Bose Lifestyle 20 Shelf System

Pros: Superb sound in a very small package - great technology
Cons: Doesn't have a single CD player option - not a fiddler's system

I originally wanted this for my study - hence the compactness was a major plus. Am now using it in my living room for hard rock, Western classical and Jazz - and loving every minute of it. Its very powerful and very clear music.

The sound...

Pros: Great sound when it works.
Cons: Problem keeping it working.

I have had the Bose Lifestyle 20 for a year an a half now and have loved the sound quality and compact footprint. When watching TV the dogs bark at sounds coming through the system as though they were in my house. Unfortunately my system quit working...

Pros: Small, powerfull, nice and "wife friendly speakers"
Cons: Limited functions on the CD and the remote

Good sound although Bose has its own audio standard.

I like the size of the speakers and the general appeal of all the components.

I'm concern with the heat inside the CD unit. Is this normal? I do accept answers at...

Pros: Truly great sound. 6-CD changer for hours of music. Compact & unobtrusive.
Cons: Definitely overpriced. Tuner/CD changer cheaply constructed, not rugged.

We did not have the room for a component system. We didn't want to waste $900 or so on some of the more inferior systems we checked out at other stores. Only Bose offered a compact system that offered full, rich sound that could fill our livingroom with...

Pros: Great bass/really loud
Cons: NONE!

This product was a gift for my father from my mother. Despite the extremley high quality of this stereo it had been severley neglected by my father and he barely ever used it. That is still true today, two years later. Now I am practicly the only...