What’s the deal?
Bose’s Smart Soundbar has been discounted by $50 on Amazon and Best Buy, now costing $450.
These days, a soundbar is a vital component of your home TV setup. If your TV speakers aren’t doing the job, but investing in a sound system is too much of an expense or commitment, you’re probably in the market for a soundbar.
Although soundbars are an alternative for budget-conscious home theater fanatics, a potential buyer might assume that the bigger the soundbar, the better the audio experience. But that’s not always the case, and Bose proves it. Bose’s latest Smart Soundbar debuts with a compact form factor, plenty of high-quality audio features, and one feature exclusive to the Bose Ultra Open earbuds, which I’ll touch on later.
The new Smart Soundbar is a refreshed version of the Bose Smart Soundbar 600. It has the same dimensions, connectivity, and speakers as the 600. But two software features distinguish the new Smart Soundbar from the older Smart Soundbar 600.
The first software feature, AI Dialogue Mode, uses machine learning to adjust your audio’s tonal balance. As a result, the soundbar will enhance or minimize lower- or higher-frequency sounds in real-time to help you hear dialogue more clearly.
AI dialogue didn’t compromise the loudness or intensity of explosions or musical stings while I watched Twisters. And while the loud winds of the tornadoes in the movie ripped through the town, I could still hear what Glen Powell was saying through his character’s thick country accent.
During Monday Night Football broadcasts, the AI dialogue feature made the broadcasters’ voices sound strange, forced, and unnatural unless the fans in the stadium were drowning out their voices. This feature is useful, but only when you’re having genuine trouble hearing the speakers’ voices.
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