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I was just browsing their products and saw an ad. for the Bose mulit-CD Changer. Looks neat but I am dubious about the benefits of the 'wave' element of this product. Does it make for a better quality of sound?

Bravo, on 31 July 2010 - 09:43 AM, said:

I've posted this several times - http://www.intellexual.net/bose.html


They make compact products that fit nicely into spaces. That being said, you pay (as noted in the article) for lots of marketing. Basically there are multiple places to go for better sound for less money. The reality is that marketing costs lots of money and people are influenced by it. You can look at places like Cambridge Soundworks (I think it is noted in the article too) and other places to get similar products. Some people don't feel comfortable buying something over the web. They would rather go into a store. We had a local chain of retail audio stores (Myer-Emco) that was in business over 50 years and the state of the economy and stores like Best Buy with Magnolia within those stores carrying slightly higher end stuff did them in. They carried brands like Pioneer Elite, McInstosh, Rotel, Definitive Technology, B&W, etc. Their sales people, unlike those at mass market stores like Best Buy were trained to know something. Yes, they carried Bose too and had a couple of systems set off to the side on their own (as Bose demands), I knew some of them well and when you have the opportunity to compare things with the doors closed to the public you can easily tell what is quality and what is marketing hyped perceived quality. If you go into an audio shop with knowledgeable people who are truly professional you learn lots.

On a lighter note related to the subject - here is a related video - http://www.youtube.c...h?v=ZCBe7-6rw4M

Glad I watched that video at home as sudden bursts of laughter can disturb others! I especially loved the line 'I'm upgrading from an Ipod'...classic. Didn't the guy have a British accent? Nobody can convey quite as much by tone of voice as the British!

Bravo, on 02 August 2010 - 08:07 AM, said:

While of course it is an exaggeration, there are elements of truth to what high end audio sales people go through. My friend will still help out here and there at the high end store but he worked there many years Thursday nights and Saturdays and I was there many times when either he or the owner was there or both and sometimes you would here the strangest things. For some reason people get hung up on marketing BS or rankings in high end stereo magazines (which of course are done by reviewers, some of which are good at their job and some are so-so and some are worse than that like any other profession). I never get why someone won't bring in their favorite recordings and listen and make up their minds for themselves. No one can really tell you what you prefer. Many years ago I knew someone who also worked in the industry in retail sales and would love to rip apart sales people who tried to BS about things. Don't get me wrong, there is some element of enjoyment to give someone obnoxious who really doesn't know what they think they know or assumes you are and idiot and will listen to anything but in these times with retailers hurt by the economy and the internet there isn't as much of that.