Reviews for Bose® Companion® 5 Multimedia Speaker System

These are fine speakers, I'm an avid audiophile and have now dedicated my hi-fi separates to dealing with vinyl since my itunes sound so good and have great detail and depth. However placement can be a problem as a lot of detail comes from the central drive unit which also offers the deep, deep bass. This means that unless you have desk and are willing to have the large black box on full view a lot of the mid-range is lost meaning that you get a slight echo feel to your play back with lyrics or spoken word material becoming lost amidst guitars, drums or ambient movie playback. Other than that they're are a class apart, build quality is sound and only lacking a wireless remote.

I have been using the Bose Companion 5 for 3 weeks now, Overall the sound is great, It is what you would expect from any Bose Audio System, it seems to make up the bright end loss that I would get from most other computer speakers and I do not find much EQ is required to get the desired effect. My only complaint is that the system does not work well if you have the USB Audio connection connected to a USB Hub, While connected to a 4 port hub, the audio would randomly mute, no sound output despite my Macbook Pro recognizing the Bose system in the system preferences. The only way to correct the problem was to power down the Bose or the Computer. It took me a week to realize that after plugging the Bose directly into the Macbook Pro's USB port the problem went away. So at least with my experience, this system eats up 1 USB Port and does not allow you to use a USB Hub.

No sound in Garage Band because of these run 48 khz and the "band" output is 44khz.
To send a suggestion to Bose is time consuming because they ask everything from you,
sn, address, colour of your underpants...., no software update to get them on 44khz
output yet. But they are well worth the money, not because of the "bose" logo.

I purchased these incredible, compact and crystal clear speakers for my dorm room in Duquesne University. As an audiophile I only want the best sound to come out of my 17'' MBP. They are worth every penny, $400 may seem a great deal of money to spend on computer speakers, but your Mac deserves the best!

2 pair's bought from Apple store regent street london, did'nt work with my white imac Core 2 Duo 2.16 ghz running Leopard. Be very wary if you have this model, as I susspect the Leopard drivers do not work with this this product.

Bose makes some of the most amazing equipment. I am in advertising and I need the BEST Stuff in the market. I lve my mac.. my games.. my music and Bose ofcourse. These sound great...even at full volume. Games play great on my PC (when i connect it to my PC)and my music is just amazing. Infact I've heard some instruments in my tracks that I haven't heard before. I just wish they would keep the base and treble knobs with the volume control. Pretty annoying that i have to keep going under my table to change it. I prefer changing it every now and then for all kinds of different music.

I see several posts from "Audiophiles." They comment on the price and the Bose name. They also complain about static, muddy base and lacking mids. One thing they fail to mention is that these speakers are very accurate. So accurate that they bring out all of the detail in the music, snaps, crackles, pops and all. If defects in the music recording are there, these speakers will pick them up. Sorry audiophiles - that's how it works. I experience the same phenomenon with my $1,500 reference monitors. When placed correctly in the listening area and when proper adjustments are made to EQ settings (namely don't use them), these speakers shine immensely. Try listening to Mannheim Steamroller's Fanfare Abblasen on these gems and you see what properly mixed music sounds like!

Purchased these speakers based on the Bose name and being able to connect them to my new 24" iMac with a USB connection. Sound on movies and music was acceptable but for games the sound is a little garbled and voices can not be understood. Expected more form Bose, these speakers have been returned.

i got these speackers 6 mounths ago and they were 250$ so haha i gotam cheaper but there the best speackers i have ever herd my dads a music desiner and spends hella on speackers and has asked me if he can uses mine so there good and i wont settal for anything eles now man i love them and no problem with them