My Home Theater System
February 23, 2010 by hometheaterplus
Filed under DVD Home Theater System
This is my Home Theater System. It’s nothing really that special, but I thought I would go ahead and make a video of it.
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Nice setup.
Nice setup.
As a matter of fact …
As a matter of fact, the dealer I go to sold Bose for years. Most of the time they did keep the Bose stuff away from the other brands they sold (I believe at the time it was JBL, Polk, Klipsch (when these brands were good), and maybe Wharfedale). With the Bose speakers separate, they sold quite well. But, at one point they did put the Bose speakers with their other brands, and the Bose speakers barely sold at all. This is why Bose isolates their speakers from other brands.
Actually, all of my …
Actually, all of my videos on Bose’s systems have over 1,000 views, and one has nearly 10,000 (and it was posted about 5 months ago, too). Apparently a good number of people care.
Yes, there’s people that will still like their Bose, but then there’s a lot of people who if they heard something else before buying Bose, then they for sure wouldn’t choose Bose.
JBL, along with …
JBL, along with Polk, and Klipsch (sort of), used to be very good brands. But now, they’re not as good as they use to. You can pick them up at any big box store. Any audio expert would tell you this. They still might make professional speakers that are good, but I’m not into those.
Wharfedale with no bass? My family owns a Diamond 9 system, and those speakers have quite a lot of bass; more than my Paradigms. They have a more “flowing” sound though; I could see why some people wouldn’t like it.
destroy JBL ok now …
destroy JBL ok now i reallly know u dont know any thing about audio
JBL make some REALLLLY GOOD stuff
PSB agianst JBL who u kidding
B&W i dont mind paradigm wont even look at coz we dont get em here
wharfendale sound horrid no bass on there speakers and sound like soulless trash im sorry to say
@falkenlaser and …
@falkenlaser and yet no one cares drop it man
the fight will go on for years and centuries
Bass modules (or …
Bass modules (or subwoofers) that are passive (powered by the amp) aren’t as powerful than active ones. Not only that, if you got an active sub, you could hit those notes below 30 Hz, which the Acoustimass module can’t play.
Well the Acoustimas …
Well the Acoustimas Modules that aren’t amplified and use the power from the recieiver in my opinion are better than the amplified ones.
Sweet. You know, I …
Sweet. You know, I know someone who has one of those 2.1 Acoustimass systems, and he got an active subwoofer to go with it, which makes up for the low notes the Acoustimass module can’t play. That might be a good idea to try.
I’ll probably post a video of my system probably at the beginning of the year. I own a pair of Paradigm Atom Monitors, a Cinema 110 C center, 2 Paradigm Cinema ADP surrounds, (I hope to get a Paradigm PDR-10 sub for Christmas), and a Yamaha RX-N600 A/V receiver.
Indeed it was. It’s …
Indeed it was. It’s only a 2.1 setup for now tho. I will post a couple videos
OMG wow $70 for all …
OMG wow $70 for all the speakers and $120 for the module; a total of $190? Now that’s a deal.
LOL Oh well thats …
LOL Oh well thats probably their reciever cuz i have Single Cubes with an Acoustimass 10 Passive Module thats not amplified that sounds great on my own reciever. Yes I agree with you there tho 4,000 for that is way overpriced. Thats why you build your own bose system buying the speakers off of eBay with your own reciever. I think I paid a whopping 70 dollars for the cubes and 120 for the module.
Also, Bose system’s …
Also, Bose system’s can’t keep up with current tech. None of their DVD systems have a Blu-Ray player, nor 7.1 surround sound. They also have limited HDMI connectivity. While the LS48 and LS38 come with the VS-2 Video Enhancer, which is what you have to have to have HDMI (and only mere 2 HDMI inputs), the LS28 doesn’t, and it’s another $300. For that $300, you could get a nice Yamaha receiver that already has 4 HDMI inputs, plus surround sound capabilities that FAR exceed any Bose system!
Those Jewel Cubes …
Those Jewel Cubes have 1.5 paper drivers in them, and that’s it. No crossover.. Sure, they swivel. That’s not very complex. The the Paradigms are much more complex. Not only that, they have better materials in them; an aluminum dome tweeter and a plastic midrange.
