Reviews for Bose® SoundDock® Series II Digital Music System

We recently bought a unit at the store near Stanford University in Ca and brought it back here in the Philippines. The unit worked for about 3 days and when my son was using it,it suddenly went dead. No sound, no power. I tried everything the manual said from plugging and unplugging the unit a for a few mins to re-attaching the ipod after a few mins, adjusting the volume both in the ipod and the unit and still nothing worked. I read the same problem from the review of another user and if anyone else out there has the same problem, please sound out. I have a trip to San Diego, Ca this Nov. and is bringing the unit back with me for replacement. I hope Bose finds out what's bugging this model.

107 of 125 people found this useful

The quality of sound is amazing, however I have had this about a year and a half and the dock has a short in it. The Ipod has to be sitting just perfectly to work, and then it will usually short out again and have to be adjusted. Be very gentle when docking and undocking to not flex the female insert. It won't last long if you do. I now have an almost unusable piece of equipment.

79 of 88 people found this useful

I just bought this and docked my iphone 4. However, I'm really disappointed with the speaker on the left side (when facing you). When the iPhone is docked and nothing is playing, you hear pretty audible static and "bubbling" , "gurgling"? Not sure how to describe it. It's noticeable when playing quieter music. It's not *so* noticeable when playing music, but enough to bother me from a system I paid $300!!

I put my ipod nano 4th Gen in place and there's no static. I'm wondering if this is b'c of antenna interference as it's an iPhone that I'm having the static issues with? Is anyone else noticing this??

I have had the previous white Bose Sounddock from maybe 5 yrs ago. Didn't have the static problem with it then (with ipods). Some downsides: not so secure connection of AC to sounddock and flimsy docking station that gets worse over time/use. These were issues I had with the older Bose as well.

The sound is great, but that static thing is bothering me a lot! I am most likely returning it. If this were a $100 system, maybe I would put up with it. But not a $300 Bose product!

48 of 56 people found this useful

The Bose SoundDock system is not exactly compatable with every generation of the iPod Nano. It will not charge the 4th generation Nano and it drains the battery very quickly when in use. The sound is excellent but be cautious when purchasing.

45 of 51 people found this useful

The Speakers are satisfactory. The power output isn't unbeatable. And as the volume goes up, the quality of sound goes down, something very disappointing for a sound dock with a price that steep. Even at a low volume there's not much to be said. The sound is thick and the beats can sound mashed together, rather than crisp and distinct. At $100, $200 tops, sure, they're fine. But at a whopping $300, spend your money elsewhere.

18 of 21 people found this useful

I find the sound quality of this unit to be quite good but the thing Im finding annoying is that whenever I stop using it for more than 20 minutes the volume automatically resets itself to 0. I have my Airport Express connected to the Auxiliary port in the back to play music wirelessly using Airplay and any time I connect to the Sounddock I have to find the remote to turn the volume up. Its quite frustrating as I purchased this unit mainly to play music through Airplay and I would like to keep the volume on the speakers at something louder than it currently sets itself to every time.

10 of 12 people found this useful