Bose Smart Soundbar 300 vs Dayton Audio BS36 review

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Rating 5 5

Bose Smart Soundbar 300 vs Dayton Audio BS36 comparison chart

Overall
Bose Smart Soundbar 300
7.6
Dayton Audio BS36
4.5
10
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10
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4
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Bose Smart Soundbar 300 vs Dayton Audio BS36 review

Bose Smart Soundbar 300
vs
Dayton Audio BS36

The present review is aimed to compare two soundbars - Bose Smart Soundbar 300 vs Dayton Audio BS36 that are meant to satisfy the needs of cinema and music lovers. Based on our rating, Smart Soundbar 300 has a total rating of 7.6 out of 10 versus 4.5 for BS36.

Audio features

The Bose Smart Soundbar 300 has the active amplification type, the Dayton Audio BS36 - passive. Soundbars have the same number of channels on 3.0. Competitors do not have a built-in subwoofer. Both models received our 5 rating of 10 for their audio features and specs. Spotify support is available on the Smart Soundbar 300.

Connectivity

Only the Bose Smart Soundbar 300 can connect to the Internet via WI-FI. Only the Smart Soundbar 300 has Bluetooth support. Only the Smart Soundbar 300 supports HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC). The compared models do not have a USB connector. For connectivity, the Smart Soundbar 300 received a rating of 8/10 versus 4/10, respectively. App control is available for the Smart Soundbar 300. A built-in microphone is present only on the Smart Soundbar 300. Multi-room is only available for the Bose Smart Soundbar 300.

Multichannel surround

None of soundbars equipped with Dolby Atmos multichannel audio decoder. The soundbars do not support the surround sound technology DTS:X.

Advantages Bose Smart Soundbar 300 over Dayton Audio BS36

  • Amazon Music compatible
  • Spotify support
  • WI-FI enabled
  • Bluetooth enabled
  • Audio return channel (HDMI ARC) support
  • App control
  • Microphone
  • Multi-room support
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Common

Product

Bose Smart Soundbar 300
Dayton Audio BS36

Model

Smart Soundbar 300
BS36

Brand

Bose
Dayton Audio

Reviews

144
55

General

Placement type

table-top, wall-mountable
table-top, wall-mountable

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired

Soundbar buttons

microphone, action
has not

Audio features

Built-in channels

3.0
3.0

Amplification type

active
passive

Output power, W

Separate speaker (in package)

0
0

Separate speaker connections

wireless
has not

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wired, wireless

Streaming services

Apple Music (AirPlay)

AirPlay 2

Amazon Music

Spotify

Other streaming services

Pandora,Tuneln, Deezer, iHeart, SiriusXM
has not

Connectivity

WI-FI

Bluetooth

Ethernet (RJ45)

0
0

NFC

HDMI input/output

1/0
0/0

HDMI ARC

HDMI eARC

HDMI CEC

Optical digital input/output

1/0
0/0

USB

Coaxial digital input/output

0/0
0/0

Analog audio input/output (RCA)

0/0
3/0

Headphone output

0
0

Subwoofer output

1
0

Features

Voice control

Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

App control

Microphone

Remote control

Multi-room

Multichannel surround

Dolby Atmos

Dolby (other)

Dolby Digital
has not

DTS:X

DTS (other)

has not
has not

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

66 x 5 x 10.1/26.5 x 2.2 x 4
93.1 x 10.1 x 10.1/37 x 4.2 x 4.8

Weight, kg/pounds

3.6/8
5.9/13.4

Other

Release year

2020
2013
Bose Smart Soundbar 300
Dayton Audio BS36
Bose Smart Soundbar 300
Dayton Audio BS36

Soundbars SoundStrokes Art comparison rating

  • better
  • worse
  • 7.6
  • 4.5
  • 7.6Bose Smart Soundbar 300
  • 4.5Dayton Audio BS36

Bose Smart Soundbar 300 competitors

Dayton Audio BS36 competitors