The Bose SoundTouch 300 Sound Bar ($699).
Bose used the recent CEDIA Expo in Dallas to show that it is very busy innovating products and systems designed to deliver big, high-quality home theater sound from very tiny wireless-friendly speaker and sound bar products.
The company showed attendees, who were largely custom AV electronics installers, its sleek SoundTouch 300 sound bar, which measures just 38.5 W x 2.25 H x 4.25 D inches, as well as compact Lifestyle 650 and 600 systems. All are expected to be available for purchase starting in October
The Bose SoundTouch 300 sound bar, which carries a $699 suggested retail, sound bar incorporates both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth with NFC wireless technology to pair with source devices, to easily stream popular music services including Spotify and Pandora.
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The SoundTouch 300 is outfitted with a perforated metal grille and glass top. It incorporates proprietary PhaseGuide arrays that emit music and sound with a surprisingly wide soundstage, while Bose’s QuietPort technology produces clean, immersive bass. Included ADAPTiQ calibration software is also offered to calibrate the driver balance to match the listening environment for a full surround sound effect.
For even fuller sound, the SoundTouch 300 will wirelessly connect to other SoundTouch speakers to provide a multiroom music solution.
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The sound bar can be used as part of a larger 5.1-channel system with Bose’s optional acoustically matched Acoustimass 300 bass module ($699 suggested retail) and optional Virtually Invisible 300 acoustically matched wireless surround speakers ($299).
Bose also showed its latest Lifestyle series products in the Lifestyle 650 system ($3,999 suggested retail), which is equipped with four new OmniJewels satellite speakers, each measuring 1.84 W x 5.77 H x 1.84 D inches. The diminutive speakers feature high-excursion transducers in opposing placement, and match with a slim center channel and bass module for an impressively full surround-sound experience.
System components feature a brushed, anodized aluminum and polished-glass design with curved console.
Other features include: wireless Wi-Fi and Bluetooth linking; advanced DSP; ADAPTiQ; and multi-room audio capability. For state-of-the-art video lovers, the system allows 4K pass-through and includes six HDMI inputs, a universal RF remote and Bose’s Unify system.
The Lifestyle 600 system ($2,999) includes larger satellite speakers and a Jewel Cube center channel.
By Greg Tarr
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