BOSE Acoustimass/Lifestyle systems - why you should steer clear!!

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Originally Posted by mr.hidef

Bose are STILL considered one of the elite sound companies in the world........just not for HOME audio. they made their name in concert systems, and stage systems long before you were born.Why do you people get so worked up about this anyways?Do you really care that some people like bose systems?

By whom?

Concert or stage? You have got to be kidding me right!

You're talking to someone who has been a musician his whole life and has actually played on stages with JBL vertec arrays, Claire Brothers systems.
Pro soundmen chuckle at the name BOSE. Don't even ask about my experience with this: http://www.bose.com/controller?event...ians/index.jsp
It is a joke and can't hold its own against an old fahioned bi amped wedge.

Its funny, to me it seems that the people who get worked up over BOSE, are the people who invested money in them. They won't audition other systems in the price range and say "Well I auditioned X, X and X speakers in the same price range and the BOSE had better low end extension or more detailed highs." You just get those trying to defend their purchase.

If you love your system.... great.
Chances are though...that if you shopped around ...you'd fall in love many more times over. And it is very likely, you may be angry about what you paid for your "innovation"

When's the last time you saw a TV ad for B&W? for KEF? or Paradigm?

Price a television ad and you find out where your $2000 goes when you buy an acoustimass flagship system. It sure doesnt go into driver construction.