Not everyone wants to **** their neighbours off

Buy a sound bar with a wireless sub, far superior to these, we sent ours back

Voted hot.

Why do people go for these over something with a wireless subwoofer? I understand it's bose, but at this end of the price range I doubt it's worlds apart, compared to a 3.1 soundbar.

Happy to be wrong.

What utter rubbish!

I'm no audiophile but very much appreciate the importance of a tasteful low frequency addition.

Got this for Christmas, brilliant, massive difference in sound , go on treat yourself... its new year .

Voted hot.

Why do people go for these over something with a wireless subwoofer? I understand it's bose, but at this end of the price range I doubt it's worlds apart, compared to a 3.1 soundbar.

Happy to be wrong.

Buy a sound bar with a wireless sub, far superior to these, we sent ours back

Not really, small speaker, small sound, but hey if you like it, happy days

Does this not have a Subwoofer output?

Its brilliant. That's a good price. Heat

Can anyone recommend one with a wireless sub around the same price? Won't there be quite a delay if it's via Bluetooth?

Bose the new beats equivalent.Always find them so overatted and over priced after owning a few of their products.Decent price but no sub would concern me and reviews aren't that great.

Hot - it's a bose

This is definitely the best price I've seen the solo 5 and I was about to pull the trigger on one but I'm afraid the reviews put me well off it. I know most people only post up there displeasure and disappointment in general review sites, so it could seem biased, but the self proclaimed 'audiophiles' on dedicated audio forums seem to say the same. Please have a good read before purchasing. It would have to be a lower price for me unfortunately.

Out of interest, what would people go for over this at a similar price?

Ok, I'll check it out. Thank you

Looked at one of these in the Bose shop, sales guy said this provides stereo enhancement, the real sound bars started at £360.

It's not a bad soundbar for a small bedroom although there might be better value elsewhere. At £150 though not too bad a deal if you're buying your first soundbar.

Anyone got an answer for this?

Had a denon sound base for 30 minutes. It then started making a loud popping noise when the scene changed. Apparently I'm not the only one who had this issue. Not very reliable.

I have a Sonos setup which I love, but the only piece of kit of theirs I don't have is the Playbar, and there is a very detailed tech review that put me off it to be honest. I do however have the Sonos sub, so if there is something like a soundbar at a reasonable price that i could get that could make use of that sub as well, that would be ideal. Any ideas anyone please? Cheers.

By the way, interesting recent review on there from the guy that has Sky Q

"Trying to watch anything on my sky q and it is extremely quiet so rang bose after seeing they helped a lot of people with the same problem only to be met with the least helpfull customer service representative I've ever spoken to. Effectively told that because I have sky q that it would be quiet and there was nothing they could do so I would have to just deal with it."

I have a yanaha yas105 which is superb if you don't use hdmi. ranges fro £99-200 depending when you buy

Mine has been going strong for 3 years!

Richer Sounds were doing the Yamaha YSP 2500 proper soundbar for £399 for about 10 minutes last week. Missed that boat totally.

I went for the Samsung HW-K450 £169 from currys. I bought the Bose but sent it back as it wasn't loud enough.

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertainment/dvd-blu-ray-and-home-cinema/home-cinema-systems-and-sound-bars/samsung-hw-k450-2-1-wireless-sound-bar-10145236-pdt.html

Mine arrived yesterday. It's attached to a 40" Sony in a slightly larger than average room.

It's improved movie audio substantially and normal tv channel audio is also much improved. Watched the force awakens last night and was grinning due to the sound improvement right from the start, wife was also impressed!

I looked at options with a wireless sub but don't really have the room or need for thundering bass, and what bass this does provide is more than I need (especially when my 2 year old is trying to sleep in the room above). The way my TV is mounted to the wall means I'd also need to mount a larger soundbar to the wall or the TV, plus find additional power for the sub. This just sits discreetly on a small side table beneath the TV. One cable for power and one to connect it to the TV, simple and in keeping with the aesthetics of the room I'm using it in.

I'm well into gadgets and technology but I'm not an "audiophile". You may be able to find a system with improved sound at a similar price, but for me the simplicity and space saving features this suited my needs more. The programmable remote is also excellent and eliminates the need to have 2 separate remotes lying around for the telly and soundbar. I read a few less positive reviews before buying but I'm more than happy with it and definitely don't regret my purchase.

For someone who wants uprated sound quality over their built-in flat screen speakers... And lives with bass sensitive neighbours. You won't go wrong with these

If you're an audiophile then you will break out in a rash when you finally test them. Not amazing but works for some.

