Nousaine wrote:

But few non-enthusiasts could do likewise. And even fewer would be able to
install it. That's the magic of Bose ...... sell people what they want; (small,
nearly-inviisible, smartlyy styled) not what might be best-sounding to
enthusiasts or preferable to salesman of other products.

People also cpmplain about the special "Bose-Only" demomstration areas. Of
course, that is high-powered marketing, but I've never heard a single
enthusiast complain about a similar, even MORE obstrusive, technique "Single
Speaker Demostration" employed by Linn Sondek in the 80s.

My thanks to Tom for all of the frank and supportive statements about my
favorite company. I know Bose is reviled in the audiophile community for
trying to sell to the masses. I think they do have some lower level
lines that do not and should not appeal to US, but we certainly can't
make the statement that they make nothing but cheap stuff; if you have
ordered a Bose car system, you paid the price.

I have spoken with Dr. B several times, and been to the factory and had
lunch with him, etc. I asked him why they don't come up with some super
901 system with subs and everything, just to show the state of the art
in some sort of all-out effort for the hi-fi shows. He just is not
interested in a market segment that small. He told me to look into the
professional line if I wanted to build a super system.

Well, actually, I am satisfied with my dual 901 setup with subs, tho I
need to upgrade the subs to what Tom told me about, the SVS.

Anyway, the frustrating thing about Bose is that they do not and will
not ever cater to us, creating a mutual who cares society. I have
discovered some principles about how to use these speakers that show me
that they may be even more correct a design and more important than even
they believe, but that is my personal quest. And no one else much cares,
even Dr. Bose.

I'm rambling.

Gary Eickmeier