Bose Home Speaker 500
Crutchfield customer from Lewes, DE on 2/18/2021
We love working with Crutchfield's and are very happy with the Bose Home Speaker. The sound is amazing and pairs nicely with our Bose Sound bar etc.
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Bose Home Speaker 500
Crutchfield customer from Seaside, OR on 2/13/2021
small footprint, large sound. it doesn't replace a full sound system, but an excellent version of its kind
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Bose Home Speaker 500
Crutchfield customer from Midland, VA on 12/28/2020
The sound is great! You can even hear the fingering on the bass with some music. Have it in upstairs hallway and able to hear throughout the house. No distortion when loud. Very happy
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Bose Home Speaker 500
Crutchfield customer from Sedro Woolley, WA on 12/26/2020
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Bose Home Speaker 500
Crutchfield customer from Edwards, IL on 12/23/2020
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Bose Home Speaker 500
Crutchfield customer from Maumelle, AR on 12/7/2020
I purchased three and spread them throughout my house. The product looks good and it is very simple to set up. Placing it within range of the wireless router or extenders was not a problem. Linking the speakers was easy to do as well. There are gremlins in the speaker network, but Crutchfield customer support got me through them. Cautionary note: the system does not cooperate with other wireless Bose products.
Pros: Sound quality Crutchfield Customer Support
Cons: Quirks and gremlins in start up
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Bose Home Speaker 500
Crutchfield customer from Brooklyn, NY on 11/30/2020
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Exceeds expectations
Crutchfield customer from Omaha, NE on 11/16/2020
This stereo is great, I'm particularly impressed with the sound quality and volume it achieves.
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Not bad at all
Crutchfield customer from Bellingham, WA on 9/30/2020
Sounds good. Worth the buy
Pros: Sounds fine
Cons: Alexa is fickle Long set up
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Awesome product
Crutchfield customer from Oswego, IL on 6/26/2020
This is the best speaker of this type I have ever owned, the sound is phenomenal! The time display is kind of nice too but not totally necessary but you won't go wrong, this blows other Bluetooth/WiFi speakers out of the water.
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Bose Home Speaker 500
Crutchfield customer from Rosedale, MD on 6/22/2020
Great Sound ! Easy to set up .
Pros: Its a Bose
Cons: none
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Bose Home Speaker 500
Crutchfield customer from Hempstead, NY on 6/3/2020
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Best so far!
Crutchfield customer from Slatington, PA on 4/30/2020
Have been using Bose products for many years and love them, and this new Home Speaker 500 is the best so far. Sound quality, ease of use, blue tooth and wifi and it's small size make it top of my list.
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Great sound a breeze to "setup "
Crutchfield customer from Poughquag, NY on 2/3/2020
Best sounding speaker!! If you're audio/tech challenged like me this speaker is for you!! Sound is amazing standing in front or to the side it sounds fantastic!!
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Bose Home Speaker 500
Crutchfield customer from E Stroudsburg, PA on 2/3/2020
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Table top King
Crutchfield customer from N Myrtle Bch, SC on 1/24/2020
Rich , full sound for a table top device. Hooks up easily with Alexa. Gives the illusion of multiple speakers with separation. Heavy weight for good stability and durability.
Pros: Good sound quality. Easy to operate. Space age looks.
Cons: No remote available.
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BOSEHOME500
Crutchfield customer from Salinas, PR on 1/14/2020
Great sound the app it easy to use. 100% recomenden
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Saipan
Rogelio D from Saipan on 1/1/2020
Not For Everyone, even in United States Territories, GUAM and CNMI, where Alexa and Google is fully accessible using their OEM speakers. But with this Model (maybe with the rest) -Bose latest SW and" Smart Speaker" integration is Not Available, it Defeats the purpose of being a premium Bose "Smart Speaker", Until they hire a programers and personnels who is knowledgeable on our Great Diverse U.S. Regions and Territories -who don't discriminate activating their features and properly update to allow Alexa and Google integration on exact regions -Stay Away with this model and other Bose models, might as well get the Amazon Studio or Google Max.
Pros: Signature Bose Sound, Solid punchy Bass and with Clean High's, Very Cool to listen even with higher volumes.
Cons: Smart Speaker Integration NOT available even on Regions where Alexa and Google is already accesible using OEM Speakers.
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Bose Home Speaker 500
Crutchfield customer from Novi, MI on 12/13/2019
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Bose Home Speaker 500
Crutchfield customer from Monroe Township, NJ on 12/8/2019
Nice& fantastic sound to play the pandora channel ??????????????????????????
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Bose Home Speaker 500
Crutchfield customer from Union City, NJ on 11/26/2019
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Great sound/challenging Alexa setup
Jack from Edison, NJ on 12/26/2018
I purchased the Bose Home Speaker 500 to replace a very old Bose Sound Dock that I was using with an old iPod touch. I selected the Silver unit, and it is beautiful. A very pleasing esthetic design. The sound is wonderful and more importantly is in stereo. It hits the right balance for me - not too bass heavy and just the right level of brightness in the treble. The setup of the unit is fairly easy using the Bose Music app. A word of caution - you must have a smartphone and the Bose Music app to setup the unit. There is no way to setup the unit without a smartphone. Also, the initial setup did not complete successfully resulting in bluetooth and wi-fi connection problems. A complete reset of the unit to factory settings and a 2nd pass at the setup completed properly. The area I had the most difficulty with was the linking of my Amazon account for Alexa access with the Bose app account. The Bose app would not display the correct screen and would not link accounts. After 2 hours on the phone with Bose support and a transfer to a Supervisor, I gave up - only to find the solution on my own. I did finally get it to work, but it should not have been as difficult as it was. I ended up having to take the URL displayed in the Bose app and load it manually into a Chrome browser for the linking page to display correctly. Now that everything is working properly, I'm very happy with the unit. I deducted 1 star for the problems with Bose app and the setup process.
Pros: Beautifully designed unit Superior sound quality Stereo playback LCD screen w/clock Aux input
Cons: Problematic Alexa setup Control buttons flush with surface/no tactile feel for buttons Setup exclusively via smartphone or tablet/no manual setup Pricey
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Bose Home Speaker 500
Arturo Diaz from Azusa, CA on 12/26/2018
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Bose Home Speaker 500
Jose from Isabela, PR on 12/24/2018
Bose, siempre con una calidad de sonido espectacular. EL equipo es acogedor, su diseño lo hace lucir elegante. Mi unico "Cons" es que Alexa no esta disponible en mi area geográfica.
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Bose Home Speaker 500
Gil from Saint Albans, WV on 12/2/2018
Been buying Bose products over 40 years and this is another wonderful example of their high quality to have at home or on the road!
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The best
Crutchfield customer from San Juan, PR on 11/26/2018
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Love this speaker
Perry from Cary, NC on 11/19/2018
Love this speaker
Pros: Excellent sound the Alexa function makes it an even better and the display is gorgeous I highly recommend this product
Cons: Doesn't connect to older models
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Limited Amazon Alexa Capabilities
Bryan from Washington, DC on 11/10/2018
I'm a huge fan of Bose and this speaker sounds great but has extremely limited Amazon Alexa capabilities. I contact Bose about Alexa's "drop in" feature and was given a huge list of things this speaker won't do including drop in. None of the new Bose Alexa speakers and soundbars support this feature. Will be returning.
Pros: Great Sound
Cons: Limited Alexa capabilities
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Bose Home Speaker 500
Lloyd from Advance, NC on 10/7/2018
Really nice, would love to see more streaming sources, maybe more are coming through an update....
Pros: Great sound
Cons: Could use more streaming sources, Tidal, Spotify etc...
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