Bose SoundTouch 30 Series III Wireless Music System - White

I received Bose Soundtouch 30 series III wireless speakers last week with Amazon's next day delivery. As usual no issues in delivery and packaging. The outer box was Amazon cardboard box with paper cushioning inside and a very sturdy inner Bose original box. Quite heavy item. Inside the box, there is a speaker unit, USB to microUSB cable, power lead and manuals in various languages. Set-up: It is quite easy to get speaker out of the box, connect the power lead (you do not need to connect the USB cable unless you want to get the system connected to a PC and set it up) and start. An amber flashing wi-fi symbol appeared on the screen. I downloaded Bose app from itunes (free) and after installation, I connected my iphone to the home wifi network. After opening the app, it checks for updates and then the set-up starts. The app design is average and the first time it might fail to recognize the speakers on network but if you try again it might detect speakers. After detection of speakers configuration started and I was up and running in no time! The Amber wifi symbol turns white and you know everything is working fine. Usage: You can choose radio stations to play from the Bose app and while paying a radio station, you can touch one of the number buttons in the app for long time and the radio station will be saved in speaker's memory. You can then play the same radio station aytime by pressing that number button either in the app or on the speaker. TThe remote and speaker both have B/AUX button, after pressing once, the system goes into bluetooth mode, twice and in AUX mode. Bluetooth connection is quite easy, I tried connecting my iphone, android phone, laptop without any issues. No sound cutting or disturbances. The only thing is while watching youtube video a delay was observed.AUX physical connection worked fine too. While playing any content the speaker shows the name of the file is playing. Also the display on speaker shows which device the speaker is connected to. Devices connected via bluetooth once can be connected in the future without set-up. Speaker searches for the last device connected bia bluetooth next time and gets connected automatically. The sound level varies everytime the source is changed. The internew radio volume is always high and the volume coming from bluetooth is low and needs to be increased but considering the sound quality of Bose, I can live with this setting. Sound quality: No issues at all. You can trust Bose for the clear, crispy, quality sound and powerful bass even at the low volume. Notes are clear, you can hear and enjoy whatever type of music on this speaker. No distortion at high volumes at all. Room size: I tested it in around 14x12 ft room and had no issues in hearing at other corner of the room.

If you're like me and always read product reviews from real people before splashing out, then you'll probably be feeling utterly confused as to which wireless speaker to buy!! So many conflicting reviews on these things. I was deliberating between the Sonos play 5 or the Bose soundtouch 30, in the end I followed my gut instinct and went for the Bose! Not disappointed at all, in fact over the moon with it! It's attractive and fits right into my interior. It's really easy to set up, just downloaded the Bose app, registered it and away you go. Not had any issues with wifi connection, although I do have a wifi booster anyway. Love the 6 presets and the remote, it's handy! Those people complaining about too much bass or sound distortion at high volumes, this is rubbish! Sound quality is brilliant, very natural. Whether you want subtle background music or full on party beats, it can handle it all! I have an open plan living, dining, kitchen, about 90m2 in total and wherever you stand the sound is fantastic. Ok, it's biggish and heavyish, but let's face it, if you're buying this model it's not because you're looking for something portable. You can't stream Spotify straight through the Bose app unless you get premium Spotify, this totally isn't an issue, just run it through your Bluetooth straight from the Spotify app. The same with YouTube, run it through Bluetooth and it works perfectly. Loving discovering all the internet radio stations, there's thousands! The Bose app was also heavily criticised, but it's simple to use and I have no complaints at all. I personally prefer the look of the Bose system over the Sonos, looks classier. I like the aux in addition, means I can still get my old iPod out and listen to it! I bought it from Amazon UK but live in Belgium, I was already anticipating having to put a travel adapter plug on it, but to my surprise I got 2 power leads, European and UK included! Saved a load of money buying from Amazon UK as opposed to somewhere in Belgium, about €130! Don't hesitate or be put off by negative reviews if you're a Bose fan, go for it. I'm pleased I did!

I have this in my bedroom; yes I know that seems a bit odd; but I like big sound that does not have to struggle. I use it either in it's own source - preferably Tidal, to which I have an account, and which supplies equally good Classical and Jazz besides the more usual followings. The blue tooth connects readily to my Astell and Kearns Kann Eos player. The result is sheer magic. I have had a Sound link for some years which has recently given up the ghost on Bluetooth and so I was used to high quality Bose sound; but this really knocks it out of the ball park. in Jazz with the MJQ playing Fontessa; the tiniest tinkle of cymbal is defined clearly; whilst when listening to the original recordings of Rachmaninov's Vespers- the very deepest of the contrabasses comes through clearly together with the Sopranos and Altos and tenors. No muffling - no noise distraction -just pure sound.! At least for the time being - This is as good as it gets!

Overall, this is a very good speaker system, but I am not as impressed as I hoped I'd be. Good points: - sound quality is excellent and in my opinion beats Sonos' hands down - very solidly built speaker - easy to set up and use - love the way Spotify is integrated and can be used without having to stream from other device Not so good points: - you can only adjust the level of bass, not treble, in settings - which personally I find a shame as I do like to adjust according to style of music I am listening to - very flimsy remote - tried everything to make the speaker show up in AirPlay, just to find out that this is no longer supported, which is not ideal for iOS users like me (but Bluetooth works fine but I prefer AirPlay) - the design of the white bits on top is a bit old fashioned - white model comes with black power lead Overall, I would still highly recommend giving this a go, even if you are like me a long standing Sonos fan.

