Comments on: Bose Acoustimass 5 Series III User Review

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:21:54 +0000

A big factor for me with Bose is their customer support. I bought my acoustimass in the late ’90s or early 2000s. In 2009, the sub-woofer died. Customer support said they would fix them for something like $89 (and remember postage is high for the woofer which weighs a ton.)

Turned out they didn’t make my model anymore so they sent the latest, 10 years after I bought it, for no extra charge. Show me another company that will do something like this after 10 years, for any product.

and the sound is great to me.

By: ArtMuscle

ArtMuscle — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:58:16 +0000

Bose speakers were top of the line in the 70s, but by the 80s, many other speaker manufacturers put out products that were as good or better for a lot less and if you are looking for high end, there are many speakers that leave Bose in the dust.. Bose speakers, in my opinion “color” sound to what most people think sounds great. That’s because Bose knows most people have a tin ear. A lot of people out there can’t hear the difference between a high-end stereo and a boom box and Bose knows that. I’ve also seen a number of people that buy speakers by how they look or by their size, and they don’t care how they sound! People DO look for unobtrusive speakers to hide around a room, mainly to fulfill their surround sound needs for their home theaters.. I would consider using them on my PC at best. I just replaced my very old Bose speakers with Polk Audio (RTi12s and Monitor 70s) and I am quite pleased with my new sound. I was in a choir for 10 years and a band for 8 years so I know what “live” is suppose to sound like.

By: el douchay

el douchay — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:54:36 +0000

Do you like them, or hate them? Your “review” really does nothing more than badmouthe Bose.

Oddly, I agree that Bose is for the sheep, not the audiophile.

At least, I think I agree. Your rambling review makes it hard to know WHAT you are talking about.

-LJ