Bose 151 Environmental Speaker Pair with Brackets (Black)

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• Item Weight: 9.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00006I539
• Item model number: 151
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,597 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Bose 151 environmental speakers bring music to any outdoor location-the pool, garden, even the boat. The Articulated Array speaker design delivers the Bose Stereo Everywhere speaker performance to fill the space with sound.

Inside each speaker are three 2 1/2" full-range environmental drivers. These drivers disperse the sound everywhere. Compare these with conventional speakers and you'll experience the difference Bose technology makes.

Other features include slot-port tuning, a glass-filled polypropylene cabinet, and a great design. As with all Bose equipment, minimal space requirements prevail. The mounting hardware lets you put the speakers wherever you need them, and you can mount them either horizontally or vertically.

If you want to add Bose audio quality to your next outdoor get-together, you should consider these reasonably priced speakers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bose goes bold, into the outdoors ( 9 out of 10 ), June 24, 2003

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Fireball "Fireball_SP2" (Toronto) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bose 151 Environmental Speaker Pair with Brackets (Black) (Electronics)

I have always favoured Bose (and Sony) for sound. I was going for my first SERIOUS purchase for speakers in December 2000, at Future Shop in Toronto. A salesman asked me to try the newest Polk Audio bookshelf speaker, and compare it to the 151's.

The dude loves Polk Audio.

Polk Audio impressed me some with good sounding small speakers. It spilled out sounds that were a fair score. Not to impress me into buying them. Over to Bose's 151 Environmental speakers.

And I love Bose.

The construction, although not a wood or grain, is made of a cool hard-weather-resistant poly structure, in order for it's outdoor capabilities.
It can handle up to a hot 50 C, (apr. 125 F), or dip into the Greenland regions of around, -22 C (about 5 F). Wow. Winter parties! And for even indoors, it reall does OVERALL look like a neat speaker. For sound, it punches out a more than decent 80 watts per channel. And since BOSE is renound for it's realistic natural sound, it more than proved it's greatness over slightly polky Polk. The 151's made the music so well delivered, making them sound relaxed, yet strong and natural. Just like they were "breathing" music. You could 'feel' the sound everywhere.

However,(yeah, I know) these speakers are better with a subwoofer. Otherwise, you'll call this review, "correct yet overgenerous".

Polk on the other hand, are better than average....but with too much push and shove. They sounded like a couple of little loud punks with some manors.
I consider my 151's the boss of 80-120 watt speakers, indoor or out! And they also come with wall mounts that have a spacer to change angles at the notch of the bracket.
A blessing is the reliable 5 YEAR warranty it carries. No extra price for 5 years. All automatic with your purchase. But courtesy of Bose, not your store.

So, if you need a good pair of bookshelf, outdoor, or even GREAT movie speakers (and not just as rear/satellites...great for front channels too), then Bose wants to ask you.....

"What would you like to hear?"

BOSE 151 Enviromental Speakers : score - 9/10

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clear, sharp sound audible throughout the yard, May 20, 2003

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David Traill (Stuart, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bose 151 Environmental Speaker Pair with Brackets (Black) (Electronics)

I got these as a birthday present and once installed, found their performance was exactly as I had hoped they would be. Several guests at a subsequent outdoor party noted how much they appreciated the background music, and those who wanted to sat nearby clearly enjoying the music. It'll also be nice to have music while we enjoy our pool area from now on.

I ran the cables from the speakers to my indoor stereo so I could have the same music inside and out, and as a result, it should be noted for anyone considering doing the same that you might want to wire in a manner that would allow you to disconnect them if you are showing something in surround sound, or enjoying music indoors so that your neighbors won't have to listen in to the fun.

The speakers work very well, and their waterproof design will see them last us for quite a few future events- well worth it!

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm sick of the Bose Bashing..., May 19, 2004

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Robert A. Newport "Software Engineer" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bose 151 Environmental Speaker Pair with Brackets (Black) (Electronics)

I am so tired of reading so-called audiophiles bashing on BOSE for being a successful audio line. I personally own BOSE, JBL, Harmon Kardon, and other brands of audio products and think that saying a whole product line is "not taken seriously" by a bunch of audio elitest snobs is both the antithesis of the hyped marketing being lamented in the first place and also an indicator that the reviewer is trading one set of hype (BOSE marketing) for another (so-called audiophile popular opinion). Let me give you a clue -- I like the way BOSE sounds and so do many other people. These particular speakers are great, and at around $150, these beat the socks off other outdoor speakers in its price range. If you don't like them, it's ok. Just lay off the Bourgeois audiophile rhetoric, ok?