I finally found a rehost of that 2001 Bose article.

[shortylickens]

http://nyet.org/bose/

Thought it had been lost forever.
(PSA: its kinda brutal, dont read after having eaten spaghetti)

 

[VeryCharBroiled]

i remember reading that back in the day.

thankfully i have talked several people out of getting that junk. one friend got one before i could talk to him. man oh man what junk. lord of the rings sounded horrible. all distortion during action scenes. and bagpipe music... unlistenable. but the wife loved it..

ps i run pro sound for some local bands. so people actually listened to me.

 

[Raduque]

Some of Bose's newer models aren't that bad. I love my Bose Soundlink Color Bluetooth, and the SoundTouch 10 sounds great as well.

The Acoustimass though... blargh

 

[WhiteNoise]

Back when I was younger and before I had any money to enjoy quality audio equipment; I had a friend who's Dad bought the new Acoustimass 10 system. To my ears back then it simply sounded amazing. I had never heard a 5.1 system before then and it just sounded so rich to me. I know better now but to a poor punk ass kid they were special. It wasn't until I was in my twenties that I realized more could be had for the money.

 

[zzbusch2]

So, if Bose sucks bad, what would be a good 5.1 or 7.1 speaker system? Or brand? Budget or money doesn't matter.

I have some old Bose and some old Cambridge Soundworks speakers right now, but would love to know what is considered a good speaker brand or system.

Thanks.

 

[frowertr]

So, if Bose sucks bad, what would be a good 5.1 or 7.1 speaker system? Or brand? Budget or money doesn't matter.

I have some old Bose and some old Cambridge Soundworks speakers right now, but would love to know what is considered a good speaker brand or system.

Thanks.

Head over to avsforum and do some reading. Stay away from the Home Theater in a Box systems. Get a good quality AVR (Denon, Yamaha, Onkyo). Im getting ready to pull the trigger on this Yamaha: https://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-RX-V6...ie=UTF8&qid=1497990469&sr=1-1&keywords=rx+683

 

[mdram]

So, if Bose sucks bad, what would be a good 5.1 or 7.1 speaker system? Or brand? Budget or money doesn't matter.

I have some old Bose and some old Cambridge Soundworks speakers right now, but would love to know what is considered a good speaker brand or system.

Thanks.

there are many brands
heck even polk/infinity have some better than bose
svs, powersoundaudio, kef, chain, ect

but as was said before, avs will have all the info you need
but better set a budget.

 

[Exterous]

but better set a budget.

And then prepare to go 20% over it as Avs is great at the "but for only $50,$100etc more you can get this"