Questions & Answers for Bose Companion® 20 Multimedia Speaker System

The Companion 20 loudspeakers are fairly loud, certainly loud enough for filling an average size bedroom or small living space. They are not going to rock a house party full of 18 year old kids or annoy the neighbours much but they will provide a strong performance for near-field listening.

The sound quality is the usual hallmark Bose sound, slightly rolled off treble but otherwise a fairly natural tonal balance. Clarity on the Bose Companion 20 is very good surprisingly - despite it's small size. Bass response is probably equal to that of a small bookshelf speaker. It's still less than a dedicated bass module, but offers more than the Companion 2 or Music Monitor models.

They offer a clear, full and rich sound with exceptional clarity although it does lack some definition in the bass, and is slightly rolled off on the treble but this is sometimes why people prefer to go with Bose (they are less artificial sounding in some respects because they don't have honky highs or rumbling lows that seem so commonplace today).

Overall they sound good, will fill a reasonable size room and provide adequate bass for most styles of music, yes they may be a little expensive but you should ultimately let your ears do the deciding. Go listen to them.

• Answered by Gareth R
• Aug 31, 2011
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Yes. I had a set hooked up and they worked great. Plug and play. I didn't like the sound quality of the Bose speaker though and purchased a set of Klipsch speakers from best buy to replace them. Gave the Bose speakers to my wife for her computer, iPad and iPod and she loves them. No highs all lows Bose....I listen to a lot of music and play my guitars through my iMac and the sound quality wasn't what I was looking for.

• Answered by Iven D from Connersville
• Jun 22, 2012
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I called BOSE Canada and asked about the length of the speaker cable. He told me it was 6 feet,

• Answered by Cameron I from Windsor
• Nov 27, 2012
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Yes, anything that uses a 3.5 millimeter jack can use these speakers.

• Answered by Jung Kyoo S from Honolulu
• Dec 11, 2011
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Of course, the Bose Companion 20 uses the standard 3.5mm headphone jack, which all the MacBook models aswell as the iPod's, iPad's, iPhone's and most other 3rd party hardware use

• Answered by Elliot L
• Dec 23, 2011
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The Bose companion speakers have to be connected via a cable, so they are not wireless. Bose does make a wireless speaker called the Soundlink Mobile that connects to any device that has Bluetooth. So iPad, iPhone, iPod, MacBook, iMac, etc....
Sounds amazing and it's portable.

• Answered by Jason F from Kansas City
• Dec 22, 2011
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There is no remote that comes with the speakers. There is a power button. It is on the disc which connects to the speaker which also works as the volume control. A pretty cool set up.

• Answered by Iven D from Connersville
• Jun 22, 2012
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