If it is not very young, its first version dates from the end of 2018, when it was released, the soundbar Bose Soundbar 700 was presented by its manufacturer in this way: “Designed to be the world’s best soundbar”. Just that, you will tell me the news!
Well, the story doesn’t say how long this information was supposed to be true, and although today soundbars that are at least as good and especially more complete have come into being, nothing remains. no less than the Bose Soundbar 700 remains to this day, it is true, a benchmark on the market.
Contrary to popular belief, Bose, known worldwide for the quality of its audio products, is not a German company but an American one. It was founded in 1964 in Massachusetts by a certain Amar Bose, who thus gave his name to the company. As a result, we could not be more American. For more than 50 years, therefore, Bose has offered speakers, headphones, soundbars and more recently connected audio sunglasses.
Available on the official Bose website at € 899.95, the Bose Soundbar 700 is currently on sale at Amazon at € 699.
The principle of this Soundbar 700 soundbar is to be “modular”. Indeed, you can either acquire it alone, to have an already very powerful 3.0 type sound (with 6 internal speakers), but you can also add an optional subwoofer, to obtain 3.1, and if really that was not enough for you, you can also add two satellites to it to have the right to a true 5.1 and not emulation in any form.
If we are used to seeing surround virtualization everywhere now, it was frankly not relevant 3 years ago and it is not the kind of house to do emulation. At Bose, we are aimed at enthusiasts, financially well-off and we only promise the best. Note that Bose never communicates on the power in Watts of its devices …
Obviously operating in Bluetooth, in Wireless but also in AirPlay 2 app, this sound bar has the particularity of being fully compatible with Google and Amazon Alexa voice assistants. It will not be a simple relay of your phone or your Echo Dot, but thanks to its 8 integrated microphones with noise reduction, it will be able to capture and analyze your voice even when the music is playing at full speed. In short, a sort of luxury smart speaker. Note that an update to integrate Chromecast should be available in the following weeks.
Finally, note that the Soundbar 700 soundbar comes with a large remote control which may be scary at first, except that this one is universal! You will be able to program your various devices on it (up to 6 anyway) and put all the other remote controls in the closet.
Available on the official Bose website at € 899.95, the Bose Soundbar 700 is currently on sale at Amazon at € 699.
