Bose TV Speaker Surround Sound Wireless Bluetooth Soundbar for TV, Black

This speaker is compact but powerful with total clarity. I have trouble understanding speech on regular soundbars but the Bose TV Soundbar is super clear and understandable. I am enjoying this being able to understand every word being said instead of 1 out 5 and trying to puece together a sentence. For me this soundbar is a godsend and something I never dreamed could happen after going through several other brands of soundbar. Thank you for this opportunity to review this product. I might add it is simple to hook and set up using the included optical cable or an HDMI. I highly recommend this Bose TV Soundbar.

The New Bose TV Speaker improves on everything the Bose Solo 5 does. It is slightly wider and slightly lower in size and should fit in front of just about an TV. (An optional wall mount is available.) It has a built-in power supply so you only need to plug in a power cord - no power-brick to hide. Connectivity is excellent as it supports line-level,, optical and HDMI-ARC input. When connected to a HDMI-ARC jack it will automatically power itself on and off and you may adjust the volume using the remote that came with your TV even though it comes with a nice, small remote. Don't be put off that it does not come with a universal remote - you shouldn't need it as the speaker can be programmed to work with the remote you already own if you do not have a HDMI-ARC jack available. The sound quality is excellent and it provides quite good left-right sound separation and great speech quality thanks to its center mounted tweeter. It also has a speech mode setting for even greater clarity. I used the Bluetooth feature to stream music to it and while listening to the live recording of "Hotel California" you could easily pick out each of the acoustic guitars in the song. Pretty impressive for a TV speaker. The volume level exceeds that of the Solo 5 and it has quite a good sound stage as well so your movie or music sounds more like it is in the room as opposed to just coming out of a box. While the bass is pretty impressive for its size it does have the ability to be plugged into a Bose Subwoofer if you are looking for real room-shaking bass.