Elegant design Good Dolby Atmos effects Excellent music quality Handy TV voice control Private listening headphone sync

Only one HDMI port Basic, non-backlit remote Bose Music app lacks some features

“The Smart Soundbar 900 adds Dolby Atmos for only $100 more, making it a superb choice for a single-speaker home theater sound system.”

Expansive breadth ; Sleek design ; Clear vocal projection

No DTS support ; Noticeably processed sound ; Not as Atmos-y as the best

An impressively wide-sounding, articulate and crisp Dolby Atmos soundbar, but it occasionally lacks tonal consistency and authenticity

Bold and bright sound - it's also great for music ; Ease of use with HDMI eARC ; ADAPTiQ room calibration ; Built-in Alexa voice control ; Dolby Atmos object-based decoding adds to expansive soundstage

Reflective glass top catches light from TV ; Expensive - especially if considering all accessories ; No additional HDMI input for passthrough ; Not capable of lowest bass output ; No DTS:X support ; Power cable too short (just 1.4m)

Perhaps the best-looking soundbar on the market right now - Bose is clearly taking the fight to Sonos - the aesthetic is also its downfall, given the reflective nature of the glass top. Still, this model is a notable improvement on the outgoing 700...

Silky, musical sound ; Dolby Atmos support ; Built-in Alexa and Google Assistant ; AirPlay 2 and Chromecast ; Room correction

Height and surround cues are quite subtle ; Reflective glass top

The Bose Smart Soundbar 900 packs a bevy of features and superb sound, but we suspect its full immersive potential can only be unlocked with more speakers.

Bass and treble adjustments. Dialogue enhancement mode. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Apple AirPlay 2 support. Supports Dolby Atmos content. Gets loud.

No auto-volume mode. Lacks low-bass. Mediocre surrounds performance.

The Bose Smart Soundbar 900 is good for mixed usage. Thanks to its ADAPTiQ feature, it can automatically optimize audio reproduction based on your space. It has a neutral sound profile suitable for lots of types of audio content. It supports Dolby...

Dolby Atmos ; Chromecast/ AirPlay 2/ Spotify Connect ; Two-way Bluetooth

Sense of height not as impressive as some ; Limited remote, over-reliant on smartphone app ; Only works with Bose headphones

Adding Dolby Atmos and a range of streaming features to your lounge room, the Bose SB900 soundbar is the full package.

Incredibly large soundstage, both in height and width. Clear dialogues, surprisingly good bass even without sub. Room correction is handy.

The big sound doesn't always work well with Atmos content, and the 3D sound can't be switched off. With a wireless subwoofer, the price becomes rather shameless.

The Bose Smart Soundbar 900 is a soundbar you should definitely listen to if you’re looking for the biggest possible soundstage without the use of rear speakers. It’s impressive what it’s capable of.

Slim and sleek design ; Automatic room correction ; Alexa and Google Assistant built in ; Dolby Atmos support ; Good overall levels of sound for movies

Price ; Bass output is so-so ; Not so great for music listening

If you aren’t wedded to the Bose ecosystem and sound quality matters most to you, the Arc is the better choice. If you’ve got other Bose speakers, it would make sense to stick with a Bose soundbar.

Great sound quality ; Looks great ; Dolby Atmos

Expensive ; Tough competition

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