BOSE Owners

dbg

Anyone recommend a reasonable speaker system for my imac - £200 max? (sorry to hijack the thread!)

EX DH

If you want something that looks good sounds good and easy to move go for the bose.
Got one in my kitchen, looked at getting a mimi system to plug it in to but you cant take it where you want and there's wires every where. Bose is clean and stylish. I have a cinemate system in the front room too for the same reason did'nt want wires and speakers all over the room. Get one you wont be disapointed.

cee

I have a Bose Soundwave system (the little wedge shaped cd player/radio aux in bobber).

It is superb. I would buy it again.

NapD says there are better cheaper or same price alternatives...any chance you could give some examples for us to look at...you gave an example but admitted that it costs a bit more...

All I can say is that the Bose system is perfect for my needs.

I can move it around...take it to other places

The sound is truly magnificent, but is best at higher volumes...it goes up to 99, and starts to sound really good at 65.

Not sure about the ipod dock stuff...i generally disapprove of them, but have not heard the bose one.

I plug my sony mp3 player into it with the aux port on the back....

or when it is in the living room, it becomes part of my tv/media centre set up.

Basically...really versatile little device that sounds superb.

Monkeypump

I did back-to-back tests (with my own iPod, in a hi-fi shop) of the Bose Soundock, B&W Zeppelin and Meridian F80 (which admittedly is more than just and iPod dock).

http://www.thef80.com/Default.aspx?region=Europe

The Zeppelin, to my ears, was far, far better than the Soundock (an opinion backed up by the store owner - who has now stopped selling Soundocks). The F80 was amazing, but a a little (!!) over budget.

The Zeppelin can be sensitive to positioning, but mine gets used all the time and I couldn't be happier with it (okay, maybe a better remote would be handy). Friends who are Soundock owners have also commented that the sound is much better than they're used to (at all volumes).

I'm tempted to buy the smaller Zeppelin too, funds permitting.

For something a little less... er... portable, you could try this:

http://www.thewosexperience.com/

jedster

alternatively just buy a decent headphone to twin phono or DIN cable and plug your ipod into your hifi. £20 should be OK.

Mine goes into the back of my NAIM system. Obviously does not sound as good as CD but good for parties/convenience. Will still sound a lot better than any of the alternatives above...

I also have a docking station for the Denon (DM31?) mini in system in the kitchen. Works very well

labarum

jedster wrote:

Mine goes into the back of my NAIM system. Obviously does not sound as good as CD but good for parties/convenience. Will still sound a lot better than any of the alternatives above...

Except possible the AVI options

http://www.avihifi.co.uk/

Which set very high standards.

-spider-

If you're worried about sound quality - why have you got an Ipod? Will Bose not just show up the deficiencies more?

(Hides behind desk)

labarum

The DAC in the iPod is reasonable but not great, but Apple makes available a digital output on the docking shoe. The output is locked and a licence fee is required to access it. (Don't you love 'em?) As far as I know only Wadia has paid the licence and unlocked the technology.

See

http://www.wadia.com/products/transport ... design.php

Using the digital output of an iPod makes it as good as any other streaming device, though if you are streaming lossless files disc space may become an issue.

But you might as well feed a decent DAC from the optical out of a MacMini or Macbook.

Getting a decent digital output from a Windows PC requires a little more though, but is entirely possible.

nicklouse

davelakers wrote:

nicklouse wrote:

why are you using you phone?

why not from your music storage direct?

or are you just wanting "tunes" somewhere?

Im using my phone because all the music I own is either on that or my laptop. I want something small and fairly portable that I could take from room to room if I want and this seems like the best bang for buck system.

Thanks for all your replies and suggestions.

some reading http://whathifi.com/Reviews/Hi-Fi-Revie ... s-Reviews/

I only use the phone with either in ears or some JVC powered speakers at work. At home i stream of the PC/server with a Squeezebox to the HiFi. waiting for the New Squeezebox touch to appear.


for me i like to be able to access the music on the PC and internet radio from the same "box" (Swedish Radio aint the best)

may be something else to think about?

labarum

nicklouse wrote:

At home i stream of the PC/server with a Squeezebox to the HiFi. waiting for the New Squeezebox touch to appear.

Yes, I'm a Squeezebox man.

