Bose acoustimass 5 series II test 

I have had the AM5 for 30 years. Two things; first they are designed to replace massive speakers that are furniture. Second the AM5 has to be set up correctly; don’t point the base unit into the center of the room. Bose speakers are direct reflection speakers. I have mine in my man cave now. The cubes mounted on stands I built, and the base unit is between a stereo cabinet and a book case. They have amazing sound and clarity throughout the range. You cannot see them, but the sound is everywhere around you. I bought them to replace a set of 901 Bose and was very happy with the choice. I bought an AM7 system from our family room just for the TV. My kids added a Bluetooth receiver so the can play music. Regardless I don’t have the site of 6 ft tall Concert speakers in my rooms.

I had a few of these an different models loved them all . Amazing sounding

That was some pretty funky stuff, love your videos keep up the good work

Love your wire management

The bose am5 has a very particular use case. Use w/in that it works. The manual shd have emphasized the hole of the bass module shd be pointed on the wall. It's a steep learning process for a newbie. For my use, i switch it to direct but pointed the modules in different angles toward the listening position. It worked for me for more than 30yrs. Expensive but can't argue with that.

Actually sound from mid range speakers does reflect off walls, thats why you are supposed to use foam tiles to stop that from happening.

I just picked this up from the thrift shop for $7.99 USD, along with a Denon 7.1 receiver..what a steal!

sound test starts at 10:10

I remember being pretty impressed with the sound that came from these when I was little.

My first amp ever The SA Pioneer amps are amazing

would have liked to hear more about that gorgeous Pioneer amp the camera lingers on.

You can hear a difference between the two, but it's not as prominent as it should be because of youtube's compression software! So what I hear is the less full sound of the Bose, you hear a moderate expansion of the sound-range on the Canton. But I imagine there is a much GREATER difference in person, because I have heard the Bose live. The problem with Bose bass module speakers is that they do have a hole in the mid-bass and little detail up high. The bass module is not even a full range SUB in terms of getting down to 30 hz or below. The bass module is boosted at the mid to upper bass range to exaggerate that region but the satellites cannot really reach low enough to meet the bass module and fill in that region. The satellite speakers have the 2.5 inch tweeters that Bose has used for ages with very little upgrade. Those tweeters are NOT very articulate above 10 Khz, probably stop being relevant at 8 Khz. One reason Bose NEVER publishes its SPECS! I suspect the Ac. Mass II has a frequency response of 50-60 Hz - 12 Khz, less than the full range of a good FM broadcast (30-15Khz)! On the positive side, Bose was relevant in the development or the dissemination of the Satellite/SUB tech. that became surround sound for AV receivers. Talk about BS advertising! Bose used to have display stores in expensive Malls in the U.S. Where they had a sound, Home Theater room. In that room they had their top end system, BUT, the room was actually, filled with all kinds of extra amplification and room treatments and special acoustical design features that cost about 35,000-50,000 U.S. dollars. So that the DEMO room was ENHANCED beyond the level of the $5000 system Bose was selling you-I've been in those ROOMS and the surround sound was very impressive, indeed. But, as a consequence of this; your Bose system would NEVER sound as good as the showroom system. False advertising, fake showrooms, lol You gotta love American hype and advertising or just plain lying, in this case!

My homecinema setup is an acoustimass 7 in front and a 5 in the back for 20 years now and I don't see to change this. The TVs come and go, the speakers stay for ever :-)

My God!!!! When I was little my dad owned one of those Pioneer SA-708, back in the 90's, it bring so many good memories, thank you for that, it is very impresive and very very powerfull, you have a jewel my friend, take care of it.

I have the same speakers with the sub of bose all connected with a kenwood ka 7050r.Believe me or not the sound is amazing !Its loud enough to wake neighboors.The sound is clear enough.Not sure if we have same version but looks the same as i can see.I also got them for free so i am not advertising them. Nice video anyway.

O.M.G !!! : ) Super music technika !!!

BEUTIFULL pioneer by the way 👍

I have a bose subwoofer from acoustimass 4 and i hook up to my kenwood audio video receiver and it sounds pretty good for its size.The bass is good enough and when i hook up.my acoustic audio bookshelf speakers to the subwoofer output it sounds crystal clear.I run the receiver through a kenwood equalizer.Its good enough for my small room.I use it for movies. mostly .its not for real loud playing though.

