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To Mark from Ohio,

If you want to replace these sorry excuse for speakers, look into NHT, B&W, Energy, Paradigm, PSB, Optimus, Mission, Tannoy, and Polk. These companies build "REAL" "QUALITY" speakers for those with higher taste.

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SEE MY REVIEW BELOW

Peerless style and size.

High-range.

The AM-15's are perfect for a Home Theater setup. The Bose-bashers on this board seem to think that high-end audio reproduction is the only reason people buy speakers. That simply isn't true. Bose markets to the non-audiophile home theater enthusiast, who probably thinks like myself:

When I was looking around for a Home Theater setup, audio reproduction was a close second on my list.

Like most people, I don't have a separate living room and 'fun' room. Thus, guys like me have to make sacrifices in the interest of keeping the living space liveable. My TV was the thinnest, best widescreen I could find that didn't come with an obtrusive built-in stand (Samsung Tantus series). The receiver was good midlevel 5.1 and DTS model (Denon 2800).

Bose systems are designed so you don't have to completely blow your home decor in the interests of sound quality. The Bose speakers w/integrated stands help make the home theater system an addition to your room, instead of it being the focal point.

The less intelligent posters on this board think of the home theater experience in only one of it's aspects. When the whole package is considered (well-marked and color-coded wiring...in fact I don't know how it could be easier), the Bose is a very good value.

Peerless style and size.

High-range.

The AM-15's are perfect for a Home Theater setup. The Bose-bashers on this board seem to think that high-end audio reproduction is the only reason people buy speakers. That simply isn't true. Bose markets to the non-audiophile home theater enthusiast, who probably thinks like myself:

When I was looking around for a Home Theater setup, audio reproduction was a close second on my list.

Like most people, I don't have a separate living room and 'fun' room. Thus, guys like me have to make sacrifices in the interest of keeping the living space liveable. My TV was the thinnest, best widescreen I could find that didn't come with an obtrusive built-in stand (Samsung Tantus series). The receiver was good midlevel 5.1 and DTS model (Denon 2800).

Bose systems are designed so you don't have to completely blow your home decor in the interests of sound quality. The Bose speakers w/integrated stands help make the home theater system an addition to your room, instead of it being the focal point.

The less intelligent posters on this board think of the home audio experience in only one of it's aspects. When the whole package is considered (well-marked and color-coded wiring...in fact I don't know how it could be easier), the Bose is a very good value.

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Response to Peter,

If you want a decent sounding home theatre with a small footprint at $1400, buy a quality 2-way/2.5way bookshelf or satellite speakers with matching subwoofers, or floorstanding speakers with slim profile (ie: polk rm6600 + velodyne ct-120 = approx. $1000 with $400+ in change). No floorspace? Not even for a 3x4x4 inch satellite? Heard of wallmounts? The AM15 can't even reproduce accurate or even bearable home theatre sound at home theatre level; more like payphone quality sound. Sound quality is OBVIOUSLY last on your list Petey, because your system is built from the cheapest materials (LDF, plastic, and paper), made by the lowest bidder, to maintain +900% profit margins for the audibly retarded. Let's review what hasn't already been said... Payphone-quality sound is achieved by "Bose's revolutionary new:" 1) space-aged paper tweeters which have poor resonant properties for the targeted frequency; silk, titanium, aluminum, mylar or any other alloy metal and fabric materials are prefered for optimal 2kHz and higher frequencies. 2) Lack of discrete drivers for high and midrange: overloading an already poorly constructed driver with excessive frequency not only sounds bad, but damages your hearing at high enough volumes. 3) Poorly constructed internal crossovers. 4) thin layer of LDF particle-board cabinet paired with no woofer bracing--what were they thinking?!? Distortion anyone? 5) Loud, boomy headache-inducing bass response of 50-250!!Hz. 6) Woofer driver is forced to reproduce vocal frequencies creating colorization, localization, miserable sound imaging, audible distortion, and a ringing effect that vibrates walls and furniture (illusion of power bass). If you live in a shoebox, the cubed-speaker setup is understandable though still not logical. Don't you hard-working consumers expect to get your money's worth here?? $1400!

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Size, Clarity, Crispness

Mid-Range fallout

If you are really interested in checking out Bose speakers, you have to listen to them in a soundroom compared to other speakers you are considering. As seen by the many love/hate reviews here, the experience is very personal.

We went to Ultimate Electronics to listen to Klipch, Bose, and Paradigm bookshelf speakers. It was a blind test, the salesman would switch from one speaker to the next using the same receiver and CD and we simply listened. Our ears chose the Bose AM15's. The salesman preferred the Paradigms because he could hear a hole in the Bose midrange. The hole was definetly there but when I heard the midrange on the Paradigms, it sounded (to my ears) like distortion. I lost the clarity of the triangle being played in the symphonic piece we were listening to which was striking on the Bose. Forget all the reviews - go take a blind test for yourself. It's the only way to decide.

They are cosmetically appealing!!!!!!!!!!!

The fact that they even exist is their biggest weakness.

My Klipsch ProMedia V.2 blows these away, let alone my Polk RT 2000P's... Circuit City isn't even alowed to have Bose in the same room with other speaker brands. Also, for some odd reason their frequency response isn't listed anywhere? I am assuming it is about 1500hz-12000hz though, piss-poor. Not to go on, they have conned many clueless people to purchase their cheap tv-quality speakers. I say go ahead and listen to them, just try not to laugh to hard.

