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Bose Acoustimass 5 - Speaker System, ideal for stereo or home theater use - Black
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(3.5 out of 5)
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Consumer Reports Correction
(4 out of 5) by Kenneth S. Wiggins on May 14, 2008Another reviewer said: "Consumer Reports who compared Bose with other products that it sued (and lost)"
Bose won... the ruling said: "The District Court found that Consumer Reports "had published the false statement with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard...". The ruling was later overturned only because the higher court did not find "actual malice". [In short the courts agree with Bose but didn't award any money because there was no proof that Consumer Reports did the report to be mean.]
Reviewers don't like to be sued. Every since the law suit, reviewer tend to be bias against Bose.
With that said... Bose aren't worth the retail price but are great speakers when you can get them on sale.
Bose won... the ruling said: "The District Court found that Consumer Reports "had published the false statement with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard...". The ruling was later overturned only because the higher court did not find "actual malice". [In short the courts agree with Bose but didn't award any money because there was no proof that Consumer Reports did the report to be mean.]
Reviewers don't like to be sued. Every since the law suit, reviewer tend to be bias against Bose.
With that said... Bose aren't worth the retail price but are great speakers when you can get them on sale.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
I like what I hear....
(5 out of 5) by M. DUNTON on Nov 24, 2007 (Fairbanks, Alaska)I bought the Bose Acoustimass 5 for a friend in Korea to use in his flat screen TV. Once we set it up the sound transformation was phenomenal--it immediately gave the small room a big arena quality to it. Now I have his friends asking me when I am coming back to Korea so I can bring back another one (these are terribly expensive in Korea, btw).
Great quality...
(5 out of 5) by C. Maxey on May 9, 2009i got these for $4 (not a type-o, $4) at my church treasure sale. Didn't really know what to expect, but HOLY COW, I put them through tests with my iPod, whatching tv, and even playing video games, and each time, it was like you were right there, in the action or at the concert. So weather you get them for $4 or $400, you should still buy them.
20 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
wow and more wow
(5 out of 5) by Amazon Customer on Oct 20, 2003I connected the Bose Acoustimass 5 with an onkyo tx-8511 receiver and the sound is incrediable. It really fills my entire loft area with lifelike sound. Definately a great speaker!
30 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
this system blows (not in a good way)
(1 out of 5) by jfletcher on May 10, 2006 (dallas tx)do not buy this system. for the money there are much better systems out there.
I bought this for my family room mainy for the small size of the cube speakers. The main problem with the system (which bose has corrected by the way) is that the "acoustimass" component (bose's fancy name for a subwoofer) is not active (or powered) which means the base is totally inadequate and is overun by the cubes which have no mid or bass ranges. The result is that you get a very "tinny" sound out of most applications including dvd's. I ended up getting a sony active subwoofer and it sounds much better.
In hindsight I would have bought a different brand than bose, but already had to much invested in bose to scrap the system completely, and the size of the cubes is nice. Still pissed that I spent that much money on a substandard system, but hey, got sucked into the bose marketing machine.
I bought this for my family room mainy for the small size of the cube speakers. The main problem with the system (which bose has corrected by the way) is that the "acoustimass" component (bose's fancy name for a subwoofer) is not active (or powered) which means the base is totally inadequate and is overun by the cubes which have no mid or bass ranges. The result is that you get a very "tinny" sound out of most applications including dvd's. I ended up getting a sony active subwoofer and it sounds much better.
In hindsight I would have bought a different brand than bose, but already had to much invested in bose to scrap the system completely, and the size of the cubes is nice. Still pissed that I spent that much money on a substandard system, but hey, got sucked into the bose marketing machine.