Outstanding

No idea how long I have been buying these but never disappointed. Just bought new pair and paired them to a Sonos connect amp I had laying around. I was so pleased when I fired these up. Matched with my Spotify and wow. Just sat on my couch and enjoyed. I highly recommend these for outside.

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OUTSTANDING!

These and my pair of Klips AWR 650 AM make it sound almost like LIVE MUSIC, in our backyard! "Daisy" is my Crutchfield Adviser and she is very informative and has earned my business! In fact, I just ordered an extra AMP, from Daisy, to really saturate my yard w/ music!

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Not good

More Bose junk imo...like they say, "No highs and no lows?Must be Bose!"

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Bose 251 environmental speakers

Great sound & looks amazing on the wall.

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Bose 251 environmental speakers

Great sound , great recommendation. Great customer service

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Bose 251 environmental speakers

Great speakers.....Love them

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very happy with purchase even more so with the team at Crutchfield

Needed to replace 2 outdoor speakers from my 18 year old whole house audio system. To my surprise upon removing the old speakers I discovered a modified commercial version of an old Bose outdoor speaker. I was referred to Rob in the commercial audio division who took the time to help me verify what I had, and what I could use to replace the old speakers. He could not have been more helpful. My initial contact with BOSE went nowhere. Rob provided me with the information I needed to make a decision.

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Versatile design, great sound!

I'm very happy with my new Bose 251 outdoor speakers. Great quality sound, and I especially like the form-factor of the speakers and mounting brackets. Very versatile and easy to install brackets. Installs in almost any scenario and they look great. I had an event in my backyard where I really put them to the test, and I was even more impressed.

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Bose 251 environmental speakers

Amazing sound We put 2 pairs out by the pool Very nice

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Bose 251 environmental speakers

*****

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Bose 251 environmental speakers

best money i ever spend

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Bose 251 environmental speakers

Probably the best option available. Incredibly full sound for a system without a subwoofer. I was particularly impressed with the imaging these speakers create per stereo pair.

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Bose 251 environmental speakers

EXcellent speakers, they have plenty of bass responce. Used four pair in a boat house setting , even the bass fisherman enjoy the sound. Could not be happier.

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Great sound

Great product. Love the sound.

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Bose 251s

Crystal sound on the back porch all the way down to the pool! I was gonna buy two sets, but the first set fills the yard so well I won't need the second set.

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Excellent Sound

Great sounding speakers for pool area. These speakers can handle more power and volume than I can put our side without disturbing the neighbors or wildlife. Wonderful sound. For those reviewers that thought they lacked low end I would suggest their Equalizer needs to be tweaked and these will sound best.

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Bose 251

Great quality, just make sure you have an Amp that can power them well :)

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Last forever and sound great!

I have had these speakers for 15 years or so and they sound better now than when they were new. I was just looking on here to add two more on my patio to expand the listening area. I built a new house 6 years ago and moved these speakers with me because I couldn't stand to leave them. I have had many complements on the sound of these speakers and they are hardly noticeable tucked under the eaves of my patio. I have washed them down with the garden hose a few times a year and they are unfazed by water, although I wouldn't spray it directly into the grilles. I don't think anyone would be disappointed with these for their backyard.

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Impressive speakers

I used to have a pair of "rock" speakers hanging around the yard. I couldn't tell you how much I paid for them, but it wasn't much and I got what I paid for. They weathered away within a few years into what looks like rock-shaped multi-color foam-looking pieces that don't do anything but make the backyard look trashy. So I read around to a few places (like cnet, wired, poc and so on so on). There are a LOT of speakers out there. This time I decided to spend a lot more than I did before and get something. Poc had some things to say about the Bose when I read their review and thought to myself that these not only sound like they sound good (that sounded.repetitive lol), but they look abstract and I like that. I wound up picking up a pair and love them. I wound up designing a surround for my porch with glass panels in it every 1.5ft to give the yard a more artsy rich look. In the end these cost me a lot of money because they made me want to start working on things back here haha.

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Bose 251 speakers

exceptional speakers, clear sound in an outdoor environment. Would highly recommend. Used around our pool, great sound, no distortion. I ran sound from satellite through 150w receiver. very simple works great.

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Absolutely Awesome

Small speakers for that large sound they produce. Look great mounted.

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Best speakers ever

These speakers are turely amazing I bought these to put on my back deck and they sound amazing they are very very lound speakers even when at 30% they can project sound loudly and clearly through out my entire back yard no problem

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Bose® 251® environmental speakers

Excellent product! Crutchfield got it to my house the day after I ordered it!! Couldn't believe I could get anything that fast!

