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Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member
Username: Doody
Post Number: 1229
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 6:01 pm: | |
Like it or not, Dr. Bose is a stellarly impressive businessman. I live not too far from "Bose Mountain" off Route 9 in Framingham where some of the offices and factory work is done. Just impressively successful. The sound quality never did much for me, but I am not aware of any audio entrepreneur as successful as Dr. Bose. Maybe he's not 100% audio genius, but he's 100% marketing genius, and 99% of the time that's 99% of the battle.
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Mr. Doody (Doody)
Intermediate Member
Username: Doody
Post Number: 1228
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 5:57 pm: | |
Henry Kloss has passed on. Last year.
http://www.hifi.com/static/henrykloss/
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Alex Lee (Alxlee)
Junior Member
Username: Alxlee
Post Number: 164
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 5:41 pm: | |
Chris, it's true, if you ever do pull a speaker out there is indeed an amp attached to each speaker. Like I said, it's not the best, ok, who am I kidding, the stereo in my daily driver Passat is really good, but for the time it came out (90-96) it did a decent job.
As for the Bose home stuff, I really can't complain about the Acoustic Wave...other than the $1100 price tag. Course, for my home theater, I prefer Yamaha, Macintosh and Pioneer. Although I'd really like to give Marantz a shot. |
chris cummings (Entelechy)
Member
Username: Entelechy
Post Number: 274
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 7:21 pm: | |
I too used to have a Z with a Bose system. Not only did it sound like crap, it was always blowing speakers, and they have the amps attached to the speakers or some such nonsense, meaning you have to replace the whole system. Could be salemen BS, but I found a guy who could replace just the speaker, not the system. Same problem developed months later. Fixed again...same problem, etc.
Won't go near them again... |
wm hart (Whart)
Intermediate Member
Username: Whart
Post Number: 1244
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 6:09 pm: | |
Amar Bose is, in some ways, a genius. I was never taken by his original audio speakers, which involved using a number of small drivers, aiming most of them backwards, against the "back wall" and creating a huge image behind the speakers based on "direct reflection." But the guy was in the right place at the right time, adapted alot of his approaches to small, non-demanding utility systems, such as those found in backround music, car audio, etc. and did much to promote the sonic virtues of his brand, by selling packages. Most packaged systems at the time sounded worse. Its not really serious audio, although you can spend a bundle on it; He filed a suit against Consumer's Union years ago for a bad review. He has become a household name in a way that one of his other contemporaries, Henry Kloss, hasn't quite achieved. He did recognize the importance of psycho-acoustics at a time when mass market hi-fi was still confined to prosaic boxes. He has also made a very large pile of money. I'm not even sure if he is still alive, but would suspect that he is pretty elderly by now...NB. One web site claimed he was 68, as of 1999, so he's not as old as i thought. |
James P. Smith (Tigermilk)
Junior Member
Username: Tigermilk
Post Number: 160
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 5:51 pm: | |
For home audio you're paying for their advertising, not quality. |
Alex Lee (Alxlee)
Junior Member
Username: Alxlee
Post Number: 161
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 5:02 pm: | |
In terms of car audio or home audio?
I have a Bose in my 300ZX and after having it serviced once, it actually functions quite nicely. It's no Alpine/Sony/etc... but it does better than many stock systems I've heard.
In terms of home audio, I have the Acoustic Wave system that I use in the garage or whenever I'm out somewhere and it is awesome! |
MarkM (Zan)
Junior Member
Username: Zan
Post Number: 57
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 12:32 pm: | |
Generic with a high advertising budget |
Adam R (Arymarcz)
Junior Member
Username: Arymarcz
Post Number: 100
Registered: 8-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 12:28 pm: | |
bose blows. |
Brian C Thenhaus (1day)
Junior Member
Username: 1day
Post Number: 65
Registered: 3-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 8:54 am: | |
No highs, no lows...must be BOSE!
Came as OE on my Acura, sounds fine, but definately overhyped. Better than 95% of the systems that come as stock, but easily beat by aftermarket components |
Kendall Kim (Kenny)
Junior Member
Username: Kenny
Post Number: 88
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 8:01 am: | |
overhyped crap for the money... There's nothing special about them other than those tiny cube speakers they developed, and sleak ala Bang Olufsen wannabe deesign stereo systems... So is the Harmon Kardon system you find optional on some cars like the BMW... That sh8t is even worse.. |
Jeff Howe (Ferrari_uk)
Member
Username: Ferrari_uk
Post Number: 317
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 6:45 am: | |
Got them as OE in my Alfa, sounds fine ! |
Tony Roberts (Pantera)
Junior Member
Username: Pantera
Post Number: 106
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 6:05 am: | |
Is it quality or is it overhyped crap? |
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