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Bronze Member Username: DuckwingPost Number: 15 Registered: Dec-04 | Hi guys, Thinking about purchasing the Bose Acoustimass 15. Appreicate any thoughts anyone has on this system. Thanks. |
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Bronze Member Username: MonolgouePost Number: 45 Registered: Feb-04 | Orb Audio, Hsu Ventriloquist, even Onkyo HTIB are better choices if you are concerned about sound quality and value. I don't think Bose are as bad as their reputation around here, but one does have to question their cost/performance ratio... |
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schouse13 Unregistered guest | The following is from audioholics.com Cubed Systems: While these systems may be very popular, they are by far some of the least accurate and worst sounding so called "speaker systems" devised. Although, most consumers do not realize this because these speakers are well marketed and their main emphasis is big sound in a very small footprint. I deliberately kept this topic separate to stress its importance. Avoid these types of speakers at all costs ! Most of them are basically two way system with an unpowered bandpass so called "subwoofer" which produces bass frequencies between 45Hz and 200Hz while the tiny cubed speakers produce frequencies between 280Hz and 13KHz. The problems with this system are as follows: 1) This so called "subwoofer" produces bass frequencies up to 200Hz, which are very directional and localizable and also contain some midrange frequencies critical to vocal reproduction. This sub does not produce bass frequencies that quality subwoofers are designed for (90Hz and below). Instead it over emphasizes midbass frequencies (50-80Hz) to give the illusion of bass to the unknowledgeable consumer in the demo room. 2) There is a gap of at least 80Hz in the crucial midbass / voice frequencies which is blatantly obvious while listening to vocal music. 3) The cubes cannot properly handle the midrange and high frequencies since they are too small to be adequate midranges and too large to be good tweeters. They roll off sharply at 13KHz, which is considerably below human hearing capabilities (20KHz) and have a deliberat bump between 7kHz to 9kHz to give the illusion of treble in a showroom floor. There are many alternative loudspeakers in this price range, and half the amount for that matter, which will clearly outperform them in every respect. If a small footprint is critical to your application, there are many quality satellite speaker systems with self-powered subs that will sound superior to these and cost the same or less. Let your ears be the judge in this matter rather than brand or employed marketing techniques. You will soon come to the realization and ask yourself how you every considered these cubed speakers from the beginning. |
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Bronze Member Username: DuckwingPost Number: 16 Registered: Dec-04 | What does everyone think of the Polk RM20 or RM6900? The AM15, and these systems are in the same price range. Appreciate any thoughts. |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 2471 Registered: Dec-03 | Miles better than the AM15. Listen and you will hear the big difference. |
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Bronze Member Username: DuckwingPost Number: 17 Registered: Dec-04 | ah thanks guys, What does everyone think of the Infinity TSS-1100? |