I have recently bought these Speakers after evaluating the other speakers in the market (Polks, BW's, JB, Sony, etc.) and found these to be the best speakers out there. I can give a 5 star to these speakers without any reservation.

Small Speakers

Terrible Sound and very poor Bass

What a pile of crap! Sound is crap on both Movies and Music. While people who listen to it say, yea that was ok they are simply the ones who havent heard a quality system. Because people think you may have only spent $200 on it, hence saying it sounds ok! Yea for a $200 system!

Bass is useless, while i did feel it go through the floor, it sounded harsh and very poor.

In the end i took the system back to the shop and bought a Tannoy System. Yes they are the big proper speakers! Tannoy Mx3's, Mx1's and MxC. I also got the Tannoy MxSUB10. The difference was stunning and i spent less on the Tannoy's! Bass was fantasitc on the Tannoy.

BOSE NEVER AGAIN!

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My Bro's $100 Speaker System

Size, Ease of installation, sound reproduction with DVD

Mid range reproduction is weak, Subwoofer performance is marginal, Price

To all who are contemplating the purchase of new speakers for a home theater application.... Do NOT make your purchase decisions based upon reviews such as those found here. The one and ONLY way to make a decision is to audition the speakers or speaker system yourself, in the actual environment where it is to be used. Any retailer worth a damn will certainly allow you to bring the speakers home, install them and audition them in your listening environment for a period of time with the ability to return them for a refund if necessary.

What is important here is how the speakers sound to you! Not anyone else. There are a number of factors that come into play here. Making a purchasing decision based solely on a compliation of raw technical data resulting from sterile testing is not wise. Making a purchasing decision based solely on the advice of others is not prudent either.

The choice speakers, more than any other compenent in your system, is a very personal choice. Each individual has a different sound perception. What sounds good to me may sound terrible to you. Any and all technical data be damned.

This speaker system may work wonderfully for some, such as myself, who are looking for a certain level of versitlity and for those for whom size is very important. This Bose system may not be even close to the top in pure musical reproduction. It may not be the top in home theater applications. The fact is that it is adequate and versitle in both applications.

It is NOT the "piece of trash" that some here would have you beleive, nor is this system the pinnacle of performance that others would have you believe.

The bottom line is that the decision is yours and yours alone. The opinions of others are just that, OPINIONS. Nothing more and nothing less.

My advice, is to take some of the opinions and information found here, and disregard it all. Try to focus on what your own needs,desires and financial resources are. Create a list of about 5 - 10 products that you feel may meet your needs. Go to your retailer and audition each and every one of them. Not once, but two or three times. Bring your favorite cd's, dvd's, vinal, etc. to the place of purchase. Listen to the speakers using an amplification source that may be similar in performance to the one you have at home. Try to decide on the top two or three systems that you prefer. Go back and listen to those few again. Pick one that YOU like and bring it home. Audition it in your own environment. If you are happy with the choice, that is ALL that matters. All other opinions are rendered IRRELEVANT at that point, no matter what they would like for you to believe.

If it sounds good to you and it meets your needs and desires, you have made a wise choice. END OF STORY! Maybe it will be a Bose system that sounds best to you. Maybe it will be Accoutic Research. Maybe it will be Boston Accoustics. Maybe it will be B&W........ The choice is yours and yours alone. Have fun making it and, once your decision is made, Enjoy!

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Boston Accoustics, Velodyne, Yamaha, Genesis

