Brian wrote:
ren wrote:


Brian wrote:

ren wrote:



Brian wrote:


I had so many replies in my last post about BOSE that I thought I'd
better start a new post. No one wants to read 199 or so posts and some
of the posts were not related to my question.

Thank you for all your helpful replies.


It's possible that the BOSE speakers do not sound good in a large
room.
The Room I have my BOSE speakers in is 5 x 3.5 meters. The distance

from the speakers is 3 meters.

The BOSE sub woofer is in a corner facing the wall so that low
frequency sound bounces off the wall giving me more bass volume.
If I turn up the volume too high then the speakers don't sound so
good, for example when I say loud I mean so loud that I can't hear the
speech of someone standing next to me. I normally have the volume loud
enough to hear the phone ring or are able to talk to someone next to
me without shouting.

So what I'm saying is BOSE can sound good but only in a certain setup.

I had a listen a pair of Paradigm speakers. One was called "Esprit"
the other "Phantion". They're floor standing speakers. They seem to
sound their best with music that rapidly changes in volume such as
orchestra music that has impact as they have a wide dynamic range.
They lacked in imaging and in deep bass as there low frequency
response was 45Hz.

Regards Brian


I want to be polite but simply put with no way around it you are just
plain wrong about your observations. Unless you are using them as
headphones and even then your results are questionable. Have you ever
heard a real hifi? The previous thread had links to detailed
information regarding the inadequacies of bose systems did you read
them. You are really turning into a troll or someone with severe buyers
remorse trying to convince themselves of something is scientifically
untrue. If bose floats your boat then be quiet and float away but don't
be a FOOL and try to convince rational audiophiles that bose is anything
even nearly resembling true fidelity. Bose is an attempt at getting a
certain kind of concert like live sound it is not accurate 20Hz-20kHz
+/- 3dB sound reproduction. That said a pair of good tweeters costs
more than those dinky distortion producing non uniform frequency
outputting mid bass drivers (if they can even be called that) that are
in your bose system. Please sit in your room and listen to your bose
system and enjoy it, because I'm sure it can be enjoyable but again
don't try to convince anyone that it's hifi. Thanks.


Please do be polite.
I believe that some speakers are better for Rock music, some speakers
are better for classical music and some speakers are better for
movies.
These days you have buy a set of 5 speakers and a sub for $199 at a
store that sells food, but I'm sure they would be much worse than BOSE
speakers.
I took peoples advice and listened to a pair of Paradigm speakers. I
was hoping to listen to other speakers but the sells man seemed to be
keen on wanting me to listen to only this brand of speakers.
I'm hoping to listen to other brands of speakers. Ideally it would be
good to setup a pair of speakers in my home and that way I could get
to hear what they really sound like, but most dealers are not keen on
having speakers go out of the store for a demo.

I'm not tone death or brain dead as you said. I have an open mind else
I would not bother to read the replys or listen to other speakers.

Regards Brian

You can't correct a wrong with another and use that as a basis for
thinking that the first wrong is then correct. If you want to stay in a
budget I think you need to go with used equipment. Pick up a pair of
ADS speakers on ebay. You can get a pair that used to sell for $800 for
around $200. Models L810, L710, L780, L520. It can be a four driver
three way system or a three driver three way system or a two driver two
way system. Any of those will serve you well and far outperform the
paradigm or the bose. Go take a look and post back as to what you are
considering we'll guide you along as to if they look OK. Here is an
example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

These will sound fine and are in great condition. Another option is to
get a pair of B&W. I've been following them in ebay lately trying to
zero in on a purchase here are the average selling prices over the last
month. You can try for a pair of DM601 S1.


Series 1
600
601 276
602 374
602.5
603 495
604 705

Series 2
600
601 339
602 398
602.5
603 627
604 925
605 885

Series 3
600 297
601 335
602 491
602.5 576
603
604


Either the ADS or the B&W are fine speakers and will play loud and NOT
DISTORT, they have full bandwidth and smooth clear sound with very good
imaging)

What say you?


Thanks ren.
I've found in the past that I end up spending a bit more money than I
expected to else I limit my choice.
I hope to try some B&W speakers soon.

Regards Brian
Here is a less expensive B&W which I don't think will perform as well as
the DM600 series. BUT read the details and look at the graphs it will be
good for your thirst for knowledge. BTW plastic boxes like bose uses
really do a poor job with the accelerometer testing of the cabinet
resonances. This greatly colors/distorts the signal you are listening to.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEWA:IT