The "I'll demo my speakers for other enthusiasts" thread - Page 2

While I agree completely with this personally, for this thread it could pose problems. People willing to demo their systems will be sparce to begin with. If you add in another variable to that it may be even more difficult. A good example of this would be walking into best buy or any other store for that matter, looking at a set of speakers without listening, then saying this won't work because my room is too big/small/different dimensions. This thread was more for getting an idea of what speakers sound like while affording the opportunity for members to meet in person.

Another potential problem is space in the first post. I knew there would be a few people with multiple speaker systems in this forum, but really had no idea that this many would. Just trying to keep it as brief as possible.

Anything else, including room size, can be discussed in a PM with the person you will potentially meet.


Now that's quality! I hope you can accommodate the masses of people wanting to hear this who read the great reviews of this speaker system in the likes of Golf magazine and Better Homes and Gardens.

First off, the Bose acoustimass system is not what I would consider a cheap system. Compared to others it is certainly not expensive, but when I started I absolutely couldn't afford one. My first surround sound came in the form of a RCA HTIB that didn't even have a subwoofer. I bought it completely based on price. It was all I could afford at the time and I still own the speakers from that system and have used them when I needed something to listen to outside. The sound quality from those are nowhere near what I have now, but I would still take those speakers anyday over the Bose AM.

It's pretty universally accepted in the audio world that bose does not produce good products. Anyone with more than 10 posts on this forum has easily found that out. We're not bashing cheap products, we're bashing one certain bad quality overpriced product. I still recommend HTIBs to friends who are wanting to start with something better than tv speakers, and I'll nearly every time find a nice cheap Onkyo HTIB on craigslist. That's generally what I'll start someone on who doesn't have much cash and wants to get in the hobby, but I will steer anyone away from overpaying for a Bose product and that includes here.

So just to be clear, if you want to share your more affordable system with someone on this forum, feel free to post here, even if its a $250 used HTIB, but if you want to listen to Bose then any Best Buy will take your money and sell you a rediculously expensive extended warranty to accompany your purchase. Long story short, don't buy Bose, and if you own Bose, sell it.

Bump to add other states.

First post updated.

Mike, I'm moving my room around and after I'm done and collectively our kids are done with sports you should come down this way again.