Bose is synonymous with the quality of Sound. Once a dream, it turned into a reality two years back when we bought the Lifestyle 12 model (part of the LifeStyle Series) at Framingham, headquarters of Bose Corporation. LifeStyle 12, a now discontinued model comprises of 5 cube speakers, a music center and a hide-away Acoustimass module.
After two years, we finally set up the Lifestyle 12 system this Saturday. We have set it up once before for a couple of hours. Honestly, the sound generated is too much to bear in a modest 10*15 size living room of an apartment. You would only do it if you wanted to get in trouble with your neighbours! The present living room is just about the ideal size for it. We got a pair of Sony speaker stands to place the surround cube speakers on it.
Why Sony stands? A funny incident happened couple of months back. V visited the Bose Outlet at Bangalore to purchase the original stands for the cube speakers. He asked for the price and the beautiful lady at the counter said "Rs.10,000 Sir". confident that he was mistaken, he repeated "I don't want the speakers. Just the stands." And she replied with a sarcastic smile, "Yes, Sir. The stands cost Rs.10,000".
The stage was all set to turn the system on. 5:00 p.m. And the power went out for 2 hours. Damn! We waited and switched it on at 7:00 p.m. The experience cannot be described in words. It is amazing feeling to hear music on a Bose. You can almost hear every note, every pluck of the guitar, every faint sound. The first CD we played was the test CD. It takes you through a series of steps to ensure all the
speakers are connected properly and such. As part of the CD was "Rain King".
She's been lying
I've been sinking
And I am the Rain King
Hey, I only want the same as anyone
Henderson is waiting for the sun
Oh, it seems night endlessly begins and ends
After all the dreaming I come home again...
Satisfied, V got up. Switched off the lights, closed the doors. Played FreeBird - Lynrd Skynrd.
If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be travelling on, now,
'Cause there's too many places I've got to see.
We were mesmerised by the music. A Saturday well spent.
Bose has introduced a relatively inexpensive CineMate system in India. Priced at Rs.32,000 it should be a steal.
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