Companion 5
The Bose Companion 5 speaker system is a 2.1 system that contains an inbuilt sound card, therefore connection is via USB connector and it does not require the computer to have a sound card. Virtual surround sound emulation is included (termed "TrueSpace Surround" by Bose). The Companion 5 system also works with Linux kernels that support USB audio including Pulse Audio. The control pod features a minijack (3.5mm) input, so that the speakers can play sound from the computer and an external device simultaneously, however the relative levels of the sources cannot be adjusted. The only tone control is adjustment of the subwoofer level (labelled "bass compensation").
In 2007, the Companion 5 won a Red Dot award, this award is based on design, therefore audio quality is not amongst the criteria. The Companion 5 speakers were judged to have substandard audio quality for the price
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