Buy Bose Acoustimass 5 Home Entertainment Speaker System (White)Bose Acoustimass 5 Home Entertainment Speaker System (White) Product Description:
- Versatile bookshelf speakers for music and movies in smaller rooms
- Direct/Reflecting® speaker technology
- Stereo Everywhere® speaker performance
Product Description
A revolution in speaker design and thinking was launched with this speaker system from Bose. The two satellite speakers are so tiny they fit in the palm of your hand. Perfect for any room in your house! They may be small but will still provide the famous Bose Direct-Reflecting M-^Y sound. The Bass Module will fill your room with deep, rich bass, while staying out of sight. Invisible sound! Color: White
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184 of 202 people found the following review helpful.
I think I know why opinions differ on these speakers
By Kevin L. Devereaux
I was having issues myself with sound quality with these speakers until I went to Bose.com and read the user guide. These speakers are meant to produce sound both directly and reflectively. If you have all of the elements pointing forward with no surfaces to bounce off of the experience is not satisfying. You need to tuck the sub away in a corner (to reflect off the walls) and the smaller speakers I find work great with one element pointing directly and the other pointing at a wall (each speaker has 2 elements). The sound with the reflection is much richer and satisfying than when everything's pointed directly at you.
132 of 153 people found the following review helpful.
Limited Appeal
By D_Strasse
Bose seem to elicit a passsionate response whenever their name is mentioned, and I will try to elaborate on my experiences and let the reader decide if these speakers are right for them.I currently own a set of Bose Acoustimass speakers that I purchased from a friend. The speakers were in excellent shape and I felt lucky to be able to afford Bose a few years ago on my meager salary at the time.The speakers are definitely room *friendly*, they blend in easily as their size is unobtrusive. That said, after investigating speakers recently for a planned theater upgrade, I now feel that they are lacking.When I first got my speakers I compared them to a pair I had purchased back when I was in high-school. I didn't know anything about those speakers at the time but was happy with their sound as well(AR Holographic M1's). The results of the comparison left me thinking my ears were deceiving me "my old speakers sound better?" Anyway, I put those thoughts away thinking that I must not understand because "obviously Bose were the best."Fast forward a couple years, all the while the Bose were up front in my surround system with the old speakers in the rear. That whole time I had no issue with the Bose, they performed well enough. After buying a new TV, I thought it might be nice to upgrade the speakers so I would have the same brand in the front and back. And so began the research.I spent time listening to number of speakers, including high end and mid level brands at custom shops as well as entry level speakers at Best Buy and Circuit City. I have now come to desparately desire replacing my Bose speakers.They just sound *thin*, which oddly enough was my initial impression, the one I thought I must not understand. That is the best I can describe it, music on the other speakers just sounded *fuller*, like it had more body.I will freely admit I did not know what I was missing until I sought it out, but now that I do I feel that my Bose are no longer good enough. I will also say that this is not based on cost, I listened to a number of speakers that sounded much better at the same price, although they are NOT the same size.In conclusion, I was looking for that fuller sound, willing to devote the floor space to much bigger speakers in order to get it. Some people might not be willing to make the trade of size for sound but for me it was worth it.
55 of 63 people found the following review helpful.
Love it or Leave it...
By Steve
Bose Acoustimass speaker systems are a strange animal. You either love them or hate them.It's a funny thing, This guy was at my house and heard my Quad ESL speakers (electrostatic) ($5,000) with about $6,000 worth of electronics and made the comment that they sounded almost as good as his Bose.So there you go, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.Myself, I'm not too keen on Bose and I could go on a tirade about what I don't like about them, but in the end, it's what you think. If they make you happy, then by God, you've made the right choice.Bose are very colored speakers, bright highs and warm syrupy bass. This is a sound that many people like. The fact that they don't take up much room fits into many lifestyles.If you like accuracy and want to get closer to real, then try something else.For me, Bose has a pleasant sound that is nice to listen to at low volume when I just want background sound. I can even think of other uses for these, in non critical applications. I've even considered them for a second TV. They are much better than the speakers that come in TV's nowadays.For the $399 they are asking for these, you could do much worse. You could also do much better depending on your preferences.Would I recommend these? Sure, depending on whether someone wanted a small unobtrusive system or whether they liked the Bose sound. If I felt the person was inclined toward accuracy, clarity, and soundstaging, then I would steer them away from these.Does Bose deserve all the accolades that it receives? Not really. They are very over rated, but still, they're not bad speakers.I gave these a 3 star rating only because in some circumstances these are perfect for the application. If I were to rate it against my preferences, I would give it a lower rating.BTW, this applies to all Acoustimass systems.Oh, there's one more thing...Bose likes to use the direct/reflecting concept of sound. This has the effect of making the sound more spacious, but it destroys the soundstaging. People in high end audio go to great efforts to eliminate or disperse reflections, because it ruins soundstaging and causes frequency aberrations (nulls and peaks).
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