Bose Accoustamass 10 and AV Receiver

[delcolle]

Hoping that someone can give a recommendation. Bose technical is saying that there is a compatibility issue with the Accoustamass 10 system and some Sony receivers, of which I have.

Is anyone using the Bose "10" and surround sound without issue? If so, would you state what AV receiver (Brand and model) you are using. I am in the approx. $500 range for a new receiver.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

[N. Abstentia]

I don't see how it could be incompatible with just Sony. A speaker output is a speaker output.

I don't think it's more like 'incompatable with everything except a proprietary Bose system'. If it won't with a Sony, it won't work with anything else except Bose.

Is it too late to yank out the Bose speakers and sell them off? That's the best option.

[eisforelectronic]

It is not a problem with Sony specifically. The problem is the "current" output of the receiver. High current receivers include brands such as Harmon Kardon, Yamaha, Denon, and even some Kenwood. By the way, do you have the bass module hooked up inline? The bass module is the key to the whole acoustimass system.

[swgiust]

I have set up a similar system. Here is what you must do.

The speakers setting in the receiver must be set to large.
The sub woofer setting in the receiver must be set to no or off.
The speaker wires from the receiver must go through the acoustamass sub.
The accoustamass does all the crossovers for you.

This really should work fine.

(Notice I didn't say it would work great, but fine!!)

If he's serious about a home theater system, I would look elsewhere.
A local retailer has an Infinity Primus system on sale, 7 speakers with 10" sub
for $ 699. I have set one of these up and it would blow away your friends system.

[GMichael]

I have set up a similar system. Here is what you must do.

The speakers setting in the receiver must be set to large.
The sub woofer setting in the receiver must be set to no or off.
The speaker wires from the receiver must go through the acoustamass sub.
The accoustamass does all the crossovers for you.

This really should work fine.

(Notice I didn't say it would work great, but fine!!)

If he's serious about a home theater system, I would look elsewhere.
A local retailer has an Infinity Primus system on sale, 7 speakers with 10" sub
for $ 699. I have set one of these up and it would blow away your friends system.

Amen...

[delcolle]

Amen...

I want to thank everyone for their responses. I will try the advice of changing the woofer setting to "OFF", even though Bose say that it is to be "ON". Worth a try, no doubt. If that fails, I saw that CCity is using the HR AVR 235 with Bose and it works fine.

Thanks again.

[swgiust]

If there is only speaker wire going between the receiver and the acoustamass
then the subwoofer must be set to off.

If there is an rca type cable going to the acoustamass the subwoofer setting must
be on (but I really don't remember it having this type of connection)