Bose Resurrects Its Iconic Lifestyle Lineup with a Modular Home Audio System

While Bose has stayed really active in many categories (headphones and earbuds for example), the brand hasn’t really touched its home speaker range in years. And it always felt a bit strange considering how aggressively Sonos has been taking the exact opposite approach. Bose quietly retired its iconic Lifestyle branding back in 2022, and the silence definitely had us feeling like something good was on the way.

Now we know exactly what they were cooking. The new Lifestyle Collection brings back the heritage name with three new pieces: a smart speaker, a Dolby Atmos soundbar, and a wireless subwoofer, all engineered to work as one modular system that scales from a single shelf to a full 7.1.4 home theater.

The Lifestyle Ultra Speaker

Let’s kick things off with the smallest offering in the collection The Ultra Speaker is the entry point and it’s also the most flexible piece in the collection. It was basically designed to live just about anywhere. It’s a cylindrical, knit-fabric-wrapped speaker with three drivers (two front-facing, one up-firing), and it can run as a standalone, paired up for stereo, or pulled into duty as rear surround channels in a bigger setup.

Bose is leaning on its Direct/Reflecting tech here, bouncing sound off ceilings and walls to make the speaker punch above its size. CleanBass and QuietPort acoustics handle the low end, while TrueSpatial processing gets the most out of that up-firing driver. There’s Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, AirPlay, Google Cast, Spotify Connect, and even a 3.5mm aux jack on the back, which is a nice touch if you want to wire it up to a turntable.

Spec Sheet

The Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar

The soundbar is unquestionably the centerpiece in the release. Bose is calling this its first major soundbar redesign in over a decade, and the spec sheet backs that up. Nine drivers total: four front-firing full-range, two up-firing for Atmos height, two PhaseGuide drivers throwing sound out to the sides, and a dedicated center tweeter for dialogue.

The party trick is CustomTune (formerly known as ADAPTiQ), which now uses your phone’s microphone instead of a clunky proprietary headset to calibrate to your room. SpeechClarity adds AI-driven dialogue enhancement for anyone tired of riding the volume knob during action scenes. The whole thing is wrapped in a knit fabric grille with a glass top accent, which is a noticeable departure from the more utilitarian look of past Bose bars.

Spec Sheet

The Lifestyle Ultra Subwoofer

Of course, what would a home theater setup be without some thump? The Ultra Subwoofer is a wireless bass module built around the same 10.5-inch woofer Bose used in its Sub 700, but with reworked processing tuned specifically to play nice with the rest of the Lifestyle lineup. It’s curved, glass-topped, and finished to match the rest of the collection, so it doesn’t look like a black box you’re trying to hide.

Bose employs both CleanBass and QuietPort tech to do the heavy lifting here, and the brand claims its controlled low-end is capable of holding up at any volume. Simply pair it with the soundbar and a couple of Ultra Speakers and you’ve got that full 7.1.4 system.

Spec Sheet

Pricing & Availability

The Bose Lifestyle Collection is up for preorder now, with an official release date of May 15th. The Ultra Speaker starts at $299 (or $349 for the limited Driftwood Sand finish), the Ultra Soundbar runs $1,099, and the Ultra Subwoofer is $899. A fully loaded 7.1.4 setup, soundbar plus sub plus two speakers, will run you about $2,596.

Recap

Bose Lifestyle Speaker Collection

Bose revives its dormant Lifestyle branding with a three-piece modular home audio system, anchored by a $1,099 Dolby Atmos soundbar, a $299 smart speaker, and an $899 wireless sub that scale from a single room to a full 7.1.4 home theater.

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