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Enjoy full, natural sound from your desktop or laptop computer, or tablet, from just 2 speakers. Bring more life to your music, games and videos, with wide natural sound reproduced by exclusive TrueSpace® signal processing.
Product Features
2 speakers
With an advanced port design and drivers for powerful low-note performance.
TrueSpace® stereo digital processing circuitry
Along with integrated signal processing helps ensure lifelike audio.
Active electronic equalization
Ensures balanced low, midrange and high frequencies for full, natural sound.
Compatible with most desktops, laptops and tablets
For wide-ranging connection options.
Control pod
Features a rotational volume control and a single-touch mute so you can change the volume level to suit your needs. Headphone jack and audio input let you connect your headphones or an audio device.
Compact design
Offers a stylish appearance to complement your décor.
Posted by: suicidalsquwerl from Ga on 05/10/2013Sound quality is great! but what you want to know is, the volume dial though a great feature has its draw back... it is not a Touch wheel like one would instinctively interact with it, It is a turn dial with touch on the top as its power, so if you barely touch it, it turns off. The turn dial i found to be very touchy, it was to loud or to soft, i found it best to turn them up and balance out with your volume adjustment on the input device. This i consider to be its only negative. Aside from that i love the sound quality they produce.
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outstanding if you know quality
5
Posted by: caballero0688 from mechanicsburg, pa on 05/03/2013if your a musician or appreciate good music that has variety, then these small yet large speakers are for you. BOSE is nothing but the best.
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Quality from Bose as usual.
4
Posted by: Soundofthunder from Fargo,ND on 04/20/2013Very good dynamic sound, crisp and clear. I think maybe I should have spent a little more and bought the next step up to the 30 series. It comes with the sub woofer. If you like a good thump bass tone, you might enjoy that setup better. Other wise I am enjoying what I purchased.
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Great office or home speaker
5
Posted by: Ninewon from Seattle on 04/14/2013These speakers look and sound like they are very expensive. The price per performance is in my favor.
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Over priced and sound not very good
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Posted by: xspearme from springfield, illinois on 04/13/2013My first pair one of the speakers didn't work and the sound was Tinny. I bought the Klipsh with a sub woofer for a hundred dollars less and the sound was better. I'm usually happy with BOSE, but not this time. Save your money.
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Those speakers are scarry
5
Posted by: Yarzok from Way out there on 04/10/2013I LOVE MUSIC.
I was surprised with the sound quality.
I have tons of albums CDs that I converted to MP3.
Listening to some old Classic Rock,
At the end of one of my favorite track, by "Alan Parsons"
I heard some peoples talking, loud and clear
So I back-up the track a bit and at the end of the track I heard the same peoples again.
I never heard this before.. And no I'm not on funny tobacco either.
Since then I've been listening to a lot of my favorite albums, and discovering sounds I never heard before.
Anyone had a chance to listen to the Bose Wave Radio?
Well each of those speakers has a wave chamber built into them.
And to me they sound better then the wave radio.
The highs are crisp, the mids are alright could use a little improvements, and the base is just right.
Not a boomy base that you get from a PC subwoofer.
But CLEAN to the low hz.
All I can say is They are really impressive speakers.
And they fit very nicely in my laptop bag, with my Asus G75.
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Great sound quality w/o needing a lot of space.
5
Posted by: simgamer from Massachusetts on 03/25/2013I've always heard great reviews from Bose speakers and I've heard several different models. These sound fantastic! With a built in subwoofer you get a great range of sound without needing a lot of space. I use this for my desktop PC gaming, videos, and games.
On/off switch is easy to access with built in plugs for mic and headphones.
My only issue is the short audio cable to go to the PC. It's only a couple of feet long, so this would be better for laptop, or tablet. Although their size might be cumbersome to carry around and they require an external power source.
One other thing to note. By default there is a power save function which means your speaker would only go on is sound is used, such as a DVD playing. This system didn't work as designed for me and I thought I'd bought a defective set. Thankfully you can shut this feature off and I'd recomend it.
Still the sound quality and easy use of volume and on/off switch are some of it's best features. I'm happy I got them.
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Plenty of bass for me (read more)
4
Posted by: from Tucker GA on 03/16/2013I bought the Bose Companion 20 in the store earlier this evening. Read every review posted on this website while in the store. I listen to the set at different volumes from different angles.
At home, for aesthetics, I put the speakers inside a 1941 model Philo radio in my living room. They are sitting directly on a wood floor, with a sheet rock wall behind them, the wood of the radio cabinet on the sides, and wood and cloth of the same in front.
I connected the speakers to a portable CD player and listened to, Paul Simon’s Rhythm of the Saints (Brazilian percussion , circa 1990), Surprise (A mix of folk with Brian Eno electronica, circa 2004), the first few tracks off the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Soundtrack (1971), and as I type I’m listening to the soundtrack to Schindler’s List (1993).
