In article z,
Captain Fire Farter, The wrote:

On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 17:06:38 -0000, Peter Sammon
wrote:

I love it when people say that Bose is not taken seriously by the rest of
the industry...of course if you are referring to the so called HIGH
END...there is a great reason why...because the high end hates Bose and the
901 and generally will go to great lengths to deter people from giving the
speakers any credibility by using the same stupid excuses like "older
technology", Direct/Reflecting sound obscures the image rather than
enhances it, no direct competition in the particular store of purchase etc.
etc. I, for one DO NOT play politics nor will I succumb to these ploys by
the so called experts who have their noses too high in the air that they
cannot even smell what life is made of. Thanks anyway for your comments.

No--I would say they're not taken seriously because they sound utterly
****.

Gotta love the "older technology" bit! I can think of older designs I
like better.

If one affixed a giant cardboard cone to the front face of an ESL 63
901-like sound might result.

Stephen