Clearly there is a lack of mid bass in the sound, the fault of cube speakers that have tiny drivers. It seems to me that the subwoofer of the set used without the cubes and in conjunction with bookshelfs of better quality, can even result in a good sound.

Thanks for this video and testing… May I ask what u are using as the music source? Is it analog or digital? I am trying to “undust” my CDs using RCA cables and not HDMI, and I have totally forgotten what I should do working with old school original CDs - the Vynils from infancy they got lost when I moved way back… Your amplifier/receiver is quite the beast!!!

This is one of the few acoustimass i like the earliest was the best because larger enclosures and drivers

Thank you for Sharing 🙋🏼‍♂️

The only experience I've had with Bose,is a pair of Bose 4.2's,that were given to me...... For free,they sound pretty good. Lol Great channel!!!

You are so bad ass, I going to give you a thumbs up, because your video is bring out the different compared to the other guys video

You shouldn't say "It's not a fair comparison because my speakers are far more expensive.", but look at the build... It's not a fair comparison because they're extremly different designs. - Many of Bose their speakers are designed with strange acoustic tricks for general consumers and spaces, which they are great for. But speakers like those pillars are more "direct" speakers, without trickery to try and make them sound better. - Bose deserves credit for trying to improve sound in most people's places, without being ridiculously expensive and of course large. - But if you want more pure sound, go with more straightforward designs, like those towers. - I have a bunch of Bose 301s, by the way, and they sound pretty great. They just lack low-end, so they need a sub, but yea... - Other than that, I have those some of those medium sized 3-way boxes and also some of those bigger pillars by MB Quart.

Amazing Receiver

what part of the NL do you come from ? just curious my family is from genemuiden/zwartsluis bedankt

Look at that gorgeous pioneer amp

Part of it is the room you are in. Tile floors and not much soft furniture, glass on left side and no carpet. Of course it's gonna sound tinny in that situation. And your amp is set flat, which for most music sources makes it pretty tinny with any speakers. So these are not the best speakers for that room with those settings. but you could cut the treble and boost the bass and it would get better. Then put down a throw rug between you and the speakers and it would be better still. All that treble is bouncing off the floor and the walls because they are hard surfaces.

Yes, best desk speakers for 50 🤗, nice video

Bose is prima als je ze als surround gebruikt :P , heb me zelf net effe een onkyo uit de rz lijn gehaalt met Heco Celan xt 501 man man wat een sound :) Goeie video weer geniet er elke keer van , heb een fijne dag vintage :)

One of the best amp

Add an external signal processor and any doubts about the legendary bose will evaporate.Placement and angle of cubes are very important.The nearer the Bose module to a wall the better Audiophiles don't necessarily have to 'overspend' to get good sound.Remember the factors that promote good sound.Bose bass is the subtle one that soothes the soul.

You did a great vid my friend and I do appreciate the time and effort you put in to it, but unfortunately that Boze sub will do absolutely nothing for you sitting in the middle of the room. Its designed to fire into a corner of a wall and be hidden so people don't see it. The bass will then bounce off the wall as a sound resonator and the bass waves will widen by the time they get to your ears and produce much louder and accurate bass combined with the little speakers. Now im not trying to be an ass but your setup will not be a fair comparison unless you use the sub as directed, still a good vid though and thank you for sharing

A BLAST FROM THE PAST This is 90s system, with an extreme iconic design.. Dont forget.. these series is solt till today.. Brand new Bose acoustimass 5 Series (model V) costs more then 500$ !!! so getting old models for under 100$ is more then reasonable..

Andrew I found a pair of KEF 104/2 for $325 have you ever heard them I'm really thinking I might buy them what do you think? ? and I put the Marantz 2270 up for sale for $500

A little tip for you! An amplifier should always have more power than your speakers can withstand, this is the only way to get the best sound experience. Your Pioneer is even too weak because of your cantons 😉

How did you connect the Bose to a conventional amp, my understanding is that Bose uses proprietary connectors and signals.

Where did you bought your pioneer please and how much it cost.

Whatever ! I still love my Bose! but thanks for crying out loud!

Sound of all frequencies can refract of other surfaces high or low it doesn't matter as long as you have the perfect surface and technology of course echo is a thing modern sound bars are a very good example of sound reflection

I am using yamaha amp with bose.. awsome output..

