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Summary: Overpriced and low quality- You pay for the name
Review: Bose has designed a system which probably costs them less than $400 in parts to build and retails them for close to $3000. Yet consumers still buy into this. Incredible. Bose has made a name for itself by aiming its advertising towards consumers with little or no knowledge of audio equipment. It sells speakers and systems like this that are of poorer quality and absolutely worse performance than its competitors. I know, I owned several Bose products for years (901s, 301s and 201s) until I began to learn more about audio technology and quality. I was literally blown away by the quality of commonly sold Polk speakers when placed next to Bose products. Polk isn't "cutting edge" but builds a decently designed product for its price point. I recommend that you look at other products here on Amazon. There are several Pioneer, Sony, JVC and Kenwood DVD/CD players and A/V receivers that are offered for less than $500 combined who VASTLY outperform Bose. As for speakers Amazon carries Polk, JBL and Wharfedale ANY of whom offer loudspeakers with substantially better engineered insides. Most important of all these speakers sound heads and tales better than Bose for around $250 to $1000. Bose is a testament to the power of advertising over product. In many ways it is a fascinating company whose products are based on late 1960's theories of audio using tweeters and woofers that Radio Shack parts outperform (this isn't a joke but has been measured several times by audio enthusiasts).
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