After reading reviews on different sites for good and bad comments are and try to heard actual sound of Bose Acousticmass 15 series iii supported with Onkyo TX-NR727 at the bose authorized dealer shop, Wow! Sound amazing….. I bought right away the two units Onkyo TX-NR727 185w/channel + Bose Acousticmass 15 series iii that match with quality sound….I am not a Bose fanatic nor audiophile expert but I love it the way it is, boomy Bass and the Creepy sound coming from different small speaker arrays a clear vocal sound with THX for movie, for the first time I did not appreciate the sound but after a long time of tune up or adjustment finally I found the right tunes to blow you away…..

Well I purchased the acoustimass 15 series 2 because my buddy owns tha same speakers and its a decent speaker system. He bought it because he loves his bass. Well first time I heard it I was very impressed by tha bass and by tha highs. I'm sure with a system like that there's always gonna be lacking somewhere in this case tha mid. I suggested him to purchase some secondarys(floor or bookshelfs) to pick up tha slack. Him being stubborn he didn't take that path. Well anyways I ended up pairing up tha bose with a pair of cerwin Vega xls 6 bookshelfs. So I hooked them all to my pioneer vsx 1022 reciecer and now it sounds suberb. Very happy.

I bought the BOSE AM 10 ser V 2 years ago. I matched it with a cheappy YAMAHA RX v365. The first few months of the set up, i really don't appreciate the sounds its very dull, i tried all the basic set up i can, manual set up on the AVR, subwofer orientations but no joy. BUT NOW, I realized that if you have patience in discovering the system and set up, YOU may get the BEST SOUND you ever wanted from BOSE, no matter what a cheap AVR you giong to match it. To the BOSE HATER i would suggest that dont judge the book by its cover, Try to expand your knowledge of it.

no mid bass snap , midrange is very week

Hola soy de españa ( barcelona ) quisiera saber para comprar el bosse acoustinass 15 o el bosse acoustimass 10 cuantos euros me costaria incluido el transporte.
Tambien quiero comprar un harman kardon avr 660.
gracias

I have these speakers for 4 years now... and every time I listen to music or watch a movie in dts I'm surprised of the power and soundquality this sets produces!
I set it up with a Denon AVR 3806 and a Denon 3910 dvd player, take you're time to adjust the settings, this is very importent with Bose speakers!!! If not done well the sound is going to be bad, very bad!

The sound is warm, and I have no troubles with missing frequence, the active subwoofer is very powerfull, the bass on my Denon receiver is set to -4, otherwise my house is shaking on high volume:-)

I can only recomend this speakerset.
I'm not gona say that this is the best sound in the price range of 2000Euro, but its the best satelite system, if you put big fat speakers in you're house like the canton the sound is probebly better but the desing is awfull, the Bose Acoustimass is allmost ivisible and visitors are allways amased of the sound these cubes produces!

Don't let salesman fool you! The profit on Bose is small for resellers they probebly gona try to sell you another set where they earn more money with!

I checked this speaker system at a friend's house today.

He has the Series III though, which are virtually identical.

He payed about 2000 swiss franks for it (that's roughly 1800 us dollars) and he's pretty proud of it! yay!

There comes the old psychological effect, that if a consumer buys something for serious money he'll defend that purchase by all means. He thinks it's cool while I think it sucks.

The system's purpose clearly is not listening to music but having a compact 5.1 HomeCinema sound system.

It does the latter way better than the former.

However, i'd like to present an alternative for about the same price, the Canton GLE Series. My bro has got those.

There are:

- Front: 2xCanton GLE 430 -> 2 x 275 CHF (CHF=swiss franks)
-Rear 2x Canton GLE 420 -> 2x220 CHF
-Center: 1 x Canton GLE 455 -> 1x320 CHF
-Sub 1xCanton AS 85 SC -> 1x480 CHF

Note that prices in Switzerland are extraordinarily high due to some protectionist policies for the government.

The sum of these speakers are roughly 1900 CHF.

They can be had cheaper at some places, however, expect to pay at least 1600-1700 for the complete system. A Bose acoustimass 15 can be had a little cheaper too, so they're really about the same in price.

As far as homecinema goes, the Canton clearly outplays the Bose system, no competition.

If it comes to music, the Canton blows them away! It's like comparing a children's toy to a stradivari violin.

The reasons for this can be seen with the eye: The Canton System is way bulkier. You *need* space for the speakers, which are significantly bigger as those BOSE cubes.
Canton sells On-Wall Speakers though, the GLE 410. They're considerably smaller and intended for Wall mounting. Never listened to them though, but I'm more than sure that they outclass BOSE.

It gets even sadder for BOSE when I check my girlfriend's living room - I got her a Logitech surround system for 550 CHF.
Even though they probably sound totally different in their own way, they're about the same as far as sound and build quality goes.

I couldn't compare them directly, but my verdict was in both cases: Good enough for some fun homecinema and TV, atrocious for music listening.
The BOSE system gives me the impression that there's sound everywhere in the room. kinda like an electrostatic loudspeaker, but that's not the point when you're watching a movie.

Strengths:

-Compact
-easy to set up
-fills the room with sound

Weaknesses:

-way too overpriced
-gets annihilated by any German loudspeaker manufacturing competitor (Canton, Teufel, Magnat)
-ugly sound when it comes to listening to music

I have owned this system for almost 9 years! Whenever I watch TV(which is way too much!), all sound always comes through my A/V system. I was very impressed with the ease of the set up and being up and running in a relativley short amount of time. I have the system powered by a Sony Reciever for almost 9 years!! THe receiver is just starting to breakdown, but considering how much TV i watch and how old it is, not too bad for a $500 receiver. OK, so if ur listening to just straight music, not so impressive. But when listening to surround and digital content, amazing!!! I certainly don't claim to be an audiophile, but I know what sounds good. I don't think one should have to spend the money they would on a new Honda Civic for a reciever and a couple of speakers. My friends have been constantly impressed when wathcing movies(especially in DTS), so much so that many have run out and bought updated Bose systems. While listening to straight 2 channel audio isn't so impressive, throw in a DTS 5.1 soundstack/album, and ur tune will change!!

Not that I will be moving into a larger space and will need to aquire a new receiver, I still plan on using the bose system as my surround speakers(moving up to 7.1) and purchasing a decent pair of floor standing speakers. Using an accousmass sytem as surrounds?!?!?! SWEET!!! Thinking of getting and Onkyo SR-876 receiver to power it all, should be mind blowing!!! While these may not be the sweetest speaker on the market, I do believe that as far as packaged surround sets go, BOSE is tops!! If you want something better, be prepared to fork out 2-3k for something comparable, and quit ur b*tc*ing!!

Kewl

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bose acoustimass home theater is all about the setup of speakers. its for watching movies. Thes speakers are not for haveing a concerts in your house.
I highly recomend that a yamaha amp is used with bose the 2 work just great together. the one bad thing about this bose system is that i cant open it and clean it, thers really no info on how to fix it if it breaks