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

Nice rich, but processed sound. Quality looking item. Nicely finished. But, not very natural sounding when the supposed processor cant keep up with any drastic sound change. i.e. dramatic classical pieces or any drastic change in volume during any play back at volume. I heard the speaker trying to keep up with louder passages. Almost like it was underpowered. It kept giving a breathing effect. In the end I just could not bring myself to keep these on the same desk as my 27" iMac. Not in the same class. I just kept expecting more from them, that they could not deliver. Overall nice equipment that shows well in a room but dont expect worldclass performance. Just not up to task. Unfortunately the comment I read a while ago applies still, "BOSE is the McDonalds of the speaker industry". They are more of a marketing compay than a good speaker company.

23 of 31 people found this useful

I had high hopes for these speakers and with the ninety dollar price tag I expected better for the Bose name. I am comparing these to the Logitech X 530 5.1 and the Klipsch ProMedia 2.1. The low end bass is non existent since there is no sub which I expected, but the mid-bass is very boomy like the effect when you turn the bass up on the cheap Logitech speakers. All things aside I just cannot get over the fact that mid range for vocals is non-existent and creates a hollow sound. Over all I give these a lower than average score that would match a $30 Logitech pair of satellites. Make sure you listen to these in store before you waste $90.

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3 of 149 people found this useful

While working quality is excellent, after a year the speakers won't work. I have tries everything!

13 of 17 people found this useful

you pay $100 for speakers that only have volume control. no bass control no subwoofer. in other words don't buy if u want speakers with bass of any kind, buy a logitech system instead.

10 of 19 people found this useful

While re-organizing my apartment, I had to move my Mac and its accessories a few times. After every move, the question was "will the Bose speakers fire up or won't they?" I never could isolate which connection was so sensitive: you just had to plug, unplug and re-plug until they worked. Anyway, after about the 4th move they solved the problem by going dead for good. After just eight months. The sound was good - while they lasted.

9 of 14 people found this useful

Completely unshielded so if you have a cell phone and it gets within 20 feet of your speakers you get the most annoying series of beeps and burps. Also, the headphones jack sounds completely different from plugging into the headphone jack of the computer (even completely different from plugging into the speakers jack). It sounds like listening to music with cotton balls in your ears. Why put a jack there at all if it is going to sound terrible.

The actual output of the speaker (if your cell phone is far away), is a little bass heavy, but otherwise acceptable.

45 of 87 people found this useful

I have the imac and these speakers were not what I expected from Bose. They are okay but there is feedback and it distorts as it gets louder. I've messed with the eq dozens of times till I was able to find a happy medium. I will have to upgrade in the coming months and will be handing these down to my niece who thinks "they're great" - but for me a person who formally worked in music these are not good enough!

10 of 13 people found this useful

It's probably worth noting that I bought these speakers because I already own a pair of Bose 301 bookshelf speakers that I enjoy in my living room.

The problem with these small speakers is what Bose calls their "TrueSpace® Stereo Signal Processing Circuitry." The speakers "process" the sound to give it a larger-than-life quality by accenting the highs and the lows, leaving the mid-range completely lacking. On acoustic rock songs, the speakers overemphasize sibilants in the vocal lines giving it an almost percussive feeling. Similarly, guitar strums also have an unnatural edge to them leaving, devoid of any warmth.

The real breaking point came when I gave these speakers a go with some complex modern classical music. The processing unit couldn't decide what to accentuate given the huge range of color in a symphony orchestra. It left the music sounding like it was on steroids--loud bass thumps would be over-articulated by the Bose processing unit and bleed into soft passages before it could readjust. Or it would accent high percussive sounds and respond late to surprise bass entrances. The processing unit could not handle huge and sudden shifts in dynamics and color.

Needless to say, I'm going to return these speakers and look for something "simpler" and less "processed."

133 of 157 people found this useful

waaay to much bass for my liking.

13 of 28 people found this useful