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Now that I have finished building my audiophile system (costed me close to $10K used), where am I going to put my Bose speakers? Ah! I can use it with a Dolby receiver on my computer games. Got everything hooked up. Boot to Need for Speed IV, Oh my.. my Farrari F50 sounded like a Chevett( ok, a Camery at best). Can use it. Hook my No-name-computer speakers back, and put the Bose in the basement. End of story.

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No name computer speakers, KEF, B&W802, Audio Physic Virgo

Junior likes to play blocks and build things with the tiny cubes and the bass unit burns longer than a duraflame.

Stadium horn speakers reproduce music better

I can't believe how deep the bass goes with the 5 1/4" drivers in the cardboard box with a big hole. Whooa, 50Hz.

Those cute little cubes have such nice paper cone tweeters. You better hold on to those things, because they may be antiques soon. Every other speaker manufacture that knows a damn thing about music knows, that a 1" dome tweeter sounds a hell of lot better than a paper cone from the 40's. I bet you people would spend $1000 on a new camera that used flash bulbs instead of a built in flash.

Wake up and smell the Pabst Blue Ribbon, BOSE is crap! I can't think of a better way to waste money. 2 Paradigm Atoms at $179 sounds better than BOSE. Then buy a $300-400 sub and you will be blown away. How many other speaker manufacturers sell subwoofers with 5 1/4" drivers? Most start at 8" minumum, they don't even bother with 6 1/2". I guess BOSE figures if we put 3 little crappy drivers in a cardboard box, it will sound better than 1 big one.

It's OK if you spent all that money on crap. I am sure you can still sell them to some other poor ignorant sap and get yourselves some real speakers, rather than try to justify your unconscience buying decision by claiming they sound great, just because you had to get a second mortgage on the doublewide to buy them. We all make mistakes in life, some not this big, but poor research, listening skills, and ignorance leads to this. Please redeem yourselves and either sell the crap or use the cubes as kindling during the cold winter months. The bass unit does burn quite a long time, as I was thoroughly surprised. It puts out quite a bit of heat also. The cubes don't burn as long, seeing as they are mostly just paper.

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PA system at an elementary school, farting in the toilet sounds better

Hym, perfectly reproduces 20Hz to 20kHz. Never used a frequency sweep generator and a calibrated sound presure meter together on set of speakers, have you.

I like the AM10's, I like the way they sound, I like their small size, so I'll keep listening to them. Nope, not the best in the world, will even admit they might be over priced some, but not near as bad sounding as you would like people to beleive.

And my cheap amp is a Sony ST-DE845, nothing special, but has a parametric equalizer which let's you set the center frequency of the band you want to adjust. My room is only 14ft by 28ft, and the DE845 delivers enough power to the Bose to get an excellent theater sound.

And just to address the quality issue, I think I'll pass on tearing my speakers apart just to prove you right, or wrong. Do know of several 10 year old Bose AM sets that are still working fine, so expect the same will be true of mine.

Bose is not the Evil Empire come to reap sonic destruction upon planet Earth, but is a quality speaker manufacturer delivering a product to happy customers all over the world.

And, yes, you may hate them for what ever reason, and say that openly in public without fear of sonic distruption from a Bose sound cannon, but really guy, get a life!

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Aside from all the flame wars, anyone who stumbles upon these reviews who is SERIOUSLY considering buying these speakers (or ANY Bose speakers), PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE listen to the audiophiles, not the casual ignorant mass market zombies that float around from Circuit City, to Sears, to Best Buy, to Costco-- searching for true home audio where it does not exist. Myself, the Anti-Bose, and others are not asking that you go out and buy up a pair of Kharma Grand Enigma Reference to satisfy us. We are however urging you to go out and do your homework, and buy a half-assed speaker system, in order that a company such as Bose, who takes shortcuts in contruction and extra measures to extort its customers, does not get rewarded for doing so.

If you just take a glance at the reviews on this particular page, you will CLEARLY see that most Bose-haters sound sincere, knowledgible, accurate, informative, and factual, whereas all Bose proponents merely ride on the arguement that "they sounded good to me"-- with absolutely no credible insight as to why whatsoever. For all you know these people could be legally deaf morons who used to like firecrackers next to their ears when they were young. They offer no documentation, no readings or measurements, no physical evidence, no structural evidence, absolutely no law of physics or sonic properties supporting, NOTHING they say has much validity at all! So why trust them?

Look for yourself, open the yellow pages, find a local HIFI audio dealer near you, call and ask the experts themselves. In fact, just see if they carry any Bose products at all. That should tell you enough. No one respectable in this industry or hobby recognizes Bose as anything more than a novelty.


