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

These speakers sound fantastic, but there is actually TOO MUCH bass for my taste. I wish there was a way to lower it, but the only way I can with my MacBook Pro is to edit the EQ settings in iTunes & Quicktime. Plugging my iPod in also gave too much bass, but selecting the "Bass Reducer" EQ setting on the iPod fixes the issue.

That being said, these are still fantastic speakers. The sound is rich and full and one of the best buys you can find for the price tag.

I purchased these a little over a year ago for my dorm room. I was looking for speakers that would provide good sound quality but not disturb my neighbors with a subwoofer. I have found these speakers to be an excellent solution.

The sound quality of the Companion 2 Series II is very good considering its a 2.0 setup. The midrange and treble are good. Bass is obviously not particularly strong but is sufficient. Overall the speakers create a balanced sound, not tinny and not heavy on the bass.

The speakers are not great for filling a room for say a party, but for sitting at your computer and listening to music or watching a movie, these are great. Additionally, they have a sophisticated design- not crazy in design and definitely not ugly. They're good size and offer dual RCA inputs as well as a convenient headphone jack.

I gave a rating of 4 starts for two reasons. One, there is no off switch (sometimes the speakers have a faint buzz when not plugged into an audio source). Two, the price. While $100 is not that expensive, you could buy 2.1 system easily. I think $80 would be a more reasonable price.

That said, I do not regret my purchase at all. In all honesty, I am more satisfied with these than my $500 Bose Wave Radio. I would highly recommend these for someone who wants speakers that offer good sound quality but do not want them to be overly loud/boomy.

These speakers produce a very high quality sound at a low to moderate volume level. However, if you would like to have a room filling sound system, these speakers are not for you. once the volume is turned loud, the sound starts to ditort and warp the volume level. in other words, these are nice little speakers, but they are on the wimpy side. If you would like some more powerful speakers, I recommend the Logitech Z-5500 Digital Surround speakers.

What these are: A great little speaker for low to mid-volume listening, very accurate, perhaps a little warm, but great bass response and clean crisp high-end. Very "Bose" sounding. Also great headphone amp (probably the most surprising feature). What they are not: Not a huge big speaker that is going to push a lot of air and fill up a room. Overall though these are a great value and won't disappoint the critical ear.

I am an avid music fan and I wanted a set of fairly inexpensive speakers for my 24" iMac, these were the speakers for me. I wish they had a bit more bass to them, but considering their size and price, they more than get the job done. I listen to all kinds of music, rock sounds great, hip hop has a good amount of bass, but personally not enough for me, jazz sounds super sweet, The Beatles sound wonderful, and Doves new album is legendary with these speakers! I usually have to listen to music and movies on my Mac with volume turned all the way up, but with these speakers I have to keep them turned down so I don't keep my roommate up at night. I have always been a big fan of Bose but not of their prices, but in this case, it's a steal for Bose sound. If you really want some bass you might want to get the Companion 3 series, but be prepared to cash out. All in all, get these if you don't want to spend a lot for great Bose sound!!!

No question that these speakers are great. It is loud and deep. Perfect for "desktop".

But, these are not BOSE quality. I don't hear that crisp acoustic sound that Bose are known for. With higher volume sound gets deeper and somewhat flattens...

Overall it's 4 stars.

I was deciding between this and creative T20 but when i tried our both side by side, this set of speakers beat T20 flat. Minus the fact T20 has bass control. My opnion, this speakers has a bit too much bass for my liking so i did a bass reduce in my itunes and it sounded PERFECT. When i am away from my macbook and i uncheck the 'bass reduce' and i can even hear it down at the hall. And the best part is you do not experience distort when you increase in the volume in fact it sounds even better. IMPRESSIVE!!

Watching moives on this set of speakers have been in fact a better experience than my music. And even better then my previous altec ATP3 in my small room. Sometimes i just forget these are a small set of speakers when i coapre them to other setups For me they are the best among the 2.0 setups and even some 2.1 setups.

btw this is my first purchase to date and i love it! thumbs up to BOSE.

I really enjoy these speakers, they are an excellent sound for how cheap they are. They really live up to the Bose name. I highly recommend these speakers. If you're looking for good speakers and don't want to pay a high price, these are the ones you've been looking for. The only problem I've come across is when they are at a high volume they sound bassy. Overall, they are very good speakers!!!

First of all these are small and should be compared with products in similar price range and size. Here its a clear winner. For all the folks who want greater sound.. Please try BW(of course ur pockets will be lighter 5 times). However I would recommend it for all the folks who need a unit thats small and takes less of desk space... as u see these units dont have a seperate subwoofer but ul never feel it.. so go for it if u like quality at this price range..