Bose HT

[mrmerol13]

Hello!

Today I received a question from a relative about a Bose home theater (the Lifestyle 650 system I believe). He asked me if it was worth paying almost 4000 USD for it instead of a much cheaper Onkyo Dolby Atmos system (HT-S5800).

For me its obvious the Onkyo has better compatibility, the extra Atmos speakers and also its way cheaper than the Bose system, but I was wondering what does the Bose system have to justify the difference in price?

Hope someone can give me some clarity about it

[Canuck31]

Originally Posted by mrmerol13

Hello!

Today I received a question from a relative about a Bose home theater (the Lifestyle 650 system I believe). He asked me if it was worth paying almost 4000 USD for it instead of a much cheaper Onkyo Dolby Atmos system (HT-S5800).

For me its obvious the Onkyo has better compatibility, the extra Atmos speakers and also its way cheaper than the Bose system, but I was wondering what does the Bose system have to justify the difference in price?

Hope someone can give me some clarity about it

If they're willing to shell out $4,000 for a surround system they can get something far better than the Bose. I'd never pay that much for what Bose is offering. The Onkyo would be better but I still would not buy a HTIB system. Buy the receiver, speakers and sub separately and piece together something much better. I'd probably go with a Yamaha or Denon or even the Sony STR-DN1080 receiver which has excellent overall reviews. I have a Yamaha and I've paired it with speakers from Fluance (http://www.fluance.com). After that just look around for a quality sub and you're good to go.

[Petra_Kalbrain]

BOSE blows!

70% of the price tag is for the ink used in printing the logo on the box.

The only thing potentially worse than BOSE (and even this is debatable) is using tin cans attached to your receiver with string!

[aneed123]

Build ur own. U can get a Yamaha receiver with klipsch, polk towers and surround and a sub for that.