Why Is EVERYONE Buying This Soundbar??? - Bose TV Speaker

Hollywood keeps delivering high-end audio to your living room, but it's useless unless you have the right sound system to drive it. Can this $280 soundbar from Bose give you the clarity you crave when it comes to indecipherable dialogue? Or is it overpriced and not worth your money?

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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:21 Modern TVs
2:20 Fire TV vs Bose TV Speaker
5:00 Bass Module
6:30 Amazon Reviews
9:00 Other Options
10:15 Conclusion
11:42 Outro

[LinusTechTips]

Are you using a sound bar for your TV? If so, which one? Let us know down below!


Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.

[vadym]

as non native speaker I was sure that it's my problem, but then I tried to use headphones and was shocked that I can now hear dialogs, but still had doubts. Thank you Linus for pointing this out!

[AvgSkillGamer]

I'd love to see a final video of this series bringing everything together in a setup.

[ethanml]

The vizio V series is a really good bang for buck option. At the time it was the only thing in my price range, and knowing good setups and bad soundbars, it does surprisingly well.

[AustinAbraham]

I bought this a year or two ago because my other Bose products worked well for me and most importantly it fits our small house. It looks very nice in the limited space under our TV and we didn’t want to use floor space for a subwoofer (plus I feel like subwoofers are an overkill for our TV watching preferences anyway). I disagree with what he said about no bass, I will have this speaker on low volume and can still hear the bass rumble when I’m across the house. For being a tiny soundbar it sets up a decent sound stage and the vocals on this thing are awesome. Other sound bars seem to just raise the volume on everything where this one seems to raise the volume on the right things. Ultimately this is just my opinion but even after this video I would probably still buy this sound bar again.

[UncleUncleRj]

Everyone used to have these awesome stereo systems in the 90's and early 00's that people just don't buy anymore. They were super clear and powerful. I haven't seen one in forever.

[dreadedjay]

As someone huge into making my music sound as good as possible, I absolutely love that LTT is diving into audio like this. I'm especially happy with the lab work! Keep it up! The lab will be well worth your investment, I'm sure!!

[wrnl]

I picked up a JVC TH-D227BA 2.0 for £40 and it has been solid, requires a little adjustment using the custom EQ profile but after that it is honestly a great little soundbar. About half the width of my 43" TV so it doesn't take up a huge amount of room, optical/HDMI ARC/aux/bluetooth, comes with a slightly ugly wall bracket but I used some flat bar to incorporate it into my TV's wallmount and it sits happily on top of the screen.

[sargentjdude]

Picked up the Vizio 5.1 M series for 299 and I could not be happier. I was shocked at how bad my new TVs speakers were as mentioned. I have a decent size living room, now I can hear dialogue, and I’m fully immersed barely needing to turn the volume up. Easy to setup and adjust, and looks very nice.

[Ageing_Golem]

One thing I constantly battle with is audio latency with sound bar setups. Particularly with gaming on a PS5. I would love to see some labs content where they test the audio latency with arc/earc connections on popular sound bars. Or a video detailing the best way to sync audio without adding input lag.

[mOOOp]

I miss the old Vizio soundbar kits that they were making in the early 2010's. I thought they sounded amazing for the price and the bars that sounded better were 4x the cost. Sadly my Vizio 5.1.2 system died (due to a bad capacitor in the power supply). I ended up buying the new version of the same Vizio sound bar and was deeply disappointed. The sound was significantly worse so I ended up returning the new soundbar and bought a soldering iron. I ended up taking apart the old bar and soldered on a new capacitor. It still works perfectly to this day and I have owned it for 10 years now.

[Saelfen]

We actually have the bose speakers, but we bought them because of space limitations (It fits perfectly under our TV, which is as much space as we can afford). We're definitely happy with it since the sound quality is very good with our use case of low to medium volumes with how thin the walls are in our apartment complex.

[ezralimm]

The single best thing you can get for your TV/Youtube/Netflix watching experience, is a set of full range speakers. You dont need crazy high end stuff, just something that can reasonably acurrately reproduce sound at all frequencies without becoming muddy, drums sound like drums, guitars sound like guitars, and high pitched sounds pop. I very strongly recommend getting two full range monitors. - i use a KRK Rokit 10 connected via the headphone port of a mini pc to my lounge PC. If you want bass, dont get a subwoofer - they tend to muddy things. Just get a proper full range speaker - they will be heavy ~10kg each for a reason.

[MV]

In addition to getting one with a sub, I cannot stress how important it is to get at least a 3.1 setup if you care about dialogue. That center channel makes all the difference in being able to hear dialogue better without having to blast the volume.

[AntResilient]

I'm really loving these "Why is EVERYONE buying..." videos, they do an amazing job getting into the nuances of each category, and that's a godsend when deciding what to buy.

[denethorpalantir]

Bought this on Black Friday for $200.00 @Best Buy. I am 62 and my hearing isn't what it once was. I have difficulty with picking out voice in the crappy sound mixes these days. My ears like the sound and depending on the source stream I do not require using the voice filter boost. When voice is boosted it does affect the audio image quality but it isn't obnoxious. Audio listening is very subjective and if you buy this make sure you can return it if it doesn't pass muster. I have two weeks to decide whether to keep it or not but so far I like it.

[fammilyman]

i did get a chance to hear this in person and it sounded better than the equally priced sound bars with included woofers. most sound bars have 0 mid bass and the woofers where often muddy.

[JonCusack]

I really love the deep dives in Amazon reviews. This segment is quickly becoming one of my favourites that LMG makes.

[DewittOralee]

When I work in home theater sales, the Signa S2 and S3 were the go to options under $300. If you wanted anything better, I would recommend Sony's 3.1 bar with fake Atmos because their processing was incredible for anything under $700

[coolcdy]

So I have had this sound bar, and honestly it was a very solid product, especially after the speakers got broken in. Yes with no subwoofer, you miss out on the super low end, but what bass it does have is very respectable and I never really experienced any highs getting cut out until it got to extreme volumes. This thing is really made for your average sized room, not what I assume is a very large studio set, and I'm only guessing that there is ALOT of open space on the backside of those cameras.