Thread: BOSE good or bad?

Whats the model you have of bose?

Nice one man, excellent system you've picked up there. Congrats!!

http://reviews.cnet.com/home-theater-systems/bose-3-2-1/4505-6740_7-31248338.html

Up until yesterday, I loved Bose. I have Lifestyle system from 2000 which had the CD only. Wanting to upgrade to a new media centre that has DVD and CD has left me with a very bad taste. According to Bose, I just can't buy a new media centre and hook up my very expensive (existing) speakers to this. I have to buy new speakers with a new media centre. ***? What am I supposed to do with my old system? Who wants to pay what I paid for what...

You're the type of guy that spent $4,000.00 on your Bose system and now you think you're the ****. For half the price I could build a better sounding, more reliable system. If you bought Bose, you don't appreciate good sound, rather you compriamised on sound for aesthetics. Bose = Buy Other Sound Equipment. They use paper cones with foam surrounds, which will deteriorate within the next 10-12 years under normal use. They have no...

anirban747, What kind of expansion options does Bose give? My gripes on the two units I've had experience with is that the Bose receiver has a built-in DVD player, and the DVD player was basically low-end and the receiver didn't give any real options of plugging additional equipment into it. It was a closed system, so to speak. I would never buy any system that had a built-in anything because technology changes so fast that I like...

http://reviews.cnet.com/best-virtual-surround-htibs/?tag=rb_content;contentNav They don't have bose or denon on their list but maybe you can compare. I have a friend who has the denon system and he's very happy with it. It's for a bedroom setup. http://www.crutchfield.com/g_316250/Easy-Three-speaker-Systems.html?search=Denon%20VENDORID033&searchdisplay=Denon

Hello, I've been listening to many speakers the past few years and I must say that I was impressed a few weeks ago when I stumble on a bose. I am not quite sure what they are and I've doing my research as of now, but it sound as good if not better than the Marcus Duevel Planets that I owned at home. BTW, B&O is not that good. Klipsch, for me, is ok, but cannot be compared to Anthony Gallo, Martin Logan or Marcus Duevel......

I have owned and operated the following equipment for about 32 years now. Bose 4401 Preamp, 1801 Power Amplifier, and 901 series VI speakers (Which are the newest 901's). I make it a point to go listen to high-end equipment whenever I can find the time and I have not found anything out there to make me want to buy new equipment. I will take the covers off the preamp and poweramp and clean the contacts every couple of years, but beside...

(excon)has a point,but bestbuy prices are better than circuit citys!I JUST JOINED CNET AND AS MY USER NAME IMPLIES I MUST BELONG HERE!my bose experience ended last week as my infinity beta 50s came in.how complete my disbelief was when i began to listen and realized the defined clarity and articulation of the sound i was hearing,what was hidden was now open,a wonderful myriad of tonal harmonic splender flowed into the room as ive never dreamed...