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Best source for Bose products?
11/27/2011 11:01:04 AM
My folks have asked for one for Christmas, and I think I'm seeing a "minimum pricing" policy in my searches online. Am I wrong- is there a best place to buy Bose products from?
11/27/2011 11:08:27 AM
1. Try educating them on why audiophiles say "No highs, no lows, must be Bose".
2. Buy them something better.
3. Save money.
4. Profit.
2. Buy them something better.
3. Save money.
4. Profit.
11/27/2011 11:09:25 AM
More and more manufacturers are adopting MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) policies. It doesn't mean they can't sell it to you cheaper, but you have to ask. Kind of like dealing with a human in a Brick & Mortar store.
11/27/2011 5:09:43 PM
Originally Posted By Vortech347:
1. Try educating them on why audiophiles say "No highs, no lows, must be Bose".
2. Buy them something better.
3. Save money.
4. Profit.
1. Try educating them on why audiophiles say "No highs, no lows, must be Bose".
2. Buy them something better.
3. Save money.
4. Profit.
I gave up trying to educate my mother a long time ago... I'll be buying one of these regardless of whether I think it's a good idea or not.
11/27/2011 7:10:19 PM
Originally Posted By TAP:
I gave up trying to educate my mother a long time ago... I'll be buying one of these regardless of whether I think it's a good idea or not.
Originally Posted By Vortech347:
1. Try educating them on why audiophiles say "No highs, no lows, must be Bose".
2. Buy them something better.
3. Save money.
4. Profit.
1. Try educating them on why audiophiles say "No highs, no lows, must be Bose".
2. Buy them something better.
3. Save money.
4. Profit.
I gave up trying to educate my mother a long time ago... I'll be buying one of these regardless of whether I think it's a good idea or not.
Okay but put your foot down when she tries to buy Monster cables to hook everything up.
Sorry to hear she has fallen for Bose's flashy marketing.
12/2/2011 6:30:53 AM
Originally Posted By Vortech347:
Okay but put your foot down when she tries to buy Monster cables to hook everything up.
Sorry to hear she has fallen for Bose's flashy marketing.
Originally Posted By TAP:
I gave up trying to educate my mother a long time ago... I'll be buying one of these regardless of whether I think it's a good idea or not.
Originally Posted By Vortech347:
1. Try educating them on why audiophiles say "No highs, no lows, must be Bose".
2. Buy them something better.
3. Save money.
4. Profit.
1. Try educating them on why audiophiles say "No highs, no lows, must be Bose".
2. Buy them something better.
3. Save money.
4. Profit.
I gave up trying to educate my mother a long time ago... I'll be buying one of these regardless of whether I think it's a good idea or not.
Okay but put your foot down when she tries to buy Monster cables to hook everything up.
Sorry to hear she has fallen for Bose's flashy marketing.
I talked with an engineer that worked there one time. He confirmed that they take really inexpensive speakers and add a DSP that conditions the signal so that it can be played loud without distortion. They do this by attenuating whole frequency ranges that the speaker can't handle. He thought this was awesome and was bragging about it. Perhaps the engineering is neat, but the resulting sound is horrid.
12/2/2011 11:09:32 AM
Originally Posted By Taboot:
I talked with an engineer that worked there one time. He confirmed that they take really inexpensive speakers and add a DSP that conditions the signal so that it can be played loud without distortion. They do this by attenuating whole frequency ranges that the speaker can't handle. He thought this was awesome and was bragging about it. Perhaps the engineering is neat, but the resulting sound is horrid.
Originally Posted By Vortech347:
Okay but put your foot down when she tries to buy Monster cables to hook everything up.
Sorry to hear she has fallen for Bose's flashy marketing.
Originally Posted By TAP:
I gave up trying to educate my mother a long time ago... I'll be buying one of these regardless of whether I think it's a good idea or not.
Originally Posted By Vortech347:
1. Try educating them on why audiophiles say "No highs, no lows, must be Bose".
2. Buy them something better.
3. Save money.
4. Profit.
1. Try educating them on why audiophiles say "No highs, no lows, must be Bose".
2. Buy them something better.
3. Save money.
4. Profit.
I gave up trying to educate my mother a long time ago... I'll be buying one of these regardless of whether I think it's a good idea or not.
Okay but put your foot down when she tries to buy Monster cables to hook everything up.
Sorry to hear she has fallen for Bose's flashy marketing.
I talked with an engineer that worked there one time. He confirmed that they take really inexpensive speakers and add a DSP that conditions the signal so that it can be played loud without distortion. They do this by attenuating whole frequency ranges that the speaker can't handle. He thought this was awesome and was bragging about it. Perhaps the engineering is neat, but the resulting sound is horrid.
Here's a pretty good analysis of Bose speakers. http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html The article is old, but the shortcomings he discusses are the same complaints that I still hear about today.
