Good Morning everyone!
We have a woman(Elizabeth)that has lived with us for almost 6 years now. She is an aide that takes care of my mother-who has been in a vegitated state for about 11 years now. Elizabeth is from Ghana, Africa, and she is pretty wet behind the ears when it comes to the wonderful world of A/V.(Boy do I feel important all of sudden!
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We live in Orange County, NY and we had to move down to Florida(Ft.Lauderdale area)for a couple of years back in 01' because we sold our house up here and the fact that I was on Dialysis at the time made it a better place for me to live too at that time too. But we came back 2 years later, and I also had a Kidney transplant almost a year after that. Boy did I miss it up here!
Elizabeth even came down to Florida with us. My point? This woman takes care of my mom(Caroline)like she is her mother too. We made her an Honary member of our big Italian family about 4 years ago.(LOL) I still don't think she's quite used to the yelling and screaming that we call LOVE.
While down in Florida, my dreams of a dedicated HT room, were pot on hold indefinitely. Also, we were living in an apartment house-style condo community and we were on the 2nd floor. Due to the fact that i am lifetime disability,(end stage renal kidney failure)my income has been fixed for some time now and it was then too. No one wanted to let me buy anything on credit at that time, EXCEPT BOSE!! And besides, I was on the 2nd fllor with nothing but senior citizens below me, above me, to the, and to the right of me too. So BOSE was a decent(at best) option for me at the time. I got one of their 3-2-1 systems, which came with the Main unit(Its an am/fm radio,DVD player,and a main imput type of receiver for a cable box and 2 other components if I wished-All in one), and it also came with those wider type of cibe speakers(silver color), and the Bass module. (basically a 2.1 sound system. Well I didn't know how much of a music fan Elizabeth was, and she loves that Bose system of mine.
I have tried to explain to her, time and time again, that BOSE is by no means, anywhere near the the category of the BEST you can get. She still insists at times that she must get herself the same system. I told her That BOSE is all MARKETING and for the money, there is so much BETTER to be had. Plus, when I told her that I paid $1200 for my Bose system(over a 12 month period) she nearly had a stroke. Like I said, she is very wet behind the ears when it comes to AV.
So here is my request to you all: Can anyone(and everyone that is in the "Know")please suggest a few different brands of systems that offer the same simple set-up (2.1)that my highly overpriced BOSE system does. Elizabeth does so much for my mother and the rest of us, that I think this is the very least I can do for her.
Thank you all in advance!
