BOSE = Bad Why? let the flaming begin

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

my brother wants to buy a BOSE surround system. I tried explaing to him that they arent as great as the price you pay. He cornered me, so I would like as much explaining on why BOSE sucks and why BOSE is good. Post pics of internals if youd like for proof, but please try to back up your replies. thank you and let it begin:laugh:

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[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

well first of all, bose rhymes with jose..

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

come on please i need intellectual replies,but that was funny though

 

[AJ²06 5,000+ posts]

well first of all, bose rhymes with jose..

come on please i need intellectual replies,but that was funny though

Hahhaa... Sry could resist. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif As dor the Bose system... I have no technical explanation...

 

[Pyro_By_Nature 5,000+ posts]

They use $3 speakers and tl's, nothing special lol.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

get to work then

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

They sound mediocre at best. Most people don't realize it because they just plain havn't heard better.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

"In their Acoustiass (oops, I meant to say "acoustimass") 5.1 speaker set up, they use 5 small tweater pairs (all cardboard with foam surrounds, costs about 5 bucks to make), with a sub that has either 2 or 3 5 1/4 inch "woofers".

There are 3 things that make this setup vastly inadequate: One, without a true center channel speaker in the bose setup (one that has decently sized speakers), you are missing out on 40% of your sound (all in your midranges too). If you search around the net, you can actually find the specs for the frequency ranges, which proves this. Also, small speakers (especially ones that are cardboard with foam surrounds) are not meant to handle any midrange or bass frequencies. Two, having 2 or 3 smaller 5.25 inch woofers does not add up to the equivalent of 1 10, 12, or 15 inch woofer. The bigger magnet in real subwoofers gives you a much different type of sound, and a lot more base. You end up hearing where the subwoofer is located in the room, which you are not supposed to be able to do. Three, Bose claims that by bouncing the sound off walls and in their woofer box, they are creating more sound and acoustic presence. While this may be true, any sound engineer will tell you that walls are supposed to absorb sound, not reflect it. This leads to an inaccurate surround sound environment, and bad seperation of frequencies."

snagged that from http://www.retailworker.com/node/10435

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

The bigger magnet in real subwoofers gives you a much different type of sound, and a lot more base.

Careful what you quote...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

There are very, very good sounding 3" full range drivers out there. But they don't fit in little neat cubes //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

No highs, no lows, it must be Bose.

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

Bigger Maganets!

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

mo magnet mo betta

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

not my words that guys from that site, but the main point was that cost is around $5 per cube

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

please i would like more input from everyone, i have been googleing and finding some info but nothing real techniical

another link read this its pretty fascinating

http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html#intro

 

[RumbleNTheTrunk 10+ year member]

my magnet > your magnet

I think the majority consensus agrees that bose is shit? yea im pretty sure I wasnt reading wrong so tell your brother if he wants subpar equipment look into bose.