Bose’s stuff is also so overpriced it’s not even funny. Watch my video “Why Bose Speakers Are Overpriced 1 (The Lifestyle 48).” The LS 48 has absolutely no right costing $4000 when you consider the equipment in this video.
those would be …
those would be called 201s or 301s
The jewel cube …
The jewel cube speakers are 4 1/2″ tall and 2 1/4″ wide. They have swiveling drivers to direct the sound throughout the room. Paradigms speakers are simple enclosures with a midrange and tweeter and probably some cotton inside with the crossovers. Bose’s speaker design is much more complex than Paradigms. Sure Paradigm is cheaper and sounds better but you still don’t understand what im saying. You can hide em in the corners in your house and bearly see them + have sound that you wouldn’t expect
Bose Direct/Reflect …
Bose Direct/Reflect cubes have two 2.5 in. paper drivers, and the Jewel Cubes have 2 1.5 in. paper drivers, both of which rely on to produce the highs and mids. 2.5 inches is a bad size for a speaker because it’s too big to be a tweeter and too small to be a mid-range, hence it can’t play that low and high enough. The Jewel Cube’s 1.5 in. “twiddler” is too small to produce any low frequencies.
Bose should have made speakers that can play low enough to where they don’t need this bass module.
Paradigm’s Cinema …
Paradigm’s Cinema 70 speakers are 7 in. tall. They have an aluminum dome tweeter for the highs and a plastic mid-range for the lows which both have a crossover, which separates the high and lows to the correct drivers (highs to the tweeter and lows to the mid-range). Its low-frequency extension is 85 Hz, and its frequency response is 125 Hz to 20K Hz, which is low enough to where you can crossover a subwoofer high enough to where you won’t have a frequency gap.
But you don’t …
But you don’t understand Bose’s concept here. Their idea was to design the smallest speaker that will produce the biggest sound. Yes Paradigm makes excellent audio but their speakers are also bigger. Bose’s idea was to make theirs virtually invisable for that “Clean” look. For a driver that size to play that low is pretty outstanding. Bose wasn’t looking to be “the best sounding” they were looking to design the smallest speaker that will produce a big sound.
A Bose salesperson, …
A Bose salesperson, plus every audio expert I’ve talked to, including a dealer that sold Bose for nearly 30 years, told me that the Acoustimass module can’t play as low as a subwoofer. Where did you get your idea that it can play below 30 Hz? Also, what do you mean by what you said about 5.25 in. drivers?
Check out my videos “Bose Lifestyle 48′s Worst Nightmare” and “Bose V20′s Worst Nightmare”. Those systems show small speaker systems that are built right.
Not only that, an …
Not only that, an Acoustimass module is usually in a place in which it’s away from the other speakers. Therefore, if you listen carefully, you have sound that should only be coming from the front speakers coming from a very, very awkward place, resulting in really bad, bad imaging.
If Bose was smart, they’d of made their cubes to where they play low enough to where they don’t need this “bass module” to make up for what they can’t do. It’s completely flawed logic.
A subwoofer-type …
A subwoofer-type speaker shouldn’t be playing that high. This makes it directional, which you do not want a subwoofer-type speaker to be.
For example, in a movie, the voices are mainly supposed to come from the center channel, and occasionally the other speakers, depending where voices may be coming from. The Acoustimass constantly plays voices, so you have a speaker that is constantly making a sound that should only come from a certain speaker.
@falkenlaser well …
@falkenlaser well the reason the Acoustimas Module also plays the voices and higher frequencys is because it has to make up for what the cube speakers cannot produce therefore you get more of a full frequency range througout the room. Bose’s idea was to produce the smallest speaker that will put out the biggest sound. And i’m not to sure about that but my Acoustimas Module plays lower the 30 hz, it isnt SUPER loud but its there. But you gotta remember 5 1/4″ drivers, not bad for a small driver
Well, first of all, …
Well, first of all, you shouldn’t have a bass module.
Basically, a subwoofer should be able to play down to 20 Hz (or very close to; at least within <30 – < or = 20). It also shouldn’t play above 80-90 Hz. Basically, it should only play the lowest frequencies. There should be no sound that’s “directional”.
Bose Acoustimass “bass module” can’t play below 30 Hz (I’ve heard as high as 40), and it plays way too high (you can even hear voices out of it, which is ridiculous).
whats the …
whats the difference between a bass module and a subwoofer? is it just because there are multiple woofers in one enclosure?