Bose is known to color sound in a certain way. Its called the "bose sound". In the end its down to whether you like it or not. You should definitely do some thorough testing. Wanting "optimal" sound at 400$ plus surround sound is ludicrous. You will indeed be far better off buying decent headphones for that money. Beginner monitor speakers (not the hifi but studio speakers) barely start around that price, 2.0 setups mind you. The 5.1 is most likely created by psychoacoustic effects, so it can always only be simulated 5.1 - without a sub: no .1! ;-) Bill Unruh wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Uli wrote: > > >> Hi! >> >> I wanna get rid of my 10 year old crappy speakers and I'm looking for some >> really high class speakers and sound card. >> I did some research and it seems that the Bose Companion 5 provides a very good >> solution. It includes both - USB sound card and speakers - and people say that >> it really gives the impression of 5 speakers - although there are only 2. >> > > Sorry but I do not believe it. > > Your better bet is to buy yourself a good set of headphones a small amp and > a good soundcard. Headphones are far easier to make "good" No small speaker > ( and I assume you are not going to be mounting 20 litre speakers near your > computer) can do bass ( simple physics) and no 2 speakers can do 5.1 (not > that I have any idea what the usefullness of 5.1 is). > > >> Does anyone have any experience with the bose companion 5? Is it known to work >> with the usb-audio driver? Is the sound really 5.1? >> >> I saw that OSS has some bose specific support in oss/cs4232.c. Didn't see >> anything in the alsa sources though...might that be a problem? >> > > IF they comply with usb standards it should not be a problem. But many do > not, and I have no idea if Bose does. > > >> Wouldn't wanna pay 400$ for anything less than optimal sound. If you think the >> companion 5 isn't it, maybe you have a better suggestion? >> > > > >> Thanks, >> >> Uli >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Alsa-user mailing list > Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
