Bose 161 Speaker System (White) - ideal for stereo or home theater use

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Bose 161 Speaker System (White) - ideal for stereo or home theater use

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

These speakers are a good value and give a very satisfactory sound in a playroom. While the 161 is a small speaker it's perfect for a home theater setup.

Very, very good stereo sound producing a full spectrum from left to right and depth. The room is 25 x25 and fills it completely with life like sounds. The sound is not something that i would consider detailed, audiophile quality, but it is room fillin... Read More

Had a set of these hanging in the family room completing a 5. Ft wall. You need to put some distance between the speakers, 8 feet or better, and that's when they start to shine. They include * for the bottom or sides to place them on a shelf.

Bose 161 speakers connect to sony str-de197 receiver. They need some form of amplification and your home theater receiver would work perfect. Those are definite lease busters and need an amp to back them up. I get a kick out of questions that think th... Read More

Cons

I am very deceived about those speakers. If you are up on a ladder in a tight space, this whole setup gets very difficult. The lows are impressive only because they are coming out of such a small container.

The housings are also cheap-feeling, molded plastic. I'm glad other reviewers are enjoying theirs, but i am one dissatisfied customer.

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Quality

These are a quality speaker system for home and home theater use.

These are very stylish, good quality speakers with a good range of frequency response.

The brackets are lame and hard to mount close to a side wall.

I used these throughout our home, in each room, rather than ceiling flush speakers which i found to have relatively poor sound ... Read More

Price

I tested already and they like new, for such excellent price.

At this price they are a very worthy upgrade to a casual use home theater system or stereo.

Trying to find an affordable way to connect to speaker wire really tired of this!

Well, for the price point they are fine.

Shipping

And of course, bose being a great company to work with, sent new brackets immediately.

Competitiveness

They replaced a set of speakers that were amazon choice ones and a bit less expensive but when i hooked up the bose 161's there... Read More

The highs are much crisper and clearer than the old yamahas (the “bose” sound).

5" drivers only play down to about 80 hz with any real authority, which is fine for voices and a lot of background music use - ... Read More

Their main plus is that they are unobtrusive and compact compared with the competition.

Overview

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great, good, bass, set and small.

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Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.

This product had a total of 1,174 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 13 2024.