As you might imagine, I love great sound.  No, I’m not a audiophile with a vast array of gear to listen to my library of music.  In fact, it might surprise you just how light-weight my listening hardware is.  I have two of my TV’s tied to Bose products but nothing too terribly extravagant – just off the shelf stuff from my favorite “big box” store.

To listen to my music during my work day, I tap into my iTunes catalog on my computer to feed whatever mood I’m in.  The sounds of that catalog come through a pair of Bose Companion 2’s which, until recently, I thought sounded as great for the money and was quite satisfied with the sound.

Recently, I was introduced to a simple software download that totally changed the sound of those speakers.  In fact, it’s no exaggeration when I say that this software catapulted my darling Companion 2’s to a whole new level of sound, leaving me giddy with excitement.

What’s got me sonically jonesing?  The Digital Power Station (DPS) developed by Bongiovi Acoustics.

If the name, Bongiovi, sounds familiar, it should.  It’s the last name of legendary recording engineer and producer, Tony Bongiovi.  You can read my interview with Tony here for more info. However, I’ll summarize his credits here by saying that he was the brains and builder behind the legendary Power Station Studios. Many of the biggest names in music recorded some of the most iconic albums in history at the Power Station. He’s also recognized, obviously, as an expert in acoustical engineering.

It is this tremendous wealth of experience, knowledge and technical expertise that brings the wonderful DPS technology literally to your desktop, car, headphones, iPhone and home entertainment center.

I have only experienced the impact of the DPS on two of my computers so my review will be limited to that one application.

Downloading the Bongiovi Acoustics Digital Power Station was quite simple.  I merely clicked on the “free trial” button on their website and followed the simple instructions.  Once the installation on my PC was complete, a cool, blue image appeared on my computer screen.  This is where I began quick configuring DPS to my personal tastes.

I pressed the “Desktop” icon (I later chose “Built-In” when I downloaded DPS to my PC laptop and there is also a “Headphones” choice if you listen to your music primarily through headphones or ear buds), selected “Music” as the media I would be listening to, then clicked on this little sprocket looking thingy on the upper left side of the image.

From there, I selected the “Settings” tab and was presented a range of choices from which to select the manufacturer of the speakers I would be listening through.  I selected “Bose” and, in the next field, selected “Companion 2”. With that selection highlighted, I pressed the “Get Profile” button to the right and it automatically placed that profile option at the top of the page along with four other profile selections.

This is where the real beauty of the DPS comes into play, in my opinion.  In the same field where I selected “Bose” is a choice labeled “Cities”.  I clicked on that and selected some city profiles to see what sound I liked best.  Your tastes will be different than mine but I selected the “New Orleans Speakers”. I love the crisp, rich sound that it gives the music I listen to.  I found that the Annapolis and Las Vegas settings were close to the same sound but settled on New Orleans “just because”.

After being fully content with how DPS punched up my Bose speakers, I then downloaded this sweet little package onto my pc laptop.  Let me say here that the laptop is a basic, corporate issue Lenovo and not one of those that you can buy with the uber-cool speakers built-in.  No, this Lenovo has fairly basic speakers that, figuratively speaking, are definitely more “AM” than “FM”, if you know what I mean.  That’s fine because it’s for business use where I use a soft-phone for phone calls, watch WebEx’s and training videos so the sound requirements don’t need to be above the simple level. 

However, when I downloaded DPS onto it, Wow!  Whether listening through my cheap little Microsoft headset or through the laptop speakers, the quality of the sound improved by several orders of magnitude. 

Here’s the best part of all: After a free two day trial, this little gift to your ears is only $14.95!  You can try it out, too, by merely clicking on the DPS icon on this page and follow the instructions to download the package to your Mac or PC.  Use “Boomer” as your promo code.

Be prepared to have your listening experience forever changed.

Read the Boomerocity interview with Tony Bongiovi here.