I went with my cousin to best buy and was able to use his employee discount (best buy’s employee purchase program allows their employees to purchase any item at the company’s cost + 5%). Since I was getting a great deal, I wanted the best/most expensive they had. It came down the bose companion 3 series II and the klipsch pro media 2.1 system. The bose would come out to 10000 and the klipsch 7500, both before tax.Now as you can tell, all bose products have a crazy mark up on them. Iwas able to get 90 bucks off, thats more than 35%! 35% off any electronic item is a lot.
Anyway, long story short, I went with the bose. I brought it home and set it up very easily. Immediately I wasn’t impressed. But after an hour of listening to them I began to appreciate them. For most music(classical, rock, r&b, etc.) they do a pretty good job. You do hear a lot of little sounds that you probably have never heard before in your music. The music sounds layered, which is great. The bass module can reproduce very low tones. Music sounds live and clear. And no distortion at all, even at the highest volume. The sound does fill theroom. You will also notice how much mp3s suck compared to wav/cd.
The speakers also look great. Very nice design and small in size.The volume is also controlled by a nice looking "puck, " that has a headphone and input jack. The mute tap button on it is also convenient.
Now why I give this system 4 stars is for the following reasons:
-The music I mainly listen to is Trance. In electronic music, these speakers do a very bad job. The bass module creates a major reverb. Yes, I have lowered the bass by the knob on the back of the module, but when I get the reverb to become less audible, I end up with no bass. So I’m stuck with a nasty bass reverb or not enough bass when listening to electronic music.
-The next reason is the bass control is on the back of the module. Most people will place the bass module out of arms reach and as you listen to different genres you may occasionally need to adjust the bass. So you’ll have get to the back of the module to do that. They could have solved this by adding bass control to the volume "puck."
-And last, price. These speakers are way too expensive for the average person. I definitely would not be happy if I paid 700 plus tax for these. You can get better sound for a lot less. When you buy bose , you pay for their acoustic sound processing, which you can sometimes tell when listening to certain music.
Overall, decent speakers. Too pricey for its performance. But ifyou’re rich and want something simple that will do a pretty good job are producing most music, then go for them.