Bose Surround Speakers 700, Black

I very recently switched from a full-blown Atmos setup with sub and 7 speakers to a soundboard since I am moving from a house to a condo. I got the very good Bose Ultra bar and the sound is good but effects were pretty weak until I added these tiny speakers to the setup. I would say it’s a must if you’re interested in the soundbar. More than the sub.

Ok here is the deal with these. You really don’t get LOUD out of them when watching a movie because they are only going to pick up certain sounds and deliver those specific sounds at a surround sound level based on the volume you are listening to. EXAMPLE: you would here the hills of a persons shoes while walking and that should not be as loud as a person talking or the echo of wind. The speakers deliver background/echo/supplemental/additional/ sounds. Not going to deliver the sounds nor level that is coming from the Bar.

The 700 Bar and 700 sub (without these) are a solid combo for watching movies. These speakers don’t produce loud sound during moovies because its SPECIFIC sounds hat they are design to produce during movie play at a specific volume. (MY OPINOIN) The addition of these speakers are very noticeable.

Now playing music is when these speakers absolutely pop which completes the 700 system, (Bar, Sub, Surround speakers). Their sound impact is BOSE and unmatched. PERIOD!!!.

You will not be disappointed with this buy at all. I was almost going to send them back until I played music through them. Rock, Country, Rap, R&B, and Blues.

The wireless feature and maintaing the BOSE quality wirelessly brings the price which I do think is still a bit high. But you know BOSE is going to charge for it.

I think BOSE could have sold these speaker for less money. For this reason, I gave them a 4 star for “value for the money.”

If you want BOSE but on a tight budget then you can enjoy Bar and Sub. If you can get this in your budget then you should.

Update: I am updating my rating to 4 stars.
I struggled with set up initially. Almost returned the speakers. Then I thought I’ll give the setup another try. I recycled the power and tried the set up again and it worked and has been working fine now. I do think that less technical folks may struggle.
The sound quality is great.

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The speakers look cool and the sound is good “when” they work. I have spent hours trying to connect my sound bar to these speakers (they are supposed to be accessory speakers). They connected initially. Now they are not connected. The Bose music app shows that they are connected but there is no sound.

The sound bar remote which is the other way to connect these, is a challenge to use. You cannot read the labels on the remote. It’s hilarious how stupid the design is.

Overall a really bad experience after spending over a $1000 on try to create a home theatre experience.

I originally purchase the 700 soundbar and sub because of the ability to have rear speakers, something my Cinemate II system lacked. I did not purchase the rears at the same time and as I looked at some online reviews I became doubtful on the need and quality. Complicating the decision was whether to go with the 180-surround set or the full 360 Bose 700 set. Because of the extra money and peoples comments I was not going to go for the 700’s. But I decided to give them a try first to see, figuring I could always return if I did not like them.

Well with the first night they were hooked up I knew I was keeping them, I can’t believe the other reviews and I have to question those people’s setup or expectations. You add the rear speakers to a system to help fill the room with sound and these little speakers do that completely. Now important to realize your sound output has to support 5.1 or you won’t hear any sound out of them. So, as I watch YouTube, I hear nothing out of them, which is expected. Then while some shows make use a little out of them like Suits, that shows creators have chosen not to really use 5,1 and to be honest it does not really need to. But that does not mean a drama could not do a better job. For example, Mindhunters uses 5.1 amazingly and I am hearing sounds I did not know existed. Prior to adding the rears, I heard good sound out of the sound bar, but after I would hear all the background noises. A lot of the show happens in jails and you hear the closing and opening of jail cells. In the background This is just lower level back ground noise, but completely adds the show. Now watch Star Wars or 6 Underground on Netflix and you will be blown away with the room filling sound between the soundbar, the sub and now the rear 700’s it just completes the entire setup.

I had read the speakers were small, but not having seen them prior to my Amazon order I was surprised how small they actually were. But this is a complete plus, they hide nicely in the room, but the sound is amazingly strong. I did turn them up in the app to hear more, but that’s why the feature exists, some seem to say that as a downside. Remember your rear speakers do not produce all the sound and are meant only for specific ones that the show’s creators decide will add value to the show you are watching and in my mind these speakers knock it out of the park.

I had intended to also pick up the 180 set to compare and maybe save some money. But in the end, I am too happy with the 700’s that I know longer intend to do the comparison and keep what I got. So, I cannot answer whether you could save some money and get the same out of the cheaper Bose speakers. But I can say you should not be disappointed with the 700’s and let’s be honest if you are looking to save money you don’t buy Bose. You buy Bose because you know you are getting superior sound and quality, but it is at a price. I also find that more expensive Bose systems do usually offer better sound then their cheaper cousins, but that’s just my opinion.

Terrible product, i bought the whole set of the latest version available but seems like this one is useless. To even hear something if its working you would have to keep your ears next to it like u talking on phone .. i dont recommend this. Better is sonos arc. Their surrounding speaker is 3 times the size and quality than this

Al principio no creí que valieran todo el dinero que costaron.
Primero me sorprendió lo diminutas que son, no vi las medidas, pero por las fotos creí que eran más grandes.
He leído que mucha gente ha tenido problemas para vincular las bocinas a la barra; sin embargo, yo no tuve ningún problema con ellas, ni con la app, fue muy rápida la configuración.

Pero al principio note que no eran muy potentes, no percibía el sonido del sorround en las películas aún teniendolo al 100 en la configuración de la app. Realicé varias veces la calibración sin notar mejora alguna. Esto me decepcionó mucho ya que no fueron nada baratas. En donde si notaba sonido era cuando ponía música de Spotify.

Pero un día me di cuenta que mi televisor (Sony A8G) en la configuración de audio estaba en modo PCM, teniendo otras dos modalidades, Auto 1 y Auto 2. Cuando lo cambié a Auto 1, no saben lo sorprendido que quedé con el sonido de estas dos bellezas!!!!!.
El sonido es cristalino, muy nítido y potente.
Creo que PCM está más enfocado al sonido estéreo y es por eso que no sonaban como yo esperaba.
Ahora estoy super feliz con ellas, el sonido de la Soundbar 700, con el Bassmodule 700 y las Sorround Speakers 700 es espectacular.
¿Que si valen la pena?, Valen la pena cada maldito centavo. =)

Como sugerencia, pongan la película “Matrix Revolutions”, tiene muchos efectos especiales que hace que se escuchen espectaculares estas hermosuras de bocinas, no se si es por que las tengo instaladas en el techo, pero en la batalla final de Neo y Smith, los truenos se escuchan arriba y no atrás donde las tengo instaladas. Es increíble.