Bose Lifestyle 535 Series III Home Entertainment System (Black)
$ 95.94
- Sounds great and easy to setup and use. Now supports HDMI input and has an IR repeater that limits the clutter. No longer has a built in DVD player – not necessarily a bad thing given the rapid evolution and relatively low price of adding a Blue Ray etc. One major gripe? I had the previous Lifestyle system and had taken advantage of the Bose Link to cover 3 separate zones, each with a specific remote – this was quite an investment. this new system WILL NOT allow you to use the SA-2 or 3 amplifiers, period. The SA-4 amplifier system costs a whopping $500 and WILL NOT allow you to play the Bose sources over the different zones. This includes local radio stations and TV cable stations. I had a television mounted outside and used this feature previously for sound – no mas. So, buying 3 SA-4 amplifiers, each with a different Sound Touch unit (included) will add an enormous amount of unnecessary clutter and complexity to my system – and I lose the ability to listen to my favorite local radio station and stream cable TV sound. Not a deal breaker as the new system is quite nice but wish the lack of backwards compatibility was made clear from the outset. Bose, please include that the SA-4 amplifiers are NOT compatible with the new system – it currently states ‘compatible with other Bose Link systems’. Customer support was excellent though and, again, the system is top notch.
