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Title: Why Bose Speakers Are Overpriced 1 (The Lifestyle 48) View count: 6886 Rating: 4.3 (10 ratings) Description: Check out my other video about the Lifestyle 48. It shows an example of a small speaker system that costs about the same as the Lifestyle 48, and sounds much better. That videos description also has information about this systems remote, which I suggest reading. Anyway, This video shows an example of a big speaker system that you can get for the price of the $4000 Bose Lifestyle 48, and blows the LS48 away. It is truly amazing how this system shows how overpriced the Lifestyle 48. How on earth can those 4 in. tall Jewel Cubes be worth the same as these bigger speakers, especially when Bose uses some of the cheapest materials out there? Sure, Bose claims their systems are equal to big speakers, yet as mentioned in the video, the Acoustimass module, which is what they say does this, is designed very poorly. Beginning at 7:44, theres a slideshow that simply shows all of the systems main components. Sorry if it seems a little boring. But, at 8:16, theres a picture that shows all of the systems main components together. This system has just as many essential components the Lifestyle 48 has. The LS48 has 5 speakers, 1 Acoustimass module, the media center, a VS-2 Video Enhancer, and the remote; 9 components total. This system has 5 speakers, 1 subwoofer, the A/V receiver, a Blu-Ray player, and the remote; also 9 components. So much for the Lifestyle 48 having fewer components than a component system. Anyway, here are a few major flaws with the Lifestyle 48 (and Boses systems in general). Some of them are also listed in my other Lifestyle 48s Worst Nightmare video. -The Lifestyle 48 has a regular progressive-scan DVD player. Unless you have a very, very high end DVD player (which cost over $4000 themselves), that can up-convert a regular DVD to the point it rivals Blu-Ray (and dont even begin to think the Lifestyle 48 can do this), there is no excuse a $4000 surround system shouldn't come with a Blu-Ray player. Furthermore, I was told by some Bose salespeople that they do not see their systems coming with built-in Blu-Ray players in the foreseeable future. WTF? -The Lifestyle 48 has 5.1 surround sound. Even most of the least expensive A/V receivers on the market (about $200-$300) have 7.1 or 6.1 surround sound. Yes, most movies right now have only a 5.1 soundtrack, but these receivers with 6.1 or 7.1 have Dolby Pro-Logic IIx, which converts a 5.1 (and even a stereo) soundtrack into 6.1 or 7.1 surround sound (whatever the receiver has). - The LS48 has the AdaptiQ sound calibration system. I talked to one of the salesmen at this dealer, and he said the AdaptiQ is kind of flawed in that it uses two microphones. The downside to this is that both of the microphones are going to be slightly different in their build quality, which will affect their sensitivity and sound quality. And, one microphone on the AdaptiQs headset will most likely be closer to the speaker when its calibrating, which also would give a less accurate measurement. On the other hand, a single microphone calibration device, like all Yamaha receivers have (Yamahas calibration system is called YPAO), most likely takes a more accurate measurement because it has only one microphone, so theres no difference in build quality and microphone position. But even then, the system in this video surpasses the Lifestyle 48s performance so much that no amount of equalization would help the LS48 come close to being equal to its performance. Even a calibrated LS48 put against this system without itself being calibrated would not come close to being equal to it. You can only equalize a speaker system so much. Anyway, if you're considering buying the Lifestyle 48, or if you think Bose is "the best" or "really good," think again and go listen to something like this. Also, as mentioned near the end of the video, the total price of the system shown is about $3800. But, if you are willing to pay $4000, you could get either the Paradigm CC-290 center channel, which is $200 more (if youre a movie buff, I would suggest this). If you like listening music more than watching movies, going with Paradigms Monitor 9s would be what I suggest, which are bigger than the Monitor 7s. But, I think the best thing would be to spend another $400 to get a Sony STR-DA2400ESFYI, making the system about $4200. Or better yet, spending an extra $500 to get Yamahas RX-V1065 (which includes an iPod dock in that $500), would be the option Id go with if you were willing to pay $300 more than the Lifestyle 48 ($4300). Also, if you have the money and are willing to spend it, getting a JL Audio f110 Fathom subwoofer would make this system almost exactly $6000 (and would sound incredible). But, if you dont want to spend that much, but want to spend more, getting a Paradigm Seismic-10 sub, which is about $700 less than the Fathom, would also be awesome. Id like to note that I do not work for or endorse any of these companys products. Tags: paradigm, cinema, monitor, adp-190, loudspeaker, speaker, dsp-3200, subwoofer, jl, audio, fathom, w7, yamaha, rx-v665, rx-v1065, sony, str-da2400es, receiver, amplifier, amp, logitech, harmony, one, surround, sound, system, bose, lifestyle, 48, acoustimass, jewel, cube, direct-reflect, adaptiq, Author: falkenlaser |
