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Some Bose Products Return to Apple Online Store After Two Month Absence
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yeah, the soundlink mini by itself lifts Bose's cred up a hell of a lot. there's no need for me to look for another BT speaker. they all pale in comparison (unless you want to pay 1.5-2x the price for something that you can't fit in your shoulder bag). it's excellent - best accessory purchase of 2014 for me. and i don't care for bose (and loathe beats) headphones.
I had Bose speakers in my Corvette; best sounding factory stereo EVER.
I've had their Lifestyle 30 system now for over 15 years. The problems with it are that the 6-CD changer doesn't work anymore and the blue-green LED display isn't visible. But it still sounds good and I have no problem listening to my preprogrammed AM, FM, and line inputs...so I can play music from my iPhone, iPad, and iPod, and one of them is plugged in through bluetooth, which works fine and sounds good. And Surround movies still sound great.
Yeah, I'll probably replace it sometime in the next few years, and maybe even with something else, but I've definitely gotten my money's worth out of it.
Their Mini's sound great, especially given how small their speakers are, and the Acoustic Wave, though getting old now, still beats any boom-box I've ever heard.
I also like their PA system, although I don't own one of those. It has the thin tower mid/tweeter speaker and the box-subwoofer. For small to medium venues, you can put each musician on one of these and nobody will need a separate monitor system. Very good for travelling light. I've also been to dances where these were used by DJs with MP3 music and/or DJ software, and they sound just fine. For a bigger venue, you can just add units.
My first Bose speakers were the 901's bought used when I was in my 20's. Still have them, and they still sound great, although I think they're probably due for new cones by now...
I've had their Lifestyle 30 system now for over 15 years. The problems with it are that the 6-CD changer doesn't work anymore and the blue-green LED display isn't visible. But it still sounds good and I have no problem listening to my preprogrammed AM, FM, and line inputs...so I can play music from my iPhone, iPad, and iPod, and one of them is plugged in through bluetooth, which works fine and sounds good. And Surround movies still sound great.
Yeah, I'll probably replace it sometime in the next few years, and maybe even with something else, but I've definitely gotten my money's worth out of it.
Their Mini's sound great, especially given how small their speakers are, and the Acoustic Wave, though getting old now, still beats any boom-box I've ever heard.
I also like their PA system, although I don't own one of those. It has the thin tower mid/tweeter speaker and the box-subwoofer. For small to medium venues, you can put each musician on one of these and nobody will need a separate monitor system. Very good for travelling light. I've also been to dances where these were used by DJs with MP3 music and/or DJ software, and they sound just fine. For a bigger venue, you can just add units.
My first Bose speakers were the 901's bought used when I was in my 20's. Still have them, and they still sound great, although I think they're probably due for new cones by now...
I got the sense, at the time, that it was more of a brand battle than about forcing people to buy Beats in their stores. And it's not like Apple is now failing to make money ever since they pulled Bose so they had no choice but to bring back Bose in order to start turning a profit again. I suspect it was could have also been a negotiation tactic, and I would guess that Apple has a little better deal now with Bose in how much they make off the sale of Bose speakers in Apple Stores.
They'll carry it...but it definitely won't be on demo. Went into a few stores in the GTA and my god, the amount of Beats being demoed was overwhelming. The whole wall and most tables had Beats headphones, and then one table for everything else.
We all expected this to happen but when you see it, you're just asking yourself, "wtf?".
We all expected this to happen but when you see it, you're just asking yourself, "wtf?".
Hipsters would never use Beats. They are big in the hip-hop community though because the headphones emphasize the bass frequencies to a somewhat extreme extent.
The Soundlink Mini is really impressive. Oddly it does not have that "Bose Sound". It makes me wonder if Bose floated this device to test a change in frequency range.
To me it sounds better than its larger/pricier brother.
I would argue that it is the best in class BT speaker for the price.
To me it sounds better than its larger/pricier brother.
I would argue that it is the best in class BT speaker for the price.
At least there's that.You had the same comparison before. I don't see the difference. Unless of course you see no purpose on visiting multiple stores. But then you end up getting what is around and not what is best.
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I guess Apple figured their overpriced plastic junk branded "Beats", did not cut it. Happy to see value-for-money quality products like Bose return.
I just recently gave away a Bose Lifestyle 12 that last fifteen years with only a few hiccups. Needed to pop the top and solder a broken power joint and the off button wore out but it was a stock part to replace. Other than that, it went like a champ. I had a single CD player and the base still can shake the foundation of a hardwood floor house. The millennial I passed it on to loves it, uses the auxiliary input for his other equipment and couldn't' be happier.
I've had Bose system in the last 3 of my luxury vehicles, and I it's nothing special...
...I have lots of speakers and headphones...some days some sound better than others depending on the room or office I use them in, the music playing or even the mood I'm in; I like the Bose items I own, I like the other brands as well = I wouldn't have purchased or kept them had I not...
If it sounds good to you get it and be happy!
If it sounds good to you get it and be happy!