Reviews for Bose® Companion® 2 Series II Multimedia Speaker System

I bought these same speakers at a local store for MUCH MORE! I love them, but I wish I would have seen them here!

10 of 14 people found this useful

Wow Bose I said, ordered them and this is it for me. This is a phenomenal buy to use with any of your compatible Mac products, my main use has been on my iMac. As Bose usually does, they developed those speakers with quality, good sound and a price that rather floored me, in a good way! I'd recumbent these speakers to any Mac user. Very happy

13 of 17 people found this useful

This is the 3rd set I've ordered for our school.

Also have a set at home.

You won't be disappointed at this price point.

15 of 19 people found this useful

Let me start by saying that I am a total audiophile. I usually only listen to vinyl, and when I'm not I usually use my high end studio monitors connected to my Mac. I got these to use with my MacBook Pro in my bedroom, so just for day to day listening, occasional movies, etc. Nothing serious. Let me tell you, in these applications and for this price, these speakers are FANTASTIC!! Clean, punchy bass, full sound and VERY powerful for their size. My one complaint is that none of the cables are quite long enough (power cable, audio from speaker to speaker, audio to computer) but in 90% of applications, this isn't an issue. I have mine pretty stretched out around the TV that my laptop is connected to and my power strip is on the other side of my desk, so I'm pretty unique. I really really wanted to buy the companion 5s instead, but could not afford them. For $100, these speakers are really really good. Bose lives up to its reputation, even with their lower end products. A HUGE improvement over the cheap logitech speakers I was using for day-to-day tasks before I got these. HIGHLY recommended.

21 of 28 people found this useful

Trust me. These speakers are better than great. They are well worth the 100 bucks! Get them now!

11 of 20 people found this useful

I bought these speakers because I wanted to listen to my iPod AND my computer at the same time. I run so many tasks concurrently on my computer that I prefer not to add iTunes into that mix if I don't need to. So instead I listen to my iPod Touch when working at my computer. But I still want to hear sounds from my computer, including notifications, ringing from Skype, occasional videos, etc. The dual-inputs on these speakers allow me to do just that. I keep them constantly connected to my iMac along with an extra cable on my desk to plug in either my iPod or sometimes my laptop. I figured (correctly) that these Bose speakers could handle both inputs at the same time with no noise issues or problems. Bose just knows how sound should be! I expected no less than that these little Bose speakers would provide a rich, full sound, even without a sub-woofer – and these deliver!

It's nice that these speakers also provide a headphone jack on the front where you can easily attach earbuds. Much more convenient than reaching around to the back of a Mac when you need to be quieter. Plus, you continue to get BOTH sources of sound as one listening experience!

Do note that these speakers only have RCA inputs on the back (2 sets). So you will need 3.5mm stereo to dual-RCA cable(s) to attach this to your Mac's audio jack and/or iPod.

16 of 18 people found this useful

Great sound. I was happy with the iMac when i first got it (i listen to music a lot), but when i plugged these in it improved the sound tenfold

23 of 25 people found this useful

Awesome little speakers. Extremely impressed with the stereo image they can produce. I've used Logitech 2.1 systems (when they were good), Creative 2.1's, Logitech and Creative 5.1's and have a Yamaha receiver with Polk speakers. Not kidding, these are extremely impressive for the price. They are not / cannot be as "loud and bassy" as a system with a sub. But its crazy how they can fill a room with a beautiful image. Very pleased, hope to use them for a while. I would recommend these for someone who wants a good representation of the music they listen to but don't want to buy B&W or don't have the room for a 2.1 or 5.1 (like me).

15 of 18 people found this useful

These speakers are great. First off, my neighbor gave me these as thanks for fixing her computer. These have been knocked off the desk and slammed on the floor many times by her three hyper daughters and her cat, but they still sound great, at least as good as the demo Companion IIs at the local Bose store which didn't look like they had ever been touched. Very durable speakers. Second, all the sound reproduction is great across the spectrum. I was especially impressed with the bass. It sounds like there really is a subwoofer. Third, nice thick cables that are long enough to position the speakers anywhere you want. Fourth, the the speakers feel very solid. There is a strong metal plate in front that will not bend and the plastic parts even feel like very high quality. Fifth, there are dual red and white audio inputs, so you can connect it to your computer and something else, such as an iPod and the red and white inputs make it easy to connect to a game console or DVD player or TV.

No cons here. Bose has outdone themselves on this system. It's totally worth $100.

6 of 9 people found this useful