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Re: Ahh the legend in his own mind TINKERER is back ...

Well this thread has provided many good belly laughs. Not all of them are with your comments since you have made some valid points, especially concerning real music as a reference, a reference that seems almost contemptable with a growing number of audiophiles.

But your comments on the longevity of the Bose 901 did produce a nice belly laugh. Thanks!

The Bose 901 has survived so long in the market place for two reasons. 1. MARKETING primarily. They have marketed the living piss out of this piece of dreck for 40 years. Nothing more. And you have such comtempt for audio companies marketing. Bose, without question, is the marketing king in this industry. Marketing is all that Bose has been about for several generations. As savvy as many hi-end audio companies have gotten about marketing, that can't even begin to compete with the master, Bose. A better example you will not find on how a company can take a terrible product and turn it into a legend simply by marketing. Should actually be a case study in any good marketing class. Couple that with.... 2. Most folks that purchase the Bose did so on the marketing hype alone having no idea, and not caring, what real music sounds like.

I have no problem without about 80% of your comments/ideas. You are spot on in many cases, i.e. live music as the ONLY meaningful reference, massive marketing hype in this industry, the lack of any real innovation, ideas, etc. Some of this is great and I love some of the feathers you ruffle. But then you just went and shot yourself in the foot with the Bose comment. Talk about total hype and marketing. A complete lack of real innovation. It was not innovative even when it came out. It was simply horrid then and is just as horrid now.

A few years ago Ken Kessler nominated the original Quad ESL as the audio component of the century. If one could nominate the worst audio product of the last century, the winner would be the Bose 901 by a long-shot, for one would be hard pressed to find a better piece of hyped junk. Laughable concept, terrible engineering, comical construction quality and way, way, way over priced. A big cheesy shoe box full of cheap ass driver.

BTW, musician here, or at least I fancy myself as one. Voice, piano. Season ticket holder for our local symphony, and I try to spend as much of my time listening to real, live, unamplified music as I do the hi-fi. And a degreed engineer to boot!


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