Nuggs

I have a Bose Wave and it is pure horrible. The bass is so muddy, in the next room it sounds like you're having a rave, even when the volume's down low.

A horrible waste of money, I wouldn't touch one with yours.

Chip \'oyler

I've mentioned this before but I'll mention it again

http://www.whathifi.com/Review/Vita-Audio-R2i/

crown_jewel

I have a Bose Wave and listen to it in my office every day. Sounds terrific, especially at low volume. I guess this is one where there's no right answer; we all have our views, as it were.

gabriel959

Bose don't make bad products. They are just terribly overpriced for what they are - a bit like B&O.

Anyone that has heard a proper Hi-Fi system can't say BOSE is "good quality sound" or "terrific".

markwalker

good hifi costs even morethan timetrial bikes and the forums there make this one look soft

and a good hifi properly set up is a thing of wonder

misterfrostie

I bought BOSE wave radio a while back and its been fantastic. A lot of sound in a very small package. Very bassy and no need to fiddle with the audio settings which is good as there aren't any !

Just splashed out on a set of Quietcomfort 15 headphones and very very impressed with them. I do a fair bit of flying and they almost completely eliminate engine noise and sound fabulous. Not cheap though.

I'm a bit of a Sony snob and rapidly becoming a Bose snob now !

davelakers

I have absolutely no hifi/cd/music equipment anywhere in my house. The only time I listen to my music is in the car or on my iphone.

Since I got the iphone I have bought a hell of a lot more music and I have begun to appreciate it more, hence why I want to be able to listen at home and the easiest and cheapest option seems to be an Ipod dock.

crown_jewel

gabriel959 wrote:

Bose don't make bad products. They are just terribly overpriced for what they are - a bit like B&O.

Anyone that has heard a proper Hi-Fi system can't say BOSE is "good quality sound" or "terrific".

Actually, I have quite a good stereo system at home and listen to music of all kinds quite a bit. The Bose Wave is not as good as my stereo system but it doesn't pretend to be. For the purpose it serves it is terrific. But as I said in my prior post, this is largely a matter of taste. Not all will agree.

hammerite

I was going to go down this route, but the OH wanted a radio (DAB and analogue) and something to play CDs. I wanted the iPod dock.

I went for a mini Hifi, and got a Cambridge Audio One from Richer Sounds, I used my old speakers with it, but last week bought a set of Cambridge Audio S30 speakers. For such a small system it sounds fantastic.

It's not a big party system, but good enough to have a few doors open and still hear around the house (usually the Saturday morning cleaning frenzy that seems to grip our abode).

System http://whathifi.com/Review/Cambridge-Audio-One/
Speakers http://whathifi.com/Review/Cambridge-Audio-S30/

Although this seems to be the king of the mini system, iPod dock is an additonal extra though and not packaged. http://whathifi.com/Review/Denon-D-M37DAB/

Check out AVforum, the views there are that Bose systems aren't really worth the outlay

davelakers

Well, thats that problem sorted!!

My wonderful wife has just come home from the Trafford Centre with a Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Mini as an anniversary present!! Very generous and a great bit of kit. I think I'll get on quite well with it.

Thanks everyone for your input on this thread.

hopper1

davelakers wrote:

Well, thats that problem sorted!!

My wonderful wife has just come home from the Trafford Centre with a Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Mini as an anniversary present!! Very generous and a great bit of kit. I think I'll get on quite well with it.

Thanks everyone for your input on this thread.

Ha! Ha!... All the scouring around you've done looking for a suitable piece of kit, and your wife went out and bought the ideal sollution!
Superb, and well done to her
You/ she wont regret the Zepelin Mini.

sampras38

I've had my Bose Ipod speaker for yonks and I'm still very pleased with it. Bought it originally for a Nano but now use it with a Touch. Be warned though, it will charge a nano but not a Touch, so you need an adapter. I got one for about £30.00ish from a company in Middlesex, who I think at the time were the only supplier in the UK.

Not sure what the situation is now though.

I will say though, that I'm usually an early adopter when it comes to technology, so not sure what's out in the market now. They are bloody good quality but you might want to check a few of the gadget sites for reviews of other too. The gadget show is a good place to start.

This is mine and it comes with a credit card sized remote - http://images.shopping.indiatimes.com/i ... image1.jpg