BOSE brain residue powder + BOSE CineMate 120 trial experience


Foreword

For BOSE this brand, I still have a special plot, said the exaggeration point should be considered "brain residue" This has to go from the 2007 landlord for the first time into the BOSE flagship store experience BOSE sound when talking about ...


I remember being struck by powerful sound effects (maybe I haven't heard better HI-FI yet), the key was when the clerk demonstrated a blinding speaker in the BOSE's stereo that made the sound boring and activated a feature similar to automatic recognition of surround sound, BOSE sound According to the size of the room layout and the speaker's orientation, it automatically adjusts to normal sound effects... Perhaps this shocked me because it was a hard-squeeze student party and could not afford tens of thousands of home theaters. A BOSE headset.

However, it has been used until now ... Although it has been seriously damaged, but reluctant to lose ...




After work, BOSE has always been my preferred brand. For those of us who are not audio enthusiasts, but have a bit of demand on the quality of the sound (bi), BOSE is my first choice, but it is still high. The price has kept me entangled...


In early 2010, the landlord directly purchased the BOSE Companion 5 (commonly known as C5) in the BOSE physical store. This set of computer 2.1 speakers was an object of a study abroad forum out of the box during the period of study abroad in China. It was too heavy to be able to purchase the band at that time. Back to China (or a lot cheaper)... This is finally a small target


In September 2014, I saw a BOSE shop next to HK Airport's airport security entrance (often going to HK friends, you must know that shop, right, that shop), and then go in and turn around, this is better, see The new noise-canceling headphones QC25 (the mainland was not yet listed), immediately purchased, sound quality is good, especially noise reduction effect is indeed very powerful (this is considered one of BOSE's housekeeping technology it)



In 2015, the landlord as BOSE "brain residue powder" witnessed the development of BOSE in the Mainland, settled in Jingdong, Tmall ... double 11 did not expect BOSE flagship store made a discount for the first time ... a relatively large discount is CineMate 120. .. original price 9600RMB, double eleven price 6900RMB ... This is a very worthwhile price, although the foreign BOSE official website CineMate 120/130 has been removed, replaced by Sound Touch system 120/130 ... but careful study found that the difference The Sound Touch system series adds Wi-Fi adapters to the original CineMate series for wireless playback of music in mobile phones (if there are other differences, etc., you added in the comments)





  

It's like it looks like... The process of unpacking has been missed... Maybe it was too anxious when I got my hands... I forgot to take pictures... Here's the main thing to talk about...


1. Configuration

1 SoundBar, 1 wireless subwoofer, 1 media center, 1 remote control, 1 HDMI cable (conscience business ah...), 1 ADAPTiQ headset for automatic debugging of sound effects. Here I would like to mention that the SoundBar is composed of 5 speakers, with 3 fronts and 1 on each side. It is considered that the "sparrow is small and all the functions are complete..."


The wireless subwoofer only needs to be connected to the power supply, no need for other operations, automatic adaptation to the SoundBar, very convenient (Official display wireless transmission distance of 10 meters, but the installation brother suggested not to be too far away, other wireless signals at home may interfere with transmission effect). The ADAPTiQ headset is actually a locator. As long as the ADAPTiQ headset is always in the sofa, the BOSE CineMate 120 can adjust the surround sound effect according to the position to achieve the best effect. Because the installation is simple, can't wait for the BOSE shop brother to come to the door to install, get it, but install the little brother or door to check it out, take away the warranty card ... (Little brother a suit, yes, that is, the BOSE store dress up)


2. Core: Media Center

The media center comes with 5 HDMI interfaces. In addition to the TV, 4 HDMI devices can be connected to support 4K. At present, only 4 HDMI interfaces are used, and the Playstation 3, Xbox One, and Xiaomi boxes are connected. An interface is idle, and then the cable TV HD box may be installed... After the setting is complete, all devices can be controlled by the BOSE remote control (even the millet box is not stressful). At the same time, all the audio is output from the BOSE audio, which is quite awesome. ..

The connection is as above, please disregard the messy line... All HDMI devices are connected to this box... The image and sound can be transmitted... If the old device does not have HDMI interface, the box below Row left and right channel interface and fiber port can be used to... The interface for connecting WIFI adapter is still some, originally wanted to buy a separate one, then BOSE installation brother suggested no need to spend this money, this will give up.


The picture above is a huge remote control... When it comes to the remote control, the TV comes with 2 remote controls, a remote box for the millet box, and all can be replaced by a BOSE remote control... because the CineMate 120 specification lists the world Remote control parameter codes of various brands of remote control, even the millet box is also among them, the perfect replacement after entering the code, the same can be found in the remote control of the SONY TV set. In this way, I need to use which HDMI device directly by pressing the white button at the top can be switched, for example, with the millet box (the millet box received the interface labeled CBL-SAT words), I just press the CBL-SAT button can Turn on the millet box and TV automatically, and use the middle navigation key to select the TV show I want to watch. The sensitivity of the But! remote control is slightly delayed. This problem is slightly unpleasant. Second, it can be said that it is a bug... Sometimes the opportunity to automatically jump to the TV speaker, you must turn off and then on can use audio output audio ...


3. Sound quality

The landlord's most intuitive experience is that the sound is much better than the TV speakers (nonsense)... much better than my original SONY E4100 (although it was a 5.1 home theater, it was actually BOSE CineMate thrown off N Street, really If the living room is bigger, it is recommended to go directly to the Sound Touch 130. The difference is that the SoundBar speaker is increased to 8... It can create a wider and wider sound field effect.


Pro-tested to play "Transformers 1" Blu-ray disc, real shock bass and surround sound can feel ... (played Blu-ray BD with antique PS3 Transformers 1 test)


In short, BOSE CineMate 120 is really good as a consumer-grade speaker system. Personally, it's very satisfying... (At present, Hi-Fi... is not yet expected to reach that realm, so if you have money later and then burn the LifeSytle series) Like you, when you're decorating a house, you forget to embed an audio cable, and you don't want to set up an open line. The BOSE SoundBar home theater is a good choice.


The first time you send a message about audio, if there are any omissions, please ask God to criticize and correct me...

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