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Originally Posted by varmonter
I tend to agree here.I think these bose systems are an interesting alternative.
And sound good in smaller rooms.
Its a perception of what you hear. I walk around a room and listen to a bose
and no matter where i am in the room i hear the same thing. This automatically
makes me like the system. But when i go to a concert and listen to any sound
engineer ( who never use an array) I have to say i like the sound better.
If i walk around the venue i get a different perspective of the sound depending
on where i am in the room. If i sit in front of the sound board it sounds the best
usually. The perception of what i hear is much better with a professional system. My perception of a bose in a loud bar is that i can hear it the same
no matter where i stand but the quality of what i hear is a bit sterile.
Not in a bad way just a perception.
I like the portability of the Bose. And the fact you can put it behind
you and use it as a monitor.
But i would rather listen to a well eq'd pair
of K12's Its always a bit of a tradeoff.
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Originally Posted by SongwriterFan
Exactly.
And the "single performer" type doesn't have to be a "sound man" to make the thing sound good. Whatever voodoo they've put in there seems to always work well (or certainly "good enough") in a reasonably small (100 people or less) venue every time I've heard it used.
Could a "good" sound system and a "good" sound engineer make it sound even better? Quite possible. But those are routinely in short supply in most of the restaurants/bars where I listen to music. Not in all of them, but in a very large percentage of them the performer is expected to bring his own sound gear and set it up and run it and tear it down.
Some singer/songwriters are also very good sound guys (I know one or two), but most aren't, and I think they benefit with a system like the Bose.
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I hate to be mis- quoted like i was in post 71 . Just to be clear i prefer the sound of a pair
of powered speakers to a bose system any day all day.