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What do you think of Bose?
Topic Started: Dec 4 2007, 08:26 PM (328 Views)
CrashTest
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A lot of audio enthusiast complain that they are overpriced, and over hyped for what you get. What do you think? I am thinking in terms of home threater stuff, etc.

I recently got their Companion 5 PC speakers - and they are really amazing, but a bit expensive.

I am looking for some nice surround sound stuff for the TV now, so I am researching.
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kenny
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Bose positively has the absolute highest quality, most superb, succesful, impressive, excellent, masterful and quintessential *marketing strategy* of all speaker makers.
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Daniel
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Go to www.audioasylum.com and ask. Last time I remember Bose didn't release specifications for their speakers. Just trust us. Yeah, right.

I have Bose speakers in my Audi (the premium stereo option actually) and they sounded alright when they were new. Now they just sound like the junk they are.
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Carver is pretty good, too.
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Dec 4 2007, 08:26 PM
A lot of audio enthusiast complain that they are overpriced, and over hyped for what you get.

That's about right.
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Yeah, every forum seems to trash Bose - but they complement them on their marketing.

The PC speakers I got are great - maybe $100 too much, but definitely better than the last $300 PC speakers I had before.
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Daniel
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I'm guessing your PC speakers are even smaller than the speakers in my car (one of the speakers is in the door, by the door handle, maybe about that big?). If you are going to buy "real" speakers, I wouldn't buy Bose. I've actually owned two sets of Bose speakers, other than the system in the car. I think the quality was better in the late 80's. I think direct/ reflecting technology is a scam. I really don't like that company or their products.

What the websites are saying is that you can get much better speakers for the same or less money. There's LOTS of speaker companies. You should check them out.
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My brother has an EE degree from Georgia Tech. His senior project was in speaker design.

He hates Bose.
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No highs
No lows
must be Bose®

Their line array pro speakers are good for auditoriums -- excellent vocal intelligibility.
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Our college owned a pair of their industrial use speakers (for lack of a better word) and they were LOUD! They were so loud that the townies neighbors used to call the police. And the speakers weren't that big. The were pretty impressive, actually.
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I don’t know what Bose currently offers in the way of home stereo speakers. I do know that they were big on designing speakers that take advantage of the reflective properties of sound.

A friend of mine bought a pair of Bose 901 speakers some years ago. Don’t know if Bose still makes this model. They were expensive. The 901 has five sides with 9 speakers facing the rear and one facing the front. The 901s are supposed to be situated a few feet from a wall so that the rear facing speakers transmit the sound towards the wall. The sound waves then bounce off the wall and back into the room where the listener is.

Basically, the 901s sound great if you crank up the volume. I don’t think they sound so good when the volume is low. You’ll need a powerful amplifier well over 100 watts to to take advantage of their power. If you ask me, the 901s are better suited for commercial use. They need a very large room and belong in an auditorium, discotheque, or a skating rink rather than your living room.
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Dec 5 2007, 09:30 AM
No highs
No lows
must be Bose®

Their line array pro speakers are good for auditoriums -- excellent vocal intelligibility.

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We have a Bose Wave in the kitchen and I think it sounds great, but I am not that fussy. Between that and the computer, I never bother with the "real" stereo anymore.

We also used one to play music at my mom's memorial service and it filled a large church with Ravel and Beethoven without distortion.

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I loved my old Yamaha NS 655 3 way stereo speakers. Best speakers I ever owned.

My brother owned a pair of BOSE 301's that he worshipped, but I thought did not sound as good as these, and these were far cheaper. The tweeter deflectors on the 301's added an interesting effect when used properly, kind of a percursor to surround sound, but you only got it in one point of the room.

The closest thing I have to a "system" now is my Sony home theatre system, which serves the purpose of movie watching with OK fidelity, but it's certainly not audiophile. I don't have the time to sit still long enough to warrent having anything high end right now.
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Dec 5 2007, 12:26 AM
What do you think?

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kenny
Dec 4 2007, 08:52 PM
Bose positively has the absolute highest quality, most superb, succesful, impressive, excellent, masterful and quintessential *marketing strategy* of all speaker makers.

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