteries • Antistatic pannet of cleaning • Adaptiq cap • Optical cable • HDMI cable • Power cable • First installation manual (also in Italian) ✔️ First installation, And test - Let's start by saying that it is not a wireless case, or powered by a rechargeable lithium battery, and that therefore it must be connected to an electrical outlet via the appropriate power cable supplied. The time connected the bright bar will be accepted and a fixed yellow light will emit. Bluray, decoder, console). I had fun making different tests, especially to test the various types of connections, as well as naturally at the value of the sound yield, and below I try to tell you some of them. Teste n.1 -TV -> boseper the connection to the TV I made a physical connection with HDMI cable (supplied). It will not even need to lower the owner audio to avoid unpleasant overlaps. The sound will be automatically redirected to our diffuser and unless you are deaf I will be really difficult not to notice the difference…. Obviously, but we could imagine this even without the need to try it, given the low audio quality provided by all new generation televisions, including my.test n.2 -Bluray reader -> TV and TV -> we then bosepass a much more indicative test bench ... a nice film with audio DTS HD reproduced on a Sony's 4k reader. Audio of "reference" to use a term so dear to the patients of home video like me and that I have the habit of using often when I have to do some tests, given the cleaning and absolute sharpness of the sound reproduced. For this second test we will leave the connection described in point 1 as unchanged (direct HDMI between TV and Bose) and we will instead manipulate the current connection between the 4K player, TV and amplifier of my home Theater system. HDMI connection between the reader and the amplifier for sending the audio sector and another HDMI connection between reader and TV for sending to the TV of the video sector. We have the connection between the 4K player and the TV unchanged and instead detached the one between the reader and the amplifier. In this way now, the 4K player will send the complete audio/video sector to the TV through the only connected HDMI cable. The TV will capture the video one and redirect the audio to Bose, thanks to the connection made and described in the first test. We lay the reader, we start the film and ... finally enjoy the audio. The sound performance is really very high, the detail level is very high and detailed and the powerful but balanced sound. The dialogues have a clear and linear columns are never clear and incorrect. Invasive, the environment and background noises are always clear and distinct. The high frequencies are ringing and well defined while the bass is surprisingly powerful and authoritative. I am surprisingly I say not surprisingly, but because I would never have imagined that they could get bass as well marked in a mini subwoofer such as the one implemented by Bose with this diffuser. By summarizing in a simple slogan this experience of listening I would say ... Balance and power. EMPRESS within this configuration I add a small note. diffuser through the equipment supplied and without HDMI. The quality is more or less the same but it is only conveyed the audio by saving an HDMI exit for other connections.Test n.4 -smartphone -> bose (with bluetooth) from previous tests you will certainly have grasped my propensity decidedly aimed at physical connections by neglecting the wirelesss. Bluetooth ... I gave way to the pressures of my two daughters and we decided to listen to good music ... for good music you do to say of course ... they rejected me U2 and Pink Floyd and they left in the trumpet with malum and ozuna. But let's go back to the connection mode, the subject of this section, however jumping the description of the remote control that would be long and boring and which is still well described in the manual downloadable from the Bosela Wireless Bluetooth allows you to reproduce music from external furniture sources such as smartphones or tablets, after appropriate connection. Pay the remote control and hold down the Bluetooth button until the light bar is flashing blue; At this point the diffuser is ready and wait to be connected to the first useful device. Pay your smartphone, activate the search for the devices and look for the diffuser Bose remembering that if you have not assigned a name via Bose app, the factory predefined will be displayed, or bose soundbar 700 Test.Sorpretinging like the surrogate test of the Home Theater? No this time I would say no, but perhaps only because I have already had the opportunity to try and appreciate the Bose Bluetooth speakers of the Bose, certainly among the improvements in the world.com, wherever, to establish with honesty and rigor the real parameters of sound quality especially comparing similar speakers, it is necessary to be professionals in the sector, so I will not give judgments but I will express Exclusively my point of view, which may not be an absolute truth. I am not a professional but arme and I delight with equipment of this type for many years and a pinch of experience, but nothing more, I think I have acquired it. My judgment from this point of view is therefore purely amateur, not professional. But this necessary premise I can tell you that the general quality of the sound has left me speechless. The power of the diffuser is excellent and any level of volume we arrive, the audio always remains clear and detailed, not only in the excellent bass but also in the medium and high shades, always well defined and very balanced.com, however, I repeat, assessments in the acoustic field are also very personal and what my ear may seem perfect, to a more attentive ear could also detect some imperfections. Bluetooth signal flow rate; During the tests I did not find any presence of annoying disconnections, signal distortions, rustles or losses up to a radius of about 10 meters. And to conclude this section…. Still three last things ... Consider that Bluetooth allows you to connect up to eight mobile devices but that it can