maggior;573514 Wrote: > I heard those Bose speakers in a store recently and was impressed by > them. Generally, I'm not a big Bose fan. Their gear sounds good, but > I always find something that sounds better or just as good for less. > > However, for $99 (which is what Amazon is currently selling them for), > I think it's a good deal. My impression was that the sound was crisp > and balanced with well rounded bass. > > They have the basic PC speaker look - nothing special, but not ugly > either. Like many US brands sold in the UK, Bose are over-priced. Generally for US products the exchange rate is $1.00 = £1.00 when comparing the US price with the UK one. So the Bose speakers are £100 rather than the £66 that the true exchange rate of $1 = £0.66 would imply, and which would be competitive with similar speakers from other manufacturers.
Mind you they are *much* better looking than Logitech speakers (to my eyes at least) so I might top-up my daughters funds so she can buy them if she prefers them to the Logitech. She does not want a sub-woofer so I am comparing them to the' Logitech Z520 ' (http://www.logitech.com/en-gb/speakers-audio/home-pc-speakers/devices/5859)(ugly or what!) which I can pick up for about £68. I have given up on the iPod dock with Aux input as an alternative, as anything decent is about twice her budget and probably not as good sounding. She only has an 8GB iPod, all her music is on the SBS server anyway, and she likes to surf Napster. So she tends to iPeng rather than iPod when listening at home. Having her do that in her own room rather than on the livingroom hi-fi will be worth a little extra funding! As an aside, my main PC is still connected to a pair of Altec Lansing active speakers from a 1976 vintage Gateway PC, the only bit of it I still own. They are great sounding, albeit plug-ugly. Pity Altec Lansing don't sell anything like it still (at least in the UK). They only seem to make tiny and tinny speakers at £30 or 5.1 multimedia sets. -- TheLastMan Matt *SqueezeBoxes:* SB Duet (Controller + two receivers) *Server:* Synology Diskstation 107+ NAS (with firmware 2.3-1157) running Squeezebox Server 7.5.0 on Synology Package Manager *Network:* Netgear DG834GT ADSL modem/router, 2 x Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 as access points *Livingroom:* Receiver into Naim 42/110 amp, B&W CM2 speakers *Kitchen:* Receiver into Denon DM37 mini-system, B&W 686 speakers *Study:* Linn LP12, Naim 72/Hi-cap/Headline. LPs ripped usingBehringer UCA202 USB into Windows XP PC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TheLastMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16021 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81643
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