Bose Smart Soundbar 900
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Soundbar | £849 | whf.cm/Smart900
“There’s a clean directness to the vocal and the upward drivers seem to add extra reverberance that, while not exactly authentic, has a pleasant broadening effect”
Despite a long-standing reputation for audio excellence, including, for a long while, near-dominance within the realm of noise-cancelling headphones, in a world of over-sharing, Bose has managed to remain something of an enigmatic company. From changes of CEO going unannounced to its well-known reluctance to publish technical specifications, this privately owned and publicly reticent corporation has always preferred to let its products do the talking.
It’s somewhat surprising that Bose, which released its first soundbar in 2011, has until now resisted the urge to throw its hat into the lucrative, if challenging, Dolby Atmos market. But with the launch of the Smart Soundbar 900, the company has clearly taken its time to craft a worthy soundbar that it believes can deliver 3D audio, claiming that “it produces a layer of realism no other speaker can duplicate”.
A bold claim indeed, but with several of the most popular Dolby Atmos soundbars produced by relative newcomers to audio electronics, we’re certainly curious to see how a
