This is not meant to be a Bose bashing thread. If you do a search on my name, you will see that I do not participate in Bose bashing. I also do not claim to know everything. I most certainly do not.
I do not like Bose, mainly because of their deceptive marketing and extreme pricing. Their "top of the line" $4,000 system can't be worth more than $400. I'll bet most people on this forum feel the same way. You are in the minority.
I don't like Monster or other "high end" cable vendors for similar reasons, extreme prices and very deceptive marketing. I don't like Sony either, for a variety of reasons. There are many companies I do not like.
This thread is not meant to be a bash fest. There are enough of those on audiophile forums all over the net.
Do I care if the average Joe goes out and buys himself a Bose system? Well... yes. Why? Because I don't like to see unsuspecting people blowing their money on stuff that they think is top notch. I feel the same way about Monster. Sony is one company which I really cannot stand. I try as hard as I can to persuade people
not to buy Sony products. The recent root kit debacle was the last straw with me. I can't change everyone's mind and I don't mean to. I can try, however, to keep people from getting ripped off and pumping more money into the marketing machines that are Bose, Monster, and quite a few other companies.
I learned long ago that name recognition means
nothing. I have had enough poor quality products (power tools, lawn equipment, electronics, you name it) from companies that used to have a good reputation and made good stuff. So many of them have gone by the wayside while their name recognition keeps their sales going strong. Bose has never made stand-out products and yet their name is probably the most recognized name in audio.
I truly am curious about what is actually inside the Bose systems. I don't have thousands of dollars to buy one and rip it apart.
Sheep, thanks for the response. That picture of the plexiglass model is the
one picture I did find on Google. I should have mentioned it. I guess no one has had the will to rip apart a $300 system that cost $3,000?
By the way, Jeffsg4mac, that picture is hilarious, yet surprisingly accurate!
