On 08/25/05 01:20 ET, i1patrick said...
Well, I guess I'm going to get flamed for my personal
opinion (again), but yeah I do have a set of Bose
here in the living room. They are a couple of
generations old (circa 2000), hanging from their
little wall/ceiling brackets in front of and behind
me.
So here you go flamers, warm up your keyboards
to get ready to slap me down for my blatant ignorance
of audiophile-level quality...my opinion is:
I still think they are OK. I think the sound
they put out is fine. I very much like the fact
that they are physically very, very small yet
still fill the room with (in my opinion) enjoyable
sound. [For the record, the room is NOT a dedicated
home theater, just an open living room.]
.....
The one audio feature I tend to be tickled by
is to have good channel separation and the effect
of sound "travelling" from one side of the room
to the other while watching DVDs. Of course,
I know this feature is not nearly as much of a
function of speakers as it is of the receiver.
Since you like the surround effect of multi channel audio, this should be another reason you don't like the Bose Acoustimass. Try this little experiment, pull the connections from all your other speakers. Just use the little spring wire clips on the back, and pop out the wires. Do this for all the speakers! Now you are running just the "Bass Module".
Watch a TV Show, DVD, etc. You'll hear the dialog just fine through the "Bass Module". This is because Bose crosses this over at such a high frequency. This diminishes the very surround sound that you appreciate! It also really screws up the ability to localize sounds, because too much of the frequency range your ears can localize is played through the fixed location "Bass Module".
My sister and brother in law are not in any stretch audiophiles. They were looking for a 5.1 setup. I did an A/B comparison for them using some old Boston Acoustics A20's (Yes, I'm still have some that I bought in the mid 80's, I did this demo last year.) and an inexpensive home made sub. They were amazed by the difference in sound. If my sister hears the difference, it is apparent to anyone!
