Bose SoundTouch 30 Series III Wireless Music System

Product Information

The SoundTouch 30 – Series III is our best-performing, one-piece wireless speaker with Bose waveguide speaker technology that produces deep, rich sound to fill your largest room.

What began as two tabletop speakers and a portable has become an entire suite of wireless multiroom speakers.In addition to the Wi-fi option, the sound system also features a Bluetooth function and USB audio inputs. It also gives you a new option-Unique to SoundTouch with which you can set your favourite music to six presets and the system at home will remember it. Unlike the Play:5, which now comes with both tone controls and a room correction feature, the Bose speaker only comes with a bass control. Unless indicated otherwise, all settings are cleared and reverted to their original out-of-box state.

Throw on something more chin-scratching such as “So Real Surreal” by Carl Hudson and the spacey jazz-funk groove is deftly handled – the synths and keys have warmth and body, while the live drums and bassline are handled with pleasing agility. The SoundTouch app must be installed on a device connected to the network to which the SoundTouch system will connect. That would be the review in a nutshell, but there's a whole lot more to chew on, particularly if you're looking to build out a multiroom system for your home and are trying to decide between Bose's and Sonos' ecosystems. That said, the Bose’s sound can become a little dense and congested, particularly when you start turning up the volume.

Compared to the more neutral Yamaha NX-N500 monitor speakers, the bass of the Bose SoundTouch 30 sounded overemphasized -- which was apparent when listening to King Crimson's "Walking on Air" via Radio Paradise -- the bass notes tended to overhang or sit a little too long. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). The Bose® SoundTouch 30 Series III Wireless Music System is a powerhouse of music playback and streaming. Hi Fi Excellence operate custom install services for all Bose premium products, our installation team generally cover an area of approximately 50 radius of Coventry but we can cover further if requested. Today, we have millions of users a month from around the world, and assess more than 1,000 products a year.

The SoundTouch™ 30 series III gives all the details on an OLED display that shows you the current song, station and playlist to help you keep a track on your music. Attractively designed, it comes in a choice of white and black finishes (with a matching gray or black speaker grille) and features a black-and-white OLED display in the center of the unit. This hi-res display is sharp, and with three lines of text at its disposal there’s enough room to fit long song titles without scrolling. dual-band wi-fi, the connection is stronger and more reliable, with the addition of 5GHz compatibility catering for more stable streaming.The slight coarseness to treble frequencies and hardness at louder volumes that prevented the SoundTouch 10 from receiving the full five stars two years ago is amplified in the SoundTouch 30.