While smart speakers are n’t exactly fresh , the struggle for AI - powered audio supremacy is just heat up up , and in the retiring year we ’ve see a number of high - end AI - speaker systems hit the market including theSonos One , theApple HomePodand theGoogle Home Max . However , even with all these novel entries , there was still a noticeable absence seizure left by one of the large name in home audio recording : Bose .
Today , Bose is bring out a new line speakersconsisting of the Home Speaker 500 , the Sound Bar 500 , and the Sound Bar 700 , which are the companionship ’s first speakers to have built - in smart utterer functionality . Previously , in monastic order to get articulation control on a Bose , you had to do poppycock like tie a Bose SoundlinL to an Echo Dot , which was not only kind of clunky , but also did n’t really stick to Bose ’s conception philosophy of making sophisticated self - contained audio systems .
So in addition to adding support for Amazon Alexa to its new loudspeaker system , Bose also engineered the Home Speaker 500 to drive home what the company says is true two-channel audio separation without the pauperism for multiple units . Now of course , if you ’ve got a really gravid room to fill , you may still pair the Home Speaker 500 with a second twist to pump out extra auditory sensation .
And as you ’d expect from a gadget that costs $ 400 ( the same as a HomePod ) , the Home Speaker 500 fare with eight mics sport near and far - field mic technology to help the talker hear you even when your music is blaring . There ’s even a little LCD screen in front so you’re able to see record album prowess and other thing from across the room .
However , the one thing I ’m not quite sold on is the Home Speaker 500 ’s face . Yes , I jazz that Bose audio frequency systems have never been peculiarly sleek or elegant , but this thing looks like a unearthly mix between a Sonos One and a HomePod that was somehow crafted in the late 2000s .
As for Bose ’s unexampled soundbars , you could choose between the smaller and less expensive Soundbar 500 which is 31 - inches retentive and begin at $ 550 , or go for the more premium Soundbar 700 , which measures 38 - inch , cost $ 800 , and do with its own world-wide remote control .
Both soundbars boast Bose ’s customs duty broken - profile transducer , an HDMI audio return channel , automatic Adaptiq sound tuning for easy setup , and support for full 5.1 surround sound through the gain of a wireless subwoofer .
With these three raw utterer , it gracious to see Bose catch on to one of the hot style in audio , but I still wish the Home Speaker 500 calculate a little less chintzy . All three verbaliser should be available later in fall in October .
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