Pros & Cons
Pros
Ambient garden / patio sound. The sound is clear and crisp. They are waterproof but have covered them up now for the winter.
Highlights
Quality
The sound quality good, the build is good, and they are being used in the back garden
As expected as with the prior owned set , these provide excellent sound quality and fill a large outdoor space quite well.
Sound quality is clear and has a decent amount of bass.
Excellent mid and top but a bit shy on the bass - not surprising for their size and environment.
Price
The sound quality for a bose could have been better there’s no true base it sounds more like a hallow speaker but i guess that’... Read More
Shipping
The bose 151 speakers arrived within a few days of placing my order.
Competitiveness
Did plenty of research online and the bose 151 continuously showed up as being some of the best outdoor speakers in the market.
Not sure what the lower rankings are talking about but bose is amazing.
Debated between the bose 151 and the bose 251 but the bose 251 are much larger in size and overall footprint so i ended up purc... Read More
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- This product had a total of 780 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 20 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
On both amps i tried it i have big bassy speakers which get dragged out for garden parties
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
These are not a party speaker and if you’re thinking of cranking up the bass for dance or metal they may not be the choice for you
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Mounted the two 2 pairs under an eave and a small 2nd floor balcony
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
One is attached to zone 2 of a yamaha rx760a receiver with the other connected to a sonos amp gen 1
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The sound quality for a bose could have been better there’s no true base it sounds more like a hallow speaker but i guess that’s what you get for 250
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Excellent mid and top but a bit shy on the bass not surprising for their size and environment
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
They are waterproof but have covered them up now for the winter so shall see how they wear when it comes to next year
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Debated between the bose 151 and the bose 251 but the bose 251 are much larger in size and overall footprint so i ended up purchasing the older bose 151 speakers