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Incredible sound. Simple, easy to use. My friends tell me one word.it's Bose.
the ones you ripped off from online music stores) and MP3 CDs. It just names all the tracks and album info for the this type of CD with '-No Label-' title. So, imagine yourself editing a bunch of songs with no preview. Each number will have 3 letters assigned to it etc.). You have to spend days to Edit (BTW editing is horrible too) all this info to make it right (if you have patience at all). for e.g if you want to go to 100th CD, you have to cick 100 times to get to it in the list.
Come on Bose, even my old $100 cheap DVD system can display this info on the screen. 6) The playlist feature is not really good. If you end up storing more then one custom CDs, they all look the same when you browse through music library. How can anyone browse through 100+ songs from an MP3 CD and select the song that they want without seeing any track/album display on the TV Screen. If you have 200 CDs, there is no way to skip to a particular CD in a second.
I am extreamly upset with Bose lacking "common sense" here. While everyone talks about how great this system is, let me talk about some major drawbacks of this system that no one talks about:1) It does not display Track/album info for custom CDs (for e.g. There is no way you can key in letters using the Remote controls number pad (such as the ones you have with Cellphones. I would not have bothered if I was buying even $1500 system but for 3k it is not really worth. Same thing goes for Artist, Album and track selection. If you let the users play mp3 CDs didn't it occur to you that they would perhaps would like to choose the song they want to listen to.2) It does not let you store MP3 CDs.3) It does not let you transfer music from your PC.4) It does not import the Title/Album info for the custom CDs that you burn with music that you have downloaded. It is not just about the sound, the system should be functional too. If you were to edit the title of a song/album, there is no way to listen to the song (to make sure it is the right song) while editing it.
While the sound quality is good, this $3k system is definitely not up to the hype due to poor UI and Usability designs by Bose. You are stuck with UMusic and a very basic playlist option. 7) Editing feature is not really intutive. There is no way to play and doublecheck the song while editing the title for a song/album. While listening, you can't edit the title. I hope Bose realizes this soon. Yes, thats true. In any case Bose just lost their image as far as I am concerned.
So, there is no way to distinguish between them and hence you are really screwed. How stupid.5) Browsing through music library is a pain. Well the bottomline is that this pricy system is lacking so many basic features showing how Bose did not do a good job of focussing on usability.
If this is going to be your only system, beware that you will lose some flexibility. I had my doubts at first, but as I continued to compare it to my component system, there was no comparison. This system can only be described as awsome. That is the only negative comment I have, other than that, go for it. I can finally watch movies and hear the dialog without waking up the neighbors. I can store up to 200 cds on the system without having to owrry about networking and sound quality etc. If you can afford the 48, then don't think twice. It'll be the best system you've ever listened to.
I have this system and I absolutely love it. There are people who have slammed this product (think they refer to themselves as audiophiles) For the average person who just wants great sound, this is for you. You can store up to 200 hours of music in the receiver, which is awesome. I highly recommend it.
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