Comments on: Your opinions about the BOSE Lifestyle 35 Best in class Jewel Cube Speaker Home Theater System?

By: thinkbrown

thinkbrown — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:54:59 +0000

Bose is the equivalent of a tin can and string: it sounds tinny, and distorted. I would rather listen to my iPod headphones than Bose. I went to the Bose demonstration, and was disgusted by the sound. There was no deep bass, imaging was non-existent, and their ADAPTIQ is plain awful. Return the system, and buy some paradigms.
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By: Bill D

Bill D — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:22:59 +0000

It’s not so much the wide open area that changes the sound as it is the materials of the walls and floor. This will especially make a difference with the bass. Just take a little time to experiment in placing the bass module according to the setup guide that comes with it and you should be fine.
As for how good or bad bose is, it doesn’t matter what the other answerers enjoy hearing, it’s what you enjoy hearing. I’m pretty sure they don’t all have the exact same setup, that’s cuz we all have different tastes.
Enjoy your new system!
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By: jack

jack — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:11:59 +0000

Bose really isn't good it all. They are blown wayyy out of proportion. You honestly thought that they sounded good? Or was that your expectation before you heard them. Try klipsh. They are truly the best.
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By: piano guy

piano guy — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:53:59 +0000

Can you return it? That would be my next step. In your room, they will sound tinny, weak, and sibilant. Bose designs a soundstage for dealer demonstrations, and it is specifically engineered to enhance their sorry speakers. It is misleading, and Bose will not allow dealers to hook them up for A-B comparisons to other equipment. Can you guess why?

Sorry to be the bringer of bad news, but I have seen many, many people buy these only to call me and ask me to help them make these things sound decent. And, I can’t. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear…
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By: Ulrich S

Ulrich S — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:17:59 +0000

Bose is over rated. Sound rooms have walls that do not reflect the sound ( no smooth or painted surfaces ) plus they are smaller. The system will sound better in a sound room. Make sure you have proper speaker wires. Their amp is probably better also, including the cables they use. You should ask these questions before you bought the system. An Onkyo receiver with Klipsch speakers would have been much cheaper plus sound better. Sorry but you asked.
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By: ColinK

ColinK — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:32:59 +0000

Well my gut reaction to when I hear Bose and AMAZING in the same sentence is barf uncontrollably (same with every other audiophile, and any other music and speaker lover for that matter). But hey I guess everyone is entitled to there opini-BLAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

But about Basement thing, part of the reason it probably sounded so good because I’m guessing you demoed it in a relatively small room with fantastic acoustical treatment, and you basement is the exact opposite, so you will lose a lot of that "great" quality you heard back at the store. The sound waves will now be reflecting off the walls instead of being absorbed by acoustic panels and scattered by diffusers thus decreasing the speakers imaging (the differencing between speakers) and distorting the clarity. But hey its better than your TV speakers.

And for the ADAPTIQ software, last time I checked, no amount of software can deify the laws of sound.
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http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html