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Review on πŸ”Š Premium Bose Smart Soundbar 700 with Alexa Voice Control and Bluetooth Connectivity, in Black by Kendriece Figueroa

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good speaker/difficult to set up

I want to start by saying that I'm happy with my purchase, but I want to rate this product to help someone else. a little excited. If you're not a techie, I understand why someone would give a bad review. You can't just plug it in and it's ready to go. So if you want a simple plugin setup, this isn't it. It forces you to install this music app on your phone/tablet and go through the setup process (music, remote, Alexa, calibration, etc.) through the app. Not entirely sure if you can set it up without internet or another device? If you can, I might not understand. It took me forever to figure out that in order to pair the device with my phone, I had to connect directly to the ethernet port (no Cat5e cable). If you can connect to the router wirelessly, I couldn't find that setting. He just kept looking for the device. However, you can connect devices (phones, etc.) wirelessly via Bluetooth after setup. The update took over 30 minutes, but could it be because of my internet? After a while I closed and reopened the app and it seems to load. I'm not sure if it's stuck. I love that you can use the same remote control for everything. Setup was easy and the only issue I had was the channel buttons didn't work. I need to work on it, but I think there's an easy fix that I'll work on later. Overall it has a great sound. I went to the store before buying and listened to this model and the 500. In my opinion the 700 sounded much better. I'm glad I didn't let other reviews guide me in choosing the 500. This is my first Bose purchase and I am happy.

Pros
  • Impressive
Cons
  • Crumpled packaging

Comments (3)

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June 19, 2023
Good speaker/tricky to setup
February 22, 2023
Crap engineering. Don't buy it!
February 13, 2023
Great sound, tricky set up