I walked around the living room, the kitchen, other rooms, and the floor below.
Bass? Plenty of bass. I’m sitting eight feet away on a sofa, four feet off center, and I’m feeling the bass from a cello, an actual bass, and the low notes on a clarinet. I’m not feeling it vibrate off the floor (my feet are up) I’m feeling it through the air.
On the Paul Simon songs, and even Willy Wonka, if I lived in an apartment the downstairs neighbors would be calling be right now saying, “That’s great that you’ve got a golden ticket, but turn it down wild man.” It is plenty loud for my needs. If anything I would like a little less bass.
Not enough bass for some reviewers? Well I guess if you are one of those members of society who, when six cars behind me at a stop light wants to make sure everyone knows just how much you like the song your listening to, and you have it up so loud that I can feel the bass from your car stereo in my teeth, then maybe for you this isn’t enough bass. Run on sentence?
The treble is fine. I can hear when Itzhak Perlman (violinist) leans towards the microphone and when he drifts back.
If I wanted to throw the rugs into the fireplace and clear the floor to dance, 52 Girls and Planet Z would still rock the house.
I have no EQ or amp, just straight from the grandchild of a Sony Walkman plugged into the back of the speakers. Better compression rate than MP3 but still nothing to tweak. Also, remember, I don’t have these at desk level or ear level. They are on the floor and muted a bit because they are in the radio cabinet.
Now I’m listening to Nocturno played by John Williams (Not the same John Williams from Schindler’s List). It’s Spanish/classical guitar. No other instruments and no vocals. I dialed back the volume and I’m still getting bass at all the right spots. The rest of the work is clean. By that I mean it’s not like some systems where everything is polluted with bass (Note to self: It would be great to play just one song as well as John Williams. Just one).
So now that we’ve spent the evening together, what would you like to listen to next? Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, you say? Yes, of course. Let’s start with a Taste of Honey. While I’m up would you like something to drink? Maybe Blue Raspberry soda from Kroger or Swedish sparkling apple juice from Ikea? No? Okay well maybe there something in your kitchen you’ll like.
I’m on track 4, Bittersweet Samba. Sounds good. No escaping the bass. My feet are on the floor and I can feel it. I when outside to the far end of the back porch (It isn’t that far) and yes, the bass tracked me down and smacked me with its fins (Bass the fish. Fish have fins. A pun, get it?).
So what else do you want to know?
The volume controller is nice. It has a white light about the size of a pinhole that shines when the speakers are on. This will help you find it in the dark. The volume dial is nice and smooth. It can turn down to a whisper and into several degrees of silence. No numbers on the dial. No way to know how loud the sound will be when turning it on. Turning it on doesn’t require any turning. It requires lightly pressing the top of the controller.
FYI – if you’re having a bad day, listen to some Herb Albert. It’s like wearing plaid pants. You can’t have a band time if you’re wearing plaid paints and you can’t have a bad time listening to Herb Albert.
Well, I guess that’s it. Final thoughts? People who say it doesn’t have enough bass never say WHAT they are listening to so it really doesn’t matter. If you listen to the albums I mentioned, and I would be surprised to learn that anyone reading this has the same tastes, but if you do have plenty of bass.
Is it worth the price? Sounds great in the store and the Bose people are smart enough to set up their display next to speakers by other manufactures that sink. Either that or, like the store I was in tonight, Boss was only display working. I couldn’t listen to the speakers that were $100 less.
Okay I’ve said enough. I’ve been playing music for an hour and 45 minutes and I could keep playing music for another hour and 45 minutes. I’m not proud or tired. But enough with the Arlo Guthrie references that no one understands.
I haven’t checked any of this for spelling or grammar errors, but I’m living on the wild side tonight and using my real name so this review it’s going on my permitted digital record.
You will never get the time back that it took you to read this review.
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Great sound
5
Posted by: sedonagal from Libertyville, IL on 02/16/2013These speakers are portable and sound great well worth the money, you can't go wrong with Bose
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Decent sound but....
3
Posted by: CRGRINN from Tinley Park, IL on 01/26/2013I bought the Bose Companion 20 to replace my Companion 5 speakers, I was hoping to not have to deal with the subwoofer anymore. Got home and hooked them up to my i Mac (very easy to do btw) and then tried them out. Sound quality is decent but they just don't have the low end bass that comes with the Companion 5 subwoofer. Did a side by side comparison and needless to say my old Companion 5 won out. I am returning the Companion 20 and sticking with the Companion 5.. My advice is if you're going to spend to $249 for the C20 you may as well splurge the extra $150 and go with the C5. Well worth it.
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