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Bose® 251

Great Speakers with a nice full sound

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Good outdoor speaker

I bought these speakers back around 2003, so they have been in use for 10 years. They spent 5years in the cold weather of Colorado, and 5 years in the wet Oregon weather. They sound alright, With low volumes they are just boring. No High/No Lows, they sound better with higher volumes. I wash these things down every spring with a hose. THey just keep going. I have seen these outside in direct wind, rain, and snow at some local businesses. They are a Rugged decent sounding speaker. I am presently using on a 12'x20' front porch with a 100W/channel pioneer. I am looking into the 2 pair of PSB CS1000; one pair for a back porch I am building 12' x45' with Hot Tub. the other set will be up facing the back yard, about 1 acre.

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Where's the bass

Sound quality is good, although a little disappointing for the Bose price tag. They seem to sound better the farther back I stand so make sure you have space. I definitely wish there was more bass; considering the size of these speakers, Id expect more low end. Bose is known for making greater sounding life like sound in small cubes, so where's the bass?!

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Bose 251

Not what I expected

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Bose

I auditioned 4 different sets of outdoor speakers....251s were clear winners at the under 500 per pair

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Better than expected. Love Bose quality. Was worried about outdoor venue. Well made for the elements without giving up their rep for sound quality.

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Bose 251 environmental speakers

Nice speakers. Easy to install. Bought them together with Niles WVC 100E outdoor volume control and AudioQuest FLX in-wall speaker cable.

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bose 251 jawdropping sound

with a good reciever and high quality speaker wire (monser wire) Can't be beat. everone can't believe the sound or volume. when first installed i thought i had a problem my problem was although i have heard led zep a million times I had never heard all the backgound of the songs hands down blown away ! if you have a problem with sound quality it is in you wires or reciever even in a downpour best sound.

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Not a good buy

I'm sorry but if you do any research online you'll find out that BOSE deliver subpar performance for high quality prices.

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Bose plus and minus

I am not a "Bose Fan" and I am one of those audio snobs who would not have "bose" in their house. But outside thats a different story! I like these speakers for its unique design and disperse sound characteristics. I own 4 of them in fact on my outdoor veranda that is 20 x18. The bass response varies. Two are hung high in a corner and the acoustic provides a great bass response. The other two are "naked" on posts and the bass in comparison is much lower. Two speakers, same power and yet two different bass effect. The "Trickery" ported 5.25 woofer hidden does a great job. The two mid/tweeters angled disperse the sound very well. My goal was to have a smooth well placed sound in all parts of this outdoor space without the speakers being "Placed". . If you want a highly dispersed sound over a wide sound stage the Bose do this job very well. Sound is subjective. These speakers achieved a very desirable effect of having smooth non-bright (low fatigue) environment where my guests can enjoy a high quality sound while not having to talk over the sound. Smooth midrange with tempered treble. For those who have large out door spaces to fill I suggest instead of getting two big speakers to play loud you consider what most professionally installed outdoor designs do and that is have many speakers dispersing quality sound at lower levels. Ever been to Disney? They are all over the place.

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It was a great purchase

Good rich sound and great clarity.....will add bose to family room and game room also.....haven't found anything that compares....Thanks Bose for making a great Product

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Bose is not an outdoor company.

I bought these in an electronics store because of the price cut and I was impressed with a friend's ipod Bose docking station. There is a reason Bose does not list their frequency range and sensitivity, because I'm sure those numbers stink! Bose relies too much on gimmicks/reputation and not enough on sheer muscle. These speakers sound good up high but have no bass. Also I could not drive them to picnic levels at my deck 25 feet away. They need to knock the price in half, yet I still wouldn't buy them. I promptly returned them and ordered efficient muscular Klipsch's through Crutchfield and never looked back. The lesson is: Don't rely on instore listening or reviews. You have to field test any speakers in your actual environment. Outdoor speaker engineers face huge obstacles; limited enclosure sizes, creating a good large listening environment, getting badly needed bass, making them loud enough to be heard far away, and packaging the whole thing to withstand outdoor weather. My advice to Bose: Stay indoors with your reflection gimmicks.

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Failure

I got these without listening to them and anxiously hooked them up. I was disappointed upon listening. No Bass to mention at all. I ended up taking these back for a refund and getting The Polk Audio's Atrium 45's. They cost 1/3 the price and sound much better.

