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Bose Home Theater System (Lifestyle 38)

Bose Home Theater System (Lifestyle 38)

56 reviews

Apr, 2024

Positive
usability (16)
design (9)
size (5)

Negative
price (24)
reliability (4)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 56 reviews of Bose Home Theater System (Lifestyle 38). The average rating for this product is 3.9/5, compared to an average rating of 4.2/5 for other Audio Systems for all reviews. People really like the size. The design also gets good comments, but some have doubts about the reliability and price.

usability, design, size

price, reliability

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Audio Systems the Bose Home Theater System (Lifestyle 38) is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 79/100 = Good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Bose Home Theater System (Lifestyle 38)

alaTest has collected and analyzed 12 user reviews of Bose Home Theater System (Lifestyle 38) from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.1/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.1/5 for other Audio Systems on Amazon.com. Many are negative about the price and usability.

usability, price

75% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : Consumer Guide (howstuffworks.com)

Bose Lifestyle 38 Home Theater System Review and Prices

The Bose Lifestyle 38 is the perfect home theater system for someone who enjoys music as much as they enjoy movies, provided they have a rather large budget.

Mar, 2006

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Expert review by : Alex Kidman (cnet.com.au)

Bose Lifestyle 38

The Bose Lifestyle 38 home entertainment system plays favourites - yours. It can store up to 200 CDs and then it remembers what you like best and automatically serves up those tracks for playback.

Oct, 2010

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Consumer review (ciao.com)

Bose Lifestyle 38 Series IV Home theater system

The most popular Bose Lifestyle DVD system digitally stores and organizes up to 200 hours of music. Enjoy movies with a progressive scan DVD/CD player and Direct/Reflecting cube speaker arrays. ADAPTiQ system customizes sound to your room's acoustics....

good

none

Mar, 2009

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Consumer review (ciao.com)

boss...rules ur life

Mar, 2009

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Consumer review (ciao.com)

The most popular Bose Lifestyle DVD system

high-quality video experience

not much

Mar, 2009

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Consumer review (ciao.com)

Bose Lifestyle 38

A speaker/amp combo, or another Bose DVD or CD system in each remote room. A 50-foot Boselink B cable with four output connectors for different components or rooms is supplied with the Lifestyle 38, but you'll need to buy another remote control for...

Bose sound of course, had disk storage, multiroom expansion

Cant hook up a lot of different components to it

Feb, 2009

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Consumer review (shopping.com)

Excellent for the "Average Joe" DVD watcher

Overview:

super-easy setup, great sound quality, one box only to bring home

box is a bit heavy, some might time price is a bit high

Jun, 2008

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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Excellent for the "Average Joe" DVD watcher

Overview: If you're looking for a good DVD system which is super easy to set up then this is for you. The good stuff: I went to BestBuy and bought it. Comes with one box only so it's easy to take home unless bigger system which might ...

super-easy setup, great sound quality, one box only to bring home

box is a bit heavy, some might time price is a bit high

Jun, 2008

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Consumer review (shopping.com)

Don't buy a Bose Lifestyle system!

I've owned a Lifestyle 38 (which has the same control software as the Lifestyle 28 and 48) for about 18 months, and I'm very dissatisfied with the design and performance of the highly acclaimed "uMusic" intelligent playback system. I was told by the...

Adequate music quality

The uMusic feature is like having a stubborn and opinionated nanny manage my music

Apr, 2008

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Consumer review (epinions.com)