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Mark Howell wrote:

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 19:57:20 GMT, (Farrell8882)
wrote:

A friend of mine asked me "Why _not_ Bose?" and I really don't have an
answer
for her. I know audiophiles routinely revile the brand, but that's not an
excuse I'm comfortable sharing. It's not one I can either defend or expound
on.

Here's one reason. The P.O.S. Bose amplifiers in the Delco/Bose
stereo in my Cadillac have failed repeatedly, and one of them actually
caught fire -- the stench was unbelievable although actual damage was
minimal.

So as far as I'm concerned, Bose literally stinks!

Mark Howell

Well that surely sucks. OTOH I've performed extensive and detailed evaluation
of a couple hundred production OEM sound systems and nearly 500 when you count
prototypes and concepts and by and large Bose delivers the best on-road
sound.Their best car systems are better than 80-90% of the home systems I've
listened to...... perhaps 300 over the past quarter century..... in pure sound
quality terms.

Of course, it is true that I've seen no more than a couple really good Bose
home systems.