I bought my first Bose product ever a year ago. It is a Bluetooth speaker that cost about 120 bucks that I use to play music from my iPod in our bedroom as background music. For the price and intended use it sounds fine. The model I bought at Target sounded better than comparably priced JBL models on display. Bose is not a hi-fi brand, and everyone here knows that. It does however address a tier of the market populated by most of the general public. Pure audiophile companies have not targeted this market with as much effort so Bose is filling the void. When novices ask me for speaker advice I point them in the Polk Audio direction. Barely mid-fi but those guys do care about sound quality.
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Primary System (Always in flux):
Analog Source: Rega RP10
Phono Preamp: Bryston BP2/PS3
Digital Software: Roon, Tidal Streaming
Digital Music Server: Melco N1A/2
Digital Sources: Totaldac d1-twelve SE MkII (factory upgraded from MKI) with "live power" 4 output power supply, Oppo UDP-205
Preamplifier: Rogue Audio RP-9 (factory upgraded from RP-7)
Amplifier: Vandersteen M5-HPA
Speakers: Vandersteen Quatro Wood CT w/IsoAcoustics Gaia 1 feet
Cabling: WW Platinum Starlight 7 digital wires, Totaldac Gigafilter USB filter, AQ Sky XLR, AQ Fire RCA
Speaker Cables: AudioQuest Oak spades ---> bi-wire spades
Power Cables: Esprit PC (for DAC), 2 WW Platinum Electra PC (Preamp/Phono Preamp), AQ NRG10 (Melco N1A/2), AQ Blizzard (Quatro Wood CT built-in subs)
Power Conditioning: 2 AQ Niagara 1000, 3 Oyaide R1 outlets
Sound Treatments: 23 ASC Tube Traps and 10 Panels
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