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Polk, B&W, Klipsch

Never trust a reviewer who spells Bass b-a-s-e. Never trust a manufacturer who doesn't publish their specifications.
Always trust your ears when buying speakers. Listen to music you know like the back of your hand on speakers you are considering buying. Listen to speakers that are way out of your price range so you know what a stereo is supposed to sound like. Hint: It's not supposed to sound like anything...You should just hear the performance. If you want clock radio sound, buy a clock radio...actually that's the one thing Bose does right! But you can still beat that by buying Cambridge Soundworks table radio for less money, equal sound quality and a better tuner.
I don't hate Bose. They fill a very important niche in the consumer electronics department. They sell stereos for people who listen to background noise. They are not made for music lovers. Not everyone loves music. Most just accept it because it's everywhere. Let me know when a Bose stereo moves you to tears or gives you goosebumps. This is what music lovers strive for. Emotional involvement.
Here endeth the lesson.

Never trust a reviewer who spells Bass b-a-s-e. Never trust a manufacturer who doesn't publish their specifications.
Always trust your ears when buying speakers. Listen to music you know like the back of your hand on speakers you are considering buying. Listen to speakers that are way out of your price range so you know what a stereo is supposed to sound like. Hint: It's not supposed to sound like anything...You should just hear the performance. If you want clock radio sound, buy a clock radio...actually that's the one thing Bose does right! But you can still beat that by buying Cambridge Soundworks table radio for less money, equal sound quality and a better tuner.
I don't hate Bose. They fill a very important niche in the consumer electronics department. They sell stereos for people who listen to background noise. They are not made for music lovers. Not everyone loves music. Most just accept it because it's everywhere. Let me know when a Bose stereo moves you to tears or gives you goosebumps. This is what music lovers strive for. Emotional involvement.
Here endeth the lesson.

The best home theater system in the entire world. Full range frequency response 20Hz-20kHz. Seemingly limitless dynamic capabilities. They are for lack of a better word... perfect.

Absolutely none. It seems impossible that a product such as this, with nearly flawless engineering, could possibly have any weaknesses at all.

My former system consisted of (from source downward), Proceed PMDT DVD transport, Meridian Model 861 THX pre/pro,
Revel Ultima Studios with a pair of Mark Levinson No. 436s, which where used for the 2 chann aspect of a 50/50 HT setup. The Voice and Embrace surrounds where powered with 3 Mark Levinson No. 434s to maintain discrete amplification per speaker. And for a beefy bottom end I employed 2 B&W ASW-4000s. I had a $70000 (not including display) home theater setup that at the time I thought had no equal. And I loved it; my music sounded better than I'd ever heard it, and the movies where better than the theater could have ever reproduced them. And then one day while I was strolling through the mall, I stumbled across the Bose AM-15 demonstration. Being the snobby-rich audiophile I am, I wasn't prepared to give the Bose the time of day. But upon sitting down to a demo of "Air Force One" I was in utter disbelief. Here I went and spent $70000 on a dream theater when all along I could have gotten BETTER performance from the AM-15 and Kenwood receiver/DVD player. The bass module simply blew both of my 450 watt B&Ws into the weeds. The B&Ws claim extension of 17Hz, but the bose MUST be able to go down to at LEAST like 9Hz. And those cubes make the $10500 Studios look like hopeless pieces of crap. I had always thought the studios had holes in the freq. response, and the bose cubes brought that truth to light. The AM-15 destroyed my former system in every imaginable aspect. At that time I had an epiphany, I put all $95000 of my equipment up on ebay (I even sold my runco projector and replaced it with a 27" television), and although I only got $55000 in return, now I finally have my dream system. The Bose AM-15 with the Kenwood DV-1400 DVD player and VR-4900 receiver. Look at all the money I saved!!!! I now have the best system in the entire world, and it’s all thanks to Bose.

A note to everyone: If you are wasting money on ANYTHING other than Bose, you are very, very stupid. Do as I did, sell all you crappy expensive gear, buy Bose products, and get ready for the high life.
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I you believe this there’s something wrong with you. And if you own Bose you are a mosquito in my eyes, with a totally inferior system to boot.

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Revel Ultima Studio, Voice, Embrace and last but least (compared to bose) 2 B&W ASW-4000s. Mark Levinson amplification.

Easy to install.
Very good to excellent imaging, ambience, and timbre.
Visually attractive and unobtrusive.

Can be slightly heavy in the midbass.
Lacks richness in the baritone vocal range.

Time for a useful review...

I am not a Bose hater, in fact I like some of there products. Unfortunetly this one dissapointed me...

This info pulled off " http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/SoundAndVision/Article/0,1653,105_2127_1,00.html "

Facts:

In the Lab-Bose AM-15

SATELLITES
Frequency Response: 280 Hz to 13.3 kHz ±10.5 dB
Sensitivity (SPL at 1 meter)*: 85.1 dB
Impedance (minimum/nominal): 5.3/8 ohms
Bass Limits (-3/-6 dB): 280/220 Hz

BASS MODULE
Frequency Response: 46 Hz to 202 Hz ±2.3 dB
Sensitivity (SPL at 1 meter)*: N/A
Impedance (minimum/nominal): N/A

* measured with 2.8 volts of pink-noise input


Thank you SoundVision!

Listening to them, they sound OK. You can tell there are frequencies missing though. Especially when compared side by side with the Def Technology Sat/Sub sytem.

They may be right for some people, but expensive for what you get!

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