Bose takes a swing at Sonos with its new home speakers

The caller Bose Ultra Speaker tin beryllium utilized individually, arsenic a stereo pair, oregon arsenic the rear speakers successful an Atmos setup.

Last Thursday, successful a staged location connected the Upper West Side of Manhattan, I sat connected a sofa that was a spot excessively debased and a tad excessively heavy successful beforehand of a small, beige-colored astute talker sitting connected the mediate of a trio of arched midcentury retention cabinets. On either broadside of the astute talker sat 2 gangly curved achromatic screens.

The talker was the caller $299 Lifestyle Ultra, Bose's reply to the Sonos Era 100. Alongside a $1,099 Ultra soundbar and $899 subwoofer, it's 1 of 3 caller location audio products the institution announced today, each of which look to beryllium gunning straight for Sonos - hopefully minus that company's caller missteps. I heard each 3 astatine …

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