Question Any way to connect this Bose Smart Ultra Soundbar to my Z390 godlike motherboard using a wire/cable?

[SeriousGaming101]

This is the SoundBar: https://www.bose.com/p/home-theater/bose-smart-ultra-soundbar/SUSB-SOUNDBAR.html

This is my Motherboard: https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813144209

The onboard bluetooth on the Motherboard is weak so I would have to use a wired/cable connection instead. Any way to connect these 2 using a cable/wire?

If not, what would be the best 3.5mm audio jack supported soundbar on the market today?

 

[elderMat7]

You will be able to connect the soundbar to your PC using a Toslink cable which uses this port on your motherboard:

The soundbar has the same one.

Here is the top seller on new egg: https://www.newegg.com/black-startech-10-ft-cable-connectors/p/N82E16882203040

 

[SeriousGaming101]

You will be able to connect the soundbar to your PC using a Toslink cable which uses this port on your motherboard:

The soundbar has the same one.

Here is the top seller on new egg: https://www.newegg.com/black-startech-10-ft-cable-connectors/p/N82E16882203040

Will using this optical cable have a worser sound quality than a HDMI eARC cable?

 

[COLGeek]

Will using this optical cable have a worser sound quality than a HDMI eARC cable?

No, I wouldn't think so.

 

[Dylan Beckett]

The onboard bluetooth on the Motherboard is weak

Dude, just get a better quality bluetooth receiver and plug it in the usb on the pc. You do not have to be a slave to the onboard bluetooth! They're pretty damn cheap too.

But first, check you're firmware/drivers etc are all up to date for both the Bluetooth and the onboard Wifi as for some reason they can sometimes update together when built in like this (as I've found).

Also, I dunno - do they have an antenna for onboard bluetooth, or is there anything you can do to improve it, or the directionality? Does the provided Wifi Antenna do the Bluetooth also?

Also ask the others about what can interfere with Bluetooth.... eg microwaves in the house, maybe wifi from you or your neighbours' (not sure)?

 

[Dylan Beckett]

If not, what would be the best 3.5mm audio jack supported soundbar on the market today?

Can't you just use a cable with 3.5mm on one end, and something else for the sound bar on the other (optical or HDMI etc) ?

 

[SeriousGaming101]

You will be able to connect the soundbar to your PC using a Toslink cable which uses this port on your motherboard:

The soundbar has the same one.

Here is the top seller on new egg: https://www.newegg.com/black-startech-10-ft-cable-connectors/p/N82E16882203040

Hello all, so i just got the Bose Ultra Soundbar and connected it to my PC Desktop with the optical cable option. But I dont see the Soundbar as an audio Output option on my PC Desktop. What are my next steps to get audio from this Soundbar from my PC?