BOSE - Buy Other Sound Equipment....
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I have to share this. It flies in the face of all I believe in terms of sound and experience of the brand. I am an avid Bose fan and enjoy a wide range of their hardware.
I only stumbled across this by mistake - but, it is a damning attack. The problem is it reads so well that to those in the electronics know how, it may be believable. And it keeps cropping up - so how true is it?
I know a fair bit about speakers, I have been an audiophile, as the link states, since the late 90's - most of which include Paradigm hardware as stated in the piece. (For those who have not had the pleasure - simply biblical). That said I am no scientist and so I am keen to hear others views.
http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html
I only stumbled across this by mistake - but, it is a damning attack. The problem is it reads so well that to those in the electronics know how, it may be believable. And it keeps cropping up - so how true is it?
I know a fair bit about speakers, I have been an audiophile, as the link states, since the late 90's - most of which include Paradigm hardware as stated in the piece. (For those who have not had the pleasure - simply biblical). That said I am no scientist and so I am keen to hear others views.
http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html
Well, I am surprised to find out how many apparent Bose haters there seem to be out there! I am not an exclusive fan of their stuff as I enjoy other brands too, but having bought my Companion 3 setup for my PC I am seriously impressed, and I mean seriously. Even at £250 I think the computer speakers represent great value for money, I have never heard such clear and accurate sound not to mention powerful from PC before, in fact I didn't think it possible.
The only reason I ended up buying them was that I was so impressed with their earler Companion 2 model I thought I would upgrade, and these Companion 3's literally blow me away. I have played all manner of stuff through them and they never fail to amaze, I would put them up against pretty much anything. They are the sort of speakers that make songs you don't like sound good, as the sound is so true and accurate. I remember thinking that over the first few weeks of having them, that it didn't matter what I was playing, it all sounded great.
I guess the only other contender for PC speakers for me were Harmon Kardon but I chose Bose over those purely on instinct, I never tested the HK models.
As for their other stuff, I have only listened to their demo stuff in stores, it sounds just as clean and powerful as I would expect, and I am not convinced that the testing area's are tailor made or rigged as the article suggests.
The only reason I ended up buying them was that I was so impressed with their earler Companion 2 model I thought I would upgrade, and these Companion 3's literally blow me away. I have played all manner of stuff through them and they never fail to amaze, I would put them up against pretty much anything. They are the sort of speakers that make songs you don't like sound good, as the sound is so true and accurate. I remember thinking that over the first few weeks of having them, that it didn't matter what I was playing, it all sounded great.
I guess the only other contender for PC speakers for me were Harmon Kardon but I chose Bose over those purely on instinct, I never tested the HK models.
As for their other stuff, I have only listened to their demo stuff in stores, it sounds just as clean and powerful as I would expect, and I am not convinced that the testing area's are tailor made or rigged as the article suggests.
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