Wrigley

I used to work in the HT industry, and one of the products we sold was the Bose Lifestyle systems. We had a great slogan for them: "No Highs.... No Lows..... It's Bose...." These speakers can sound really good when auditioning them because they are so jacked-up in the midrange. They usually don't stand up to careful listening, and Bose supplied specific demo disks to use. But I can't tell you how many people, after getting them home and listening to them with their own music, and own movies, ended up returning them after a couple weeks. Now, to be honest, Bose can be ok for things like Jazz and some movies (usually not good for action movis though). Forget it if you listen to Rock/Pop/or really anything other than Jazz or light classical. Bose will usually tell salesmen to use a Disney movie or one of the Batman movies to demo the system, because they have a lot of midrange, and very little highs or low end. Some people prefer this type of sound, and if that's you, the Bose is a good compact choice. For most people, they end up being disappointed with it after a few weeks - and with the price, you can usually get a good separate set. Hope this helps. Wrigley

I'm a newbie here at the Klipsch boards, but it seems like a great site. I'm trying to decide between the 20's and 30's. I know there's a lot of experienced users here, so I thought this would be a good place to start. I know most will consider the 30's better, but I've been told by some that the 20's are a little more accurate (or punchy) as far as the bass goes. I would still probably lean towards the 30's since it will be mainly for rock/pop music and HT. The only problem is, I can get a really good deal on the 20's, and I can't find any 30's locally. The 20's would end up costing about $500 less than the 30's. So now I'm thinking, go with the 20's, and add a really good sub. What do you guys think? My original idea was the 30's and a decent sub. Now I'm thinking 20's and maybe a Sunfire True jr. sub. To those who have listened to both, would you consider the 30's to be worth the extra $500 or so? Anyway, sorry so long a post, and sorry for all the questions...just the curse of the newbie, I guess. Thanks, Wrigley ------------------ Wrigley