Bose VCS-10 vs Polk CSi30

FireWire
FireWire Posts: 11
edited March 2003 in Speakers
Friends,

I have an opportunity to get a second hand Bose VCS-10 and I'd like to compare it with a Polk Audio CSi30 . What are you opinions on this head-to-head race?

PS. I have Polk Audio R30 speakers as main.

Thanks in advance
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited March 2003
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • wangotango68
    wangotango68 Posts: 1,056
    edited March 2003
    at one time i had the bose center speaker,and all i have to say is that it sounds like crap!! putting all the bose bashing aside and looking at it speaker vs. speaker for sound quality the bose was very weak. go with the polk speaker you won't be sorry.


    scott:cool:
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  • FireWire
    FireWire Posts: 11
    edited March 2003
    Thanks wangotango!
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited March 2003
    I concur, no comparison possible. The Bose is out of its league at that point. Other center channels would also fare well against the Bose, its mediocre at best. If high volumes aren't your thing, maybe its ok, but I would get something that was ready for more at any given time. :cool:
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • rs159
    rs159 Posts: 1,027
    edited March 2003
    For a bedroom system if you can get it for <$50 then go for it, otherwise click here.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited March 2003
    rs159 - :lol::lol::lol::lol:

    those are all four of my personalities laughing....
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited March 2003
    I'm pretty sure it is simply the worst center channel ever made. No joke.
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  • burdette
    burdette Posts: 1,194
    edited March 2003
    One of these centers is not like the others,
    One of these centers just doesn't belong,
    Can you tell which center is not like the others
    By the time I finish my song?
    Did you guess which center was not like the others?
    Did you guess which center just doesn't belong?
    If you guessed this Bose is not like the others,
    Then you're absolutely...right!


    From my experience with Bose... chances are if you're just going to watch TV, or chick movies with no guns nor car chases, nary a bomb nor grenade shall thy view, and all at low to moderate volume, then the Bose'll probably do ya. But the laws of Physics can be pushed only so far; Bose can do ONLY so much without having larger cones that actually MOVE AIR and without small cones with the dynamic ability for high frequencies... the "no highs no lows must be Bose" might be the basher's mantra, but it is grounded in solid physics and engineering. Just that simple
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  • FireWire
    FireWire Posts: 11
    edited March 2003
    Thank God and thank you for all these replies. I thought Bose was the next best thing right after sliced bread.
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  • setzer808
    setzer808 Posts: 173
    edited March 2003
    IF you happen to be deathly allergic to sliced bread then its pretty close to that level...

    ...its like a full time job informing the masses of the evils of Bose...maybe if we could get a Surgeon General's warning on those spiffy Bose magazine/tv ads or something....
    Polk CS245i Center
    Polk RT55i Mains
    Polk RT25i Rears
    Polk PSW-350 Sub -in storage.
    Yamaha RX-V681 A/V Reciever
    Sony SCD-CE595 SACD Player
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  • rs159
    rs159 Posts: 1,027
    edited March 2003
    ...or sue for false advertising. "Incredibly big sound from a small enclosure" my **** (from commercial for that acoustic waveguide nonsense) - A transmission line sub with a 2.5" driver will not under any circumstances come close to having deep bass. If they spent less on advertising and more on bigger drviers than maybe. But that's a big maybe.
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  • rs159
    rs159 Posts: 1,027
    edited March 2003
    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    Remember, most people think that bose makes the worlds best speakers :eek: :rolleyes: :mad: and they might be a tad bit offended or simply not believe you if you flat out say they suck without backing it up. If you want your opinion to be respected then express it in a respectable manner. I know that I'm a bose basher myself but in this context others had allready said that it did not sound up to par, in other words there wasn't much more I could say without being repetative.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited March 2003
    Huh, you MUST be joking, right?
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • setzer808
    setzer808 Posts: 173
    edited March 2003
    Slightly immature and unfounded as Russ's original post may have been, I think it summed up the feelings many (if not most) of these forum's members. You gotta admit, the title of the post is kinda like comparing Aunt Bee to Heather Grahm.
    Polk CS245i Center
    Polk RT55i Mains
    Polk RT25i Rears
    Polk PSW-350 Sub -in storage.
    Yamaha RX-V681 A/V Reciever
    Sony SCD-CE595 SACD Player
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited March 2003
    I think I pretty much summed it up as laughable, no? Did firewire have any complaints to my response?