Nice video. I found this really interesting. I don’t know much about Bose, but I’ve always suspected people were buying a brand name rather than quality. Not sure about the headphones though.

your Amplifier pioneer its beautiful in the background there is another amplifier, which is

yes you changed the speakers but i never changed my headphones.

You're doing it wrong man, you have to put the bass module in a correct possition because it needs to reverb low frequencies, and the speakers have to be in a high place not so close to your ears, that's the logic from a home theater. In my home I have the same bass module but it has 3 speakers internally and the 5 speakers are attached to the walls and believe me, the sound is amazing

Sounds pretty band good considering there supposed to be for surround .. for a tv.. tiled room =tin can

He has it backwards high frequencies will bounce off walls. That's what causes echos. Bass passes through wall. That's what pisses your neighbors off

Nice Amp bro

I wanna know, these speakers seems to be small so as to compare with 1000 watts Samsung Home Theatre system this system has more sound in terms of loudness??

Hello, is this possible to "mix" these speakers to a 5.1 setup ? And if yes, what about the subwoofer ? Thx

Bose speaker 5 series are available in Vizag please let me know

It's true we blokes can cave in about certain things, I had TDL RTL 2 floor standers not the best but they looked good not the best sounding but I "loved " them. They take up too much space she'd complain and ended up exchanging for the "Bose Acoustimass 5 Series III". Still got them in fact, definitely not the best but here's the corker they sound the best with the original bose speaker wire (yes that crappy black thin stuff).

Because Bose knows that most people these days value convenience over quality. Bose knows how to target the market and make $$$£££€€€. As they say Bose is a marketing company rather than an audio company.

I only use Bose ANC headphones and they are great. The set you used in your video sounds pretty harsh with a lost of mids.

So, just saying here, you have the cantons coupled to the wall, and twice to three times the cone area, with at least the same in box volume. Apples to oranges. Anyway, it’s a Bose, no highs, no lows, just Bose. It’s always leaned to a midrange happy speaker and of course the company is know for lots of reflections. So in summary, I don’t understand the purpose here, and their purpose was for people who liked them, small compact with big sound, not necessarily accurate, but big

I tried several high and medium range hifi equipment bose equipments are very good only for rhythmic music like house the strong point of bose equipments is also the precision and finesse of the bass they make very good subwoofers bose is not desirable for audiophile music like Jazz etc. but for partying they are excellent

Well!! A test of the Bose acoustimass 5 series. The myth of Bose being the best at sound and master of engineering sound. Bose acoustimass has an adaptability of the size of the room,the sound does adjust accordingly. The amplifier you are using is no doubt a good one,as pioneer has created a name for it self. I still prefer the sound output from the Bose acoustimass. I've tried Sony, Technics, aiwa, jbl,and other top European companies. The quality is best with Bose. Thanks very much for all the help.

You will never see a Bose system side by side with other systems at stores because it would reveal how bad they are for the price. Just back gound music or home theater, I think Bose is great. For stereo music listening, that's where they fall.

Bose provides installer product training specific to all of their direct reflecting speaker systems. Accoustimass is one of the harder ones to tune to a room. So here are a few things I picked up about this set-up. Did you notice the rubber feet? They aren't there for shipping purposes. Lay the Passive Sub-woofer down on those feet. With those tile floors it should perform much better, if it doesn't then the sub isn't working right. If that arrangement doesn't suit your taste, the other option standing upright with the Sub-woofer facing a wall at a distance of 4 to 6 inches.I also noticed you seemed daunted by the instructions on setting up the satellite speakers, which is why these professional installers use a set-up mic. When properly arranged, they lose the tinny sound. Also, Bose products of this type have been tuned at the factory using and expecting proper Home Theater EQ and DSP profiles for the space as these units in particular were meant for home theater. But of course that never stopped a salesman from selling them for music purposes I guess.

Nice speakers.....i mean the Ergo ;-)

you're not using your bose at it's finest performance mate! place the acoustimass on the corner of that room opposite to the right, 3 inches from the front of the acoustimass to the wall for hard bass and 6 inches away from the acoustimass to the wall for soft bass. i had that set on 1997. bose products are very well good if you study the manual first and i hope this will help.

