The Bose® Lifestyle® 48 Series III DVD home entertainment system will change the way you think about movies, music ... even your CD collection. Digitally store and organize up to 340 hours of music in the media center, featuring a progressive scan DVD/CD player. The ADAPTiQ® audio calibration system analyzes your room and adjusts your Lifestyle® system's sound for great performance. Tiny, award-winning Jewel Cube® speaker arrays and a newly designed horizontal center channel speaker fill your room with wondrous surround sound. And there’s more. Bose® link allows connections for compatible Bose products in as many as 14 additional rooms.
Easy to Use and Good Looking; Bose just Sounds Awful.
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Written By shopaholic_man
Date Written Nov 22 2005
Summary
Bose is one of the most recognized names in audio. Bose's advertising is outstanding, but how about their audio systems? I took a trip to my local Bose dealer to put their Flagship, the Bose Lifestyle 48 to the test. It retailed for only $3,999.00. I...
Strength
The Bose looks nice, and it is easy to operate. It handles dialogue very well.
Weakness
Sound quality is abysmal, especially considering the price. The system also lacks expandibility.
Bottom Line
Interested in ease of use and looks, and don't care about money? the Bose is for you. If you want good sound quality, Buy Other Sound Equipment.
Great for movies, Ok for Music... but... you pay a premium..
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Written By gg25
Date Written Oct 05 2006
Summary
I'm going to try and write as best I can about my Lifestyle system, the reason I paid the money I did for it.. and why overall it isn't a bad system. I'll also explain what I dislike about the system. First of all, I'm not a newbie to speakers. I've...
Strength
Sound, easy to listen to, easy set-up, highs and lows are respectable.
Weakness
Pricey. Larger speakers offer better range.
Bottom Line
It's a good system, but for a set market. A family will sure enjoy this system, and whats more... you cant tell the system is installed.
My background As an audiophile of many years, I have some very incredible sounding high end gear and built a music room ideally suited to music reproduction. I'm also a concert goer and know what live music of many different kinds sounds like. I've...
Strength
Balanced sound, accurate base, full midrange and silky highs. Great calibration software.
Weakness
None for me.
Bottom Line
Return policy makes trying it in your home at no-brainer. Read the critics but ultimately listen to your ears.
Heard it in the store and was blown away. The system lets me hear things I've not heard before on my CDs.The ability to access any track throughout my entire CD collection with one remote is great for me as I have MS and handling discs is troublesome...
Strength
Brilliant sound. Access to anything in your collection within seconds.
The system has been problem free. When an issue has cropped up about using the functions on the system. I have found that very helpful and polite people are at the other end of the phone. The customer service is excellent. Included in the price...
Strength
Discreet, easily expandable, easy to use, easy to install.
Weakness
Maybe alittle pricey. But then show me another system this small and punches heavy weight.
My recent purchase of the Bose System 48 was to hook it up with my Pioneer 50" HD plasma...all went well, except the Bose does not play HD DVD's ! I kept getting an error message " Format Not Supported " nice.....all that coin and it doesn't even play...
Strength
Easy set up, calibration, Tech manual reads well and sounds great on regular music.
Weakness
If I knew it would't play HD discs, I would think twice.
This Bose system sounds great for movies and music. Watching movies on DVD look fantastic. This Bose product is very easy to setup and use. I bought this system because of limited space in my two story family room. I have a forty inch high...
Strength
Great sound for music and movies. Surrounds are wireless by adding a transmitter and receiver.
Weakness
Expensive but I have two years to pay for it with no interest.
I trust Bose as being an innovator with some of the best sound systems available. It is very easy to install and it's one compact system. Excellent customer support. They make you feel like a member of their...
Strength
Great sound, Expandable, Compact, one component does it all.
I did not buy the product,these are my opinions after my testing the speakers.I went to a compusmart store to buy something for christmas for me,then I saw the Bose Lifestyle 48 System.I was curious about how a $4000 speaker system sounds like,then I did...
Strength
maybe the bass,but not good enough for its size
Weakness
bad sound,bad look,bad price,speakers are too small,subwoofer is too big.
