ok before i jump on the bash bose bandwagon stop & think for a minute about the gear your thinking about buying,look at the empty & weightless little plastic cubes they use for speakers & try to imagine whats inside of them,now take a look at the little box they call a subwoofer & try to imagine whats inside of it,last but not least look at the control unit for the whole system,at that small size & feather weight try to imagine whats inside of it.
the control unit.
this is where all the amplification & processing is done,quality amplification requires large transformers & caps(the bigger the better),the transformer in this unit has to be the size of a pack of bubble gum if not smaller, quality processing requires its own seperate set of components also not to mention components for the cd/dvd player,every part of the control unit shares the same transformer & caps (very bad news) not to mention all the other components that are shared in order to keep the size of the unit so very small.
the speakers in the bose system.
plastic is the worst material on earth to make a speaker cabinet out of & bose designs them like that for looks & cost issues alone,the design is not based on performance or quality at all,bose uses the same speaker driver in all of their HTIB systems to keep profits high.
the subwoofer thingamajig.
good bass requires a large surface area bass driver,no if and's or but's its a must! good bass response also requires large amounts of power & wattage,where is bose hiding the driver required for a good bass response & where is all the power for the amplification of the bass comming from.
bose has the most clever/in your face marketing campaign on the planet,they offer no real world performance specifications so the buyer is not able to compare their gear against other systems,they also have set their self up in the public eye as the industry leader in technology & dynamic sound which isnt even close to being true.
look at the bose gear & compare it against the gear that other members here are reccomending to you then decide on how great bose is for yourself.
