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UNCjigga

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Their sh*t is good, but overpriced. Example--take their SoundDock iPod speakers. Fvcking $299 for small speakers? Any self respecting gamer knows that a Logitech 6-speaker system with DTS decoding, digital inputs, THX and 1000x better sound quality can be had for less. And yet, for such a small package, those speakers put out better sound than anything else. I haven't compared them to the new Altec Lansing iPod speakers, but compared to the older ones the Bose SoundDock is MUCH better.
 

YOyoYOhowsDAjello

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0roo0roo

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Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
hifi companies have something to learn from t amp... grumble

http://www.tnt-audio.com/ampli/t-amp_e.html
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/sonicimpact/t.html

goddamned inflated prices

I want one just to try it so I can be more confident recommending it to people.

I have a pair of Fluance SV-6s sitting in a closet that would love to be put to use. :D

not sure i'd recommend em at all. its just proof that the music industry isn't really trying when it comes to innovation/cost reduction i guess. why would they when they can milk people for thousands.
 

Tiamat

Lifer
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LOL :beer:

The Tamp could possibly be good. Using DC is much cleaner than AC as a power source. I dont know anything about what it can actually drive though.
 

SVT Cobra

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bose for your car and home theatre FTW

hey if they can charge the price of that and still make money all the power to them....while me as a consumer wishes and hates that it is that high...if I want to do it right I am getting bose
 

Tiamat

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Originally posted by: Mucho
I only wish I could afford Bose I've yet to hear anything better!

Dont mean to be mean or anything, but have you heard anything?

Im talking like B&W, Paradigm, Dali, Krell, Thell, ACI, Axiom, Ascend, Onix, Swan, Klipsch, Polk, Infinity, ...

Take the Acoustimass 16 for example ($1300)

Take the same money and buy:
SVS PB-12-ISD ($675 incl s/h)
3x Paradigm Titan ($610 after dealer discounts)

There is no way the Bose can even think of competing...
 

EatSpam

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May 1, 2005
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Bose: Better profits through marketing.

or how about

No highs, no lows, gotta be Bose!


My Best Buy purchased Klipsch speakers sound 1000x better than my old Bose system that I threw in the dumpster. Also cost less!
 

Rubycon

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The moonlight on the water is so pretty. All the little silver sparkles - I mean there must be eighty five hundred twenty billion of them - going on forever like little silver butterflies kissing the surface of the water. It's one of the most beautiful things in the world...
 

kravmaga

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Bose are pretty much a joke in the audiophile world, not that I'm some pretentious audiophile that applies magnets to cd's for them to magically sound more open but I recently took the pludge into mid-fi (hi-fi to 90% of the population) speakers and a receiver. For the price I paid for my panasonic xr-55 and Axiom m3ti speakers I doubt I could get anything from bose that comes close to the sound quality at even 10x the price.

 

PurdueRy

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Originally posted by: kravmaga
Bose are pretty much a joke in the audiophile world, not that I'm some pretentious audiophile that applies magnets to cd's for them to magically sound more open but I recently took the pludge into mid-fi (hi-fi to 90% of the population) speakers and a receiver. For the price I paid for my panasonic xr-55 and Axiom m3ti speakers I doubt I could get anything from bose that comes close to the sound quality at even 10x the price.


Good choices :)