BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Okay dude, you're right. People _don't_ say "got no highs, got no lows, must be Bose". Bose _doesn't_ exaggerate the low-mids and high-mids, at the expense of the actual low-end and high-end. Yup, you're right. There's not emphasis peaks at 80Hz, 200Hz, and 7kHz on Bose systems, to try and fool people into thinking their getting highs and lows. Must have been mistaken. 🙄
And _I'm_ the one that looks dumb. Yup.
And yes, I do know about the 200-280 Hz null spot in Bose systems. There _is_ midrange information missing. But the "Bose sound" is more defined by the lack of real low-end and high-end.
It depends on the speaker you're talking about to some extent. Listen to the 201 speakers and you'll realize it has plenty of highs and a reasonable low end, but is missing midrange frequencies.
Other speakers like the Acoustimass Direct/Reflecting speakers tend to have plenty of midrange and then completely fall out in the highs and midrange as the midrange sound (as you describe) is used to try to create low frequencies.
Yet again, other speakers like the Jewel Cube speakers are all highs, no midrange (the spiral porting in the cube itself) tries to create midrange sound from smaller drivers.
Or better yet, how about the drivers in the 161 speakers? My understanding is that they're called Twiddlers, which are tweeters attempting to make midrange sound and lows as well from one type of driver.
All of the speakers with cubes have a bose bass... If you listen to those the bass speaker does the lower end of the midrange but falls completely flat on the upper midrange. It even fails at low end bass sound. There are obvious frequencies missing through the entire range. The focus seems to be on highs since people can perceive where those are coming from more easily than midrange and low frequencies which aren't as directional.
The moral of the story is that rather than trying to say some stupid saying that you see online instead listen for yourself and determine what is missing. There's clearly SOMETHING missing. But depending on the speaker it changes. I'm glad you have all kinds of numbers but my guess is you only listened to one or two pair of a particular set of speakers rather than listening to them all.
The point is that people should stop assuming that what people say online is true. Instead go listen for yourself. If you're happy with it, you're happy with it. If you're not, good thing there are other companies out there that make speakers.
Is it expensive? Yup. Are they worth it? Depends on your stance. Don't knock someone for wanting something. If it sounds good to them then it sounds good to them. There are choices for a reason. Every speaker company has somewhat of a signature sound, and because everyone hears differently then you can find a company that more accurately produces sounds you prefer.
