gofar99 Messages: 1906 Registered: May 2010 Location: Southern Arizona
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Hi, You need to go to audiophile forums and sites for their thoughts. BOSE is the name for "buy other stereo equipment". It is OK for general use like in a home theater where the sound is second to the video. Imperfections abound in the media so some in the play back chain will nearly always be un-noticed. BOSE tends to be rather overpriced for what you get. In the stores that sell it...the set ups are very precise and are nearly impossible to duplicate at home. It will sound pretty good with the proper sort of source material. Unfortunately when you play some of your own familiar stuff it will likely not be nearly as good as you thought it should sound. There was some info about 2-3 years ago that in the big setups they used behind the scenes equalization and other sonic enhancements to make the exhibit even more appealing. I will not mention which stores did this, but the info was credible. They can get away with selling their stuff as about 75% of the population is unable to distinguish high quality sound from loud sound. All this is unfortunate as the original basis for the company was to produce gear that sounded great and they wanted to avoid getting sucked in the specification wars that were going on at the time. The wars are still going and somewhere along the way BOSE lost its original intent. I give them credit for durable products and longevity.
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