Bose SoundTouch SA-5 wireless amp 

I completely agree with the difficulty with setup. I'm a network engineer and this was a non-friendly setup. This is primarily because it simply does not work 100% of the time. I found that I had to repeat the setup process a number of times for it to "catch" and work. And the system continuously seems to forget it's settings and needs to be re-setup. I have the amp directly connected to my router (because the wifi kept failing... even though the amp is within 10 feet of the primary mesh router), and every. single. time I activate the system to play music it has to go through a "searching for your speaker" routine. The entire thing is direct wired from source to speaker, yet it always needs to "find" things. There is no way to diasable the wifi or bluetooth so I think that it runs through a wifi checklist every time and gets confused when it finds nothing. I use this to power 4 outdoor speakers from Bose and thought that it would be best for driving their own speakers. I'm now shopping for another solution. Oh... and the company is worthless in terms of support. I've tried numerous contacts and they point me to their FAQ and online knowledgebase... which are boilerplate troubleshooting steps. It's garbage.

Excellent as always, great work!

Thanks for the review. Where you able to get sound from an external aource connected to one of the AUX in ports? if so, i'd love to know how you did it.

i like the demo, very informative as usual!

Good review and demonstration.

Great demo!!! Do you know if it is possible to have the amp working in mono for situations where stereo is not suitable? thanks

Nice.how much the complete set up with two speaker?

can you hook up a Bose 301 Series IV Bookshelf Speakers Pair Direct Reflecting Wood Finish 10-150W?

I have not been able to find any other Amp that is wifi and do what the Bose SA5 does. Have you?

Setting it up waas a pain in the ass and the connector has problems with thicker cables of my rather old speakers

Can i connect Sonos Amp 125 wirelessly to speaker or u can do that with just the Bose Amp?

I don't kow why you find it hard to set this amp up . I have the same amp, with 2 251 bose outdoorspeakers. I think it toke me about 5 min to connect it up with the Bose Soundtouch App....

Setup is a breeze if you follow the instructions, i had it setup in 5 minutes.

Dude, you didn’t include how to pair Bluetooth in your review

Sir I need this product how can I buy this I m from India

speaker firma name pls?

This product finding in amazon

ALL so very typical of Bose product line in general. Not sure I would even use their product AT ANY price after the failures I have experienced first hand in the past 25+ years before I wised up and educated myself in Hi-Fi....

Setup is a breeze if you read the instructions, i had it setup in less than 10 minutes.

You are paying for the airplay2 capability. That is money

Dude..If I am not wrong..the idea is to have a device which will talk to other bose speakers thru sound touch..so If one has bose speakers installed at different places and wants them all to play different or same sounds..don't u need this.??

any Good amp needs time to brake in!