Perhaps a TV?

Voted hot but I'm impressed so far with the KitSound Stadium 120 Soundbar and Wireless Subwoofer at £59.99, saving a huge £92.34 over this deal and I bet you can hardly tell the difference and with the absence of a wireless sub woofer.

Subwoofers are for children to make noise.
This is for sound.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/kitsound-stadium-120-soundbar-wireless-subwoofer-59-99-vodafone-ebay-shop-2571855

The deal appears to fluctuate between full price and on offer.

First off, beats headphones are actually quite good now :wink:.

Secondly - Bose caters to a specific market. Their sound docks and little speakers are crap, I'll admit, but their bigger stuff, and headphones, are impressive.

My parents have the 520 - yes, you could probably build a slightly better system with a separate av receiver and speakers, but it's by far the best value/performer with the simplicity they need.

It's a Bose. HEAT added.

My parents had this from QVC on a trial basis but will now send that back after buying another from JL so a good saving made, cheers.

I've told them about soundbar with subs options, plus the benefits of ARC, but they are more than happy with this and it's improved their tv sound output to their ears so all's good with the world.

​I have the Philips HTL3140B which is excellent, and well reviewed. Might be hard to find at a decent price. Tesco had them before Christmas for £120 but have sold out now.

this was £130 in York Designer Outlet.

I'm selling a soundbar with a subwoofer.

Have a look but based in London won't be delivering.

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I always use what hifi for my reviews, not a good review for this product I'm afraid
http://www.whathifi.com/bose/solo-5/review

I actually have a spare Denon dht-t100 in the box, only used for a few days, if anyone is interested. I bought 2, but only used 1 in the end!

Just because it says Bose doesn't mean it's good or bad. I have a Bose soundlink mini, great sound and prefer it to my play 1. Had a Bose 321 setup and that was terrible compared to my replacement surround sound system both in sound and options...each to their own....

Have this model and thinking of getting a soundbar with wireless sub instead
Pros brilliant on ps4 and watching blu rays dvds etc
Cons pretty poor watching standard tv on it voices are muffled

Bose is so overrated these days. Bose is not even a premium brand, Bang & Olufsen is a lot better and even Harman Kardon. The Harman Kardon Onyx Studio 2 is the one for portable wireless speakers for a decent price. I would never go for Bose their speakers are just a rip off.

Beats are very very average at the very most. Bang & Olufsen are the speakers of choice for getting anywhere near the audiophile grade speakers and also for value for money the Harman Kardon Onyx studio 2 is the best portable speaker!

If you knew anything about sound quality you'd realise Bose is very overrated. Bang & Olufsen is the better bet.

Monitor audio

I hope you're leaving the Soundlink Mini out of that assessment, it's probably the best portable bluetooth speaker I've heard.

Yep totally agree. Although I never bought the solo 5 after testing in store I kept my eye on this site looking for another deal.

In reply to recommendations I was keen on a Yamaha YAS-105 or for the right price the Samsung HW-K550 which I eventually bought.

How much ye thinking?

+1 voted hot for the price. Some excellent reviews on alatest though
http://alatest.co.uk/reviews/speaker-reviews/bse-barre-de-son-bose-solo-5-noire/po3-220922185,35/

Interesting. I was debating between these 2. Currys doing the 10% off makes it even more tempting.

Don't know if you're near Newcastle upon Tyne but John Lewis had an ex display 2500 on Wednesday for £199. Decided against it myself as it would cost £30+ extra for the wall bracket but it looked to be all boxed up.

Walk away! Get yourself some bookshelf speakers, a sub and a centre speaker with a receiver and then a 100" projector screen with a projector. Amazing setup, cannot and will not watch a film on a smaller screen.

Joking, Heated anyway.

http://www.selfridges.com/GB/en/cat/bang-olufsen-beolab90-ultimate-loudspeakers-pair-_541-10101-BEOLAB/?cm_mmc=PLA-_-Google-_-HomeTech-_-BANGOLUFSEN&ci_src=18615224&ci_sku=63303315&$$&_$ja=tsid:35948%7Ccid:198914494%7Cagid:10886274454%7Ctid:pla-92673309214%7Ccrid:40398553654%7Cnw:g%7Crnd:7772821946659863278%7Cdvc:m%7Cadp:1o3&gclid=Cj0KEQiA7qLDBRD9xJ7PscDCu5IBEiQAqo3BxGUYc7WXckczHq8JALfBcsMrreJVIorikDYT4w-hjf8aAklg8P8HAQ

Get 2 of these for the ultimate bedroom set up :smiley:

lets stop using the term audiophile. lets just agree on it and that way they'll dissappear. we can cure this arrogance infused disease! #staystrong

Nth degreeing everything leaves little time to enjoy life. Its a swamp ive personally gotten lost in a few times.

on the deal, neg reviews rule we know this but it seems ok for some. The price is still too high if you break it down. The name accounts for about 40% of the price.

