Bose is such an easy target

JamesCB · 04-17-2003, 01:49 PM

I just can't help picking on Bose. I love to just search for discussions about this company and laugh at the resulting conversations.

I do have a question though. Whenever I see an ad on tv (infomercial usually) or in a magazine or on the 'net, I always see the phrase "award winning". Whether its "award winning sound" or "award winning design". WHAT AWARDS HAS THIS COMPANY ACTUALLY WON?? I would be interested to know. Or, is this just another aspect of their marketing scheme?

Ranting question ends here.

Mike_J_D · 04-17-2003, 03:44 PM

I think they won an award for being the brightest speakers on the market. And another one for being the biggest friggin rip off. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA I really hate Bose.

Ron_L · 04-17-2003, 05:46 PM

Bose sucks, I wonder why Audi and Cadillac use their sound systems in their cars.

Eric_E · 04-17-2003, 07:14 PM

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Bose sucks, I wonder why Audi and Cadillac use their sound systems in their cars.

Simple, because Bose's all-marketing, no R&D scheme has led the vast majority of the American public to truly believe that Bose is the best. Those of us in the know can just laugh about it. Although, I personally don't know anything about car audio, so who knows, maybe they put out a better product for that. But anyway, my guess is still marketing.

Brett DiMichele · 04-17-2003, 07:51 PM

Caddilac uses Bose simply because GM has a long standing
contract with them. Bose supplies GM with garbage Bose
speakers cheap and GM charges a thousand dollars for the
"premium" stereo package.

My 00 Corvette has Bose (as did the two before it) and
every car that had it sounded like utter trash. Unfortunatly
I didn't have the choice to get the car without the Blows
system since I didn't order it.. But it really is a joke.

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Vincent_S · 04-17-2003, 08:24 PM

I don't think you can get a 'vette without Bose

And they are also supplying Nissan with junk as well. The cruddy Monsoon in my SS blows away the Bose in our '03 Pathfinder.

Ron_L · 04-17-2003, 08:33 PM

A CRAIG deck and Pyramid speakers sound better than Bose.

Doug BW · 04-17-2003, 08:48 PM

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WHAT AWARDS HAS THIS COMPANY ACTUALLY WON??

Believe it or not, Bose has won an award: The Bose Wave Radio won the coveted 1993 Popular Science Magazine "Best of What's New" award for electronics.

What's worse, Popular Science re-affirmed their bosophilic stance in December 2002:

"Still a sonic marvel?

That's what we called the Bose Wave radio in our 1993 awards. True today? Well, consumers still look at the Wave's fetching form and say, "I like that. I want it." The angling of its speakers enables it to cover a midsize room extremely well. It can play quite loud—at least 90 decibels without distortion—and the tonal balance is pleasingly warm. Midbass response is strong enough to inspire doubletakes: You look at it and wonder if the bass is coming from another planet. Put it on a mid-room coffee table and the Wave will still amaze guests with clean, powerful, musical sound."

ChristopherBer · 04-17-2003, 09:28 PM

Making fun of my speakers

JamesCB · 04-17-2003, 10:38 PM

ChristopherBer,

If you own Bose, don't worry about what others say. If your system works for you, and it makes you happy, thats the whole key to it.