Bose Smart Soundbar 300, Bluetooth Wireless Sound Bar

Pros:
-Sound Quality is absolutely excellent. Bose added in a tweeter in the center of the bar, so highs are bright. This also contains 4 full-range speakers which are larger than the old Solo 5 design and have a higher quality sound. This bar can go incredibly loud and sounds clean and detailed all the way. Having 4 speakers gives a fullness and surround quality that left me disappointed when listening to my older Solo 5 model afterwards.
-Build Quality is excellent which is to be expected from Bose.
-HDMI Arc performs well (i.e. turns on the bar when it’s supposed to, not a noticeable delay other than when powering on)

Cons:
-The only ability to tune the sound is through the app which has to be connected to Wifi. This may not sound like a big deal, but I originally bought this for use in my RV which means that I’m stuck with the defaults. The Bose TV speaker may be a better option for RVs, but I’d rather the 300 work as it has the two additional speakers on each end with some exposure on the front.
-Only a small remote available with no audio tuning options
-The bass has great sound quality, but low frequencies drop off early. The bass module fixes this I’m sure, but at what cost.

I didn’t buy this for Alexa, so I keep the spy features turned off by not configuring them.

I wanted to like this. I really did. And I’ll preface any other comments with, it’s a great bar for TV or classical music. But movies and any kind of dynamic music (pop, rock, electronic) just don’t sound that good. Again… if you just want a great dialog bar and something to listen casually to music, the Bose 300 is a great offering. But for the same price the Beam 2 by Sonos sounds so much better. Much better bass and full range response. Overall, just a better sound bar. But thr Bose does have a leg up on Sonos in a few respects. First is the Sonos lacks bluetooth, Bose has it. The Bose comes with a remote…not a phenomenal remote but fuctional. The Sonos does respond to other remotes but there’s no guarantee it will work with yours. Lastly the Bose is dimensionally a little lower profile. This could be enticing to buyers who intend to place this on a TV stand in front of the TV. I couldn’t accept the lack of range for that price point and returned mine, but I might just be too picky.

First- The shipping of the Bose 300 soundbar box inside a shipping box was a nice touch. I’ve purchased other products where a shipping label was slapped on the product box and that was it. Extra points for the careful shipping.

Second- The set up was ultra easy, Didn’t even need the YouTube video I watched while I was waiting for it to arrive. Out of the box and playing in less than 20 minutes.

Third – which should be first. The sound just blew me away! WOW! No matter what I listened to, a movie, music, an audiobook, or SiriusXM the sound was awesome, especially the base!

I didn’t know Alexa or Google Assistant was an included option so that was a pleasant surprise.
Don’t use the remote control much so I gave it an average rating but I’m sure it better than that. I use the use the Bose app to control the 300 which works better for me.

I was considering the 700 but the 300 works just fine!! No complaints and I’d certainly recommend others give it a try.

Incomparable su calidad y potencia de sonido, cero distorsión. Tengo otra bocina de la marca Bose y pude conectarlas, me siento muy bien con mi compra.

I wanted to replace an old Sony surround sound system with a single sound bar and without the need of a subwoofer setting on the floor as we are trying to minimize. I don’t need the house to rattle but I do want to hear some nice low frequency effects. The Bose is exactly what I wanted. The low end is there where most other sound bars seem to lack low end. The setup was very quick and easy and after a firmware update was ready to go. The phone app is nice and even at half volume is already louder than my old Sony system was maxed out. There is a dialogue feature in the app to help voices stand out when watching dialogue driven shows. We also watch a lot of British mysteries and it’s easier to hear heavier accents clearly. It’s also nice that should I decide one day that I felt I needed a subwoofer the system is expandable. It’s Alexa enabled which is nice for asking quick questions. The only “con” I have noticed is that if I pause or sit on my Roku menu for over 20 minutes the bar does tend to fall asleep and I have to hit the power button again on the remote to wake it up. Not a big deal but it doesn’t seem to detect that there is still a signal coming from the optical cable as we have an older TV that doesn’t have HDMI Arc which I have heard doesn’t have this issue. Overall though I am very happy with the Bose Sound Bar 300.