Spoken truly like someone who knows nothing about sound!

Sony ht-xt1 is a very good soundbase, can be picked up in this price range. I actually paid £80 for one from ebay a few months back and it is very good.

Spot on, there is little bass on any single sound bar, unless you pay top dollar

Ive got this in my bedroom and sound is incredible. I have the older model of Bose Solo in my living room and sound is great. I am a big fan of Bose but definitely agree with you re the Panasonic model - amazing sound

I had one xmas 2015 and its great. Much better than my normal TV speakers, plus Bluetooth music from my phone to it. plenty loud enough too. Could maybe do with a bit more bass but for under £200 its a great sound bar.

cold - its a bose. better quality can be had for less

it always amazes me just how many people have no idea about an item but quote drivel that they read on dodgy review sites....., they have never had one of these but they spurt forth like they are experts

fwiw - I have one of these and while it ain't going to compare to full 3.1 or 5.1 pro-setups, for those wanting something discreet that will provide some decent quality sound then this is perfect - don't listen to all the Meghan Trainor fans, it is NOT all about the bass

​still won't have bose written on it

I don't read dodgy review sites. All the credible review sites don't give it a good review. Don't get shirty because you made a bad purchase.

My iPhone speakers are better than my new TVs so saying this sound bar is better than TV speakers is useless info.

I had Yamaha before. Think it was a YSP900 with a separate Subwoofer, but found it difficult to make out dialogue when watching a drama or movie or whatever. Great for sport and the bass on the sub was superb, but found it frustrating that you could not make out what characters were saying!

Bang & Olufsen are sometimes double or triple the price, not really the same bracket are they?

I just bought a Samsung HW-J355 120W Soundbar with Bluetooth & External Sub from Tesco Direct for £89 (but they just put it up to £124.49). You can get it at Currys for £99 - 10%

It gets great reviews everywhere and I love it. The Subwoofer is wired, I can't understand the obsession with it being wireless. Mine just occupies unused floor space behind the TV, subwoofers can generally go anywhere.

Has anyone read the low star reviews on JL or Amazon's website. As with most of these things it's always personal choice but I find if I buy something and there's something I don't like about it someone else has always commented. I know it scores quite well overall looking at the 4 and 5 star reviews but the lower stars do give cause for concern. More often the case comments mentioned in one, two and three star reviews are the ones that are the most critical and the question is, will this bother you. I only been caught out a couple of times where I have disregarded low star reviews only to find they are right. Just because something is brand name and on offer doesn't mean to say it's any good or more often than not, the offer price is where the item should be anyway. I have a Bose system in my car. It's rubbish to be honest yet an old docking system we had years ago was amazing. Just shows that a company like Bose can make decent gear and not so decent gear but the more tv manufacturers fail to replicate the old CRT style speakers the more they will be trying to get us to part with money that we shouldn't need to.

​£89 at richer sounds too

yep and im glad. hate anything that has bose written on it

You had me until the last part,

I don't believe that any tv manufacture is trying to manufacture ye olde stereo speakers from your CRT, nor that it's a new scheme to extract more money... televisions are now able to be built on thinner and sleeker bodies which looks great but does drop sound quality... it opens up the ability for a modular system where you can pick whatever combination you want.

Not only that but TVs now are nowhere near their old price to size ratio. You can grab a 50 inch set for 400 notes in a lot of shops now... plus your soundbar at 200 or more... try doing that ten years ago!

Its not about volume/ loudness, its about overall sound quality

Was tempted then read the What Hi-fi review... :confused:

http://www.whathifi.com/bose/solo-5/review

Fair point but Harman Kardon is and Harman Kardon is better. Bose spend to much on marketing and their own brand rather than investing sums into their own products that is why Bose products do not portray premium sound.

