Bose surprise

[shane2468]

I use to own a pair of these speakers but they never really grabed me. They sound terrable, I tend to find them very boxy sounding OR as in boomy. Also I find the midrange undetailed just cheap and vile very vile and dull. I rhink these slime balls are made out of plywood, I just can tell bye touching it. The reason why i got these is because i thought they were better than the perv versions. But i was wrong the old version are way better. They sound much better and even the build is more better as in solid and good quaility for a entry level speaker.

[superdougiefreshness]

I honestly think buying Bose equipment is the same as riding in a Hyundai Limousine. Now this may sound attractive to some yet most would not choose that option.

Just ask your teenager and they will tell you the truth of what the market has to offer that is far better. Go to a used - second hand record store and see what speakers are being used for music. And if you don't have a teenager ask your neighbors high school or college aged kids. Thay will tell you what sounds better and I bet there choice isn't Bose.......hint,hint. Remember when you were in school most of our parents would have bought York, j.c. penny's or worse Sears or Tandy-Radio Shack speakers not knowing the difference.

That's whats going on "we don't know the difference" .....your here to learn.

Why do we buy audio products that use recycled copper that is junk made in some Asian factory when we have beautifully made American products all over the place and far better sounding North American products that are less expensive, and vastly superior sounding then anything from across the pond's ?????????

Folks be kinder to yourself and your fellow American audio makers right in your own back yard. Bose is not worth the overpriced plastic housing on that dam acustocrap selling on T.V. and in cheap magazines.

When we have such huge and vast access to "via the internet" much less expensive and better sounding equipment, with higher quality and even American made options.........RIGHT HERE.



Please stop giving your hard earned dollars to a company that spends the largest amount on advertising and overprices plastic "Tandy like" radio gear. Bose is not true audio just like Bang & Olufsen is not high end audio.........

These two companies cater to style--ized consumer myth's about made up advertising claims and won't even publish the products specifications like reputable manufactures throughout the industry.

We have this great forum to learn from very well knowing examples and the vastly combined years experience that spend their time here for your sake only.............Many of the folks that teach us in this forum love to share the wisdom of the game here. Once you have owned a nicer piece of equipment you will know the difference, and I don't mean expensive .....,,,,just better.

Later

[PeruvianSkies]

I recently had the chance to ride in my friends brand new Mazda CX-7, which comes standard with a Bose sound system and was not impressed to say the least. He seemed to enjoy it, but that's not surprising to me. It has a few settings, one of which configured the sound to be more like 5.1, I am guessing because there is a center speaker in the front console, but it made the sound so wacky. What was really annoying in particular about the system was the lack of clarity and I could tell when it was being turned up louder that it was a bunch of bass-y noise, but didn't have any definition to it at all. Some people would listen and be impressed because it has a punch to it, just like those people that love to have subwoofers in their trunks that toot out ONE note and thump all over the place. That is sorta what this reminded me of. Again, as others have pointed out, the mids are nowhere to be found. I don't spend that much time in my car, when I bought it I had Kenwood speakers installed (top of their line) as well as some sound sheets to help isolate the sound in the door and keep the sound rich and full, instead of vibrating all over the place. I didn't do anything with the rears, but I just wanted something that could be turned up nice and loud for when the windows were down, yet had some definition for easy-listening at times. It works for me, and I put about 8K miles on my car per year, so it's not a big deal.