Wayne Cook
Grip
- Joined
- Dec 9, 2001
- Messages
- 15
I woke up early today about 3:30 am and while running around the dial on the TV I came to SpeedVision where they were showing a Bose infomercial on the Acoustic Wave speaker system.
This is the one that looks like a bent briefcase and has a 7 foot long tube curled around inside it. The production was one of gloss with little substance and seemed to aimed at the novice audiophile (anyone still use this word?).
1970's - High end speaker system 901's.
2000's Late night infomercials hawking $1,000 systems that deliver much less sound than systems costing half the price.
Question, when did they change? and why?
I thought the idea of a stereo system that combined direct and refective sound made a lot of sense but the company seems to be stalled with 70's technology. Am I missing something or what? Is my 1970's assesment wrong?
I am hoping for some insight into what I perceive as a change in marketing during the last 30 years, rather than all out Bose bashing.
just curious.
This is the one that looks like a bent briefcase and has a 7 foot long tube curled around inside it. The production was one of gloss with little substance and seemed to aimed at the novice audiophile (anyone still use this word?).
1970's - High end speaker system 901's.
2000's Late night infomercials hawking $1,000 systems that deliver much less sound than systems costing half the price.
Question, when did they change? and why?
I thought the idea of a stereo system that combined direct and refective sound made a lot of sense but the company seems to be stalled with 70's technology. Am I missing something or what? Is my 1970's assesment wrong?
I am hoping for some insight into what I perceive as a change in marketing during the last 30 years, rather than all out Bose bashing.
just curious.