blowjarn

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
3.77 of 5, 26.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00 from bonus from work

Summary:
It took me 15 minutes to set this up, I have nothing negative to say about it. I don't know if it's worth a grand, but I got it as a bonus at work. I went and purchased speaker stands and those are kind of sad, but it says on the directions to put the speakers in a certain place for optimal sound so I bought them.

Strengths:
Ease of installation, sound is fine.

Weaknesses:
The only weakness is the DVD player on it blows. It is only a 480P, whatever that means. My TV is a plamsa 1080P, so I guess I only get half the P...I don't know what that means, but it doesn't sound good.

Similar Products Used:
My last system was an RCA, wires all over the place, although I did like hearing sound that was behind me.

Price Paid:  $800.00 from Sams

Summary:
This thing has no boom boom. It is just ok for surround sound but not great for music....has lots of crisp high ends and little appeal on the low ends .....taking mine back for refund..not impressed at all. Actually disappointed in BOSE on this one!

beovox m100

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 2 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.35 of 5, 17.00 votes

Price Paid:  $900.00 from Circuit

Summary:
The 3-2-1 system belongs to my girlfriend, and I have to say I was impresed to seeit in her living room as aposed to a cheap shelf system or nothing at all. I knew that she was at least making an atempt. Bose definitly knows how to market their products, far beter than anyone in the industry. I don't know how many articles I have read in Stereophile and elsewere regarding the demise of the high end, if you ask me it's marketing. Back to the BOSE, this thing is fair, not great but definatly better than a Fisher rack system. When I set up an old NAD reciever H/K cd player Rogers ls35as and NHTsub (from the Super zero system) all of wich is second hand and can be obtained for far less than the 3-2-1, My girlfriend was quick to mention the supiriority of the vintage system, and sugjested moving the BOSE to the bedroom. If considering a system do yourself a favor and look around, check out your local mom and pop stereo store with your own cd or dvd.

Strengths:
Strengths would be simplicity of system, yet BOSE dose not have a corner on the market. Look at NAD , Linn or Arcam, all of wich make excelent lifestyle systems. Setup is important, speaker placement must not be an afterthought, as with any system.

Weaknesses:
Ocasional malfunction of comands from remote, restricted high frequency.

BEETLEMAN

Overall Rating
 1 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
4.33 of 5, 12.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00 from 0

Summary:
My neighbour got one of these (units) from whoknows where for christmas.(wont tell me what he paid for it) he has had it now for a couple of weeks and called me over to look at it because it didnt sound right. i spent a few hours trying it out and have to say this is the sorriest piece of crap ive ever seen.
i took him over to my place and as a joke i put my h/k avr 135 on 2 channel stereo and hooked up a couple of my old minimus 7's. put on a dvd and his jaw dropped, and then i turned on my homemade sub then he was really mad. enough said. when he asked what i paid for the stuff he was listening to, i explained average cost of my items, then he got even madder.
again marketing is everything these days, people can be taken by any claim that is made by anyone about anything, as long as its done right. this is where bose excells.
like they say, its like putting lipstick on a pig, and bose has certainly achieved this by going through their dumpster and reserecting some thing that should have stayed there.

Strengths:
it looks nice from a great distance.

Weaknesses:
everything. soon there will be alot of dumpster divers with bose hometheater setups. only gave one star because they dont have a listing for a negative.

Similar Products Used:
901's, 301's , 501's etc etc years back

Wiseways

Overall Rating
 2 of 5

Value Rating
 1 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.91 of 5, 32.00 votes

Price Paid:  $799.00 from Best Buy

Summary:
This product has been back to the shop every few months for repairs. The sound is good and picture good, but only when it's working, which hasn't been often. It is very easy to set up, and I've set it up many times, due to having to take it in for repairs.

Strengths:
Sound quality for a very simple and compact system is very good.

Weaknesses:
The lowest reliability of any audio equipment I have owned in the last 20 years.

Similar Products Used:
Sony, Panasonic.