    Pick something else to argue about already, this dog won't hunt.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • setzer808
    setzer808 Posts: 173
    edited March 2003
    I got a laugh out of it at least...
    Polk CS245i Center
    Polk RT55i Mains
    Polk RT25i Rears
    Polk PSW-350 Sub -in storage.
    Yamaha RX-V681 A/V Reciever
    Sony SCD-CE595 SACD Player
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  • phuz
    phuz Posts: 2,372
    edited March 2003
    I think everyone is on point here. It's all true. If you can score it for really cheap, say $30 or $40 just for a basic system then it'll be ok. Otherwise there are MUCH better choices out there. Like the CSi30!

    I had one for a bit. It was my first center channel speaker. It was "ok." But I realized how I was raped (at $179+tax) when I listened to other speakers that cost much less. I was lucky to find someone local who had some Bose 901s who wanted a matching center channel, and was willing to pay good money for it. :)

    No highs, no lows. Must be BOSE! This is especially true with this particular center channel speaker.
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  • rs159
    rs159 Posts: 1,027
    edited March 2003
    Russ - I never said I loved bose. I always said I hate it and complained about their engineering and overly aggressive marketing of cheaply made equipment and flawed designs. All I said was people are more likely to believe you if you say more than "waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa". FireWire and most newbies have shown that they're open to education, but only if you teach them.

    Phuz - you say "good money"? Were they naive enough to pay more than retail I wonder? :)
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  • dthomps
    dthomps Posts: 352
    edited March 2003
    I got a laugh out of it, especially since I have heard both of the centers. When I clicked the link for the thread, Honestly I thought it was a joke.
    I think if there were more of a comparison, it would have warranted reasoning. But in this case, I think Russ hit it right on the head. Apples and oranges. Peace. Mike
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  • rs159
    rs159 Posts: 1,027
    edited March 2003
    Me too, I thought it was a joke like this thread Apperantly Russ likes jokes ;) No hard feelings? food-smiley-004.gif
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  • rs159
    rs159 Posts: 1,027
    edited March 2003
    Originally posted by setzer808
    ...You gotta admit, the title of the post is kinda like comparing Aunt Bee to Heather Grahm.

    hmmm... nun.jpg----heather.jpg
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  • setzer808
    setzer808 Posts: 173
    edited March 2003
    HAHAHAHAH, great job rs159...hahaha...I nearly fell out of my chair....:lol::lol:
    Polk CS245i Center
    Polk RT55i Mains
    Polk RT25i Rears
    Polk PSW-350 Sub -in storage.
    Yamaha RX-V681 A/V Reciever
    Sony SCD-CE595 SACD Player
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  • rs159
    rs159 Posts: 1,027
    edited March 2003
    Couldn't've done it without 'ya man :p (I wonder if you can put two apostrophes in a word like "couldn't've"? oh well...)
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  • phuz
    phuz Posts: 2,372
    edited March 2003
    Originally posted by rs159

    Phuz - you say "good money"? Were they naive enough to pay more than retail I wonder? :)

    Pffft. You think I'm a scumbag or something?
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited March 2003
    HELLO...........
    Firewire,
    The polk center channel will closer match your mains.
    It's not about which one is better,it's about which center MATCHES the rest of your speakers.
    Doesn't anyone understand that??????????????????:rolleyes:
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited March 2003
    Oh shut up Dan, the Bose center SUCKS. What, a Polk center will better match other Polk speakers, than a Bose center?

    YA THINK? Sheesh.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited March 2003
    Well MR advise giver,I didn't see your Intelligent **** saying anything other then WAAAAAAAAAAAAA........You usual reponse to just about EVERYTHING in here......but you know whats really funny????waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa is about how it is in here isn't it?
    BOSE sucks huh????then why do they sell so many speakers?Why do they have there OWN stores?
    Think before you type........You know nothing about BOSE.
    Wanna Know what really sucks........carver amps.Everyone has an opnion right??????Yours.....now mine..........
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,200
    edited March 2003
    O and another thing...........newbie remember???He might have no Idea...........he asked the question didn't he?

    I'll tell yeah man,the mentality around here............whatever.......

    suck on this....IT"S OUT THERE AND I HAVE TO GO TO WORK!!!!!!
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited March 2003
    I think the point you tried to make, was already made. And the best match for his rig would be the CSi20.

    I didn't say Bose sucks, I said (implied) their center channel did. I know all I need to know about Bose, and it has to do with the sound and build quality, not their retail outlets.

    You think Carver sucks? I thought you just recently said the Sunfire Cinema rec's were pretty kick-****.

    Now go to work, and install some REAL gear. ;)

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • bignorm
    bignorm Posts: 120
    edited March 2003
    No highs...no lows.....it must be BOSE :lol::lol::lol:
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    Yamaha,Denon,Toshiba "in the rack"
    Polks all around
    SVS on the floor
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