The Bose Music Amplifier connects multiple sources to bring your home to life. Part of our smart family of products, it powers new or existing speakers and streams music over Wi-Fi® from your favourite services.
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Connect it your way
Stream music via Wi-Fi without interruption or use Bluetooth® to pair devices within range. Vinyl* and CD players can also join your smart system by connecting to analogue and optical inputs.
* Pre-amp may be required. Not included.
Play it your way
Use the app’s integrated music services and Internet radio stations, or connect to your phone with Bluetooth, Apple AirPlay 2, Spotify Connector Chromecast built-in.
That extra oomph
At 125 watts per channel, this amp delivers the world’s best sound through your speakers. For added depth, connect a Bose bass module of your choice to maximise its potential.
Room for more?
One Bose Music Amp powers up to two pairs of speakers, including outdoor speakers. Create your smart setup on the Bose Music app for a whole-home/inside-outside listening experience.
Easy on the eyes
The Bose Music Amp is sleek and elegant with a tempered-glass top that complements any décor. Designed so two amps can easily be placed side by side or stacked, and comes with a bracket for rack mounting—your choice.
Endless possibilities
Connect everything from speakers, to TVs and CD players, then use the Bose Music app to adjust audio or control music.
Passive speakers Let music you love fill the space.
Any Bose Smart Speaker Keep it in the family for the best sound.
TV or soundbar Cater your sound to match your shows.
Record player, CD player or radio Revive the sources you love.
Headphones Parties of one are no problem.
Outdoor speakers Host the best sounding garden party
Bose Music app
Your phone becomes a powerful remote control to set up and manage your home audio system. Use the app to stream music, sync speakers, adjust sound settings and more.
SimpleSync™
Use Bose SimpleSync to connect with selected Bose headphones and Bluetooth speakers. Learn more
The Bose Music Amplifier helps deliver powerful sound in and around the home, as the amplifier can power two pairs of passive speakers, at 125 watts/channel, ensuring high-quality Bose sound. The Bose Music Amplifier supports listening to several different content sources:
Streaming connectivity via Wi-Fi and the Bose Music app, Apple Airplay 2, Chromecast, Spotify Connect
Bluetooth connectivity
Analogue line input
Optical input
Syncs with compatible Bose Wi-Fi-enabled speakers for multiroom listening
Key features:
Powers up to two pairs of passive speakers: 2 x 125 W output power
Content streaming via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, analogue and optical line input. Apple Airplay 2, Spotify Connect and Chromecast built-in
Connects with other Bose Wi-Fi-enabled products with SimpleSync
EQ control for selected Bose speakers such as the 251 outdoor speakers and 791 in-ceiling speakers
Wired 3.5-mm analogue bass module output
Suitable for rack mounting and stacked installations
The Bose Music Amplifier can simultaneously run up to two pairs of passive speakers. This includes bookshelf, floor-standing, in-ceiling, in-wall or outdoor-and they can be either Bose or non-Bose speakers. They can also connect via traditional speaker wires. Any speaker rated at 4 ohms or higher is compatible. When running two pairs of speakers, we recommend using speakers rated no less than 8 ohms.
Most passive speakers from Bose will work with the Bose Music Amplifier. They include:
151 SE environmental speakers
251 environmental speakers
Free Space 51 environmental speakers
161 speaker system
201 Direct/Reflecting speaker system
301 Direct/Reflecting speaker system
Acoustimass 3 and Acoustimass 5 stereo speaker systems
Virtually Invisible 591 in-ceiling speakers
Virtually Invisible 691 in-wall speakers
Virtually Invisible 791 in-ceiling speakers
Virtually Invisible 891 in-wall speakers
The Bose 901 speakers are active speakers and therefore will not work with the Bose Music Amplifier. The Bose Music Amplifier also works with passive speakers from other manufacturers that have a minimum of 4 ohms impedance.
Yes. Bose has many passive speakers in the market that can connect to the Bose Music Amplifier. By 2022, Bose will have discontinued selling all passive speakers except for the Bose 251® environmental (outdoor) speakers and the Bose Virtually Invisible® 791 in-ceiling speakers II. The Bose Music Amplifier offers custom EQs for these two sets of speakers. This means that when paired with the Bose Music Amplifier, these two speakers deliver clearer, more balanced sound. Over time, additional Bose EQs may be added.
Each Bose Music Amp is considered a single zone. And each amp can have up to two pairs of speakers connected to it. Those two pairs of speakers would be considered one zone and will always power on and play simultaneously.
Yes. The Bose Music Amplifier has both Wi-Fi and Ethernet capability. Once the passive speakers are connected to the amp via wire output, you can control them with the Bose Music app connected to your network. Or you can stream content using Bluetooth, Apple Airplay 2, Chromecast or even a wired connection-optical or analogue.
When your device is the source via Bluetooth, music can be interrupted as you receive notifications. When you use the Bose Music Amplifier via Wi-Fi, the cloud is the source, so your music will go uninterrupted as you receive notifications.
When your device is the source via Bluetooth, you must stay within 9.1 metres of the amp and potentially avoid walls. With the Bose Music Amplifier over Wi-Fi, you can move freely, and your music will continue to stream.
