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the Jazz mini is a beautiful and compact aluminum stand for your smartphone that

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even holds tablets up to 8 in Click now to learn more now this probably isn't

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what you're expecting to hear from me right now but let's all just calm our

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boobies on the Bose hate you know buy other sound equipment yeah we've all

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heard it for a few minutes and approach the companion fives with an open mind

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because while working on my review I did

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find some strong points for this particular speaker setup so we'll start

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with accessories physical inputs all that good stuff the companion fives come

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with everything you see here and everything you need to hook up the two

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Satellite speakers and powered subwoofer to your PC Mac or basically anything

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else the sub contains the amp and a Dack so you can plug in via USB or with

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analog into the puck unit that sits on your desk the aforementioned weighted

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control Puck has a great feeling rubberized volume control wheel an

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auxiliary input that I guess I mentioned before and a headphone pass through if

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you want to use the Companion 5 to power your headphones instead of your normally

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terrible front panel audio on your PC it

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also features a touch responsive mute that at first I thought was kind of

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pointless I was like yeah okay then I had my music cranked I got a phone call

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and it was really quick to swat at a touch sensitive Surface versus fumbling

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for a button so okay you got me on that one Bose my one complaint about the puck

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is that it's it's not linked to system volume in spite of the system being

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capable of USB input a feature that other speakers in my Roundup have unlike

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something like the audio engine A2 pluses with an add-on subwoofer the

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companion fives do not run at all without the subc connected so the number

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of cables required to set up this unit is going to be unappealing to some

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customers especially when you compare to some of the other speaker sets in this

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series of reviews that I'm working on but there's no real getting around this

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without putting the and Dack in a speaker which would make it much larger

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and would make no sense anyway cuz you've got a sub box already

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aesthetically I think the companion fives are a bit of a swing and a miss

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the black and anodized aluminum designs from Bowers and Wilkins and simple audio

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and the classic black audio engine monitors look more appealing to me but I

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can't deny the practicality of the Bose design they're the only speaker in the

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Roundup that correctly plays music at my

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ears instead of at my chest and that is a pretty major oversight in my mind for

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something that you're going to call a desktop speaker as opposed to a

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bookshelf speaker I mean I guess you can buy stands for the other stuff so you

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can tow them in and then you can put little stands on them to aim them at

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your ears but I mean for something that you're calling a kit it should probably

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come with everything that you need to get started now when it comes to maximum

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volume the companion fives deliver an amazingly full pounding sound that would

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be perfect for the occasional house party when you are not listening to

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music at your desk I mean yeah they're not going to be suitable for an outdoor

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venue perhaps but if you wanted your large living room to be loud enough that

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no one can comfortably maintain a conversation while achieving very

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listenable sound quality without any noticeable Distortion the companion

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fives are going to look pretty good to you in my more you know quality focused

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listening tests um I realized that these speakers are really made for a

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particular listener no offense to the authors but any user

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reviews claiming that they have amazing stereo Imaging clear highs strong

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mid-range performance whatever were written by people who haven't heard

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better end of story The mids in particular get overshadowed enough that

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I had a hard time enjoying male vocalists but for the folks claiming

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that this system absolutely pounds with tight immersive base well they could

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have easily been sitting in front of their new companion 5 speak enjoying

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some tunes or some movies while they wrote the review because they really

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really do but honestly that's not what makes the companion 5es a legitimate

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Contender for your money they are not the best unit I've encountered for any

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kind of music really they're just all right I mean they're not even the

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loudest the audio engine A5 pluses get that award in this Roundup but with the

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turn of the knob on the back of the sub they go from being apartment friendly to

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delivering some pretty fun explosions in your favorite action flicks General

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entertainment is where I'd say this Bose unit separates itself from the rest of

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the crowd in this Roundup due to the included subwoofer and the fact that it

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sounds pretty darn good if you often watch movies at or near your computer

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even the A5 plus doesn't really compare there's something about having an actual

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sub that is filling the room from the floor or the corner compared to firing

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directly at your face that makes the experience feel different with that said

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I'd recommend putting the knob back when you're ready to listen to music again I

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forgot to do that once and it gave me a real appreciation for the tuning that

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Bose did on this product during the design process turning Basse down yields

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slightly clearer lyrics but you lose the the kick that I feel is really the big

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selling point of this set given it's included subwoofer and it definitely

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makes the set much less fun to listen to turning up the dial just drowns out

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everything else so it seems like Bose knew what was best for you and intended

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for the subwoofer dial to sit around the middle most of the time so the

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conclusion here is actually somewhat simple if you're looking to host the

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occasional house party and you want something that will keep your guests on the dance floor and you want something

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that performs just okay for nearfield music listening but is a lot of fun to

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listen to in movies and games M and

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games then whatever you want to think about Bose products in general the

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companion fivs are actually a serious option if movies and action games are

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less of a concern for you than House parties and music then the A5 plus from

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audio engine should get your $400 instead but to beat the Bose package and

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every category you're really going to have to add a standalone subwoofer to

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the A5 pluses something that is more difficult than just buying a subwoofer

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and plugging it into them choosing and tuning a subwoofer for your setup is not

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as simple as just buying the audio engine 8 and assuming it'll compliment

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your speakers perfectly so and it'll be more expensive of course so while mix

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and match can and usually does sound better overall if you're not willing or

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able to put the work into it a package deal may be a better bet for you anyway

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