chrismo2001

Hello,

Should I get the 900 or the ultra soundbar?

The 900 is 300 or so more is it worth paying that much more or is there really no difference in the sound between the two making the ultra the best buy?

I would like to know if anyone has found a way to overcome the horrific connectivity issues with the Bose Smart Ultra. It is almost unbelievable that this is Bose’s flagship product right now and its connectivity is so bad. My Samsung TV / Directv set up has worked fine for years with an older soundbar I wanted an upgrade from. In my opinion this Bose plays fine and solves my dialog problems but only when it works. Today was a great example. I had a brief power outage at the house. It took over 30 minutes going through all the power up/power down/connect/disconnect/change CEC options mumbo jumbo to get it to come back. This occurs over and over. It did the same thing when the RF temperaraly went out happens sometimes when I simply turn it on in the morning. This is the second unit from Bose. The first one did exactly the same thing. Compounding the problem is that Bose doesn’t seem to care and would rather I return the ptroduct than identify the issue and fix it.

Hi Philippe,

Playing with the EQ settings won’t delete your ADAPTiQ calibration. They’re separate settings so you can play with the EQ without having to re-calibrate later.

Thanks, Matt

Hi . after doing the adaptiq if i change the eq setting on the app Does it erase the adaptiq ? ( delete the calibration ?) do i need to run it again ?thank you for the answer

Jan 10, 2025 04:48 PM By Aenaryon

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whould you test the bose Ultra + sub 700 + surround 700? that will be interesting

We’ll consider it if there’s enough interest! So we added a separate entry in our review pipeline page for voting!

whould you test the bose Ultra + sub 700 + surround 700? that will be interesting

Jan 09, 2025 02:25 AM By Aenaryon

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how can it be that the ultra is worst in any parameter compared to the 900?

Hi Aenaryon and thanks for your question. The Bose Smart Ultra Soundbar and the Bose Smart Soundbar 900 are by-and-large the same when it comes to design and hardware. The Ultra introduced the AI Dialogue enhancement feature but it’s hard to measure its impact in our testing methodology, which is largely based on sweeps, as it’s most useful when enhancing isolated dialogue.

The other small differences in performance come down to the Ultra’s overall brighter sound (which hurts its stereo frequency response and a few other scores) as well as slight differences in other performance boxes. These differences could be attributed to the implementation of some of the sound enhancement effects we used during testing, like the ADAPTIQ room correction feature. Overall, the differences are small enough that, while they might be tangible in our results, they’ll be much harder to hear in everyday listening.