Customer Reviews

Bose 151 SE Environmental Speakers, elegant outdoor speakers - Black

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I bought these speakers for my deck area last year. They were super-simple to install and worked great out of the box. They have a great sound and push good volume to my entire back yard. I could even disturb the neighbors if I wished to do so. :)

These speakers have survived the weather quite nicely. One of the speakers gets pretty wet by the gutters overflowing when we have heavy rain, and they have both had snow on top of them, and they still work fine this Spring.

I am considering buying another set for my screened porch area. The only reason they don't get a "five star" rating from me is that the ease of installation also equals ease of deinstallation. I have yet to find an outdoor speaker that has locks or a special tool to keep them from being easily stolen. At this price I would like a little extra security.

Short and sweat.... speakers sound very good. As with any pair of Bose speakers not the most bass or treble, but lots of mids. I'm sure there are better/less exspensive speakers for outside, but I've not found any with a 5 year warrany. And that's the only reason I bought them.

Bose 151 SE Environmental Speakers, elegant outdoor speakers - White

I purchased these speakers as a previous customer return at a great price. They were easy to set-up, even for me, a 54 year old widow. I bought them to replace ancient tall standing speakers and think they are great. Currently I am using them in a moderately large room, they create a BIG sound. I don't notice the tinny sound that others have complained about. It is my intent to move them to my screen porch when I install a surround sound system, for which my house was pre-wired. This, and all my previous experiences with Bose Speakers (computer speakers are also owned by me) has been great!

I bought these speakers for $109 on sale at my local Circuit City for my patio. I was going to buy speakers for my patio, but I wasn't intending on buying Bose because they were so expensive. When I saw these, I bought them. I think there's 3 4" drivers (speakers) in each cabinet (enclosure) The bass isn't quite suited for Nelly or any other rap artist, but it is quite suited for Kenny G. or Jewel. They aren't quit like the 251'S, but almost like them. They're better then Polk, Yamaha, or Boston Acoustics.

Bought these after having a very positive experience with the Bose Wave stereo. I set them up in my backyard every summer and brought them indoors every winter. The sound was OK and I did receive a few compliments from people - then all of a sudden the sound got distorted. I thought it was my receiver (as it was small, cheap and under-powered) so I changed it. Still distorted. Then I thought it was my speaker wire - so I changed that too - still distorted. So the the only answer is the speakers. So the sum of my experience is this: Paid over $300 - treated them with care - got 3 summers of OK sound - now I have to shop for new speakers. Definitely not a quality product and I won't be buying Bose again.

Where's the Bass?!? BOSE is completely overrated and consistently does not live up to all the hype for their significantly overpriced speakers. I tried these speakers and was so dissappointed they were immediately returned for a much cheaper pair of Polk's. The BOSE speakers do not even compare to Polk's that have a much higher Power rating (350watts vs only 100watts), better frequency response(40-20KHZ Vs. 670-20KHz), and even higher sensitivity (94db Vs. 89db).

The specifications for BOSE products are NOT advertised prior to purchase. Geeh. . . I wonder why? The reason is, by doing a direct side-by-side comparison, the BOSE speakers just don't match up & can't hold their ground to a much cheaper speaker since they perform so poorly. After all the advertising and sales gimmicks, the bottom line is that these BOSE speakers cannot even provide the performance of a speaker that is a fraction of the cost. The Bass response was weak & non-existant even for an outdoor speaker and could probably be blown very easily.

Why Pay the outragious costs for an inferior product? BOSE is for the uneducated buyer, who falls for all the sales gimmicks and buys speakers based on their looks alone and completely ignores the performance characteristics.

I don't know how Bose technology works, but I certainly can HEAR it and it's the Best!.

Easy to install and great sound for my patio. However, my third pair just bit the dust - the diaphragms have cracked from exposure, making the sound unbearable. The previous two pairs met the same fate.

In fairness, the speakers get 90 degree heat and Sun all summer and our Colorado winters are quite cold and dry... but that's why I bought all weather outdoor speakers.

Bose has been accommodating (the store where I bought the first pair wouldn't even replace the first pair), but this is just getting old. I'm going to try a different brand.

Amazing speakers!!! They sound great and also look very nice. I strongly recomend them, as any Bose product. Fair price as well.

These speakers are being used on a large screened porch. I purchased them primarily based on the Bose reputation and their size. They fit very nicely on a shelf at the end of the porch and most people do not notice them. I was very surprised by their great "indoor" sound.