Reviews for Bose® Computer MusicMonitor®

These are my first pair of Bose speakers, so I wasn't sure what to expect as all the reviews say that eh are either really good, or really bad. I am no audiophile, but to me these sound absolutely fantastic. I was just making do with the internal speakers of my 27"iMac( I AirPlay to my 5.1 surround sound system in the living room if I want to crank up music), but when I upgraded to the new MacBook Pro Retina the internal speakers just weren't cutting it. Too quiet, no bass. Having said that, the internal speakers on the retina are better than the non retina MacBook, but that is for a different review.

Anyway, I wanted to keep from having too many cords attached to my MacBook, somI also bought an Apple Airport Express so that I could use these speakers wirelesly. I have each speaker on each edge of my desk facing towards me and they just sound fantastic. Better then fantastic. Bass sounds quite good. I teted it with all different kinds of music, from Enya to classical to hard rock. It all sounds good. Try blasting Boston's "More Than A Feeling" from them, wow is all I can say.

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I only have very limited desk top space so these speakers are perfect. Amazing sound for size although priced a little on the high side.

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I was given these speakers by a friend, the only good thing that I have found about these speakers is their design. The sound is horrible for their price and size. Good speakers are bowers wilkins mm1 or focal xs to mention some computer speakers. Bose's lovers should research the company in google and see what they find if they type why bose is not a good speaker maker. just to give you something to think about what is the frequency response for these speakers and what is the amplifier output per speaker or channel. Bose will not tell you anything regarding their speakers.

2 of 3 people found this useful

Small, sleek, great sound. Perfect. Worth the expense.

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I bought a set of this Computer MusicMonitor after reading through all the reviews. The reviews are very helpful, especially the one written by JW from Wimbledon.

It’s impressive that the speakers were delivered in the next day. But of course this is not the key point. I’m very surprised by the ‘mature’ and 'full' sound quality from such small compact size speakers. But on the other hand not surprised, I know it’s BOSE’s strength to provide quality sound from small size. I agree that the bass is slightly richer than the highs. But it could only be felt as an imperfection rather than defect in those highly ‘acoustically sensitive’ ears, not any inferior at all for general music enjoyment. I agree you can’t expect it to match those high end, but why should you? I’d summarize this MusicMonitor as ‘perfect in the imperfection’. After receiving them and listening to them, I immediately placed my order for a carrying case (on BOSE website) as I know I’ll be perfectly happy to carry them to use with my MacBook or iPhone away from home/office because of their excellent sound quality in great volume suitable for presentation for up to 100-people room or a small-scale dance ball. By the way, the audio cables are comfortably long enough for use with my 27-inch iMac in office, so won’t be any problem with a MacBook.

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Love the look & size, build quality. Sound pretty good - bass a little limited, but not worth the money. You're paying for the name & the sound-for-the-size ratio. The Bose Companion 3 Series II are a significantly better sound but obviously less portable.

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I have the early version of these, but they have amazing sound quality, workmanship and volume! a bit expensive, but worth it IF you care about sound. (You might find the older ones cheaper somewhere...)

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these are absoloutley amazing sound qaulity, but the price proves otherwise, for what you are recieving the price is a bit high. great product otherwise.

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It's hard to really put into perspective just how good these little speakers are, I wanted a good PC speaker that would provide a completely natural sound as is, hence the word "Monitor" these little speakers let you hear everything in a song composition, harmonies come alive bass remains deep and transparent throughout songs, providing a pleasant punch even at medium volume, songs never sounded better... the stereo sound these speakers produce is amazing, sound stage seems very wide really bringing out that live effect, it's very hard to get listeners fatigue with these speakers as they don't seem to produce tinnyy sounding high notes or simulated bass, everything comes alive, very natural very high quality design indeed, the best part ....apart from how good they sound is the design, such big crisp sound in a small design that takes no room, you hardly notice they're there, brilliant if you ask me no one wants to see speakers, expensive at $499, but hear them in action, like with every bose product, it will last a lifetime so the investment is very little .....

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