Bose Smart Soundbar 300 vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 review

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Bose Smart Soundbar 300 vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 comparison chart

Overall
Bose Smart Soundbar 300
7.6
Denon Home Sound Bar 550
7.4
10
9

Bose Smart Soundbar 300 vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 review

Bose Smart Soundbar 300
vs
Denon Home Sound Bar 550

An affordable soundbar is always a good option to consider, so Bose Smart Soundbar 300 vs Denon Home Sound Bar 550 comparison definitely makes sense. Based on our rating, Smart Soundbar 300 has a total rating of 7.6 out of 10 versus 7.4 for Home Sound Bar 550. The competitors' control buttons are different: microphone, action and power, source, demo, volume down, volume up, respectively.

Audio features

Both soundbars have active amplification type. A significant difference between the units in the number of channels, the Bose Smart Soundbar 300 has 3.0 versus 2.1 for the Denon Home Sound Bar 550. Competitors do not have a built-in subwoofer. The Smart Soundbar 300 has a wired and wireless connection to separate subwoofer, and the Home Sound Bar 550 - wired. The Bose Smart Soundbar 300 got our rating of 5 out of 10, and the Denon Home Sound Bar 550 4 for its audio features and specs. Spotify is available on each of the soundbars.

Connectivity

These models have the ability to connect to the Internet via WI-FI. Rivals from our review have Bluetooth support. The Bose Smart Soundbar 300 has 1/0 HDMI inputs/outputs versus 1/1 of the Denon Home Sound Bar 550. The HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) feature supports both devices. For connectivity, each of the soundbars received a rating of 8/10. App control is available in every soundbar. A built-in microphone is present in each model. Multi-room is only available for the Bose Smart Soundbar 300.

Multichannel surround

Only the Home Sound Bar 550 has a Dolby Atmos multichannel audio format support. A surround technology DTS:X is supported only by the Home Sound Bar 550. For multichannel surround Bose Smart Soundbar 300 got a rating of 4, and Denon Home Sound Bar 550 6 out of 10.

Advantages Bose Smart Soundbar 300 over Denon Home Sound Bar 550

  • Multi-room support

Advantages Denon Home Sound Bar 550 over Bose Smart Soundbar 300

  • Compatible with Dolby Atmos
  • Compatible with DTS:X
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