A little insight into BOSE speakers...and why you should steer clear!!

2009-01-25 08:12:41

#1

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6716|The Twilight Zone

As a part of a small sect of audio enthusiests who loathe the company Bose Corp. for its marketing deception, shortcutting in manufacturing, and shameless consumer trickery, I was recently passed on a website written by a "Bose-o-phile", who was defending the company. Upon reading his site, I vowed to represent our side: the TRUTH. However, knowing very little about the products themselves other than the fact that they sound bad for the price, I took it upon myself to audition the Bose AM-15 and perform a little "surgery" on them while I was at it. The review on this page is directed towards the Acoustimass-15, one of Bose's most popular systems, and holds truths to the entire Acoustimass and Lifestyle series products as well. After all, the Lifestyle system is merely Acoustimass speakers packaged with a Bose integrated preamp. The AM-15 is priced at US$1299.99 MSRP. When you are done reading, check out my Bose alternatives page here.

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2009-01-25 09:32:51

#2

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

Bose, the Apple of sound equipment. We have a Bose system in school. It was fuck expensive, and is easily out-classed by my home-built 2.1 system. That uses parts from a fucking portable radio!

I gotta try to shoot a comparison on my mp3 player tomorrow.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-01-25 09:33:17

#3

Defiance: Member; +438|6934

Not bad. A month or two ago I was in class and somehow headphones came up, whereupon someone proposed that the 'best sounding little headphones are those Bose ones with the black and white wires.' All I could say was no, try these Shure E2Cs...

2009-01-25 12:38:22

#4

SonderKommando: Eat, Lift, Grow, Repeat....; +564|6922|The darkside of Denver

Klipsch FTW... I love mine.

best part of the article IMO "Audio newbies often throw out the "But I heard that Bose is good!" defense, to which I respond "From who?" Was it a sound engineer, electrical engineer, materials scientist, studio engineer, sound producer, recording professional, musician, Mark Levinson? Ray Dolby? George Lucas? Anyone credible? Or was it your neighbor with the GoldStar walkman, Teac boom box, Funai mini-system, and Sylvania receiver? Perhaps the ubiquitous Bose Ads that they find in completely irrelevant magazines such as Popular Science, Times, Playboy, GQ, People, Astronomy, etc, had some sort of subliminal effect against the better of their judgment? But that's just conjecture..."

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2009-01-25 12:48:33

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TheDonkey: Eat my bearrrrrrrrrrr, Tonighttt; +163|5980|Vancouver, BC, Canada

<SS>SonderKommando wrote:
Klipsch FTW... I love mine.

best part of the article IMO "Audio newbies often throw out the "But I heard that Bose is good!" defense, to which I respond "From who?" Was it a sound engineer, electrical engineer, materials scientist, studio engineer, sound producer, recording professional, musician, Mark Levinson? Ray Dolby? George Lucas? Anyone credible? Or was it your neighbor with the GoldStar walkman, Teac boom box, Funai mini-system, and Sylvania receiver? Perhaps the ubiquitous Bose Ads that they find in completely irrelevant magazines such as Popular Science, Times, Playboy, GQ, People, Astronomy, etc, had some sort of subliminal effect against the better of their judgment? But that's just conjecture..."

If my pr0n endorses Bose, then I shall too!!!
I don't care what you say, Bose is next to that picture of ____ so I shall buy it!!!

lolololl.

2009-01-25 20:05:57

#6

SpIk3y: Minister of Silly Walks; +67|6402|New Jersey

I just assumed that for Bose to be able to charge so much money for their speakers, they must be the best of the best. I'm glad I didn't buy from them, or else I would be pissed after reading that review. Thanks for the info

2009-01-25 20:14:34

#7

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6785|...

TheDonkey wrote:
<SS>SonderKommando wrote:
Klipsch FTW... I love mine.

best part of the article IMO "Audio newbies often throw out the "But I heard that Bose is good!" defense, to which I respond "From who?" Was it a sound engineer, electrical engineer, materials scientist, studio engineer, sound producer, recording professional, musician, Mark Levinson? Ray Dolby? George Lucas? Anyone credible? Or was it your neighbor with the GoldStar walkman, Teac boom box, Funai mini-system, and Sylvania receiver? Perhaps the ubiquitous Bose Ads that they find in completely irrelevant magazines such as Popular Science, Times, Playboy, GQ, People, Astronomy, etc, had some sort of subliminal effect against the better of their judgment? But that's just conjecture..."
If my pr0n endorses Bose, then I shall too!!!
I don't care what you say, Bose is next to that picture of cock so I shall buy it!!!

lolololl.

2009-01-26 00:08:08

#8

Beduin: Compensation of Reactive Power in the grid; +510|6013|شمال

lol.. My boss just bought a LIFESTYLE® V10 home entertainment system with a soundDock. 3000$

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2009-01-26 04:42:17

#9

phishman420: Banned; +821|5944

Too long; didn't read. Someone summarize it for me.

