I am looking for a stereo system thats small to go in my house. We really dont have anywhere to put a huge system right now so I am looking for something compact to use for our living room. Dont need a surround for my tv just looking for a stereo with cd, fm/am, maybe a mps player. Anyone know of something I could or should look at.
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I was looking at the bose wave, do you have one? Is it worth the money?
I would take a look at some Axiom Audio bookshelf speakers:
http://www.axiomaudio.com/m22ti_main.html
Very small footprint, reviewed very well. I use some of their smaller speakers for rear surrounds.
If you want on-wall speakers B&W has some monitors that sit on the wall and sound pretty good.
I am NOT a fan of the BOSE systems. Ever heard the jingle, "Can't hear the highs, can't hear the lows, must be BOSE"?
Have heard their wave thing in the BOSE store. Listened for grins. Was not impressed in the slightest. If you want ambient sound and could care less about imaging I think the BOSE would actually work just fine. You don't need to spend $10k if all you want is background noise.
However if you want to watch an occasional movie or actually sit down and listen to some music, I would pass on the Bose system.
Marantz sells some stylish all-in-one systems that are reasonably priced if you know where to go....
http://www.accessories4less.com/cgi-bin/item/MARER2500
The real question is what do you ultimately want to DO with the sound? You mention that you don't want a big system "right now", which to me implies that you may want something decent in you near or close-to-near future. If that is the case, I really don't think a Bose system is going to help you. You ideally want to spend your money once, and not over and over again as you expand. Get something that you can see yourself using in the future. Get a decent set of bookshelves (like the Axioms) and then move them to your rear channels when you go surrond sound. Or get some nice B&W 6-serries bookshelves (602s3 sound great) and move them to the rear when you upgrade your front speakers. Since it is in the same line as other, much larger B&W speakers, their sound and timbre are already matched so you have a clear upgrade path.
Hope this makes sense.
http://www.axiomaudio.com/m22ti_main.html
Very small footprint, reviewed very well. I use some of their smaller speakers for rear surrounds.
If you want on-wall speakers B&W has some monitors that sit on the wall and sound pretty good.
I am NOT a fan of the BOSE systems. Ever heard the jingle, "Can't hear the highs, can't hear the lows, must be BOSE"?
Have heard their wave thing in the BOSE store. Listened for grins. Was not impressed in the slightest. If you want ambient sound and could care less about imaging I think the BOSE would actually work just fine. You don't need to spend $10k if all you want is background noise.
However if you want to watch an occasional movie or actually sit down and listen to some music, I would pass on the Bose system.
Marantz sells some stylish all-in-one systems that are reasonably priced if you know where to go....
http://www.accessories4less.com/cgi-bin/item/MARER2500
The real question is what do you ultimately want to DO with the sound? You mention that you don't want a big system "right now", which to me implies that you may want something decent in you near or close-to-near future. If that is the case, I really don't think a Bose system is going to help you. You ideally want to spend your money once, and not over and over again as you expand. Get something that you can see yourself using in the future. Get a decent set of bookshelves (like the Axioms) and then move them to your rear channels when you go surrond sound. Or get some nice B&W 6-serries bookshelves (602s3 sound great) and move them to the rear when you upgrade your front speakers. Since it is in the same line as other, much larger B&W speakers, their sound and timbre are already matched so you have a clear upgrade path.
Hope this makes sense.
First off, I would stay away from Bose. They are overpriced for what you get, it might not be a bad product for a lot less money, but for what they are asking you don't get much. Aside from the false sense of thinking you own high end audio equipment, thank Bose marketing for that. Sorry if anyone owns Bose....find me some published specs on Bose frequency response from their speakers and we will talk, especially the "acclaimed" lifestyle systems. I think you can build a nice little, much better sounding satellite system for less than a Bose system.
In any case I think you may want to define your price range. Do you need everything, receiver, cd player and speakers? do you have anything that you can use right now?
In any case I think you may want to define your price range. Do you need everything, receiver, cd player and speakers? do you have anything that you can use right now?
I might get flamed for this, but the Nakamichi soundspace 8 Sounds like it would suit your needs well. There is also a soundspace 5.
They are by no means an audiophile system, but compact and sound decent for background music and look cool too. A little pricey for what you get though.
It would help if you disclosed the budget you had in mind.
They are by no means an audiophile system, but compact and sound decent for background music and look cool too. A little pricey for what you get though.
It would help if you disclosed the budget you had in mind.
Thanks for the info, I will check into that. Eventually I will buy a entire system, we just moved in and we are doing 1 room at a time and the living room is next so I wanted to wait and see what we are doing with b4 I buy a whole system. My wife just wanted something just to have in there for guest for now. Thaks again for all the info and if anyone else has an opinion let me know.
One test of the Bose system is on this page: http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html . The frequency response isn't that great at all (46-202 [+/- 2.3 dB]; 280-13.3k [+/- 10.5 dB] Hz).clr1024 said:
zahntech said:
I do have this in my bedroom. I absolutely love it.
I was considering getting a Lifestyle system but have since changed my mind due to reviews given on here and on other sites.
Why not something like this?
The price isnt bad and I bet it sounds good.
http://www.electronics-expo.com/product.jsp?x=SCPM71SD&webcategory=null&submenu=null
I personally have a Denon 3805 paired to 4 JBL E100s and the center channel, all I need is a subwoofer. For regular CDs and such, crisp and perfect, better then any bose system. PLus for when I am watcing movie or even playing Halo 2, perfect sound. All of that was about $2400, but you can find something very suitible for less and still sound incredible.
The price isnt bad and I bet it sounds good.
http://www.electronics-expo.com/product.jsp?x=SCPM71SD&webcategory=null&submenu=null
I personally have a Denon 3805 paired to 4 JBL E100s and the center channel, all I need is a subwoofer. For regular CDs and such, crisp and perfect, better then any bose system. PLus for when I am watcing movie or even playing Halo 2, perfect sound. All of that was about $2400, but you can find something very suitible for less and still sound incredible.
Patdeisa,
See you prove my point, those specs are terrible, this is the reason why Bose doesn't publish their frequency response. I have always said they are all hype, like I said, it might not be a bad product for maybe half or less of what they are asking....guess some people are willing to buy into the hype and perpetuate the Bose marketing machine....sad really.
Carl
See you prove my point, those specs are terrible, this is the reason why Bose doesn't publish their frequency response. I have always said they are all hype, like I said, it might not be a bad product for maybe half or less of what they are asking....guess some people are willing to buy into the hype and perpetuate the Bose marketing machine....sad really.
Carl
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