Bose Lifestyle Ultra Speakers Target Sonos with Alexa+ and 7.1.4 Modular Audio
Bose is taking a play from Sonos by introducing the Lifestyle Collection and trying to make home audio modular and easy to set up. The new entry-level lineup consists of a wireless speaker, a Dolby Atmos-ready soundbar, and a subwoofer that consumers can buy piecemeal and scale up as needed.
Beginning with the Lifestyle Ultra Speaker, the $300 compact unit is a plug-in speaker for bedrooms, kitchens, and offices, but its three-driver layout, including an up-firing driver, is meant to do something bigger than background music: create a room-filling sense of height and space.
The unit can be used by itself, paired for A/V stereo, or (when used with the Ultra Soundbar) become the rear L/R/height channels. Moreover, using an internal r-shaped acoustic tube called QuietPort (also found in the subwoofer), the Ultra Speaker is claimed to have plenty of low-end muscle, despite its size.
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