They are small and would blend into most interiors

Sound

I had the misfortune of helping a friend from work set up this speaker system in his basement. They are pitiful. How BAD?
The old Philco AM radio in your dad's Ford Gran-Torino would present a better stage, produce cleaner sound, and most likely reach a higher decibel level when pushed.

Before anyone asks - we did try them with other equipment because as a group we were amazed at the pitiful sound.
I don't expect the best in this price range but these are really very BAD speakers.

Hope this helps anyone shopping, and sorry to anyone who bought this system.

Great highs and sound with audio CD's, good surround sound, very unobtrusive appearance

Bass and midrange vary greatly depending on placement and A/V receiver used

I have had this set for three years as my primary front right, left and center channel speakers with some modest rear channel speakers. While the prior Harmon Kardon receiver was adequate for basic music and surround sound, it never seemed to really meet the bill. Recently, I read a number of highly conflicting reviews in this segment with some rating this system poorly and others very high. The difference it seemed was with placement of the speakers and the center module. The one prevailing point was that contrary to other speaker systems, it was best to have the speakers as high and apart as possible with the bass module facing toward the wall. Prior to changes, I had my speakers concealed within a custom made 8'x14' entertainment cabinet I had built for my Hitachi big screen.

Since I was in the process of purchasing DVD (Sony) player, CD (Sony) player, I followed up and purchased a new Sony A/V receiver. During this process, I repositioned all of the speakers as high and apart as possible and married them up with a pair of JBL speakers which are likewise mounted about 8'. The JBL's were wonderful filling in the mid range and supplemented the lower range of the Bose speakers. The improvement in sound quality in CD's was astounding. It literally sounds like the performers are in the room. The Dobly Ditigal/DTS surround sound is out of this world. Anyone thinking of buying these or getting rid of these speakers owes it to themselves to invest in the time and effort to place the speakers appropriately to produce the sound they are capable of.

I have been into home theatre for a while. I run my AM7's off a Yamaha DSP A1 with Jamo graphics for front effects & AM5's for rear. I added a Velodyne 15" Sub recently as the Bose cannot handle LFE, which is only fair. The passive sub is not designed to do that. I have been quite happy considering the size of these speakers. True the Klipsch & other LARGE speakers sound heaps better, but then you pay for what you get. Also, what I like best about this system is the size, and the sound that comes out of these little cubes. If you balance your sound properly & set it up well with a good active Sub, you cant go wrong. I have played around with the system for so long, that even the Bose sales reps don't believe the sound I get out of them. Finally, the center speaker is the weakest link. Make sure your setup says "small" for center, and keep the level low. If you have a graphic EQ for center, cut the Mids down a bit. Made a big difference in mine.

-Small frontprint
-Great sound for such small speakers

-Too many speaker wires

I bought my Bose AM-7 system back in 1993 and have nothing but good things to say about it. I've listened to Klipsch, Infinity, and most other major brands in the stores and these speakers are just fine for my home theater. I have them hooked up to a Yamaha RX-V995. The bass module is addequate for handling music and movies. I added a Yamaha subwoofer so my couch would shake when a Death Star Destroyer flew by in Star Wars. I recommend this speaker system to anyone who wants to build a home theater.

Clear solid rich sound. Good imaging

Has no cube speakers for rear speakers.
Can't buy cube speakers on there own.

I noticed that there was a mixture of 1 star and 5 star ratings for these speakers. I feel the reason for this is that good sounding speakers will only sound good if you connect good quality gear to the speakers.
I run these speakers with an Pioneer VSX-D1S receiver amplifier and used an Marantz CD-52 mkII CD player. For read speakers I used BOSE VS100 speakers.
The sound was good but not great. I tried using Dobly prologic playing a movie from a video recorder and was not happy with the results. I used this setup for a few years.
Recently I brought a Sony DVD player and a Sony AV Amplifier. Using the same BOSE speakers I noticed a big difference in sound quality. Playing Dolby Pro logic sound from a Dolby sound movie using my video recorder (not DVD player) I noticed a big improvement in the sound. Also playing Audio CD's on the DVD player made a big different in sound quality. Also great when playing a DVD Dolby 5.1 sound movie.
So my conclusion is that the lack of great sound was not because of the choice of spreakers but due to the equipment that was powering the speakers. There is plenty of bass if you have the sub woffer facing a wall, so that sound is bounced off the wall.
These are great sounding speakers that I would recomment to anyone wanting surround speakers for a home theater setup

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