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In Reply to: RE: Interesting article on Amar Bose posted by Crazy Dave on March 24, 2016 at 10:06:41
He determined that at the concert hall, 89% of what was heard was reflected and only 11% was direct. So that's how the speaker radiates.
Which ignores the fact that good recordings capture ambience in the process along with your room providing some. Now you get "reflected squared" where instruments get smeared across the entire back wall in gigantic form. Perhaps fun for some, but never real to these ears.
I do, however, like the full range design even if they don't exactly offer an "airy" top end using massively equalized midrange drivers (20 db at the bottom and 20-30 db at the top!)
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"You could say Bose Corp. owes its massive success in high-end audio to a serious case of buyer's remorse."
Bose's success is greatly overrated. It has had an inconsequential impact on high-end audio.
The company's core competency is marketing at which they most certainly excel!
I agree. He was a master marketer. More people than there are audiophiles believe that Bose 901 are the best speaker ever made.
Dave
As if to prove your point; this article smacks to me of a Bose-sourced document given a sympathetic exposure to the populace via the cnbc site. Self promotion but published by a third party.
....The vast majority of loudspeaker companies that prospered in the 60s through the early-mid 70s are long gone, AR, Advent, epi etc. Bose is one of a tiny handful that survived and prospered, part by changing with the times.or not changing, as the 901.
One cannot argue with their success as a company. The issue is the contention that they have had an impact on high-end audio and, despite the assertion of the writer, the truth is that their role in high-end was transient and well in the past.
The market there is pretty small, relatively speaking. I'm guessing the Bose marketing department was going for the largest audience possible.
There is no beer in food, but there is food in beer.
Originally, yes. Then, he really got smart. ;-)
Popularity is not directly proportional with quality. Sometimes it is inversely proportional.
Dave
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