Bose Companion 5 speakers

[Bloodember]

I am looking to upgrade my very old Altec Lansing speakers, and I am thinking of the Companion 5 from Bose. They use USB instead of a traditional sound card. I was wondering if anyone has used these and if they are a great speaker system. I will be using them mostly for games, music, video on my computer.

thanks for the help,

bloodember

[IAmGhostDog]

Why bypass your sound card with USB?
Why not get something that plugs into your card?

[vote ron paul]

i don't recommend getting them, they're a waste of money, if they're priced like bose products usually are.

i want some behringer speakers with optical connection, but i don't currently have the money.

[zeejay]

Bose always seemed like overpriced crap to me, although i haven't personaly owned anything from them. Also when you bypass your soundcard with a USB DSP depending on what soundcard you are using you may lose out on HW accel in games.

[jjoemomma74]

I wouldn't recommend BOSE anything to anyone. IMHO they are simply overpriced for what you get...generally, there are better options for less money out there (at least in the HT realm).

[John C]

"Friends dont let friends buy Bose"

[Fle@B@gL@ne]

Make sure that have alot of options and features if your on a pc. like run alot of stuff and felxable wires wise I like optical for my TV I use optical and PC as well.

[Bloodember]

Thanks for everyone's input. I'll look at different speakers, anyone have a recommendation?

[Fle@B@gL@ne]

logitechs 5.1 Z5500 on optical

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/sp...s/224&cl=us,en

Still atleast $179-$399 max avg $200 can work great home theater or pc really they are great most user reviews agree.I am having trouble with finding one as good newer same price range for bedroom LCD 37in 1080P.