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Posted: 8/21/2004 6:25:26 PM EDT
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Bose sucks, period. I'd seriously look at selling the speakers and starting over.
Harsh words, but I'd be happy to email you the Bose FAQ that explains why you can do so much better for less $$. Bose has done a good job of marketing, so you can probably recoop a fair amount of what you paid. Yamaha is known for sound chips, not so much for speakers. Take a look at Polk, Definitive Technology, Mirage or a dozen other well known, well respected American manufacturers for your speaker needs. Definitive Technology shakes the sheetrock in my house. 
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Posted: 8/21/2004 6:29:53 PM EDT
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I would look at M&K subs, I have always heard very good stuff about them, I think they were one of the first powered subs out there.
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Posted: 8/21/2004 6:35:47 PM EDT
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My home theater question was stupider!
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Posted: 8/21/2004 6:51:16 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/21/2004 7:03:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/21/2004 7:15:39 PM EDT
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im a whore for Klipsch, however SVS and Mirage are considered to be among the best.
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Posted: 8/21/2004 7:31:08 PM EDT
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SVS.
Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas... |
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Posted: 8/21/2004 7:36:19 PM EDT
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+1 Except I have the KSW12 it is a 12" downfiring sub.... and it ROCKS! It is pretty good for music, but a little on the muddy side....... but it ROCKS on Movies and about shakes my house to pieces! It has that long "boom" too it. If you want a more musical sub then I would go with Velodyne. They have a much more crisp and clean sound.... but they are too "punchy" for movies. |
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Posted: 8/21/2004 7:41:52 PM EDT
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Velodyne
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Posted: 8/21/2004 7:47:22 PM EDT
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+1 for paradigm.
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Posted: 8/21/2004 8:02:17 PM EDT
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Velodyne is always a solid bet. Not the cheapest, though.
I must agree on the assessment of Bose. Suck-o-rama. The very worst price/performance ratio on the consumer market, bar none. Bose has never held THX certification and has never been licensed for Dolby Digital technology, or DTS, or SDDS, or any "open" licenseable sound processing or multichannel format. This in part due to the fact that their products are incapable of meeting even the most basic set of technical requirements that the various license holders demand of any equipment that is to be licensed. It's not that Bose CAN'T make their equipment meet the most basic technical specifications that are accepted through the industry, it's that they WON'T. They crutch engineer everything to death. Tweaked EQ curves, distortion that makes things sound fuller, stupid stuff like that. Bose doesn't publish equipment specs. That's because they don't want you to see just how awful their equipment measures against even the CHEAPEST competition. Independent labs have tested many models of Bose equipment and published the results. They're laughable, but Bose always threatens to sue anyone who does that, even if the reporting is straight lab data without opinions offered. Not hearsay, evidence. They'll sue anyway. Bose...you can do better, but you can't do worse. Really. Sell that stuff off and get something good. You won't regret it. CJ |
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Posted: 8/21/2004 8:07:41 PM EDT
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For the price range you mentioned, check out HSU.
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Posted: 8/21/2004 8:25:31 PM EDT
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I know bose sucks.. but am not sure i have the finances to rebuild.
Thanks for the input so far.. |
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