Bose 321 GSX DVD Home Entertainment System - 36601
Bose 321 GSX DVD Home Entertainment System, Model 321GSXBK
The Bose® 3·2·1 GSX DVD home entertainment system is a completeand easyway to enjoy music and movies with less equipment. Two Gemstone speaker arrays and a hideaway Acoustimass module thrill you with theater-like sound approaching that of traditional five-speaker systems. But here's the difference: There are no wires running to the back of your room. And you can cut back on CD clutter by digitally storing up to 200 hours of your favorite music in the versatile media center. An easy-to-use universal remote control provides one-touch access to your stored music and manages most entertainment devices attached to your system.
Home theater made simple
The thrill of a home theater experience. The simplicity of fewer speakers and wires. This union of ideals is realized with the 3·2·1 GSX DVD system. Two compact Gemstone speaker arrays flank your television, but produce realistic effects you might expect from rear speakers. A hideaway Acoustimass module delivers emphatic low notes, while keeping a low profile in a corner, or even out of sight.
It all works in concert with proprietary TrueSpace® digital processing circuitry to produce pure Bose sound that convincingly sweeps across your room. But with no rear or center speakers, and no wiring to the back of your room.
Music made easy
If you like less equipment and less clutter, youll love our approach to your treasured, but unwieldy, CD collection. The 3·2·1 GSX system digitally stores and organizes up to 200 hours of music. The uMusic intelligent playback system actually listens to your musical choices and learns your preferences, then makes selections based on what you like. No more searching for CDs or deciding which tracks to listen to. Whatever your mood, the uMusic system delivers just the songs you want to hear.
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An elegant home for your media
The premium media center plays today's most popular audio and video content, along with your digitally stored CDs. It includes a progressive scan DVD/CD player, AM/FM tuner and inputs for three additional sources. And its signature design serves as a nice complement to most plasma/LCD televisions.
The 3·2·1 GSX system will also liven up classic movies and TV programs recorded before surround sound. The key is proprietary Videostage® 5 decoding circuitry, which transforms oldies into real goodies with vibrant, room-filling sound.
Key Features:
- Enhanced media center An elegant media center houses a progressive scan DVD/CD player and AM/FM tuner. So you can enjoy a home theater experience from your movies, music and TV without a stack of components. It also stores up to 200 hours of music from your CDs.
- Spacious sound experience Bose innovation allows just two Articulated Array® speakers and a hideaway Acoustimass® module to deliver much of the home theater performance of a conventional five-speaker system.
- Control integration An easy-to-use, programmable universal remote control lets you command your television, video source (e.g. cable box or satellite receiver) and nearly all your entertainment devices along with your DVD system.
- Simplified setup Just three wires and a power cord are all you need to set up your systema step-by-step DVD walks you through the process. With fewer components, and no wiring to the back of the room, your system will blend easily with your décor.
| Features | Function | Benefit |
| Integrated music storage system. | Digitally stores and organizes up to 200 hours of music within the elegant 321 system media center. | Enables your music CDs to be digitally stored and organized inside the elegant media center and be accessible at the touch of a button. Eliminates the clutter of CD stacks and the frustration of searching for CDs. |
| uMusic intelligent playback system. | The uMusic playback system applies insights gained from monitoring your music listening habits, along with detailed information about your music collection, to create a personalized music database. | A simpler and better way of enjoying more of your music. Music is easy to access no need to manually organize stacks of CDs. No menus. No need to create playlists. No computer required. |
| Gemstone® speaker arrays. | Each speaker array has a ported enclosure with two precisely oriented transducers.The two speaker arrays are designed to work in concert with our TrueSpace surround digital processing circuitry. | Features speaker arrays, which are 50% smaller than our current 321 speaker arrays and can blend into almost any décor. |
