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Bose Lifestyle 28 Series III Home Entertainment System

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★★★★☆
4.1

Pros

  • Great sound quality (7)
  • Easy setup (6)
  • Interfaces well with tv (5)
  • Confusing / difficult controls (4)
  • Thundering bass (4)
  • Rf control instead of ir (2)
  • Attractive design (1)
  • Interfaces well with all (1)
  • Powerful (1)
  • Stylish compact design (1)
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Cons

  • Non-ergonomic remote (1)
  • Pricey (1)

Best Uses

  • Surround sound solution (6)
  • Large rooms (5)
  • Movies (5)
  • Living room (4)
  • Smaller rooms / apartments (3)
  • Television shows (3)
  • Audiophiles (1)
  • Multiple rooms / whole house (1)
  • Office (1)
  • With hdtvs (1)
 
 
 

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Introducing the Bose(R) Lifestyle(R) 28 Series III DVD home entertainment system. Get ready to experience more of the emotional impact of your movies, music and sports. With innovative Bose technology that customizes the system`s sound to your room, this is no ordinary home theater experience. A new sleek center channel speaker integrates with the latest flat-panel televisions. And a new, smaller hideaway Acoustimass(R) module produces the deep, powerful low notes that bring action scenes to life. The Lifestyle(R) 28 system even lets you enjoy more music throughout your home. And our wireless room-to-room expansion makes it easy. Only Bose technology delivers performance like this. And only Lifestyle(R) systems do it all with such elegance. Experience it for yourself, and find out why Bose is the most respected name in sound.

Innovative system design: Every element is engineered to work in harmony with the others for efficient, quality performance.
ADAPTiQ(R) audio calibration system: Adjusts sound for your room`s unique acoustics, speaker placement and listening locations so your Lifestyle(R) system can deliver a quality Bose(R) performance.
Bose(R) link: Allows you to easily enjoy more music in more places around your home - including outdoors.
Proprietary Videostage(R) 5 decoding and post-processing circuitry: Combined with digital 5.1 decoding and DTS(R), help deliver a high-quality, five-channel surround sound experience from practically any source - DVDs, videocassettes, stereo CDs, even older mono TV shows and movies.
A suite of integrated signal processing technologies (Videostage(R) 5 decoding and post-processing circuitry, automatic tonal adjustment, active electronic equalization, Digital Dynamic Range(R) compression circuitry): Helps deliver better sound for movies, music, sports and TV programs. The Lifestyle(R) system determines which technologies are needed based on the source - and makes the necessary adjustments - automatically. As a result, users enjoy better performance with greater simplicity.

Specification Description
Model 40432, LS28IIIBK, LS28IIIBLK, LS28IIIWH
UPC 017817394314
Built-in DVD Player Yes
Compatible Formats CD
Compatible Formats CD-R
Compatible Formats CD-RW
Compatible Formats DVD
Magnetic Shielding Yes
Speaker Cube Speaker Arrays
Subwoofer (2) 5.25 Inch

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[3 of 4 customers found this review helpful]

 
★★★★☆
4.0
Excellent quality in a small package

"Excellent sound in a small package. Ideal for city apartments where a typical system would be obtrusive. Was easy to set up, and using the speaker stands the wiring is well hidden (without needing to tunnel through the wall). Do make sure you use the AdaptIQ system to tune the sound -- makes a big difference. Only reservation is the price, which knocks rating down a star. Bottom line is that you can probab..." Read Full Review »

Feb 27, 2007 by Doug

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★★★☆☆
3.0
Good Audio System

"The system and sound quality are very good, but there are problems. I have had this system for 11 months and it works just fine. The remote operation is troublesome with regards to programming and the volume levels are very hard to get adjusted correctly. I have also had a problem using remote stereo headphones due to heavy static. Direct connect headphones work just fine. The CD/DVD player works very well, but ..." Read Full Review »

Sep 09, 2007 by BradD

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Bose Lifestyle 28 Series III Home Entertainment System Review

Good Audio System

★★★☆☆
3.0

"The system and sound quality are very good, but there are problems. I have had this system for 11 months and it works just fine. The remote operation is troublesome with regards to programming and the volume levels are very hard to get adjusted correctly. I have also had a problem using remote stere …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Sep 9 2007
BradD
Santa Ynez, California
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Price: $1,999.99
 
 

Bose Lifestyle 28 Series III Home Entertainment System Review

Excellent quality in a small package

★★★★☆
4.0

    Pros

  • Clear Sound
  • Easy To Setup
  • Interfaces Well With TV
  • Stylish compact design

    Cons

  • None

    Best Uses

  • Movies
  • Smaller Rooms
  • Surround Sound Solution
  • Television Shows
 

"Excellent sound in a small package. Ideal for city apartments where a typical system would be obtrusive. Was easy to set up, and using the speaker stands the wiring is well hidden (without needing to tunnel through the wall). Do make sure you use the AdaptIQ system to tune the sound -- makes a bi …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Feb 27 2007
Doug
New York, Ny
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Price: $1,999.00
 
 

Bose Lifestyle 28 Series III Home Entertainment System Review

Why Go To The Movies?

★★★★★
5.0

    Pros

  • Clear Sound
  • Easy To Setup
  • Interfaces Well With TV
  • Intuitive Controls
  • Thundering Bass

    Cons

  • None

    Best Uses

  • Larger Rooms
  • Living Room
  • Movies
  • Surround Sound Solution
 

"Wow...talk about a GREAT sound! Who needs to go the movies when you can have your own theater sound at home?! We debated about spending so much, but knew we were buying quality with Bose. We are not dissappointed. I installed our system in an open great room with 12' foot ceilings. The results …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Jan 23 2008
Sam The Music Man
Prairieville LA
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[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

Bose Lifestyle 28 Series III Home Entertainment System Review

Decidely better, but pricey

★★★★☆
4.0

    Pros

  • Attractive Design
  • Easy To Set Up
  • Great Sound
  • Powerful
  • RF control instead of IR
  • More »

    Cons

  • Non-ergonomic remote

    Best Uses

  • Audiophiles
  • Larger Rooms
  • Offices
  • Smaller Rooms
  • With HDTVs
 

"Nice product, but it ought to be in light of how much more it costs than most of its competition.



If you have the $$ go for it. However, even if you have the $$, unless you have $$ to "burn", I think that the marginal advantages of the more expensive Lifestyle Systems are simply not worth the …"  Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Feb 1 2007
Golfcrackerjack
Honolulu
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Price: $1,999.00
 
 

Bose Lifestyle 28 Series III Home Entertainment System Review

Who cares what people say.

★★★★★
5.0

    Pros

  • Clear Sound
  • Easy To Setup
  • Interfaces well with all
  • Interfaces Well With TV
  • Intuitive Controls
  • More »

    Cons

  • None

    Best Uses

  • Larger Rooms
  • Living Room
  • Movies
  • Multiple Rooms
  • Surround Sound Solution
 

"This is so easy to use. I don't even have to explain how to use it to people. Although some people argue about the quality of sound of Bose and it's price. You can't argue with its Appearance, Lack of Wires, RF remote and the ability to easily control all your equipment. "

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Sep 18 2007
Jason
Los Angeles, CA
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  • Professional
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Price: $1,999.00
 
 
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