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One handy thing the Bose Music app lets you do that Sonos doesn’t: you can link any Bluetooth speaker to your Bose network and take advantage of its multiroom audio without buying Bose products.The left rear cavity of the Bose Smart Soundbar 900 has 3.5mm jacks for its ADAPTiQ room-correction headband, an IR receiver, data, and a proprietary subwoofer connection.
You can also link other Bose speakers in your house for multiroom audio. You can expand the Smart Soundbar 900 by connecting wireless surrounds ($349) and a wireless subwoofer ($449 or $799). The Smart Soundbar 900 doesn’t have any other sound modes, but you can increase or lower bass and treble levels. You can also adjust the height speaker level. You can boost dialog, or increase the center speaker volume if you need even louder voices.
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That allows it to optimize the speaker levels for your room.īeyond automatic room correction, you have a lot of manual control over levels in the app. You sit at five different locations in the room as the speaker sends sounds out. Don’t worry about how silly you feel wearing the headset - it’s worth the effort. The soundbar comes with an Adaptiq headset for automated room correction. You’ll need a Bose Music account to use the app. Then launch the Bose Music app and follow the prompts. First, connect it to your TV by HDMI or optical digital. The Smart Soundbar 900 is easy to set up. Wearing the ADAPTiQ headset may feel silly, but it really is worth the effort (Image credit: Future) Bose Smart Soundbar 900: Setup
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It measured over 95 decibels at full volume, though at that level the sound was too sharp and a little distorted. The Smart Soundbar 900 gets plenty loud to fill a large room. Similarly, the bass on The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” boomed, but also overwhelmed the other instruments and vocals. On Billie Eilish’s “Therefore I Am,” the bass rumbled the floor and her voice sounded full - though the bass was so dominant it was sometimes hard to hear her voice. While the soundbar lacked enough bass when watching movies, it didn’t have that problem with music - it had too much bass and the low-end frequencies it produced were a little muddy and lacking definition. When watching an Atmos demo video, rain sounded as if it was coming down from the ceiling, but the effect was easier to detect when using the Arc. The Smart Soundbar 900’s Atmos performance was good, but not great. And when Thor brings the lightning down on the Outriders, the soundbar didn’t produce a satisfying rumble. When Thor arrives in Wakanda in Avengers: Infinity War, the virtual surround sound helped it feel like his axe was moving through the room but the effect was more pronounced when using the Arc to watch the scene. While watching “Foundation,” debates between Brother Day and Brother Dusk sounded clear and resonant, though explosions lacked tactile feel because of the limited bass the unit put out. And the bass is weak while watching movies and TV - something I never thought I’d say about typically bass-heavy Bose speakers. Dialogue is clear and easy to understand, and it does a good job at virtual surround sound and Atmos height effects - just not as good as the Sonos Arc. The Smart Soundbar 900 sounds very good, with wide and full audio, but it doesn’t sound as good as you’d expect at this price. (Image credit: Future) Bose Smart Soundbar 900 review: Audio performance
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