You control the amplifier with the free Bose Music app on your mobile device. Use the app to access the built-in music services, including Spotify, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn, Deezer, iHeart Radio and SiriusXM. Use the app to browse music and play your favourite artists, songs and playlists. You can also create radio stations, discover new music and set your favourite music as presets. Or you can use the app to connect with other Bose Wi-Fi enabled speakers and soundbars, or to pair your amplifier with selected Bose Bluetooth speakers and headphones. The Bose Music app is compatible with iOS and Android™.
No. But if you want to use voice commands to get music (or VPA responses), you can connect a 3rd-party Virtual Personal Assistant speaker (like an Echo Dot or Google Home Mini, or other Bose smart speaker/soundbar), to the Bose Music Amplifier.
Multiroom grouping is the grouping of two or more Wi-Fi enabled Bose speakers and/or soundbars, via the Bose Music app. Add another Bose smart speaker and/or smart soundbar to your home at any time to sync with the Bose Music Amplifier and hear the same content everywhere, or different content in different rooms. Compatible Bose products are:
Bose Smart Speakers 300, 450 and 500
Bose Portable Smart Speaker
Bose Smart Soundbars 300, 500, 600, 700 and 900, Smart Soundbar 300 Club bundle
NOTE: You cannot play synchronised multiroom content with older Bose SoundTouch products or products from other manufacturers (including Amazon and Google) using the Bose Music app. This type of cross-speaker streaming is only available through Apple AirPlay 2.
With SimpleSync technology you can also pair the Bose Music Amplifier with a Bose Bluetooth speaker, and for example, listen to the same music on your outdoor speaker as on your in-ceiling speakers in the living room.
Or you can even pair the amp with compatible Bose headphones for a personal listening experience. Once synced, use the app to silence your passive speakers and instead enjoy listening to a CD or vinyl record on your headphones.
The Bose Music Amplifier acts as the "parent" device, or the initial source of the content. Through the Bose Music app, you can then group your amp with a compatible Bose Bluetooth speaker or headphones by establishing a connection from the amp to the Bluetooth device. Your two products must remain within 9.1 metres of each other to stay connected. Walls and construction materials can sometimes affect connection.
Compatible products: Bose Bluetooth speakers (SoundLink Micro, Flex, Revolve, Revolve+) and Bose Bluetooth headphones (QuietComfort® 35, QuietComfort® 45, Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700). For a list of compatible products see Products that support SimpleSync™ on the Bose Support site.
You can listen to different types of content in different ways:
Bose Music app. The Bose Music app is a central place to browse, play and manage integrated music services (Spotify, Pandora®, Deezer, TuneIn, iHeartRadio™ and Amazon Music). Once music has been initiated from the Bose Music app (or other sources like Apple AirPlay 2 or Spotify Connect), the presence of the mobile device is no longer needed for music playback, unlike with Bluetooth speakers. The Bose Music app works on phones and tablets running iOS (version 10.3.3 and above) or Android (version 5.1 and above).
Music streaming services. Whether or not they are integrated in the Bose Music app, you can stream music from a music streaming service, using Chromecast built-in, Apple AirPlay 2 or Spotify Connect.
Bluetooth. Pair your mobile device with the Bose Music Amplifier through Bluetooth to listen to content from your mobile device. Pair your mobile device to the amplifier using the Bose Music app. Or put the amp into pairing mode by pressing and holding the Bluetooth button on the front of the amp and then selecting the Bose Music Amp from the Bluetooth settings menu on your mobile device.
Analogue RCA input and optical input. Connect any type of external content source to the Bose Music Amplifier using the Analogue RCA or optical input, like: CD player, vinyl record player*, television.
* Pre-amp may be required. Not included.
Yes. It is possible to install multiple Bose Music Amplifiers in a rack with other equipment. Please refer to the owner's guide for appropriate spacing.
Yes. This setting is potentially useful where stereo performance may not be feasible. For example, speakers that are spread far apart in a large area or outdoors.
No. The Bose Music Amplifier is neither designed for nor protected from placement that may expose it to rain, condensation, ice, salt water, extreme heat or other weather conditions. It can be used with outdoor speakers but must be placed indoors.
No. However, using Bose SimpleSync technology, you can wirelessly pair the amp with compatible Bose headphones for synchronised sound with separate volume levels-which means you can lower or mute your amp/speakers while keeping your headphones louder. This connection is restricted to one amp and one pair of headphones at a time.
For a list of compatible products see on the Bose Support site.
If you want to add deeper bass to your speakers, you can connect a bass module (Bose Bass Module 700 or 500) via a standard 3.5-mm stereo cable to the "BASS" connector on the back of the amplifier. The bass modules cannot be wirelessly connected to the amplifier.
Yes. The first amp is set up as a "main" amp and then subsequent amps can be connected as "supplemental" amps using the analogue line-in/line-out connectors on the back of the amp. Only the "main" amp will show up in the app, but it will control all of the downstream "supplemental" amps and play the same content.
Yes. Depending on how you plan to use your main and supplemental amps, you can change the line output to either variable or fixed via the DIP switches on the rear of the product. Set it to "variable" to use the Bose Music app to control the volume. When the line out is set to "fixed" you cannot control the volume via the Bose Music app and must have another way to control volume.