jopi
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mbriant, good post.
Me also thinks, that we've got too much Bose witch hunting going on.
I've got an older Acoustimass system in my living room and it works great. Here are the reasons:
First of all my living room is an accoustical nightmare. High vaulted ceilings with three different height levels that reach all the way up to the second story. The living room extends on one back side to the main hallway with staircase to the second story and the other part of the back side leads to the family room with low ceiling. Very difficult to get good imaging and soundstage in this setup I would think.
Second, she, who has to be obeyed, uses non-audiophile criterias to select speaker systems. Most importantly the cubes are tiny, the subwoofer is hidden behind the sofa and they come in white matching the wall.
Third, I've mounted each of the two satellite cubes about nine feet high in the corners and have one cube blarring right into the room and the other one angled against the wall for sound reflection. There's almost no soundstage and imaging is poor, but tonality is not disturbingly bad and it's good for background CD and radio listening. What they advertise is true, the whole living room is filled with sound that is still pretty good down in the family room. If you have visitors over, there's no fighting for the sweet spot, 'cause there ain't none, but you get nice background music floating everywhere you sit or go.
Fourth, I've paid $350 for an older version floor model.
Me also thinks, that we've got too much Bose witch hunting going on.
I've got an older Acoustimass system in my living room and it works great. Here are the reasons:
First of all my living room is an accoustical nightmare. High vaulted ceilings with three different height levels that reach all the way up to the second story. The living room extends on one back side to the main hallway with staircase to the second story and the other part of the back side leads to the family room with low ceiling. Very difficult to get good imaging and soundstage in this setup I would think.
Second, she, who has to be obeyed, uses non-audiophile criterias to select speaker systems. Most importantly the cubes are tiny, the subwoofer is hidden behind the sofa and they come in white matching the wall.
Third, I've mounted each of the two satellite cubes about nine feet high in the corners and have one cube blarring right into the room and the other one angled against the wall for sound reflection. There's almost no soundstage and imaging is poor, but tonality is not disturbingly bad and it's good for background CD and radio listening. What they advertise is true, the whole living room is filled with sound that is still pretty good down in the family room. If you have visitors over, there's no fighting for the sweet spot, 'cause there ain't none, but you get nice background music floating everywhere you sit or go.
Fourth, I've paid $350 for an older version floor model.