see review

OK lets break this system down to it's components. Lets start with the cubes. These are made in mexico. the enclosures are made out of plastic, this plastic cost bose about $1.50 to make considering they have molds and a machine does it. Next the spring clips they use can be picked up at radio shack for about $1.00 lets assume they buy in bulk and get them for $.50. The "accoustic wadding" they use probably cost $0.25, this is a generous ssumption in that cotton at the store costs about $2.00 for a bage that would fill all five cubes. Screws and such lets be realistic hear $0.25. Now the drivers, exotic scan-speak drivers? Hardly. Vifa? nope. Mexican? Bingo!!!! These probably cost bose in the area of $3.00. We are now at $7.50 per driver please keep in mind I am being very very generous here. The total for all 5 cube would be $105 and we'll throw in another $15 for cabling and anything I may have forgotten bringing our total to $120.
Now the sub. A trip down to the harware store shows that MDF of this calibur, thickness, and density cost for the entire box would cost about $5.00 bose gets in bulk so lets say $3.00. glue $0.50, crossover $5.00, drivers $10, springclips and misc $4.00, port $1.00. the sub costs sub cost $22.50. Keep in mind labor in mexico for one system is probably in the area $.25 so we'll add that to the sub price. $22.75. OK lets add the sub and the speakers together giving us $142.75. Now average audio mark up is probably 3 times its cost to manufacture after marketing and everything else so $428.25 seems pretty reasonable for a product like this please again keep in mind my calculations are giving bose every benifit of the doubt. Lets say the markup was 4x my calculations this would be $571.00 still a decent value. but what the actual mark up is is 9.8x actual cost of manufacture!!!! this is almost 10X. Do you understand the inherent problem here???? I also must say that I have worked for Sears and Circuit city. Do you know that I made $112 everytime I sold one of these?? Please think and reseach before you buy. On sound it's not bad but it's not $1400 worth of sound and definatly not on par with anything else in this price range.

strong sound with a strong wattage amp. it can frash most speakers on the market.

SO CALLED AUDIO ENTHUSIAST

after scrolling through the reviews,I think some audio enthusiast would not know true sound if it bit them on the butt.have you got the correct amp with the oomf because it seems to me that your amp may be weak and the am 15's need a bit of power to drive them and another thing you haft to take into consideration is the size of the room you are trying to fill with sound and dont just connect the system up and think you are going to get strong sound because you may be upset.also size does not matter!


In 1988 I was invited to a bose launch of the first accoustimass series in sydney australia, it started at 6PM and finished at 11PM and for the first four hours i was there the saterlite cubes were covered with nice large varnished timber boxes with speaker cloth on the front of them.it was to give us the impression they were large speakers. So for the four hours they where punishing the speakers with music of opera,jazz,rock,music with heavy bass being suprised with the sound then in the last hour they dimmed the lights and pushed a pure 450 watts with heavy bass trembling music then they lifted the timber boxes to reveal four small cubes it was amazing.The bass went through my body it was even better when they played a c.d with cannons firing.
It was one speaker launch i will never forget.

SO THE MORAL OF THE STORY, DONT KNOCK ANY THING TILL YOU FULLY TRY IT AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE FULLY TESTED THE SYSTEM. AND WHAT MIGHT WORK FOR OTHERS MIGHT NOT WORK FOR YOU.

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where do i start.........to many to name.

Fits nicely back in package for return.

Very inexpensive (being nice) proprietary cabling

I've got one word for those who have or are thinking about purchasing any Acoustimass set-up, SUCKER! I wasn't brainwashed by a salesperson (sorry, the guy who stole my money), I actually grew up on bose product and thought that their commitment to excellence was real. Maybe it was in the 70's (i.e. the 901's), but they have really dropped the ball in 00's. I gave these sound lumps a test drive for three months, listening to all forms of music and movies, I was more than let down. Thank god I kept the receipt. I evaluated the speakers time and time again. I even brought over a friend who really has no interest in brand recognission , to evaluate the system for sound and price. The verdict, "good sound for $400". I then told him how much they were, and he said run, don't walk, to take them back. My best advice for the consumer is to go to a thrift store and find an 80's Casio portable keyboard, it will cost a lot less and have more range and depth.

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small size, integrated

lacks deep bass and highs above 13k

First let me start with admitting I do not own a pair of these speakers. I am not a lover or hater of Bose products, just someone that likes to listen to music and home theater.

I have auditioned these in several showrooms, including the BOse Outlet store in Huntly Il. The initial feel is that they have a big sound with a lot of clarity in a small and unabtrusive package. Initial listening is very impresive.

Several of the other reviewers already informed you, that the Bose are missing the low base below 40 to 50 htz, not totally unusual at this price range, and that the subwoofer is not really a subwoofer, but like the 3 piece system, a seperate bass unit, as low bas generally needs a larger enclosure and is for the most part omnidirectional. At any rate, the lack of deep bass is not gennerally a problem as the majority of sound does not fall in this range. And remember, that good, tight, DEEP Bass Subwoofers alone often exceed the price of this system.