You don't have to listen to me, or the Anti-Bose, or anyone else here. Use common sense. Look at all the HI-END, HI-FI, and PROFESSIONAL speakers that exist today. Do any of them share the dimensions, the materials, or the design of the AcoustiMess? Look at where Bose is sold--more importantly, where it isn't sold. Look at your product, no documentation, no specs, measurements. Would you buy a car from a similar company?

I often see Bose demonstrations at electronics stores while picking up dvds. A lot of people are caught by the marketing hype and the build up of hte salesman. What I have realized is that perceived fidelity is all relative (this is especially apparent in virgin ears who are accustomed to only Sony boomboxes). For instance, after an audiophile gets done listening to his or her multi-thousand dollar system, he hops into his benz/lex/bmw and his car audio system sounds unbearably horrible! Other times though, the car audio system sounds fine, great even. That is relativity. Put Bose up to a similarly priced speaker and you'll see for yourself.

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See my other Bose reviews

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Aside from all the flame wars, anyone who stumbles upon these reviews who is SERIOUSLY considering buying these speakers (or ANY Bose speakers), PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE listen to the audiophiles, not the casual ignorant mass market zombies that float around from Circuit City, to Sears, to Best Buy, to Costco-- searching for true home audio where it does not exist. Myself, the Anti-Bose, and others are not asking that you go out and buy up a pair of Kharma Grand Enigma Reference to satisfy us. We are however urging you to go out and do your homework, and buy a half-assed speaker system, in order that a company such as Bose, who takes shortcuts in contruction and extra measures to extort its customers, does not get rewarded for doing so.

If you just take a glance at the reviews on this particular page, you will CLEARLY see that most Bose-haters sound sincere, knowledgible, accurate, informative, and factual, whereas all Bose proponents merely ride on the arguement that "they sounded good to me"-- with absolutely no credible insight as to why whatsoever. For all you know these people could be legally deaf morons who used to like firecrackers next to their ears when they were young. They offer no documentation, no readings or measurements, no physical evidence, no structural evidence, absolutely no law of physics or sonic properties supporting, NOTHING they say has much validity at all! So why trust them?

Look for yourself, open the yellow pages, find a local HIFI audio dealer near you, call and ask the experts themselves. In fact, just see if they carry any Bose products at all. That should tell you enough. No one respectable in this industry or hobby recognizes Bose as anything more than a novelty.


You don't have to listen to me, or the Anti-Bose, or anyone else here. Use common sense. Look at all the HI-END, HI-FI, and PROFESSIONAL speakers that exist today. Do any of them share the dimensions, the materials, or the design of the AcoustiMess? Look at where Bose is sold--more importantly, where it isn't sold. Look at your product, no documentation, no specs, measurements. Would you buy a car from a similar company?

I often see Bose demonstrations at electronics stores while picking up dvds. A lot of people are caught by the marketing hype and the build up of hte salesman. What I have realized is that perceived fidelity is all relative (this is especially apparent in virgin ears who are accustomed to only Sony boomboxes). For instance, after an audiophile gets done listening to his or her multi-thousand dollar system, he hops into his benz/lex/bmw and his car audio system sounds unbearably horrible! Other times though, the car audio system sounds fine, great even. That is relativity. Put Bose up to a similarly priced speaker and you'll see for yourself.

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See my other Bose reviews

Small, good sound, nice design and the white color to match my wallpaper!

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I Like the Bose AM 10 verry much! I bought a Loewe Xemix Dvd player to match my Loewe Xelos widescreen TV. I upgraded my stereo set with a onkyo TX-DS575 Dolby D, receiver(see reviews on this one!).

I wanted to have a good sounding 5 speaker set to listen to DVD and music. I compared the Bose AM10 with various floorstanding and bookshelf speakers.

The Bose AM10 sounds great! The bass module produces, when correctly placed, a good low bass. (if you like even more bass, try the powered AM15) The sound is well balanced and easy to listen too. And above all, the this speaker system does not consume all your livingroom space. Also I like the design and the white color.

After all these years of research and marketing Bose is right after all. You do not need large speakers in a living room!

Try them, buy them, I am sure you will love them!

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I had before: KEF C20 with Onkyo TX-810 reciever

Full sounding, compact and ease of setup.

Had to add the additional sub
JBL PSW1000 & I've blown the sub on the Bose unit a few times - but the full 5 year unconditional warranty covered me :-)

Well guy's and gall's, the honest review shakes down like this.

