I was really excited to find the Who’s ‘Who’s Next’ on CD when it came out came out because the record always sounded like shit - lots of hiss and noise. And then I played the CD. OK, I’ll give them credit - it wasn’t the record that sounded like shit, it was the master tapes. Hiss perfectly rendered in digital. Arg.
Mark > On Dec 31, 2018, at 11:18 AM, David Hannum <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > A decent set of headphones should sound better than 99% of speakers. Welcome > to the 1%. > > > > From: AF <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf > Of David Hannum > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2018 8:25 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > But. The quality. Also Fox Headlines had commercials :( > > > On Dec 27, 2018, at 09:11, Adair Winter <[email protected] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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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