OK - this goes back to the mid 1980's but I had a friend of mine who worked at the time in the recording industry, go with me to pick out a system - receiver, turn table, cassette recorder and speakers. (Yes, cassette recorder - I told you it was mid-80's) We walked out with Bose 301 bookshelf speakers. He said for the money, they were by far the best. I loved them! I also remember that the day I was in the shop purchasing my system, a sales rep was in there showing the store the next great thing for music - Compact Discs. He had a player and a recording of Paul McCartney's "No More Lonely Nights" and everyone was just amazed and the difference in quality between vinyl and the CD.
Dave On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 10:21 AM Josh Baird <[email protected]> wrote: > I -do- use Bose headphones (SoundSport earbuds) and I'm generally pretty > happy with them. Super comfortable (most earbuds don't stay in my ears or > hurt). > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 10:16 AM Josh Luthman <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I have Bose headphones (QC15 noise cancelling ones). They always >> surprise me how much better it is than anything else. I primarily got them >> for when I fly (of which they work phenomenally - didn't know where there >> was a screaming baby behind me until the flight attendant offered me ear >> plugs). >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 9:57 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> A decent set of headphones should sound better than 99% of speakers. >>> Welcome to the 1%. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *David Hannum >>> *Sent:* Monday, December 31, 2018 8:25 AM >>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: XM Radio >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm the 99% too . . . - I love music, but I don't have time, or desire >>> any more, to be an "audiophile" - I can't take listening to music on phone >>> speaker or laptop speakers, but I can take headphones on either and I'm >>> good with XM in the car. Works for me! >>> >>> >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 9:11 AM Josh Luthman < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I am the 99% >>> >>> >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 10:56 AM Bill Prince <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Maybe the lesson is to know your market. "Most people" are not >>> audiophiles, and "most people" probably have a taste for how music should >>> sound. Credit Bose for figuring out what people like, and tailoring their >>> product to provide it. The fact that they can do it with pedestrian >>> components is a feather in their cap (and a plus to their bottom line). >>> >>> >>> >>> bp >>> >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 12/28/2018 11:46 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: >>> >>> Bose is excellent at Turd-Polishing. >>> >>> >>> >>> Let me explain: Where a traditional provider might go and buy proper >>> drivers with good response throughout the frequency range, and take care in >>> designing a crossover, etc, when designing a speaker, Bose is more about >>> taking reasonably ok speaker elements and then using signal processing to >>> clean them up. If they have a bit of a weak spot say at the high or low >>> end, they will boost those with dynamic equalization. If there is some >>> phase distortion, often this can be cleaned up with DSP processing. And so >>> on. >>> >>> >>> >>> Often this results in a better-sounding speaker than a traditional >>> system. But this is not without compromise as sometimes the result is >>> not as 'pure' as a decently designed traditional system. But for 99% of >>> the people out there it's going to sound perfectly acceptable if not just >>> as good as the expensive system. In some cases, you'd even find that many >>> people prefer the sound from the Bose system since Bose often seems to >>> optimize for the average listener's preferences instead of what a "true >>> audiophile" would choose. Where an audiophile would look for flatness and >>> purity, an average person just wants something which sounds pleasing with >>> most things they'll play through it. If the system colors the playback a >>> bit, but it sounds better, most people won't care. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 7:02 AM Josh Luthman < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> People say all the time that Bose sucks but I'm very happy with Bose in >>> all the cars I've had it in as well as the "sound box" in the house. I'm >>> definitely not an audiophile, though. >>> >>> >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 4:09 PM Jason McKemie < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Bose has good marketing and not a lot else. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 2:49 PM Josh Baird <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Bose car audio (and home audio) is pretty terrible and far from accurate >>> in most cars. I just bought a new car that has Bose ‘premium’ audio, and >>> it sounds like absolute crap compared to my old car which had the premium >>> HK stock system. >>> >>> >>> >>> ... but, I’m sort of an audiophile, so most people probably won’t agree >>> with me. >>> >>> >>> On Dec 27, 2018, at 3:21 PM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Quality sounds great to me. But of course I've had Bose audio in all >>> the cars with XM. >>> >>> >>> >>> Josh Luthman >>> Office: 937-552-2340 >>> Direct: 937-552-2343 >>> 1100 Wayne St >>> Suite 1337 >>> Troy, OH 45373 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 9:21 AM Adair Winter < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> quality varies across some of the stations I've noticed, depends on what >>> you are listening to. talk radio is worse than some of the music channels. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 8:17 AM Matt Hoppes < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> But. The quality. Also Fox Headlines had commercials :( >>> >>> >>> On Dec 27, 2018, at 09:11, Adair Winter <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> because no commercials and the same stations everywhere it pretty cool. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 8:00 AM Matt Hoppes < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> We just got a new vehicle at work that includes XM radio for some period >>> of time for free. >>> >>> Anyone else who’s had experience with XM: does it always sound like it’s >>> compressed, digital and low fidelity? 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