[MD1032]

Help me crush my friend. He claims that BOSE is a very dependable company with excellent products. I just hit him with the Acoutimass review:

http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html

Can you guys help me render some arguments as to why BOSE is bad? "Buy Other Sound Equipment". I know BOSE can charge ridiculous prices for mediocre equipment, but I don't know how to express it.

 

[usc goose]

let him listen to a bose system, then take him to a hi-fi shop where he can listen to a "real" system. that should make short work of the argument.

hearing is believing you know?

edit: oh yeah and if he can't hear the difference, pull out your wallet and tell him how lucky he is.

 

[Sol_Zhen]

Bose = "better audio" through marketing.

Search for any of 999,000,000 threads here dissing Bose for specifics.

If Bose products were priced 60% below what they are, they might be worth consideration.

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Just to reiterate -- it's not so much that they're bad, it's that they're overpriced. You can do better for the same investment elsewhere.

 

[D-EJ915]

Bose systems do in fact sound good, you want to tell the person who is considering purchasing one about other systems that would far surpass them. Such as a Klipsch Quintet or Energy Take 5 system (if they still make those...), both are far superior products that have very small sized satellites.

 

[Mr.PD]

Did Bose ever make quality good sounding speakers?
I remember buying a pair of Bose tower speakers back in 1986. Then in 1991 I bought a Kenwood rack system and was very disappointed that the cheaper looking 2 way Kenwood speakers sounded better than the 3 way hi tech Bose speakers.

I know, I shoud not be admitting to such audio idiocy as the above examples, in this forum.

I have better stuff now, not great, but better.

 

[Neophyte]

My Friend who works in high end audio said that this is the running joke when people come in asking about bose.

No Highes, No Lows, Must be Bose.

 

[jefemeister]

I agree with Dusty Chalk on this. Bose really isn't all that bad, it's just way way overpriced. Audio nuts get mad because un-audio-educated people think that Bose is the top of the chain. Just think, you go to Best Buy/Circuit City and Bose really is the top of the line there. It is up to us as audiophiles and enthusiasts to educate them and direct them to finer audio establishments.

 

[Eagle_Driver]

I second the opinion that Bose products are severely overpriced for their performance. Most Bose products aren't all that horrible, on an absolute scale (though there are a couple of Bose products are truly crap-tastic).

 

[princeclassic]

i would put a lot of speakers at best buy and circuit city above bose....

athena
celestion
infinity
jbl

 

[D-EJ915]

forgot Klipsch, which they also sell at best buy (along w/ jbl and athena)

 

[princeclassic]

oh...i'm not too big a fan of the synergy series klipsch speakers....they are above the bose speakers at best buy...but the other companies i mentioned are head and shoulders above the bose...

 

[adi]

Quote:

Originally posted by Dusty Chalk Just to reiterate -- it's not so much that they're bad, it's that they're overpriced. You can do better for the same investment elsewhere.

I agree

 

[Riordan]

i have an argument for you that is irrefutable:

"bose" is the german word for "evil" - it really is, i kid you not...

(actually it's "böse", hope you can see the two little dots on the o)

 

[woodytone]

i bought the qc2's but that was before i joined this message board. basically they are really expensive ear muffs.