BoseSurround Sound System for Home Theater, Black

This past December, I decided to splurge on a new TV, soundbar, and rear speakers, as all of mine were 11 years old.I’ve had hearing aids for the past two years (my audiologist says I’m his youngest patient - ugh); my old soundbar didn’t have a dedicated speaker for dialogue, plus the rear speakers I had just made everything louder, not sharper, and I need sharpness to help with the type of hearing loss I have.As a public school teacher, the cost of this entire purchase was a big deal, so I researched the hell out of everything, and I kept coming back to Bose. I bought the black soundbar at Costco, and I wanted white rear speakers since they’d be in front of the white wainscoting.The soundbar itself is fantastic — a huge improvement over what I had before — and the rear speakers are what really bring everything to life, especially when I’m not wearing my hearing aids.I get to hear doctors being paged when watching The Pitt, gunfire in the distance while watching Paradise, birds chirping in Wicked, and so many other noises in other shows and movies that round out the viewing experience.Two important things:1. You pair the speakers and control their volume through the Bose app. Mine are at 80, and the “height” channel on my soundbar is at 20. You’ll figure out the right ratio for you.2. I have a very small TV room, and my rear speakers are on the Bose stands (a bit pricey but I kept them anyway) right behind the couch. I can’t speak to what the sound would be like in a much bigger room with these mounted on the wall, but I’m sure they’d be great. I could do that setup with hearing aids in, but they probably wouldn’t help me in a big room if my hearing aids are out.

These small surround speakers create awesome bass. I was totally caught off guard when I added Bose II rear speakers to my Bose 600 soundbar and 500 Bass Module, the most noticable difference was enhanced bass. I think it's a sound wave thing. Anyway, I love the room filling sound (medium sized family room) these little speakers produce. Setup was very easy using the Bose Music App. They are a bit pricey, but I got them as a birthday gift; I'm not sure I would have bought them if I had to pay for them. I recommend you purchase them through a military exchange if you qualify because they offer a much better discounted price. I might be a little OCD, but I replaced the black power cords with white ones to match the color of the speakers.

Love this addition to my Bose soundbar! The sound is excellent for such a small package and it completes our home theater experience. The only nit is connecting the speaker wire to the adapter that plugs into the back of the speaker, its super fiddly and uneccessary IMO. Why not ship that cable presassembled? This seems made to appeal to “real” audiophiles from 1987. And yes, that would be me…but I’m older & wiser now…I see how silly I was amd now just want an Easy Button for everything. Bose can do better, make it easy…especially for older customers like me to enjoy your product. Anyway, overall assembly was easy and sound quality is great and we are very happy! RECOMMEND!

Wasnt hearing rear speakers at first. Downloaded test program and worked fine. need to turn down front volumes to hear rear better. I do like them but cost is out of site.

The media could not be loaded. I have used exclusively Bose products for home entertainment for over 15 years, and I’ve been quite happy. I recently upgraded, and included these surround speakers. What a frustrating experience! The Bose app does not provide option for pairing them with other Bose units (see video). They do not exist as options to pair with the app. If you go to the Bose website, you’ll see “simple to set up" and "connect wirelessly". Untrue! It is impossible to set up. There are no useful instructions on how to anywhere. While you do not have to connect it physically to your entertainment center, in addition to the speaker and power cord, you will receive a separate receiver for each speaker that has to be connected to the speaker. It is manageable and easy enough to connect but you are likely see it a source of clutter if you thought that you would just have two speakers that connect wirelessly. And when you're finally connected the speakers, you might find that they do not work. One of the speakers I received does not work at all except making an annoying crackling sound constantly. In any case, this is a disappointing and an epic fail! I will be returning them.

I have soundbar 300+sub, so decided to complete the set with surround speakers.Quality is as expected, assembling with the floor stands, easy.At first day I was a bit disappointed. As many customers share here, the voice coming from speakers was very, very low, almost no difference. Started thinking those are next $418 we spent for nothing...BUT I have decided to believe and trust the brand (that's a Bose, it could not be that worse), same as you trust when you buy Mercedes.... Checked here and there, and found the solution (unfortunately not here), and sharing it with you as a New Year Gift ( if you decide to buy me a beer, I would accept :) )So the solution of low sound coming form your new surround speakers is to install on your phones a Bose Mobile app.There are few. "Bose Connect" and "Bose Music" will not work with soundbar 300, they do with 500/700.For soundbar 300 model you need "Bose SoundTouch" app. It works using your home Wi-Fi to connect your phone/app with the soundbar. To prepare your soundbar for connection, press your soundtouch button on your remote, then press and hold 9.Open the app and follow instructions. It will also check for updates ( I even didn't know this sound system could get updates, so did it for a first time in 2 years since I bought it. Update took a while, about 15 minutes).When you are connected, on app under settings you could find "Audio Settings". There you can adjust the Central Level and your Surround Level, last one is what is bothering you, hit it to 10 :) Test your sound now.Merry Christmas and a Happy and noisy New 2020 :)