certainly bose will eliminate redundant admin and shipping positions at mcintosh, but i seriously doubt they would interfere with the design/engineering side. by all accounts, d&m left mcintosh alone when they acquired it in 2003 and kept their tech separate from denon/marantz. that said, i'm pretty sure bose will use this as a way to get further entrenched in car audio--the luxury car forums are full of folks complaining about their bose systems, and this seems like a smart way for bose to get some high end cred. i'm not sure how much this will help the value of mcintosh's legacy products, however....
