Bose - Smart Soundbar 600 (Previous Generation)

I was in your situation just 2 days ago.. After comparing the Bose smart soundbar with the Sonos Beam Gen2 in-store , I went with the Bose sound bar. I thought it sounded a little bit cleaner than the Sonos, plus the upfiring speakers was a factor for me too. It sounds amazing when playing Dolby Atmos content! Ofcourse, that's just my opinion when comparing it to the sound from my tv speakers. Im happy with my purchase and have no plans of returning it. I'd suggest going to a Bestbuy and trying out both.

We recently got the bose smart soundbar for around 38-39k, it is quite amazing compared to stock TV speakers obviously, but also other soundbars we checked out at the store. Also the sound bounces well in our TV room, the dolby atmos compatible movies are actually great to listen to. The drawback would be that it keeps you locked in to Bose ecosystem, so to get the subwoofer is like another 30k. With JBL (not sure about the others as I haven't tried them out), they include the subwoofer with it. But also, people swear by the samsung soundbars, as they own JBL as well, and probably use the best of tech in their own soundbars. Would suggest swinging by your nearest showrooms to try them out personally, really comes down to how you perceive their sound

Geez. He downvoted you. No grace. For anyone else doing their own search, my Bose Smart has been great under my 32 inch monitor.

I'd pick the sonos. That being said you won't regret either one. Both sound great, but the bose surrounds are dated as fck if you ever intend to expand. Best thing bose has is that awesome sub which I think blows Sonos sub out of the water.

Any suggestions for a soundbar pairing 83 LG g5? I got the s95ar but compared to my Bose soundbar 600 and maybe it's me it sounds super different and not really in a good way. What's your experience and what would you reccomend? My TV getting mounted and I have them mounting a soundbar too so got to figure it out today. Thanks in advance

Hi everyone, wanted to share my experience from having the Polk Magnifi Mini AX for more than a year, and now I have switched to the Bose 600. I have/had them in a kind of small room, and the main purpose was gaming (PS5) and movies to take advantage of ATMOS effects. The Polk has good audio quality, very punchy sound because of the woofer, but the ATMOS effect is not great (neither top nor side effect). When compared to the Bose, the Bose gives us more details and the high-ends are better, but it lacks a lot of the power of the Polk mainly because it has no woofer. However, the Bose is way better in Atmos because of the top and side speakers, would say it is a bit better for music also. So mainly because of the Atmos, the Bose is better for me, but if you don't care about Atmos, for overall (TV, Gaming, movies, music, ...) use, I would say the Polk is a better package and most of the time it costs less....even more if you intend to add the satellites for surround since they are much cheaper.

Sorry for the late answer. If you want sound with power and punch, go with the Polk. If you want detail, clear voices, and atmos performance (the difference in atmos performance is significant), go with the Bose. Performance for the money, Polk is better IMHO, but I really wanted atmos performance.

i had both and the 900 is far superior to the 600, especially with the bass module. Get the 900 or Ultra

Just a thought: I don’t know the construction method or date of your building, but having lived in 1930s builds with plaster and wood walls/floors, I can tell you a sub and any rear-firing speakers are gonna carry through to another unit if your building isn’t good at sound dampening already. Or if you luck out and the wall cavity isn’t near another dwelling space. Bass travels. And they tend to build more cheaply these days. If you currently can’t hear neighbors above or below in daily life, maybe that’ll be fine. Not much one can do except have sound dampening products like rugs and fabric in your space, and be considerate after hours. On your actual query: I’d go soundbar. I have a Bose 600 with sub now and it’s great. I had a Sonos Beam and sub before. Also good but Sonos kept having garbage software updates and dropped connection to WiFi.

I have a beam gen 2. Bose Smart Soundbar is another good choice. Both have Alexa, very convenient to replace any Echo devices