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RIP Amar Bose

I know Bose gets bashed a lot around here, but no one can deny he had a huge impact on audio.
The first time I heard the Bose 901 in 1973 or 74 I was in awe.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/13/business/amar-g-bose-acoustic-engineer-and-inventor-dies-at-83.html?_r=0
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grannyring
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Timrhu,

I am from Nashua and went to high school at Nashua High - class 80. Loved going to Tech Hifi back in the day!

Yes, Bose 901 at a party listening to Smoke on the Water and it sounded great! I had to have a set of those 901's when I was a teen....
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jafant
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RIP Dr Bose.
gslone
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Back in '77 a friend of mine purchased a new pair of 301's, along with a 45w/ch Technics/by Panasonic receiver and a B&O turntable. I enjoyed those 301's a lot - drinking beer, smoking and listing to Brian Auger's Oblivion Express double live LP. What a buzz!
RIP, Dr Bose, and thanks for those early 301's.
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mapman
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Obviously a very intelligent and successful man that many could and did learn from over the years. Don't know much else about him but that alone is a pretty good legacy.

Bose early on was about elevating in-home sound quality mostly it seems, but only to a certain point. Not a better sound always for greater cost type of company. More about building products that sound decent that many might afford and want. It's hard to argue with success.
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