It’s not much but it may bother a few especially if you have very limited space. Also during wall mounting the soundbar has to be in the same horizontal position as when placed on a furniture due to the drivers placement which can make it extrude a bit from the wall. A very nice aesthetic touch but not a very practical one.īose is selling a pair of wall brackets if you want to wall mount it but unfortunately you will have to pay extra for these which adds even more to it’s already expensive price. ![]() As with the 700 more than once we had to open the manual to check what a specific light color meant. Since there is no display this is the next best thing with various colors as well as lights depending what it is doing although we admit that it’s a bit difficult to remember every condition of this indicator. Both buttons are touch sensitive making the whole design look more premium but on the downside as with all touch sensitive buttons finding them in the dark can be a bit of a pain.īetween these buttons and the perforated grill we get the same functions LED light bar that we had seen in the 700 model and it’s purpose is to give you a visual indication of the soundbar’s functionality at any given moment. One of them turns off the microphone array if you don’t like some device hearing your voice all the time while the other is the voice control action button. On the main body we only get 2 buttons with both of them located at the top left side. The Soundbar 500 may not wow you with it’s appearance but it comes with a build quality that is a few notches above the rest we have seen lately. The front and sides are covered by a single perforated aluminum grill similar to the 700 while on the back we get all the connection ports grouped together. Therefore the Soundbar 500 instead of the tempered glass of it’s bigger brother it gets a matte top finish that may not look so fancy and premium but it still has a nice look to it. Also we definitely liked the lower profile compared to the 700 as it would certainly fit under almost any TV imaginable without blocking the panel or the IR sensor.īeing a middle tier soundbar the 500 doesn’t have the top premium look of the 700 but still have a certain quality level that we would describe as above average and clearly shows the quality Bose puts on their products even the ones that are not on the top of their class. The soundbar is really compact in size measuring only 1.75″ (4.44cm) x 31.5″ (80cm) x 4.0″ (10.16cm) and with a weight of 7 lbs (3.18 kg) making it ideal for any kind of TV size, even smaller than usual where a big soundbar would look out of place. Keep reading our Bose Soundbar 500 review for our full analysis.Īs with it’s bigger brother, the 700, the Bose Soundbar 500 is rated as a 3.0 channels soundbar as it comes without any subwoofer or surround speakers in the main package. Now we have the chance to try out the second in line soundbar in the series, the Soundbar 500, that comes with a lower price but also with lower specs and we are curious to see how much of a negative impact the lower cost has to it’s performance and if it can manage to offer us the kind of audio quality that all Bose products are known for. Some time ago we had our first experience in a long time with one of their products as we tested their flagship soundbar, the Soundbar 700, and in general it left us with positive feelings both for it’s quality and performance. Their offerings may not be cheap that they were never meant to as it is their goal to offer premium quality products to their customers. Uses a different app from previous Bose productsīose is a company that many years now is manufacturing great performing, small sized speakers which has become a bit of a trademark of them.Additional speakers add a lot to the cost.
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