Bose Lifestyle 48

Pros: sounded pretty good in the demo room, which was total blue smoke and mirrors

Cons: $4,000???????????? Are these people high?

The Bottom Line: I can't recommend a system that is only miraculous in its ability to fool newbies into thinking they're getting more for their money.

Review: I made a trip to a mall in Tampa, to get a replacement for an iPod whose home button had gone to the great Apple in the sky. While there, it occurred to me to walk into the Bose store and check out its "wave radio." The moment my son and I walked...

Pros: The Bose looks nice, and it is easy to operate. It handles dialogue very well.

Cons: Sound quality is abysmal, especially considering the price. The system also lacks expandibility.

The Bottom Line: Interested in ease of use and looks, and don't care about money? the Bose is for you. If you want good sound quality, Buy Other Sound Equipment.

Review: Bose is one of the most recognized names in audio. Bose's advertising is outstanding, but how about their audio systems? I took a trip to my local Bose dealer to put their Flagship, the Bose Lifestyle 48 to the test. It retailed for only $3,999.00...

Pros: Sound, easy to listen to, easy set-up, highs and lows are respectable.

Cons: Pricey. Larger speakers offer better range.

The Bottom Line: It's a good system, but for a set market. A family will sure enjoy this system, and whats more... you cant tell the system is installed.

Review: I'm going to try and write as best I can about my Lifestyle system, the reason I paid the money I did for it.. and why overall it isn't a bad system. I'll also explain what I dislike about the system.

First of all, I'm not a newbie to...

Pros: Great sound for music and movies. Surrounds are wireless by adding a transmitter and receiver.

Cons: Expensive but I have two years to pay for it with no interest.

Review: This Bose system sounds great for movies and music. Watching movies on DVD look fantastic. This Bose product is very easy to setup and use.

I bought this system because of limited space in my two story family room. I have a forty inch high...

Pros: Looks, sound quality, processing, bass, sturdy build-quality.

Cons: Price, but it has great resale value and selling it is easy.

The Bottom Line: Buy one if you're looking for an easy-to-setup home theater system that looks great and is built well.

Review: I have no idea what these other people are talking about, but this system sounds and looks absolutely astonishing. It has the deepest bass, clear highs, and great compatibility with my video i-pod. The DVD/CD player is amazing. It stores tons of...

Pros: Love the great sound from compact speakers.

Cons: Everything good canceled out by known bugs because Bose won't spend profit to fix it.

The Bottom Line: $4k is too much to spend on a system with this bug. If you must have a Bose system, buy a speaker system but use another DVD player.

Review: I've had 2 Bose lifestyle systems over the last several years and have always found it unbeatable to get great sound from such a small package. However, my first Lifestyle system 25 did not have a DVD player, so I wasn't aware of the issues...

Pros: All of your TV shows are in surround sound, Movies, Sports, and Video games,

Cons: Price is high, but than the old saying that you pay for what you get.

The Bottom Line: Go to the Bose Store and hear it before you buy, And when you get it home and set up (RIGHT)it's sounds just like it does in the store

Review: I had heard of Bose, and I got a chance to hear it and I was ((wow)) by it for the size and sound. Movie,Sports and Video games is just so life like it unreal. I'm very happy with it. Anyone who is reading this should go hear it first before you...

Pros: Easy set up, calibration, Tech manual reads well and sounds great on regular music.

Cons: If I knew it would't play HD discs, I would think twice.

Review: My recent purchase of the Bose System 48 was to hook it up with my Pioneer 50" HD plasma...all went well, except the Bose does not play HD DVD's ! I kept getting an error message " Format Not Supported " nice.....all that coin and it doesn't even...

Pros: Small sized powerful speakers, good picture.

Cons: Not as good as it should for the asked price.

The Bottom Line: Dont buy it. It costs to much and you can find other good looking systems for less money.

Review: I was in the USA 2 years a go during my travels and I had a chance to look, see and hear the "life style system.
When I came into the the bose store I was invited to a show room to see the "amazing life style system" :) as the sales man called...

Pros: Brilliant sound. Access to anything in your collection within seconds.

Cons: Haven't found any yet.

Review: Heard it in the store and was blown away. The system lets me hear things I've not heard before on my CDs.The ability to access any track throughout my entire CD collection with one remote is great for me as I have MS and handling discs is...