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I'm not exactly a critic but I auditioned several speakers at best buy when I looked at these. I particularly looked at some Polkaudio's that were $20 dollars less.they, in my opinion, were not in the same league as the Bose 201's. The bass in them is reasonable for the size of the speaker.
well, I've got those for free since the person who gave them to me had my old Paradigm monitors and let them get wet in the basement. who ever tell you on those reviews that those speakers are good, doesn't know what he/she is talking about and had never listen to a good set. I listen to a lot of classical and operas and the mids are very important but all that is happening is losing the good vocals. I love music, and music sounds better with good speakers. buy a low end no name speakers and get more sound. when I watch a movie those Bose are not too bad but I have them hooked up to an Onkyo receiver with a 12" Paradigm sub and they sound bad. make long story short. the mids are flat, the highs are pitchy and there is no bass and even with a good sub, they just rewin the music.
what a shame. my first and LAST Bose speakers. I have enough bass thanks to the sub but those Bose.comon, give me a break. one more thing: you need a lot of power to push them, much more then good speakers do.
I guess I was wrong. The sound was clear and crisp, with no distortions, but just not "satisfying".With the same CD's I also tried Polk Audio RM101, and Boston Acoustics Micro120X, half the size (and price) of the Bose 201's, and even the store associate was surprised by the difference in sound quality (before we started testing, he couldn't talk about anything but Bose. I finally decided upon the BA Micro120X, probably one of the "ugliest" speakers you can find. :P). The sound was "weak", and at higher volumes, just felt out of place (think Rick Moranis jumping up and down, thumping his chest trying to scare someone. ;-).
Compared to other good speakers, the Bose lacked the richness and fullness of sound. You couldnt "feel" the music. I was THIS close to ordering the 201's online, but I'm glad better sense prevailed and I went down to the local Circuit City with a few CD's of my own for a little "test-drive".I am not a serious audiophile, and having been fed on media propaganda, I thought Bose were the ultimate. So if you're looking for one, hurry].To be fair to Bose, if I had not heard any of the other speakers, and straight away purchased Bose, I would have been very happy with my purchase and would probably have rated them 4-stars (like I said earlier, they are NOT absolutely worthless). same result. just like me. But when you compare them to other good speakers, they just fade away, and the fact that they are so much more costly than other better speakers makes me think they deserve no better rating than a 1-star.
get the picture). Even to MY untrained ears, it was quite obvious that the Bose didn't sound half as good as they're cracked out to be.Now, they're not completely worthless, of course, but hearing them side by side with similarly sized (and lower priced) speakers from Polk Audio, Boston Acoustics and Infinity, one could tell that they were a bit out of place.Sure, they can get loud, really loud, but if loudness is all you want, I'll have my neighbours pay you a visit. lol, but with a GREAT sound. kinda funny though), and after a while "annoying" (think Rick Moranis jumping. I also tried the 161's. Plus it has a great deal going on at BUY dot COM, where a PAIR (usually it is sold in eaches) is avaiable at ridiculously low prices [Can not state actual price since that is against Amazon's review policy and will get edited out, but think 85% lower than MSRP, not gonna last at those prices for very long though. Probably a bit harsh, but then, so was the difference in sound quality and listening experience.
$200 and my sony AV receiver cost me $200 thus total $400 spent for much better sound. this speaker, when combined with my sony AV receiver and my ipod as main music player, brings out the musics/songs alive and it certainly sounds much better than ipod hi-fi hype.the best part is the price. ipod hi-fi costs $350, but this bose 201 speaker costs approx. This speaker is very affordable and it will certainly beat other speakers @ it's price range. If you look for magnet-rumbling sound quality, I'd suggest you look for yamaha's since my mom have them in my living room which certainly is bigger speaker than my bose hence better sound quality.*and hence much bigger price*
I'm running a straight amp without any EQ.I got these speakers with my credit card points, and I'm thinking of selling them on ebay and buying something else.Check out stereophile for more speaker information. The bass response also seems a little uneven, with certain bass drum notes showing up loudly, but other (higher) bass guitar notes almost absent.
In order, I've purchased a pair of Infinity Primus 150 speakers, a pair of small ($10 each on super sale) Pioneer S-HF21-LR speakers, and now I just opened a pair of Bose 201's I got with my credit card points.The first thing I noticed about the bose 201-V speakers was the build quality: almost as good as the $10 pioneers (the pioneers don't have exposed particle board, the bose speakers do). There are no post-style connectors, just the cheap hole-and-lever type.
We just moved into our first house, and in the last couple of months, I've purchased three brands of bookshelf speakers. It is almost as if the cabinets have some resonance frequency that sets off with a certain midtone.
The Infinity 150's are built out of much better materials, have gold post-and screw style contacts, removable fronts, solid wood construction, internal dampening, nice feet, and wall mounting slots.The Bose 201-V's sound decent for their size, but they certainly don't sound as good as the Infinity 150s, which are almost half the price. Specifically, I notice certain mid-range tones are exaggerated with the bose 201's.
The absence of certain bass notes is probably what bothers me the most. they had a good article on the Infiniti Primus speakers.
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