Reviews for Bose® SoundDock® Series II Digital Music System

Very disappointing to find out that my new Ipod touch does not get charged in my Bose dock and, if it has the cover on, does not fit in it. I read that the Ipod touch has a USB entry instead of the firewire my old Ipod has, that is why it does not charge. It would be nice if Apple would inform us, its costumers of these changes. Not what I am used to get from Apple.

For $300 you could get better sound from the iHome iP1 or for less money you can get better clarity of sound from the JBL 400P. The Bose SoundDock isn't bad by any means...but simply isn't worth the price. While I do agree that Bose produces the "warm" sound that many consider to be good, it is simply an over amplification of the bass. Bose has always made all their products pretty bass heavy (perhaps too much) by sacrificing the clarity of the mid to high range sounds. The crispness of the vocals or the snare drums, acoustic guitars, etc are all muddled with the Bose SoundDock. The distortion of the sound is pretty prevalent as well at higher volumes. On top of that, they don't allow you to change the balance of the sound so you're stuck with what you get. While it is simple to use, like I said before, no adjustments can be made. Other products are more versatile in this manner where sound can be fine tuned to your liking or WiFi, radio, etc is available. So overall, Bose SoundDock is ok...but for the price there are many other better options.

So I don't understand why their aren't more complaints about the remote's ridiculous lack of functionality.

Basically, it only scrolls through the playlists!?!?!?!

I spent 250 on the iPod (160 GB Classic) because I have a huge CD collection, well over 2000 CD's.

Then I spend 300 dollars on the Sounddock II, only to find out it is basically designed for a child.


Pros: Much smaller than I thought, good sound (though the bass is a bit too much on some performances, and the treble tones shake sometimes), light weight, and sleek.

CONS: How on earth can any engineer justify designing a product like this for the presumed serious music lover with such limited functionality? You can't scroll through the Albums, Cover Flow, Composer, Artist. Nope. None of those options. Playlist only, which means more of the precious hours of your life wasted in iTunes organizing.

Unbelievable.

My first review.


If your a serious music collector, it doesn't deserve all the brouhaha every is blathering about, imo.

I know that Bose is an amazing name, but still for $300 its not worth it. The need to bring the price down to around 150 or at least 200. Then more people would by them. I ended up returning mine and buying a sony one for $100, and the quality is just as good, if not better.

but I was hoping for a home run - and I didn't get it. It has no equalizer/bass/treble control. In fact it has no controls on it at all (you can use your EQ control on the iPhone). When you mount your 3G, iPhone says the device is not compatible with it. The remote control is very small - be careful where you leave it.

I was hoping for the concert hall sound of the Bose Wave system - but was disappointed. HOWEVER, it does stand above all other 3rd party sound systems I've used for my iPod or iPhone.

I didn't dislike it enough to send it back - but I'm looking for the next great sound system for the iPhone.

Although it's better then those big, old fashion sound systems- it has it's flaws.
The sound qualityt is bad, and it seems like look weird with the colorful, smaller iPod's in it, but that's just my girliness talking out.
But, my biggest problem with it is that I need something that will play CD's. I may have have over 320 songs on my iPod, but that's not all of my favorite music.
But, if you don't mind less then great sound quality & if all of your music is on your iPod, it won't be too bad for you.

I don't actually own this sounddock but I had the opportunity to use it while I was staying at the Royalton. The sound was anything but hifi. The sounddock itself vibrates too much, creating tons of awful resonances. It kinda sounds like an average clock radio to me. With that being said, I do like the portability of it and the design maybe because it is hardly original. Nothing about it speaks high quality or hifi. It's kinda cheap and nasty for what you get at this price.