For home theater the Bose sound nice and and were easy to live with. The lack of earth shattering bass will not be a problem for most people, especially those in multi-unit buildings where space is the biggest concern.

The lack of highs is mostly an issure when listening to music. Although at first you may not realize it, both because of failings in our own hearing (my guess is that few of us truly can hear to 20k, I know I can't anymore), and that the majority of music as also in the midrange area, the Bose system lacks those sweet bright highs and clarity that makes the music jump out at you and feel real.

I agree with the reviewer here that liked the bose for his home theater and his other system for music. These speakers are designed with built in limitations to fit a need and nitch and for that they work quite well.

Would I own a set. No, but that is because I do not have the budget or space (even one this small) for 2 systems and I prefer speakers that handle music better.

FOr those that can, there are several better speakers for producing lifelike music at a reasonable price, look at the B&W, Paridigm, Mordaunt Short, M&K, Mission, Definitive or Klipsch, or better still check out the Sonus Faber (yes I know not even near the same price range, but they sound GREAT!).

For everyone else the Bose do a fine job!

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polk, klh, definitive, Sonus Faber

Size, Easy of setup and Use, Sound, yes sound

Little pricey

Don't let all the anti-bose reviews sway your decision. Most
people that posted on the AM-15 don't even own them or any speakers at all. Are bose the best, no. Do they sould good, yes if you take the time and set them up correctly. For their size they are the best that I have tried. Like the wise man
said, listen to them before you buy and you will know what you are getting.

For the anti-bose A-holes who have nothing better to do then write a bunch on negitive reviews on a product they don't own...Get a life, one day you 2 will be able to afford a pair of speakers.

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Technics, Sony

Easy setup, cute looking

Lack of midrange, base and hi. In short, sound quality is not as good as some other brand names that are even cheaper than Bose.

Bose does give you good sound, but it is not nearly as good as many other names that are sold $400 more cheaper. I bought AM-10 first, and then switched to AM-15, because AM-10 is too bad. After trying out the Audio RM6600, I had no reason to keep Bose. I returned the Bose 20 days after. The Bose lovers here gets hurt feeling when somebody say that Bose is bad, which is understandable. However, truth is truth. The problems mentioned in the negative reviews are the facts, and you can not deny them. The comments by the Bose lovers are more emotional than factual.

I hope that this review will help those people who is considering buy a Home Theater System. For those who are stuck with a Bose, if I were you, I would keep it. Aftera all, it is good a Home Theater system. It is a little over-priced, with a little inferior sound quality.

As far as rating, I would give one star, not because it is not good by itself, but because there are many other brand names that are already better and cheaper, like Polk Audio, Inifinity. Cambridge etc. to name a few.

I certainly do not agree with those Bose Lover's logic on "you need to own a Bose to review it". As for me, I owned it, and I did not like it. I thought I would be stupid if I did not change it something else when I had a chance.

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Easy setup, cute looking

Lack of midrange, base and hi. In short, sound quality is not as good as some other brand names that are even cheaper than Bose.

Bose does give you good sound, but it is not nearly as good as many other names that are sold $400 more cheaper. I bought AM-10 first, and then switched to AM-15, because AM-10 is too bad. After trying out the Audio RM6600, I had no reason to keep Bose. I returned the Bose 20 days after. The Bose lovers here gets hurt feeling when somebody say that Bose is bad, which is understandable. However, truth is truth. The problems mentioned in the negative reviews are the facts, and you can not deny them. The comments by the Bose lovers are more emotional than factual.

I hope that this review will help those people who is considering buy a Home Theater System. For those who are stuck with a Bose, if I were you, I would keep it. Aftera all, it is good a Home Theater system. It is a little over-priced, with a little inferior sound quality.

As far as rating, I would give one star, not because it is not good by itself, but because there are many other brand names that are already better and cheaper, like Polk Audio, Inifinity. Cambridge etc. to name a few.

I certainly do not agree with those Bose Lover's logic on "you need to own a Bose to review it". As for me, I owned it, and I did not like it. I thought I would be stupid if I did not change it something else when I had a chance.

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