In article z,
The Devil wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:22:40 -0400, George M. Middius
wrote:

You won't believe this. Or maybe you will, but you'll be appalled. Wait...
In honor of Mexican bull testicles, I'll tell it like you're sitting on the
next stool at the bar.

A guy goes to work. He works in an office. He gets his coffee and sits down
at his desk. A co-worker starts a conversation that ventures into pop
music, and then meanders into home audio. The co-worker says he has a nice
little system with little tiny speakers and a bigger subwoofer. The first
guy, being a bit of an audio enthusiast, hears mental alarm bells at the
mention of "little tiny speakers". So he asks the co-worker what kind of
speakers he has. The other guy says they're Bose. The first guy asks if he
likes them or if he's thinking of upgrading. The co-worker, astonished,
answers, "What do you mean upgrade? Bose makes the best speakers in the
world!"

True story.

I had a guy come paint the outside of my office a couple of weeks ago.
He noted the 'weird' speakers and valves. I let him have a listen. His
eyes were all over the place for a while, then he asks me where the
other speakers are, the sound seems to be coming from everywhere. I
tell him there are just the two speakers he sees and some subs mounted
in the attic space driving the vents in the corners of the room. 'That
sound is amazing', he says, then goes on to tell me how the best
system he'd ever heard was in a shop. It was a 'Bang and Oliveson'. He
was soon back outside painting the walls again. ****.

Makes one wish for a squad of goons on call for involuntary etymotic
installation...

Maybe he's just a Dr Who fan:

http://www.time.com/time/2003/invent...vspeakers.html

Stephen