always be used only at a time and that the management of the Bluetooth connections of the connections can be made both by remote control, and via the bose app. Consider that this diffuser is already prepared to be connected to other boxes, if you were so demanding that it wants to improve its performance. Personally, I do not recommend it given the high performance already provided, but the addition of a possible external subwoofer never hurts ... always if you do not live in a codom, otherwise you risk a complaint for public quiet disorder. Finally, consider that this case is prepared to be hung on the wall if the need requires it but the brackets and supports are not included and possibly should be purchased separately. Adaptiq - After configuring the soundbar using the Bose Music app, a message from the app invites the user to perform the adaptiq audio calibration to obtain better acoustic performance. You strongly recommend that you do it to obtain the necessary calibration to the improvement of the audio yield; I do it regularly for each new home theater system that I have to install and try. advisable/design/weight - the design is minimalist, sober, elegant and really refined. The diffuser extends into length wrapped in a refined metal grille with very narrow jersey while the upper panel is made of tempered glass. The finishes are made with class and elegance and the appropriately rounded edges. A real design as well as technological and available exclusively in the two classic black and white colors. In the lower part there are two large non -slip rubber feet that help the diffuser to the surface. In the rear part there are all input/output entrances, suitably allocated in internal niches so as not to create thickness with the possible support wall/wall/TV/TV; In this way the connectors remain inside the niche and only the wire comes out, much less often and easily adjustable. Brava Bose once again because they are also these small details that make the difference between a good diffuser and one top. The size are quite generous (length: 97.8 cm - height: 5.7 cm - depth: 10.8 cm) and therefore be very careful to take the measurements so as not to risk some scorching disappointments. The weight is rather sustained: 4.76 kg. Inoltre, touching and looking at it up close, I do not seem to have noticed joints or welds and I have the happy suspicion that it was made through a process called extrusion, that is, without welding with constant section for its entire length. If this were the case, it would gain not only the clearest and most elegant design, but also the robustness and durability of the envelope. Custom connections and connections - this diffuser is equipped with different inputs and connection doors, all appropriately located in the rear. In detail: • Exit HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel) - it is an advanced HDMI socket (HDMI 1.4 or higher) that allows you to "return" the audio from TV to the connected device, be it an amplification system or a system of speakers. With HDMI ARC, additional cables are no longer needed for the audio return to the source but the input/output travels on the same thread. Obviously, to take advantage of this feature, in addition to a high -speed performing cable (included in the package), it is necessary that both sockets support this functionality. Otherwise it works the same but in standard mode • Toslink optical output - for years it was my favorite and I have always used it on each amplifier that I had the opportunity to mount and try ... indeed for a certain period ... I didn't even take into consideration all the plants that were without it. But with the advent and continuous improvement of the HDMI the optical cable has now become obsolete, almost vintage. The quality of transmission to laser impulses is not discussed but the practicality and universality of the HDMI, willing or unwillingly, is not discussed. It is still useful to send only the audio signal from a source to a diffuser. • Nutrition input • Ethernet input • USB Service input • External subwoofer input • IR date input AUX • Adaptiq input for the system testing paired of the Bose Music app - I confess with much honesty that I am not an avid fan of the apps, especially when the device provides you with a nice set of cavi and an excellent remote control like that in equipment. In this case, however, I do not feel like not recommending the use of the Bose Music app because it allows you to configure and check the soundbar, perform the streaming of music, set up and change the presets, configure the remote control, add musical services, explore the internet radio stations, configure Amazon Alexa and more. For info and details you can consult and download the online manual on the Bose website, almost entirely dedicated precisely to this topic. Personally, unfortunately I have not had a nice experience on the use of the app and at the time when writing I am using the splendid programmable remote control, only to the Mino union. Custom price - the price is perhaps the only true painful note of this exceptional diffuser, but is partially justified by the huge quality offered; On Amazon it is on sale at 900 euros including shipping, at least at the time of the publication of this review (October 2018). custom conclusions - in conclusion it is an exceptional level diffuser that implements a sophisticated and highly performing technology and characterized by attention to the design and details typical of top of the range products., Unfortunately also nl exaggerated price. Supported by a manuals up to par. In reality, the primary connection to the TV is simple and immediate, as well as the activation of Bluetooth and the association to external devices for listening to music. What has not convinced me is the navigation on the app and the setting of the remote control, still unknown after a few days of testing. Sicuramente of one of the best, if not the best, currently soundbar on the market and therefore highly recommended. Expanding that you have been useful I wish everyone an excellent purchase.

