Bose® 201® Direct/Reflecting® Speaker System

by Bose

Product Details

Product Manual [123kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 15.1 x 9.5 inches ; 9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 22.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00006HO4Y
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,604 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 12, 2006

Product Description

The Bose® 201® Series V Direct/Reflecting® Speaker System offers unique port geometry that reduces turbulence for smoother, cleaner bass for movies or music, especially at high volumes. Magnetic fluid-cooled tweeter enables higher power handling capability and increased reliability.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They sound good, March 2, 2009

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russell - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bose® 201® Direct/Reflecting® Speaker System (Electronics)

You read a lot of technical jargon in these things. Listen, if you want a good stereo sound at a decent price - these SOUND good. They are full and responsive to almost every type of music you play through them. If you are looking for super Bass response you need a subwoofer but these suffice fine without one. Cheap but sound awesome. 301s are even better and 501s are better yet but these are great.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These speakers are excellent, January 13, 2009

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Cute Chihuahua (Orient, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bose® 201® Direct/Reflecting® Speaker System (Electronics)

These speakers are truly amazing. The sound is so crystal clear and really makes it feel like the concert is in your living room. The vocals really come to life. These speakers are a great buy.

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a quality audio product, by any means of the imagination., February 17, 2010

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A. Soler - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bose® 201® Direct/Reflecting® Speaker System (Electronics)

Bought the Bose 201 Series IV a year ago, they are the predecessor to the current model, Bose 201 Series V. If you are experienced in home audio, its obvious that just picking up one of these 201's feel much lighter in weight than your typical higher-end bookshelf speakers, of comparable or even smaller size. Cheap construction, the cabinet was only partially laminated, leaving exposed fiberboard. When you connect your wires, you'll notice Spring loaded terminals, lacking the Binding posts found in higher quality, comparably priced brands. I removed the grille and inspected further, the tweeter and woofer cones are all made of paper. Just for fun, I unscrewed the 6 1/2" main Driver and inspected the inside. There were no connectors on the end of the wires, instead I find that the wires are hand tied to the woofer's terminals (See for yourself!)

I connected the Bose 201's to my Denon AVR-1706 7.1 Channel receiver in Stereo Mode. These speakers have no enjoyable high nor low frequencies. There is no improvement in sound quality between the Bose and my HDTV's internal speakers. These speakers seem to augment the sound in an unnatural manner, and the direct-reflecting feature is bogus. I proceeded to connect my Klipsch SB-1's bookshelfs and ran an A/B test through my receiver on a variety of movies music and games. The Klipsch's blew away the Bose's. Dont be suckered into any of Bose's products. If youre looking to break into high end audio, go for Infinity, Polk Audio, JBL, Boston Acoustics, Klipsch, which can be had for much less than comparable Bose models. The only thing Bose should get credit for, is their world class marketing strategy.