Hi, I'm looking to get a soundbar during this year's BF sale and saw the Bose and Sonos are both going to have deals. My local store doesn't have either (only the more complete sound systems for demo), so I wanted to get some thoughts on these sets that don't have a subwoofer.

I'm certain the Sonos sounds better based on general reviews, but I'm wondering if it's worth 2.5x the difference? I have no issue affording it, but at the same time, I don't want to spend the extra cash for something that casual listeners are not able to discern -- as this post very like exposed that I'm no audiophile.

Our living room is not too large, about 10 ft deep (from the tv) x 15 ft. I'm specifically looking at these soundbars without the woofer as we previously had another 5.1 home theater system from 12+ years ago that died a while back (I think it was a Sony or LG but can't even remember), but it was overkill and I always turned down the bass to not bother the neighbors.

So the main usage is for improving the speech audio on the tv, and also gaming on my ps5 which has similar issues but at least most games do have settings to adjust music/sfx/dialog volume separately.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

So Costco has the sound bar series 2 on sale for 200 and the solo five is 280 at Walmart. Which one has the best sound for movies/TV in a small bedroom?

I brought the soundbar for $170 at Costco. One thing I can say that the Solo's biggest strength is in dialogue clarity. Music doesn't sound bad, I think it does a decent job but nothing compare to bose's other soundbars like the 700. The bar's volume is pretty loud but it depends on what source your using. It supports stereo and dolby digital which is suprising since the bar only contains two speakers inside of it. My main complaint is the volume level when watching blurays with Dolby digital. The max volume seems to sound really low to me when set the sound output on both my tv and xbox one to dolby digital. I decided to change the output to stereo on both devices and the volume seem to have increased. This was not a problem when watching through my direct tv service as the volume was really loud on there. 500 and 700 soundbars doesn't suffer this problem since both have very high volume levels. Sound quality is decent and it doesn't become distorted or muffled the more you increase the volume. This is made for small rooms such as bedrooms. Don't expect it to fill up medium to large size rooms because you will be disappointed. In general, it's a decent soundbar, but I wish its volume was bit higher. I think bose should have added adpatiq which it could help the bar on volume and sound quality

Hello Everyone.

I have a bose solo compact size soundbarthat was purchased from Costco. Its my understanding it is the same as solo 5, in terms of dimensions.

My 24" TV is installed on a desktop monitor stand so the TV is at an eye level when I am sitting on the kitchen counter. I am looking to install sound bar right under the 24" TV so when move the TV side to side, the sound bar will move with it

Is there a mount available for the solo/solo 5 that will fit my need? I've looked at amazon, pretty much everything I've seen there gets attached to the wall.

Any suggestions/tips ?

Is the Sonos soundbar worth the extra $200 compared to the $200 Bose soundbar in terms of sound quality, features, and overall value? Only considering Sonos because it’s $100 off