Starting from the assumption that you are not buying an expensive soundbar, the value for money is very high: for this price I expected a lot, but much worse.I now in detail the various aspects of the product:#pro#sound: really excellent, at first glance you will seem to have low absentees, but regulating the equalizer on the remote control you can get a very high quality sound: Enveloping and high that lose the eardrum ... it also has the 3D function, I don't know if it enabled a Dolby atmos, but makes the sound even deeper.itte: on the Amazon page 150Watt are declared, perhaps we do not reach that value but the volume is decidedly high: on a volume adjustable up to 32, I am normally watching the movies at 18-20, in a room of about 35sqm ... This point of view! Connection: as soon as I open the package I said: but here the connection cable to the sub! ... seeing the back of the woofer, and reading the manual I realized that it was connected via wireless to the soundbar, then another point in favor of this product! To connect it instead to the TV we have an optical grip, a coaxial and a simple aux#against#against#in general I did not find negative aspects, perhaps the only one is the lack of an HDMI entrance, but in any case I would not have used ... For the rest everything works perfectly, including Bluetooth! So we have a medium -sided product, with top quality, at this price I could not request better, so I recommend it and I recommend it to everyone! Review VTI has removed some doubts, if it is not a problem for you, click on the "useful" button!

 In recent years I have had the opportunity to test several soundbars, but honestly coming from a fixed system 7.1 home theater placed in the room, I have always struggled to accept the compromise in terms of acoustic yield offered by these compact bars (at least those I have had the opportunity to test peronally). In this case, however, Bose reinvented the rules in part, proposing a soundbar composed of 5 interior speakers, inserted. In a tapered opaque shell with a very very compact line (we are talking about 80 x 4.5 x 10cm about personally measured), which can be integrated in the future with the "bass modulus 500" unit. Concrete and first impression of the box, in addition to the bar of which I will speak more in detail below, we will find a series of accessories such as:- power cable with relative power supply annex;- high speed HDMI cable; Headset "Adapitq" (useful to better calibrate the soundbar compared to the surrounding environment);- Instructions (to say the real relatively useful since all the initial installation operations will be "guided" via Bose app. Furthermore, also a very smart (compact remote control, which allows you to enjoy the basic settings) which will work thanks to the 2 batteries included in the initial kit. of this 500 series soundbar produced by Bose. Let's start from the front, which presents itself with a fixed metal grid, from which the sound will be reproduced; In the upper part we find 2 "touch" keys in addition to the legendary Bose logo positioned at the Centro Barra.Sul Retro, in addition to the entry HDMI ARC and the electrical connection socket, we find the Jack Adaptq, Optical in, bass in ... to finish the entry for Ethernet network cable has been inserted, and the one to carry out the "service". My audio test: the soundbar 500 can replace a home system. Theater? Installed at the foot of my TV Oled LG 55 ", the Sound Bar incredibly manages to remain in terms of TV without annoying ... even in my case it could be placed above the pedestal of the TV itself, to give an even more smart appearance to the system (almost merged into the unique body with the TV, very pleasant in short aesthetic level). The "Bose Music" app and so I did: app installed on my note 9 (Android) and first Wi-Fi setting completed without particular problems. To be honest some problems started right now, given that the app indicated me (after having correctly made pairing as already mentioned) that the soundbar was not connected, so I had to disconnect and reconnect the bar to be able to be able to Starting to use the device thus. From the enormous power capable of escaping from the very compact body of the bar, as well as by the balance between the low, medium and high frequencies. By a little, the Bose brand, I would perhaps have expected a greater presence of the bass, which instead amalgami yes to the sound out, but honestly, raising a little the volume struggle to emerge and remain bright and defined. Remote control and I started the vision of a film together with my family ... and also in this case I can say that it was a success, with clean and clearly improved dialogues with respect to the original audio of my TV.Ad the spatiality of the sound in the room can never be equated to what my home theater system gives me back, but really as a feeling listening to the step is remarkable compared to the senior speakers of my TV. Tried to view some issuers who transmits music on TV, and I can do nothing but confirm the good sensations initially had: a complete speaker, which for the first time satisfies me in audio terms, at least as regards the use of everyday (TV broadcasts, ports, films, etc.). Conclusions the praises (and let me note those that in my way of seeing are a bit of the limits of this 500 series). which ultimately I would never give up my home cinema 7.1 system (composed of denon AVR-X2300 syntamPlifier and Qacoustic coffers): if it is true that this test has served me once again to understand how satisfied I am of my small audio system, it is the first time that I feel like saying that a bar like this could satisfy many users with home space problems. Time will probably feel the need to implement the system with the "Bose Bass Module 500", in order to enjoy independent bass, tastier and more round, and that do not lose too much of brilliance by increasing the volume (as I sometimes happened to feel with this soundbar).

 It is a soundbar chee works via power supply to the power outlet and connects to TV via optical cable or aux (the AUX supplied is suitable for old televisions with separate audio and video output). It can be connected to different devices thanks to Bluetooth and this can be used as a case. In the back there is a USB entrance and there are also supports for its fixing to the wall is also provided with a remote control for its remote control. The audio in playback is really excellent in fact if you listen to the video you will notice the excellent quality of this product.