Expert HELP Needed Please Bose Cinemate or Wireless HTiB - Blu-ray Forum

guitarkore · 02-20-2011, 08:06 PM

Hello, first time poster here. I apologize in advance if something like this has been asked or posted on these forums before, however like I said I'm new to these forums. My thanks to all who read through this and reply back in advance. It will be a little lengthy, for I want to give you as much detail as possible.

I'm in a bit of a spot here. Last night after going to Best Buy I bought the Bose Cinemate Series II. I was suckered into the display. And I was blown away by the sound it created. So I tried to convince the wife to get it. One of my selling points were there are only two speakers. And that no longer would there be wires running along the wall. I also though it would sound good in our living room since it is pretty small. So we purchased it. I brought it home hooked it up. And watched Terminator 2 Skynet Edition on Blu Ray(because it has the THX Test on it) I watched a bit of the movie, mainly watching the action scenes, and a few talking scenes and was satisfied with my purchase.

However when I was looking for Speaker stands for the speakers, I somehow come across some negative reviews of the system. I found a few people bashing the system, mainly on these forums, thus why I created the account and thought I'd ask you guys, the experts in my opinion.

Like I said I was impressed with my purchase. This alone should have been enough but I am a bit concerned with what people said about the system. And quite frankly it makes a bit of sense. What's the big issue I'm concerned about? I was reading that when watching Blu Ray's with HD-dts or Dolby-HD My system will be downgraded to stereo sound. Of course there's only 2 speakers so it technically is always stereo sound. But when watching T:2 I thought it put out much better sound then my Home Theater before The Bose. The Sony BDV-T10.

So here are the questions. Is there fact to the claims that I will losing out with the HD Audio in Blu-Rays? If so can anyone suggest a decent sounding Home Theater in a Box with Wireless Surround? It's needs to be wireless so I can still try to sell the idea to the wife that there will be less clutter with wires.

I'm not really an "Audiophile" by any means. But I do want the best sound possible for the money. I don't need to spend $1,000 on a home theater, that's way too much. I would like to stay under $600-$700

I have a 55" Samsung LN55C650 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036WT3TS

I use my home theater set up to watch Movies, Play Xbox 360, and Play PS3.

My home theater space is as I said pretty small. I'd say our Home Theater area is about 16' x 10'. With the 16-ft being the distance between what would be the Surround Sound Speakers, and the 10-ft being the distance from the TV to the center couch.

Again thanks so much for reading through this lengthy thing. I hope I included as much detail as I could to get some opinions around here. As I said I consider you guys to be the experts here. You are the consumers, just like myself. Your not the guy at Best Buy or some other electronics store just trying to sell me the most expensive system I'm willing to pay for.

02-20-2011, 08:06 PM	#1
guitarkore Member Member since:Feb 2011	Expert HELP Needed Please Bose Cinemate or Wireless HTiB Hello, first time poster here. I apologize in advance if something like this has been asked or posted on these forums before, however like I said I'm new to these forums. My thanks to all who read through this and reply back in advance. It will be a little lengthy, for I want to give you as much detail as possible. I'm in a bit of a spot here. Last night after going to Best Buy I bought the Bose Cinemate Series II. I was suckered into the display. And I was blown away by the sound it created. So I tried to convince the wife to get it. One of my selling points were there are only two speakers. And that no longer would there be wires running along the wall. I also though it would sound good in our living room since it is pretty small. So we purchased it. I brought it home hooked it up. And watched Terminator 2 Skynet Edition on Blu Ray(because it has the THX Test on it) I watched a bit of the movie, mainly watching the action scenes, and a few talking scenes and was satisfied with my purchase. However when I was looking for Speaker stands for the speakers, I somehow come across some negative reviews of the system. I found a few people bashing the system, mainly on these forums, thus why I created the account and thought I'd ask you guys, the experts in my opinion. Like I said I was impressed with my purchase. This alone should have been enough but I am a bit concerned with what people said about the system. And quite frankly it makes a bit of sense. What's the big issue I'm concerned about? I was reading that when watching Blu Ray's with HD-dts or Dolby-HD My system will be downgraded to stereo sound. Of course there's only 2 speakers so it technically is always stereo sound. But when watching T:2 I thought it put out much better sound then my Home Theater before The Bose. The Sony BDV-T10. So here are the questions. Is there fact to the claims that I will losing out with the HD Audio in Blu-Rays? If so can anyone suggest a decent sounding Home Theater in a Box with Wireless Surround? It's needs to be wireless so I can still try to sell the idea to the wife that there will be less clutter with wires. I'm not really an "Audiophile" by any means. But I do want the best sound possible for the money. I don't need to spend $1,000 on a home theater, that's way too much. I would like to stay under $600-$700 I have a 55" Samsung LN55C650 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036WT3TS I use my home theater set up to watch Movies, Play Xbox 360, and Play PS3. My home theater space is as I said pretty small. I'd say our Home Theater area is about 16' x 10'. With the 16-ft being the distance between what would be the Surround Sound Speakers, and the 10-ft being the distance from the TV to the center couch. Again thanks so much for reading through this lengthy thing. I hope I included as much detail as I could to get some opinions around here. As I said I consider you guys to be the experts here. You are the consumers, just like myself. Your not the guy at Best Buy or some other electronics store just trying to sell me the most expensive system I'm willing to pay for.

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