These speakers sound great -

are they overpriced? probably.
Were they the best sounding option in the store, YES.
Do they deliver surround sound and make movies sound great, YES.

You may want to listen to Uncle Jessie and just shop around before you buy like any good consumer. These sounded great to me, but there may be some other systems that fill your ears, and make you shiver. Your choice. I'm not a huge Bose advocate, only because I've had to return them a few times, but they do sound great with the digital surround, and the additonal sub. My PS2 DVD's sound sweet, and I'm all about that.

Overall - Sound wise - They're a 10 in my book.
Reliable???
But you do get one hell of a warranty and I have listened to my system on 10 before, hence the issues with warranties ... Ohh the ringing in my ears.

Anyway, Take it for what it's worth, To the casual listener, these will work fine. Would I shop around next time, probably a little more, as the name pulled me in first. Don't listen to other people, listen to the speakers, and not just the bose...

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Jessie

Look, Clear sound, strong bass when located at the right place,

Must to position all speakers according to the structure of your room, must to choose the right receiver.

This is my only first impression after a trial of a few days with two different receivers, with one of them Marantz the sound was average, then i tried it with old but strong pioneer and the sound is great including tha bass.
Anyhow i'm going to try it with my new receiver YAMAHA RX-V596 and ofcourse i'll let you know more in about a week.

The cubes are fun to juggle

Construction, the "bass module", inability to reproduce anything resembling sonic fidelity, etc. etc.

Let's cut right to the chase: if you have $900 to waste, are in functioning possession of tone deafness and tin ears, and don't know a cello from a chair, this is the speaker system for you. Or to put it another way, you know what they say about fools and their money

Let's also not beat around the bush - informed, discerning consumers don't buy quality speakers at Best Buy and it's ilk

Now, to the subject at hand: Bass. Ah yes, bass. Ever heard bass? No, not that booming, thumping crap that drives past your house at all hours of the day, but that glorious low frequency energy that occupies the 20-200 Hz range of the audio spectrum. Guess what - you won't find it in this fine product. Instead, what you get is a "bass module" which emits a muffled bleat with all the energy and definition of a wet beer fart. Listen to the tonal definition of a plucked acoustic bass string as reproduced on any decent speaker, then try and reproduce that sound on the AM-10 - inserting square pegs into round holes is a more constructive exercise in futilty.

Now some here acknowledge the bass problem and attempt to get around it by buying, GASP, a *real* subwoofer! People, 2 responses:
1) "You can't polish a turd"
2) Ever heard the adages about putting perfume on a pig? Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic?
Why, in God's good name, buy a subwoofer on top of this stinking pile of crap, when, for your original purchase price of the AM-10, you could buy real speakers AND a subwoofer???

Treble: treble should be airy and transparent. Those cute little cubes with their "high-tech" paper cones don't give you anything close - hell, they can't reproduce anything above 14 kHz, which any person with functioning aural faculties should be able to notice in short order. What you *will* notice is an annoying harshness that becomes fatiguing very rapidly. Good speakers give you the sense of not being present, that is, the music or action will be appear to be in the room with you. Not so here, with those cubes shrieking away and that "bass module" farting in the corner (or next to the TV, behind the couch, wherever). In other words, there is bad imaging and bad soundstage.

Mids: you will find a gap in the low midrange, owing to the "bass module" topping out at 200 Hz and the sats picking up at about 280 Hz. A frequency gap which affects the vocal reproduction in music and movie soundtracks. Neat trick, huh? This is the result of "Better sound through research"?

I implore anyone thinking of buying this swill to get out and listen to speakers - your ears will forever thank you. Otherwise, you deserve to be locked in a room and forced to listen to the Backstreet Boys 24/7 for the next 10 years

I can't and won't speak for other Bose products, but Dr. Bose and company should be boiled alive in a vat of curry for inflicting this horrendously over-priced rubbish on audio consumers!!!

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The usual suspects: Polk, JBL, PSB, Definitive Tech, Paradigm, Energy, et al

Bose name. Clear mid range...Imganing

Bloated mid-bass..Poor build quality with paper drivers. Bass module is worthless..

I heard these at my freinds house. He just got them about a week ago or so. He's a Bose fan..enough said. Well I thought hey I would give a listen to hear what everyone is complaining about. First thing i heard was the bloated mid-bass(80hz) or so. Seemed one-notey, boomy..Typical band-pass. The little cubes had great imaging and good mid-range. However I heard better. Bose saids these give a natural sound?? No, I don't think so, maybe artifical. I really don't have a problem with the cubes but that bass module has'd to go. BOOMY BOOMY BLOATED!!

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Paradigm, Klipsch!