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Re: My reaction to What Bose is all about

I've poked fun at Bose products and fans a few times on AA. My comments are based on my own experiences. If you happen to like Bose, fine for you. My feelings are based on the following:

1. Many years ago I bought a like-new but used pair of 901 speakers after my Advents were stolen. For the first week or so I was impressed, particularly with the big sound stage. But then I grew uncomfortable with solo voices, guitars, pianos, etc. that appeared to be the size of the wall behind the speakers. Also, their apparent bass sounded a bit bloated and not like real instruments. I sold them after about three months - luckily for about what I paid.

2. As elto relates, a major part of Bose is their marketing. Obviously, this has been very successful to mass market consumers. I just am not convinced that their engineering has produced the best sound possible in their respective product lines. Note elto's comments on the WAVE radio as one example.

3. My knowledge of Bose pricing (admittedly limited) is that they are more expensive than their competitors but justified only by their extensive marketing. A neighbor has a Bose 5.1 AV system which cost her well over $3K. I found this sound (set up by a Bose store specialist) to lack clarity and contain excessive mid-bass, just where the average consumer might be impressed, but very tiring to listen to for any length of time. A second Bose AV system I heard at a friend's had similar sound.

As said so often at AA, YMMV.

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