Purchased the Companion 3 to make up for the woefully inadequate sound of my new Olevia 32" LCD HDTV. Two small satellites and a subwoofer/control unit with a wired combination I/O, volume, touch sensitive muting wired remote.. I don't impress easily but I was very impressed with the quality of sound this thing provides. Almost sounds too good for my bedroom TV audio system. And at $199.95 USD, it was very reasonable priced.
Is this some kind of troll ?
"no highs, no lows, it must be Bose'.
Graham
Your replies usually are.
As if by magic you prove my point.
It's junk! Unmitigated garbage! Anyone who'd even _think_ of buying one is so mentally defective they should be sterilized to prevent their reproduction!
In all seriousness...
Best Buy has compact Sony speakers on sale tomorrow for $25 a pair. You can probably get a cheap stereo receiver for less than $100 to power them. No "subwoofer", but the overall sound might be better. (The Sony has a separate mid/woofer and tweeter, not a single driver. This usually produces better sound.)
Another sale item at Best Buy tomorrow is a complete Sony "home theater" system: a 5-disc DVD player, four satellite speakers, one dialog speaker, and a "subwoofer" -- for $200.
Not having heard the Bose or Sony, I can't pass judgement on which has the better sound -- or whether either of them is "good" in an absolute sense. But it seems likely you could have gotten something as good (probably better) for less money.
LMAO!
It's very possible that I could have found something as good for less but I am hard to please where sound is concerned. Forget about the Bose name and price, I made the purchase based on how it sounded and the compactness. Remember this is in my bedroom so I don't have the room for a stereo and larger speakers. I liked how the speakers attached to the TV making the stereo image focus in the middle of the screen. I'm well satisfied, that's all that matters.
Filter expired after 30 days by default.
Right. No argument. I just hope the Bose wasn't the only product you listened to.
As for good sound for fusy listeners... If you're ever in the Seattle area, give me warning and I'll let you hear my Apogee/Parasound system, which is amazingly amazing.
I was watching the Hitchhiker's Guide last night funnily enough.
Graham
I'll be sure to save some of my hearing if I'm ever in town :)
So if you haven't heard them, and "can't pass judgement on the sound" - DONT ! Meat is a well respected and qualified poster on here, and he certainly doesn't need you to tell him that he is any kind of "mental defective". Coming from you, that's a real joke. Sheesh.
You're just so predictable. Do you have 'Bose detector software' running on your computer ? Ooh Bose. Ooh here comes good 'ol Bill Sommerwhatsit to stick his oar in and start bleating about what rubbish the kit is.
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You have an annoying habit of considering people who disagree with you as stupid.
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Mr. Daily, every time I start to think you have some sense, you blow it. Did you actually read what I wrote? Or is plain English incomprehensible to you? Mr. Plow got it, and laughed, as I intended.
I've found that stupid, mean-spirited people are the first to poke fun at my name. You're obviously disturbed that anyone dares to disagree with the omniscient Mr. Daily, and can't refrain from attacking them. A person who is so disturbed (as you are) that other people hold differing opinions is neither mature nor intelligent.
I've been seriously auditioning "good" audio equipment for more than 30 years, and I reviewed it for more than a decade. I have a published track record -- and some respect -- as a person who knows the difference between accurate and inaccurate reproduction. I know a thing or two.
One of those things is that full-range dynamic drivers aren't usually very good. Particularly when made of paper, they tend to have a dry, flat, rather grainy sound, which is probably the result of high IM. Using a separate mid and tweeter generally results in cleaner, more-transparent sound. On this basis, a properly designed two-way system (which the Sony probably is) is likely to be better than the single driver used in the Bose.
Do you have experience with live recording? Do you have a really good audio system? If you don't, then SHUT UP about things you have little knowledge of. Your opinions of the _absolute_ quality of the Bose Wave Radio is not consistent with that of most experienced listeners, so I see no reason why I should have any general respect for your opinions.
My point -- which was perfectly clear -- was not that Mr. Plow should not have bought the Bose, but that he should not have bought it without auditioning other products. If he did, and he likes the Bose, then who am I to disagree?
One of the things I like best about my friends is that most of them are aware, as I am of myself, that they don't know everything. You, Mr. Daily, are dull, humorless ignoramus.
Now exactly what do you want to repair on that Booeh-see ?
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Why don't you ask him? Mr. Plow? Are you there?
You're typical of most people. You have a limited range of things you're knowledgable about (as I do), but you think you know everything (as I don't). You sit in your own little parochial world, and whenever anyone disturbs its stability, you blow your stack. I can just imagine how you treat the insufferably stupid customers who come into your shop.
I was going to respond in excruciating detail, but decided to end my comments with the following.
Yesterday, CNN showed a police video of an officer attempting to arrest a driver. The offense? Speeding. The driver refused to sign the ticket, * because he claimed the policeman had stopped him before the actual area of the speed decrease.
The policeman didn't like that. Not one bit. As the driver walked away from the policeman, the officer insisted that he "turn around", which the man -- who had no weapon, and was not behaving in a belligerent manner -- refused to do. The policeman then pulled a Taser and used it.
That's you, Mr. Daily. If people don't think the way you do, you get totally twisted out of shape. Arfa Daily, Mr. Taser-tongue.
Sorry, you two work it out or just drop it.
I've said all I had to say. I'm content to drop it -- for the third time.
Nothing new there then ...
Boy you're a piece of work. Twisted out of shape ? Stand back, pal, and take a look at yourself in the mirror ...
As it happens, I've got the flu, and I'm feeling like shit, so don't have the energy or inclination to fight further with you. In fact, I can't be bothered with you at all any more. Mr Taser-tongue indeed. You have the mental age of a fifth grader. Prat. Consider it sorted.
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