Scoots

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Price Paid:  $0.00 from GoodWill

Summary:
What treasure's to be found when you least expect......found these (dated 1988) models last weekend at a GoodWill store with some minor bumps and bruises but mainly quite intact and without any close viewable speaker damage. Asked the clerk if they were tested and said that one had a flutter sound in the left woofer....he also said he would bring the price down from $49.95 to (some might not believe) $19.95!!!!! He even helped me restle them into our car and when back at home and plugged in my 300 watt Yamaha and with much trepidation.......Perfect, clear with nothing but that excellent quality that older Bose speakers give. Beautiful crisp acoustics and very nice bass that their products lack in their newer over the top technology. Still can't belive I found such a great pair of excellance in a trift store! Highly recomend them if you can find them...I did! as of now I'm now driving them along with a pair of 501's from the 70's and with great balance.

Strengths:
Wonderful high ends with just the right touch of bass - perfectly matched w/ an older pair of 501's

Weaknesses:
Heavy but we are talking real wood and great build.

Similar Products Used:
Bose 501, 201's. I now have 5 sets of Bose (models made before their lack of a good speaker system) throughout the house.

tbcyberzom

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
3.29 of 5, 7.00 votes

Price Paid:  $350.00 from FRIEND

Summary:
i love these speakers they sounds great i got a pairfor 350 in good condition and its really sounds clear and bass are good.....better that some klipsch from bestbuy that i sold already.the hieght is perfect to my needs and the looks is good..best speaker for me ...so far .

Strengths:
sounds clear and bass are tight.

Weaknesses:
dont make them anymore

Similar Products Used:
klipsch kg-3 klipschkg-4 jbl -l5

Price Paid:  $900.00

Summary:
Bought four of them in 1987. Mine are not the II. They still look and sound great. The cabinets are as nice today as they were then. The formica or whatever tops have endured beer bottles, baby bottles, ash trays and who knows what. I have gone through several amps, mostly yamahas. Burned up the last one I bought HTR 5890, twice before I dug out my Bose 10.2 brochure and realized I was running 4, 4ohm speakers through the amps. Funny the first two amps lasted years and they were smaller Yamahas. Have now fired these babies up with Denon PMA-2000 ivr integrated amp with preamp. Just like getting new speakers.
These babies need power and lot of it. Have added powered subwoofer helps to pick up the low end. Wouldn't trade mine for anything.
Bought at a small stereo shop close out sale paid about a 1/3 off as I recall
I have 2 nephews who work for Bose. Both want me to will them to them when I die. They probably will still be playing. I have played them hard for 20 years.
Funny I never realized they were 4 ohms

Strengths:
Tougher than nails......20 years old and still rocking

Weaknesses:
4 ohms pushes you to high end of amps

Similar Products Used:
Bose shelf speakers
JBL Lancer 77s

lgchristianson

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.67 of 5, 3.00 votes

Price Paid:  $1200.00 from Highland Superstores

Summary:
Got one of these from my then girlfriend for Christmas and needed to buy the other myself.... She was great that way until I married her but this is Audio Review and that's another story.

Anyway, I hooked them up to a JVC receiver with 80W per channel (front) and some 501's in the rear (@30W) but kept blowing the rear output transistors. Audio was pretty good with excellent highs and mid-range and "nice but lacking" bass. Kept this setup for a couple of years without the rears but had babies so they saw little use. Eventually put them in storage where they stayed until 2000 when I decided it was time for an AV system with 5.1 surround. I researched here and decided upon a Sony STR-DE845 receiver, SA-WM40 (modified) Powered Sub Woofer, JBL S Center, and some generic (white van specials) but decent rears.
Like I said the bass was always nice but lacked punch until I added that sub not to mention 100W per channel (front & rear). Considering the costs involved I haven't heard another surround system as good for twice the price. The 10.2's put my audio all over the room with ringing doorbells, phones and footsteps having me muting the sound trying to answer each one.

Strengths:
Becoming easier to find on eBay & Craigs.... I want to get two to use for the rear!

Weaknesses:
Can't think of any cept for the open ports (I thought I had blown a speaker only to find out the kids had dropped about 40 toys into the right speaker reflex port).
As noted earlier in these reviews the connection pins are cheap but they work.

Similar Products Used:
501's

jdmars02

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
1.80 of 5, 5.00 votes

Price Paid:  $0.00 from long ago and far awa

Summary:
The Bose 10.2 is a fantastic floorstanding speaker. I cannot believe the crisp highs and booming bass. I bought them in 1988 and have never let them go. These bad boys need juice! I never truly got musical clarity-- crystal clear highs and booming bass until I drove them with a Dynaco Stereo 70 Tube amp. That's only 35 watts per channel. They are rated at 180 watts per channel. The 10.2 (1988 & 1989 models)are monsters!

Strengths:
Outstanding soundstage. Teak hardwood cabinet Timeless design

Weaknesses:
None. antique...no longer produced.

Similar Products Used:
Triangle, Klipsch