BoseSmart Soundbar 600 with Dolby Atmos, Bluetooth Wireless Sound Bar for TV with Built-in Microphone and Alexa Voice Control, Black

Full disclosure.....We own several Bose products ranging from their Wave Radio through indepednent speakers.Product arrived on time and well packaged. THREE separate boxes, two of which had padding. The build quality is typical Bose rock solid. Fit and finish are excellent. Set up was as simple as connecting the power and HDMI cables, powering it up, and completing the start up process using the Bose Music app. The sound bar did require an initial software update, which is not at all unusual. I would say that it took about 15 minutes for the update to complete. There is no progress bar to tell you where in the process it is, so you just have to trust that the installation is going fine. I would suggest to Bose that the inclusion of a progress bar would mke owners more comfortable during longer updates...Once the software update has installed you complete a few more steps on the app and then fire the sopund bar up. The sound quality is what you would expect from Bose. I installed the sound bar 600 ONLY with no subwoofer. Thus far the bar has done an adequate job of supplying base / lower frequency sound. No it will not vibrate you out of your chair, but quite adequate and surprising and your neighbors will likely be happy that you are not shaking their walls. Your result will vary of course due to location, room characteristics, etc...And you will most likely have to fine tune the bass, treble, and center / top speaker setting to suit your room characteristics and your personal taste in sound.Thus far I have only played with the sound bar for about 30 minutes, so time will tell on how well the Truespace works with the upward firing speakers. Speech was very clear without using the app feature which enhances the voice profile through the center speaker. I did move through a number of programs and music apps as a test. The music also sounds Bose good. I have not done a higher volume test as that will have to wait until the wife is not home.....For obvious reasons.So, overall first impressions....I am VERY pleased with the Bose 600 sound bar thus far. Years ago we had the Bose 321 system. The ability to spead out the two satellite speakers may have given that an edge of the side firing speakers, but they were also extra clutter.I will update this review, perhaps over the weekend, once I have some time to really put this sound bar through its paces.

This is a fantastic soundbar for small to medium spaces, especially apartments. When I first purchased this, I used it alone without any subwoofer. Later, I purchased the bass module 500. Honestly, it sounded fantastic on its own. If you were using this for an apartment or a bedroom, I don’t really think you’re going to need the sub. However, combined with the Bose subwoofer, it does sound excellent. I use this regularly for both video and streaming music. From a video standpoint, it has a very wide soundstage and it’s common for me to be impressed with the surround effects of just the sound bar, especially how it can throw sound to the side. For music, I really enjoy the sound of the bar. It is compatible with Apple airplay 2, which is how I primarily use it. When grouped with my Bose smart speaker 500 the room is completely filled. When watching movies and TV, dialogue is extremely clear and easy to understand, without sacrificing, Fidelity or soundstage. The sound bar is truly a joy to listen to.Regardless of how you choose to use it, this is a fantastic sound bar. From a value perspective, I think this is best used either on its own or with a refurbished bass unit. Once you start paying full price and adding accessories, it starts getting into the price range of the Samsung Q990 series, which is probably a better value around $1000. However, if you want excellent sound in a small room, then I recommend this as a great standalone product.

Bose is a well-reputed brand and doesn't need an intro. The quality of this soundbar is decent, the 600 by itself is a slick unit by design and the small remote leaves a bit more to desire. You will definitely need the Bose music app to setup and unlock/control all the features available on this soundbar. However, the real blunder was connectivity.I have an OLED TV and the Bose 600 Soundbar had really clunky connectivity to my OLED tv. I googled and finally found a way to pair the soundbar with my OLED TV. After following the workaround (where you basically setup the soundbar to the ARC HDMI of your TV) and then set it up as a home theater instead of a soundbar. It initially worked, and then after a little bit of playing around, it stopped working. I removed and backed out and re-added the soundbar and after few days of working right, it stopped working again. When I went through the optical cable route, this TV worked much better, but DOLBY ATMOS is not supported via Optical Cable connection.I gave up and set this up on my second TV which is a different brand. This time around, the setup was smooth, no connectivity issue and worked like a charm. After a lot of research, I found out this soundbar has known connectivity issues with certain TVs. Unsure if this is the tv brand or Bose but I was looking to pair my OLED TV with some DOLBY ATMOS audio and it sortta failed my objective.By itself, on the second TV, this soundbar has generated decent sound (not over the moon) but definitely a steep step up from my built-in TV speakers. Is this a good product? Yes, but room for improvement. Was it worth it? Perhaps. Do I recommend this? Only if you are not planning to set this up on a certain brand of OLED TV.

This sound bar gives us nice rich sound and greatly increases the ability to understand dialogue. Installation was a breeze using an HDMI cable. Music is very clear and bass is very good. The only issue I have is it sometimes does not play nice with my Sony Bravia tv. If we pause our DVR for a time sometimes there is no audio when we resume. If I turn the tv off and on again that usually fixes it. There is also about a 1-2 second lag in the audio coming up on YouTube videos. This is absolutely consistent across all videos so it’s something to do with the sound bar/tv and not YouTube. Given to sound quality this is not a deal breaker but is an annoyance.