My Favorite Amazon Deal of the Day: This Bose Smart Soundbar

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The Bose Smart Soundbar wasn’t very well received by reviewers when it came out last fall, citing small improvements for a larger price tag. But now with a $100 discount, we can have a serious conversation about who it’s good for. You can get the Bose Smart Soundbar for $399 (originally $499), the lowest price it has been, according to price-tracking tools.

The Bose Smart Soundbar is the successor to the Bose Smart Soundbar 600, which was already a very good soundbar, so needless to say, standards were high. Bose essentially made a new soundbar with more modern features, but didn’t upgrade the hardware, bringing into question the steep price increase, according to PCMag’s and many other reviews. If you already have a 600, it’s not worth upgrading even with the discount. However, if you’re looking for a modern premium soundbar that has enough bass to not need a subwoofer, then consider the new Bose Smart Soundbar.

Like most premium speakers, the soundbar doesn’t need a subwoofer, because it creates its own bass, but the output will never match that of a dedicated subwoofer. This works well for bedrooms or small apartments. But keep in mind you can always add a subwoofer and/or rear speakers. Speaking of which, if you own Bose Ultra Open Earbuds, you can connect them to the soundbar to work as rear satellite speakers, creating a pseudo-surround-sound system (only for you, though).

What do you think so far?

As the name implies, this is a “smart” soundbar, with wifi, meaning as long as you’re in the same wifi network, you can stream your media to it with AirPlay or Chromecast. They also work as a smart speaker since it comes with built-in Alexa. The instrument separation is what makes this soundbar shine, which goes hand-in-hand with the AI Dialogue Mode feature for dialogue enhancement. But, if you can afford to spend a bit more, the Sonos Beam Gen 2 is the best stand-alone soundbar you can buy.

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