EsthetiX
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I thought this could be a fun one... I will start with iPhone. LOL no IM JK jk.. No wars please
What are some of the biggest scams you've seen in portable audio products?
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Sebastianbf
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one word: Bose
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Dammit, I saw the thread title and thought 'iPhone', beaten to it by the very first post!
| Originally Posted by EsthetiX /img/forum/go_quote.gif I will start with iPhone. |
Dammit, I saw the thread title and thought 'iPhone', beaten to it by the very first post!
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Sansa E200... All the reviews said it had good SQ!! No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, i did get it for $130
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One word: Cables.
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Dang, you beat me to it.
But, yeah, I would've said Bose, for sure.
Bose is a lucrative "high-fi" company for a reason, and that's because of their marketing tactics and the ability to convince unknowing and unsuspecting consumers that anything sold by them are high fidelity products...
| Originally Posted by Sebastianbf /img/forum/go_quote.gif one word: Bose |
Dang, you beat me to it.
But, yeah, I would've said Bose, for sure.
Bose is a lucrative "high-fi" company for a reason, and that's because of their marketing tactics and the ability to convince unknowing and unsuspecting consumers that anything sold by them are high fidelity products...
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How do you define scam? It has a pretty negative connotation.
I don't find any of the things mention above a scam. They operate in their own business models and target certain markets. If you're speaking of value, everybody has their own judgement of that.
I don't find any of the things mention above a scam. They operate in their own business models and target certain markets. If you're speaking of value, everybody has their own judgement of that.
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Portable interconnects >$50 in price.
Even $30 is stretching it.
Even $30 is stretching it.
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All the fake shure IEMs on ebay.
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Bose have good marketers, every time I talk about headphones I bought to my friends/relatives they always assume I bought "BOSE."
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Well there are some commercials on BOSE in Holland, but it's far from anything populair....
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I don't mean literally scamming people in legal terms. I'm referring to companys that hype their products way above their actual performance capabilities and use fancy technical jargon and marketing to confuse people. Bose has been a classic example of this.
| Originally Posted by lan /img/forum/go_quote.gif How do you define scam? It has a pretty negative connotation. I don't find any of the things mention above a scam. They operate in their own business models and target certain markets. If you're speaking of value, everybody has their own judgement of that. |
I don't mean literally scamming people in legal terms. I'm referring to companys that hype their products way above their actual performance capabilities and use fancy technical jargon and marketing to confuse people. Bose has been a classic example of this.
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That's messed up, how can people get away with such a thing.
| Originally Posted by kramer5150 /img/forum/go_quote.gif All the fake shure IEMs on ebay. |
That's messed up, how can people get away with such a thing.
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it's not just shure. there are tons of mockup phones that will fall apart the minute you get them.
most Chinese Mp3/Mp4 mockup players are pretty bad, but Meizu is trying to fight through that Chinese stereotype.
most Chinese Mp3/Mp4 mockup players are pretty bad, but Meizu is trying to fight through that Chinese stereotype.
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