| Neodymium iron boron magnet (in the Gemstone® speaker arrays). | The magnet provides ten times the energy density of conventional magnetic material in a magnet the size of a quarter. | Provides the powerful magnetic field required to deliver a high level of performance from a remarkably small speaker. |
| Integrated systems design. | All elements (media center, speakers,Acoustimass® module) are specifically designed to work in harmony with each other. | Delivers simplicity and performance unmatched by many conventional component systems, home-theaterin- a-box systems or one-brand shelf systems. |
| TrueSpace surround digital processing circuitry combined with Gemstone® speaker arrays. | Digital 5.1 decoding and Bose Videostage® 5 decoding circuitry works with the TrueSpace circuitry and speaker arrays to deliver a multi-channel sound experience from just two visible speakers. | Delivers a broad, spacious soundstage, home theater experience and strong center imaging from just two speaker arrays. |
| Digital 5.1 decoding. | Five discrete channels of audio are delivered from Digital 5.1-encoded material, including (DVD,Dolby® Digital,DTS®, DSS,HDTV,) along with the added lower note impact of the .1 low-frequency effects channel. | Provides improved realism from 5.1- encoded DVDs, DSS or HDTV, and delivers a home theater experience with much of the acoustic benefits of a full five-speaker system. |
| Integrated DVD player with progressive scan technology. | Provides access to the most popular content including:DVD video,CD, CD-R, CD-RW, VCD, Digital 5.1, and MP3 flat files on CD. | Integrated A/V solution provides playback of most popular audio and video content. |
| Simplified wiring. | To make wiring and setup easier, the system features: Single power supply and transformer inside Acoustimass® module. Simplified one-way connectors. All the amplification for the system is housed in the hideaway Acoustimass module. | Enables customers to make only four simple connections to get high quality audio: 1. Acoustimass module to media center. 2. Acoustimass module to speakers. 3. Media center to TV. 4. Acoustimass module to power outlet. |
| Universal IR remote control. | Infrared beam is used to provide access to the system functions. | Delivers seamless 321 system operation with additional video components. One easy-to-use remote controls all functions of the 321 system, including the uMusic system feature.The remote also provides access to most attached devices. |
| Bose Videostage® 5 decoding and postprocessing circuitry. | Designed specifically for home use, it automatically generates and processes as many as six independent channels of audio from non-5.1 sources. | Features proprietary technology that automatically delivers much of the home theater experience of full five-speaker surround from the sources people enjoy today: surround-encoded VHS tapes, stereo CDs and even mono TV programs. |
| Automatic tonal adjustment. | The system automatically delivers proper equalization to optimize music or movie listening. | Makes movies sound impactful and music sound natural. |
| Active electronic equalization. | The output of all frequencies is balanced to provide natural tonal balance and clarity throughout the audio spectrum. | Provides natural tonal balance and clarity throughout the audio spectrum. |
| Digital Dynamic Range® speaker compression circuitry. | Proprietary circuit design compresses dynamic range of video program audio as a function of volume. | Enables soft sounds to be heard (particularly dialogue) even at low listening levels, and still delivers the impact of loud special effects. |
| Acoustimass® speaker technology. | Patented design launches sound into the room on an air mass, rather than from a vibrating speaker cone. | Delivers pure, deep low notes without audible distortion, enabling the Acoustimass module to be hidden almost anywhere in the listening area. Allows for small speaker arrays while maintaining a high level of performance. |
| Bose® link. | Allows seamless hookup to a Lifestyle® system for sound enjoyment in another room. | Enables home-wide entertainment. Allows Lifestyle® systems to integrate with other Bose products and provide sound and basic control functions in secondary rooms. |
Approximate Dimensions:
- Media Center
- Height: 3 1/6 "
- Width: 13 3/4 "
- Depth: 9 9/10"
- Speaker Arrays
- Height: 2 1/2 "
- Width: 5 1/2"
- Depth: 4 1/8"
- Acoustimass Module
- Height: 14 1/2"
- Width: 8 1/4"
- Depth: 19 1/8"
- System (in carton)
- Height: 23 1/3"
- Width: 17 3/7"
- Depth: 18 4/7"
Approximate Weight:
- Media Center: 6.85 lbs
- Speaker Arrays: .97 lbs
- Acoustimass Module: 23.3 lbs
- System (in carton): 44 lbs
- Shipping: 48 lbs