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Alex Rodriguez wrote:

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True. I happen to actually like Bose in the car. But in the car, their
compromise engineering seems to work quite well. After all, the
environment of a car for hi fi audio is a massive compromise in itself.

Compared to the truly lousy stuff car companies use to put in cars, Bose
is an upgrade. Unfortuately Bose uses lousy materials and their speakers
fail relatively quickly. A decent after market speaker will out last
Bose car speakers.

Amen to that. Kenwood, for instance, sells two models of speakers - one
is about $10 more than the other and is much better quality. They both
look identical. The sound is stunning. 7 years after I bought mine, they
still sounded like new, while my sister's factory Bose system sounded
like a clock radio. At $80-90 a pair, it's an amazingly cheap audio upgrade.