I was in two minds whether to get the Bose ST 20, ST 30 or Sonos Play 3 or 5. The Sonos lack of Bluetooth meant it was between the two Bose. After I had a demo in a shop I decided on the ST30. Sound quality. Never before have I heard so much noise come from such a small space. The bass is on another level, deep rich bass even at low levels, in fact the sweet spot is half to three quarter volume. When they say room filling sound they’re not joking. The treble can become a bit harsh on some tracks at high volume. Size. Similar to a piece of A3 paper landscape. Weighs a lot more than you’d expect. The app. The weakness in the offering, can be very temperamental at times. Errors such as no WiFi signal when quite clearly connected to WiFi. Be careful with Spotify connect too, I’ve accidentally turned my Bose system on when trying to pair to my car.

It’s a Bose It’s loud enough for any household & it has a rich base with good quality sound. It’s easy to use, but you need a smart phone to program. It’s a speaker at the end of the day. It also looks nice. If I had 1 gripe it would be that the cat loves to sit on it & keeps switching it on. But seriously, it’s a good pice of kit & the base it lovely, not to harsh but you know it’s not lacking. It’s not that annoying bang, bang, bang. It’s a fine rich base & it just fils the room with rich sound. Relax & enjoy

Superb sound and great system. Only two issues that are not the end of the world but would be better if sorted: The iPhone App is OK but not hte best, keeps having trouble connecting to the system but close the app & reopen & all is OK so not a problem; Also it is excellent to have Planet Rock simultaneously on here & the other Soundtouch that we have in another room, but disappointing that it will not relay the Aux input to other systems so playing vinyl in one room, cannot be heard in the other - a disappointment as this is one reason we got the system. But the sound quality makes up for all of this

The sound from this thing is amazing, I already own 2 series III 20"s and 1 series III 10 which sound very good, but compared to this there nothing. The base and overall sound is so natural sounding. I have also connected this to smartthings and my logitech harmony hub, so have even more options to control it and automate it. when i was looking to buy other speaker for my dining room, i was looking at another series III 20, as the price of this was really putting me off, however I took the plunge and bought this for my lounge and moved the series II into the dining room, I did get this was £50 off which did ease the pain, however I would say hand on heart, for the extra £150 the series III cost compare to the series II, its money well spent

Escribo una opinion sobre este altavoz despues d usarlo 6 meses y despues de haber leido una opinion poco util. He hecho varios test de estereo y el estereo lo reproduce perfectamente. Se escuchan el Canal derecho e izquierdo correctamemte por separado y los 2 juntos se escucha el estereo. Al principio cuando compre me esperaba bastante mas calidad, u otra cosa y me quede un pelin decepcionado, graves poco definidos, medios apagados y agudos sin brillo. Pero segun mas utilizo el altavoz mejora sustancialmente el sonido. Ahora es una delicia, mucho más balanceado, los medios ganan en presencia y los agudos se refinan bastante. Los graves al principio se oian fuerte pero poco definido...ahora les acompaña a los 2 altavoces dandoles mucho cuerpo y amplitud sonora.

Me encanta el sonido que tiene. Probé el 30, pero por la diferencia en precio, para estancias hasta de 50 M2, no merece la pena. El 20 suena muy bien. Lo mejor es que no necesitas un móvil. Puedes sintonizar en 6 teclas, tú emisoras preferidas y solo le tienes que dar alnumero o desde tu móvil. Yo tengo jazz, relajación, música ambiental, etc... Me encanta y estoy muy contento con la compra realizada.

dopo 1 anno e mezzo dalla prova posso dire che questa cassa acustica bluetooth e'molto indicata per ascoltare musica anche in una grossa stanza ....il volume arriva veramente a immergere anche una casa di 100mq piu'si e'lontani e piu'io suono si sente ....abbiamo la app per impostare la radio web e come equalizzatore del suono ...la cassa si connette ad alexa e qualsiasi cellulare bluetooth e si comanda sia fuori casa tramite alexa o in casa dove il segnale e'attaccato alla rete wifi...il design e'molto moderno ma si applica su qualsiasi stile di casa o mobile,l oggetto e'molto robusto e non emette alcuna vibrazione sulla plastica di cui e'composta,i bassi sonno avvolgenti ma si combaciano perfettamente a tutti gli stili di musica...consiglierei assolutamente questo articolo perche'in un piccolo spazio si puo'veramente dire che il suono riempie tutta la casa a volume alto e a volume basso si sente lo stesso il suono del woofer ...ottimo acquisto

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Je suis très satisfait de cet achat, très bon design, qualité de son parfaite, claire et les basses excellente. Il arrivée bien protégé, autant dans le carton qui enveloppait le carton du produit que le carton du produit lui-même. L'application est vraiment pratique,on peut écouter toutes les musique de son pc via l'application,par contre j'ai dû télécharger itunes et mettre toutes mes musiques sur dessus pour pouvoir les lires sur l'enceinte. Ce que je n'ai pas aimé?rien. Je le recommande si vous écouter régulièrement la musique chez vous, si vous voulez avoir un home cinéma, cette enceinte est vraiment adapté pour, je le fait et le son du film est parfait, après ce n'est pas un home cinéma mais la qualité est là, c'est du Bose.