You had me until the last part,
I don't believe that any tv manufacture is trying to manufacture ye olde stereo speakers from your CRT, nor that it's a new scheme to extract more money... televisions are now able to be built on thinner and sleeker bodies which looks great but does drop sound quality... it opens up the ability for a modular system where you can pick whatever combination you want.
Not only that but TVs now are nowhere near their old price to size ratio. You can grab a 50 inch set for 400 notes in a lot of shops now... plus your soundbar at 200 or more... try doing that ten years ago![/quote]


Hi, my comment was a bit tongue in cheek to be honest. I remember paying a fortune for my first flat screen LCD tv and remember thinking the picture quality was perhaps not as good as the 40 kilo 3 foot deep surround sound tv it was replacing and thought the sound was carp as well. Technology at that time hadn't moved forward that much apart from being able to produce a television that was less than half the weight of my old one and obviously considerably thinner but at the cost of a lesser picture quality with motion blur and the sound. It's nice to see technology has moved on since in the last 12 years or so and I think the picture quality of my 1080 LG (medium range) is excellent and to be honest the sound isn't too bad either. Unfortunately though the manufacturers cannot, or are unable or unwilling perhaps to create the sound from the "proper" speakers that were in the 32" CRT tv's which was my last one. LG has clear voice which isn't bad on my tv but it does suffer like a lot of flat screens with voices not being as clear compared with the background. Soundbars are possibly a big market for the electronics industry and what you are getting in return on some of the cheaper systems is perhaps not as good or as cheap as it should be. One of the guys at work who has some ridiculous speakers in his car which take up half the space of his boot (he like his music), set to and made his own soundbar. He bought the casing, speakers and all the kit to wire it up for less than £60.00 and he reckons the sound is amazing and better than any tv sound system he has seen in Currys. He showed me a picture of what he had made. Looked pretty damn good to me.

My point really was there maybe is the technology to improve the sound on flat screen tv's but if we all believe it can't be done and we must buy a soundbar or surround system and the manufacturers know that they can sell them to us then that is how it will stay. I think the problem with most tv's is the speakers either project downwards or rearwards and not forwards like they used to be. There is also the theory that to produce a tv with quality sound may push the price up too far for the majority and marketing may show that manufacturers sell more of their cheaper products than more expensive ones.

I agree with your comments re pricing. Most people would happily pay £400 for a 50" tv and then extra either at the time or later for a soundbar. My last CRT tv cost me £650.00 back in the 90's lol. My present LG purchased in the sale December 2014 was £600.00 and I can lift it myself lol.

I just bought the LG soundbar, 320 watts, wireless subwoofer from the Euronics deal. reduced from £229.99 / £249.99 down to £129.99. I will give it a test at the weekend. I did buy the LG LAS160b which was just a 50 watt soundbar. It was absolute rubbish and took it back. Speakers on my tv were better so will see how spending a bit more money works.

Still can't believe this is as hot as it is. Everyone I have spoken to says you must get one with a sub-woofer.

Is everyone that says b&o is better than bose can you point me in the direction of a b&o soundbar for £152

B&O do not do soundbars because they are are not effective with providing optimum sound without any main drivers. The best bet would be to get the Beolit 15

I actually made a perfect purchase, and that was without listening to an opinion based on preference, which is a personal thing

get it yet?

Getting mine today;)

All highs and no lows....it has to be Bose

I gladly give up some of the bass for the clarity. You can always just press the dialogue button a second time to toggle back to the regular sound settings if you prefer. Truthfully, I thought I would send this system back if it did not make a big difference since it is a bit pricey, and I am definitely not sending this back.

amazing sound.

Does anyone think this would make a decent sound system for a desktop PC? - The reviews seem to mainly criticise it for a lack of room-filling punch which wouldn't be a problem listening 2-3 feet away.

This should be expired or the price changed to £169.00.

Expired

This may be better value

http://www.richersounds.com/product/soundbars-sound-base/cambridge-audio/tv2/camb-minx-tv2-blk
£119

http://www.whathifi.com/cambridge-audio/tv2/review

Bose is a very average audio brand. If anyone actually knew their stuff they'd realise Bose is a marketing ploy.

Got to ask - where do you get your info? It seems to me there's a lot of the "Emperor's New Clothes" about audio equipment.

http://www.whathifi.com/products/bose?oq=bose&src=textfield&aq=bose&type=product&pos=top

The 10 Bose products most recently reviewed by What HiFi score an average of 4.1 stars out of 5 so I've got to ask - what do you know that What HiFi does not?

(I own no Bose products and have no skin in this game, but just interested to know)

Hi - what are you offering?....