Not really sure about your wall-bouncing theory 🤔 In fact it is the high tones that get bounced. I think the reason you didn’t hear it when you turned around your speakers is because the bass got trapped behind and got boosted really loud compared to the high tones. The bass goes right through the wall though.

Ik hou niet an bose speakers het geluid is te dun . Ik heb Nordost speaker kabel en het geluid is fantastisch . Leuke video weer .

Super

My bose acoustimass 5 series II the left side of the box speaker from input to out put to the cubs speaker is not working.Please tell me what is the problem.Thank you.

Of course, even without sound test between Bose and Canton. One can tell the difference.Bose (cube speakers) Canton(tower speakers).

Vous avez tester les 901 ? Merci d'avance 👌 Michel 04 France 👍

Every of his sentences has a "yes" every time. Like the accent though

Hello, what's the speakers you have in the video? Canton which model?

hello it need an amplifier with sub out ? ( 2.1 amplifier ? ) thnk you for your video :)

Bose sound much clearer cleaner and crisp than whatever those other things are. All about the quality

That is a pretty amp

Wich is better Bose acoustimas 5 V or 6 V

I have had the bose series 5 for the past 18 year and I have never complained, except for my neighbours. I guess you have wired it wrongf, place it wrong or are doing somehtimg wrong. I'm using the bose on an interim amp and its an experience.There is nothing commercial about it, they are just a pleasure to the ears and the listener.

I've got bose speakers for my home cinema and my stereo and actually they sound really impressive for their size and I think bose are unique but spending time on research and development of new great products

They had a few decent speakers back in the day then went downhill. It really depends on what you were exposed to coming up. I see all series of cubes for next to nothing, just not my cup of tea.

I have the same Bose Acoustimass speakers inherited from my father. This confirms my suspicions of it lacking some bass when there is no equalizer set or was set as a flat EQ. I was about to loose my marbles thinking my AMP was dying, up until I tested JBL Studio speakers. TBH with the amped up low-frequency EQ you can drive these Bose to its potential. Not bad if you bought it for $10 second hand. If you are buying something new. There are better brands out there, that has better quality and high fidelity. Similar sounding as in a studio monitoring system and a lot cheaper too. 😎

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You haven’t a clue, they sound very good for what they are! They are not made to go head to head with floor standers, there’s a market for small speakers and big sound, Why have you got the sub in the middle of the room for? No wonder your only hearing the tops. All subs no matter of cost or brand don’t perform very good in the middle of a room. I would never buy these retail. I agree with this.

This could pass for a bedroom system,kids room,playroom....not main room system.

The bass on that bose it's too tight I think is only one 6in sub on the sub do you think it going to sound better than a 12in dual sub I don't think so

OMG What Was The Track Name U played ist.. nice Guitar..OOPS

I think the bose sound better than the other one

Thought Bose was German... Now they definetly dropped in my favorite sound suppliers...

Bose is good for tweeters and mids

Hello I want to know if the Bose Acoustimass 5 Series II speakers work well with an Onkyo TX-SR373 5.2 channel receiver.

Andrew hook that Pioneer to some good speakers that thing should sound good brother

Hello, can you please tell me how I can delete the music of Bose Lifestyle 48 (Umusik)? I had once had keyboard shortcuts on the BOSE AV48 to do this. But I forgot, maybe you know? There is also a keyboard shortcut to organize the BOSE-Umusic after songs have been deleted, you also know the combination of buttons on the BOSE AV48 Media Center Greetings and stay HEALTHY

Good music

The bose look better next to the tv than those humongous wood cabinets😂🤣

Beautiful amp! Shame about the speakers.......

wow

It could be that the speakers are old too bose is a very natural sound and only seem to sound good on complete bose set bose receiver

Yes yes so yes ok yes what yes !? 😐😕 i think that the boos speakers ar better they sound more clear and lest boomi 😮😟

The only good bose that i like are 601s series iii also 501 series iii.

So people are listening to this on their crappy computer speakers/headphones, so the sound portion only tells you that the speakers would need different equalizer settings. This test can not be used for quality. You just need to adjust the equalizer to how you like it with the bose speakers. I have them,... they sound much clearer than 99% of speakers you will find.

you know the real sad thing is the new stereo stuff if even cheaper made than the bose. And I mean the higher end stuff too.... No way this new stuff will last like the old vintage stuff.

lol compareing those littlle cubes vs. the big Canton Speakers ...what did you expect?

How much price?