2009-01-26 04:45:09

#10

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6763|so randum

phishman420 wrote:
Too long; didn't read. Someone summarize it for me.

bose are crap and overpriced etc

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2009-01-26 04:47:35

#11

phishman420: Banned; +821|5944

FatherTed wrote:
phishman420 wrote:
Too long; didn't read. Someone summarize it for me.
bose are crap and overpriced etc

But how?

2009-01-26 05:14:26

#12

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6763|so randum

phishman420 wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
phishman420 wrote:
Too long; didn't read. Someone summarize it for me.
bose are crap and overpriced etc
But how?

fuck knows, sound nice enough to me.

elitist techy stuff i think

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2009-01-26 05:18:40

#13

Microwave: _; +515|6918|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

I always 'assumed' they were good too. But that review was pretty damning.

2009-01-26 05:39:56

#14

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

FatherTed wrote:
phishman420 wrote:
FatherTed wrote:

bose are crap and overpriced etc
But how?
fuck knows, sound nice enough to me.

elitist techy stuff i think

$1300 Bose speakers contain drivers for $35 a pair and boxes that you would do a better job as doggyboxes.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-01-26 05:46:45

#15

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6763|so randum

Freezer7Pro wrote:
FatherTed wrote:
phishman420 wrote:

But how?
fuck knows, sound nice enough to me.

elitist techy stuff i think
$1300 Bose speakers contain drivers for $35 a pair and boxes that you would do a better job as doggyboxes.

Meh, i wouldn't go bose because i don't like the look of them

its a money/sense issue

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2009-01-26 05:49:30

#16

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6995|St. Andrews / Oslo

We have a Bose lifestyle system (with the small cube speakers) and while the sound doesn't fill the room in the way I would like, I don't find them bad. Sure, they're way over-priced (something we didn't know at the time of purchase), but the sound in multiple rooms is so easy to use it's almost worth it. We have speakers in 5 rooms, and even my mother has no problem browsing through the CD library, listening to the radio, rip CDs to the library, etc.

They're good for movies, not music, imo.

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2009-01-26 05:51:58

#17

Varegg: Support fanatic :-); +2,206|7073|Nårvei

What speakers to chose depends on what you will feed them ... in the mid range there are lots of good all round speakers but you will never get a pair that plays classical and rock with a premium sound, ask around and read some magazines ...

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2009-01-26 05:56:26

#18

[F7F7]KiNG_KaDaFFHi: Why walk when you can dance?; +77|6850|sWEEDen

Bose.......bwhahahahaha.....

2009-01-26 07:46:57

#19

Agent_Dung_Bomb: Member; +302|6999|Salt Lake City

No highs, no lows....must be Bose

2009-01-26 07:50:39

#20

baggs: Member; +732|6467

The main problem with Bose is that a lot of people have no idea what a good music system actually sounds like, its the same with car audio, many people who shop with us think they have the best setup possible...until they hear mine.

As with everything, it's about educating people as to what is the best. And when people really find out everything there is to know about Bose compared to its rivals its clear that Bose really has no merits.

2009-01-26 08:00:09

#21

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

baggs wrote:
The main problem with Bose is that a lot of people have no idea what a good music system actually sounds like, its the same with car audio, many people who shop with us think they have the best setup possible...until they hear mine.

Hurrrr I have 20 subwoofers and two 2" tweeters up front it sounds AWESOME durrrr

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-01-26 08:42:29

#22

[F7F7]KiNG_KaDaFFHi: Why walk when you can dance?; +77|6850|sWEEDen

Yarrr! Moore bass = good sound.... har har har

2009-01-26 09:10:30

#23

phishman420: Banned; +821|5944

baggs wrote:
The main problem with Bose is that a lot of people have no idea what a good music system actually sounds like, its the same with car audio, many people who shop with us think they have the best setup possible...until they hear mine.

As with everything, it's about educating people as to what is the best. And when people really find out everything there is to know about Bose compared to its rivals its clear that Bose really has no merits.

Yo' shit ain't bumpin' like mine. Too bad it won't fit in the car I have now.

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2009-01-26 09:12:28

#24

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

phishman420 wrote:
baggs wrote:
The main problem with Bose is that a lot of people have no idea what a good music system actually sounds like, its the same with car audio, many people who shop with us think they have the best setup possible...until they hear mine.

As with everything, it's about educating people as to what is the best. And when people really find out everything there is to know about Bose compared to its rivals its clear that Bose really has no merits.
Yo' shit ain't bumpin' like mine. Too bad it won't fit in the car I have now.

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n474 … G00281.jpg

lol bass reflex.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-01-26 09:13:22

#25

phishman420: Banned; +821|5944

Freezer7Pro wrote:
phishman420 wrote:
baggs wrote:
The main problem with Bose is that a lot of people have no idea what a good music system actually sounds like, its the same with car audio, many people who shop with us think they have the best setup possible...until they hear mine.

As with everything, it's about educating people as to what is the best. And when people really find out everything there is to know about Bose compared to its rivals its clear that Bose really has no merits.
Yo' shit ain't bumpin' like mine. Too bad it won't fit in the car I have now.

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n474 … G00281.jpg
lol bass reflex.

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