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Good speakers, need more bass

I agree with Dave in Jacksonville - the mid and upper frequency ranges are nice, but the bass response is just OK to nearly nonexistent on some songs. Listening to the 251's a few times after installing them, I started looking for an "outdoor rated" subwoofer to bring some bottom back to the music. The installation was quite simple and straight forward. I was fortunate to have my house's back porch pre-wired for outdoor speakers near ceiling joists, so securely anchoring the speakers and connecting the wires was a no-brainer. I also had the porch prewired for a powered subwoofer near an outlet "just in case". Now I'm glad I did. The 251's do make for a clean, streamline look and I get quite a few compliments on them. I've had the speakers for over 3 years and have not had a single problem with them. Living in AZ we can have severe temperature changes (30+ degrees from day to night) certain times of the year. I was worried about both condensation and the extreme heat taking its toll on them. They are, however, shaded from direct sunlight. To date, the performance is as good as the day I installed them and I don't have any complaints other than the lack of bass. Would I buy them again? Probably. Compared to other outdoor rated speakers, I felt these had the best overall sound.

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Durable, good-sounding speakers

These are excellent outdoor speakers, provided you check your audiophile nature at the door. They lack bass, but have reasonable mid-range and upper frequency response. I have them installed in my screened-in porch, and they do the job superbly--if you really want great sound, you'll need to pair them with a subwoofer. But if you use them as I do--as a place to get sound to the great outdoors, whether I'm playing with the dogs in the yard or drinking my coffee and reading the paper--they're excellent. Most important, they've survived 4 years outside in Florida; if you've ever lived near the coast in Florida, you'll realize what an accomplishment that is. A standard barbeque grill will last about 18 months here, before it's a rusted wreck. These speakers look the same as when I installed them, and that was ~5 hurricanes ago. So if you want good sound and durability, get these speakers.

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Love the Bose 251

These speakers are real easy to install, they sound like all Bose speakers sound, WONDERFUL. If you are thinking about buying these and you haven't yet, BUY THEM. They also look very appealing. I bought a white set and you can barely notice they are hanging from my patio.

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Not So Great

These speakers use 6 ohms And thats makes amps run hot.. They rattle, they dont have any mid range as all bose. I am a personal assitant for a family... its what they wanted ... the only i repeat the only good thing and the real reason we bought them was we didnt want to mount onto the house ... they are able to mount from the floor ... oh yah they're way over priced for paper cone speakers

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Great choice

Very good speakers. Very easy to mount. For $400, the price to quality ratio is hard to beat. Wish they were "weatherproof" though. I'm a little concerned with the "weather resistant" rating. Maybe it's just the manufacturer's way of limiting product claims. Not sure. However, the Bose speakers sound great, and are very affordable.

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Deck speakers

Bought these speakers back in 04,for my brothers deck.Just great sounding,clear speakers.

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Good choice

I have had the Bose 251 White speakers on my pool deck for about 3 years. They are mounted on the stucco wall under the overhang. The mounting brackets work well as I had to remove them several times during hurricane season. The frequency response for outdoor speakers is good especially the bass. The sound is very good for Jazz and Pop (Michael Buble, etc). Rock/Heavy metal (Rammstein, Therion, Dream Theater) requires additional sub-woofer support, which has yet to be added. I have added a pair of Bose Free Space 51's at the back of the pool/patio for a fuller sound in the pool area. These do a good job of dispersing the sound and supporting the Bose 251's. The connections run through a Niles SSVC 2 that allows separate volume controls for each pair of speakers. The receiver used to power the speakers is an old Marantz 4300 Quad unit configured for stereo at 100 watts per channel. I play the Free Space 51's at a higher volume level than the 251's as the 251's overpower the Free Space 51's if both are set at equal volume levels. The Bose 251 speakers project their sound toward the back of the listening area, which is a woods. The advantage of being directional is that it does not have much impact on my neighbors on either side. My nephew has Bose 151 speakers in his pool/patio area and I find the Bose 251 speakers to be well worth the extra money. With both the Free Space 51's and 251's in my system, I would definitely recommend the Bose 251 speakers if a choice must be made between the two.

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Bose 251 environmental speakers

Easy to install and set up, excellent sound quality.

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Bose 251 environmental speakers

These speakers are fanstastic. I'm very happy with them. Response is perfect. I almost mounted these in my living room.

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Great Outdoor Speakers

These are the 1st Bose brand outdoor speakers I've purchased and they are wonderful. Very full sound with good bass. I listened to the 151 as well but felt the better bass of the 251 justified the extra cost. Bose speakers in general are the masters of good flat response with a even "sound everywhere" effect. These are no excecption and fill our outdoor deck with very enjoyable even sound. I listen mostly to Jazz, Blues, & Folk music and these are just great for this type of listening. Brackets were easy to mount and hold the speakers fine for my application (mounted from overhang) but a swivel function would have been nice for vertical wall mounting.

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