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 enlarge | Brand: Bose
Category: CE
List Price: $499.00
Buy New: $399.00
You Save: $100.00 (20%)
New (6) from $399.00
Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 26353
Color: White
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 31.8
Dimensions (in): 4.8 x 3 x 6.3
nv: Cube speakers: 6 1/4"H x 3"W x 4"D (15.7 x 7.8 x 10.2 cm) 2 2/5 lbs. (1.09 kg)
Warranty: 5 years warranty
MPN: AM5IIIWHT
Model: AM5IIIWHT
UPC: 017817234191
EAN: 0017817234191
ASIN: B000069E21
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Limited Appeal February 21, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Bose seem to elicit a passsionate response whenever their name is mentioned, and I will try to elaborate on my experiences and let the reader decide if these speakers are right for them.
I currently own a set of Bose Acoustimass speakers that I purchased from a friend. The speakers were in excellent shape and I felt lucky to be able to afford Bose a few years ago on my meager salary at the time.
The speakers are definitely room *friendly*, they blend in easily as their size is unobtrusive. That said, after investigating speakers recently for a planned theater upgrade, I now feel that they are lacking.
When I first got my speakers I compared them to a pair I had purchased back when I was in high-school. I didn't know anything about those speakers at the time but was happy with their sound as well(AR Holographic M1's). The results of the comparison left me thinking my ears were deceiving me "my old speakers sound better?" Anyway, I put those thoughts away thinking that I must not understand because "obviously Bose were the best."
Fast forward a couple years, all the while the Bose were up front in my surround system with the old speakers in the rear. That whole time I had no issue with the Bose, they performed well enough. After buying a new TV, I thought it might be nice to upgrade the speakers so I would have the same brand in the front and back. And so began the research.
I spent time listening to number of speakers, including high end and mid level brands at custom shops as well as entry level speakers at Best Buy and Circuit City. I have now come to desparately desire replacing my Bose speakers.
They just sound *thin*, which oddly enough was my initial impression, the one I thought I must not understand. That is the best I can describe it, music on the other speakers just sounded *fuller*, like it had more body.
I will freely admit I did not know what I was missing until I sought it out, but now that I do I feel that my Bose are no longer good enough. I will also say that this is not based on cost, I listened to a number of speakers that sounded much better at the same price, although they are NOT the same size.
In conclusion, I was looking for that fuller sound, willing to devote the floor space to much bigger speakers in order to get it. Some people might not be willing to make the trade of size for sound but for me it was worth it.
 these sound so AWFUL it HURTS! February 6, 2008
9 out of 31 found this review helpful
I just started dating a woman who owns this system, and she was so proud of it that I simply didn't have the heart to tell her the truth. On our third date she took me back to her apartment where we watched a DVD: beautiful plasma TV, horrendous Bose hunkajunk. The only reason I kept my mouth shut was because she's incredibly hot and I wanted to be there for breakfast the next morning.
But it took a lot of drinks for me to sit through this audio nightmare: male voices often came out of the so-called "bass module" instead of the tiny and tinny little satellites, and those voices were mixed in with the smeared, flabby mid-bass coming out of the box...totally localizable mid-bass. The music (we watched "Amadeus") was completely hollow-sounding, like listening to a boombox. During a few musical peaks there was even audible resonance coming out of the pseudo-sub...no surprise since it's just a cheap plastic enclosure, not even MDF like you get with even the cheapest REAL subwoofers.
Mama mia, the things a guy will do just to get some play...
For four hundred bucks these days you could actually get a pair of real bookshelf speakers (Infinity Beta 20s, Polk Monitor 30s, Hsu HB-1s) and a cheap sub (Dayton SUB-100 from partsexpress dot com) that would effortlessly destroy this Bose junk. Granted, it won't be in such a tiny and dainty-looking package, but it will sound a million times better!
I think I'll have to break the news to her on our tenth date or so, it actually makes me feel DIRTY not to, heh.
 Crystal clear sound December 13, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Great speakers, don't know why are there some Bose haters, but are there really listening to them? buy this speakers, perfect match for any stereo receiver.
Lot of Sound! November 24, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This set of speakers are great. I never knew so much sound could come from such small speakers. I like the way the top and bottom of the speakers swivel to get sound from almost every direction. No regrets here.
I like what I hear.... November 24, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought the Bose Acoustimass 5 for a friend in Korea to use in his flat screen TV. Once we set it up the sound transformation was phenomenal--it immediately gave the small room a big arena quality to it. Now I have his friends asking me when I am coming back to Korea so I can bring back another one (these are terribly expensive in Korea, btw).
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