Bose Smart Soundbar 300 vs Samsung HW-R650 review

Votes 2 2
Rating 5 5

Bose Smart Soundbar 300 vs Samsung HW-R650 comparison chart

Overall
Bose Smart Soundbar 300
7.6
Samsung HW-R650
5.2
10
4

Bose Smart Soundbar 300 vs Samsung HW-R650 review

Bose Smart Soundbar 300
vs
Samsung HW-R650

Bose Smart Soundbar 300 vs Samsung HW-R650 comparison definitely makes sense. Based on our rating, Smart Soundbar 300 has a total rating of 7.6 out of 10 versus 5.2 for HW-R650. The competitors' control buttons are different: microphone, action and volume down, volume up, power, source, 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 3.1 for the Samsung HW-R650. Competitors do not have a built-in subwoofer. The Smart Soundbar 300 has a wired and wireless connection to separate subwoofer, and the HW-R650 - wireless. The Bose Smart Soundbar 300 got our rating of 5 out of 10, and the Samsung HW-R650 7 for its 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. Rivals from our review have Bluetooth support. The Bose Smart Soundbar 300 has 1/0 HDMI inputs/outputs versus 1/1 of the Samsung HW-R650. The HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) feature supports both devices. For connectivity, the Smart Soundbar 300 received a rating of 8/10 versus 7/10, 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. For multichannel surround Bose Smart Soundbar 300 got a rating of 4, and Samsung HW-R650 5 out of 10.

Advantages Bose Smart Soundbar 300 over Samsung HW-R650

  • Amazon Music compatible
  • Spotify support
  • WI-FI enabled
  • App control
  • Microphone
  • Multi-room support

Advantages Samsung HW-R650 over Bose Smart Soundbar 300

  • Separate subwoofer in package
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Common

Product

Bose Smart Soundbar 300
Samsung HW-R650

Model

Smart Soundbar 300
HW-R650

Brand

Bose
Samsung

Reviews

144
468

General

Placement type

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

Connection to source

wired, wireless
wired, wireless

Soundbar buttons

microphone, action
volume down, volume up, power, source

Audio features

Built-in channels

3.0
3.1

Amplification type

active
active

Output power, W

340 (overall)

Separate speaker (in package)

0
0

Separate speaker connections

wireless
wireless

Subwoofer

Built-in subwoofer

Separate subwoofer (in package)

Separate subwoofer connections

wired, wireless
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
1/1

HDMI ARC

HDMI eARC

HDMI CEC

Optical digital input/output

1/0
1/0

USB

1 (USB 2.0)

Coaxial digital input/output

0/0
0/0

Analog audio input/output (RCA)

0/0
0/0

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
Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic II

DTS:X

DTS (other)

has not
DTS Digital Surround

User manual

Manual

Dimensions

Size (Wx H x D), cm/in

66 x 5 x 10.1/26.5 x 2.2 x 4
104 x 5 x 7.6/41.7 x 2.3 x 3.4

Weight, kg/pounds

3.6/8
2.9/6.4

Other

Release year

2020
2019
Bose Smart Soundbar 300
Samsung HW-R650
Bose Smart Soundbar 300
Samsung HW-R650

Soundbars SoundStrokes Art comparison rating

  • better
  • worse
  • 7.6
  • 5.2
  • 7.6Bose Smart Soundbar 300
  • 5.2Samsung HW-R650