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Bose Infomercial

I was up late last night and this infomercial for the Bose Music Wave came on. The "host" was Herbie Hancock. Interesting I watched it for about 1/2 hour - got tired of the same testimonials. May be the best thing on the box. Now I don't mean to disparage lifestyle systems too much and I can see their appeal (no wires, portability) but this was some very slick advertising for what I thought was just a ghetto blaster. It really highlighted the difference between the people that visit this site and the rest of the world. Evantually I had to put on my headphones just to reassure myself that all the components and wires are worth it. Highly recommend you give it a watch. I wonder how much Herbie got paid.
wirehead
tubegroover
2,320 posts
 
Bob Bundas - The part about fooling some of the people ALL of the time is "all it takes baby" witness Mr. Popiel, he's just so excited and everybody wants in. "I just bought one for my daughter and....." enthusisam, that's the ticket because people want a piece of it.

Same with Bose. To those that haven't, if you get the opportunity go to one of their outlets and listen to the spiel and their demo. You may go away laughing but you'll probably have more energy than when you walked in the door.
sugarbrie
3,854 posts
 
Reminds me of the selling of Geratol on Lawrence Welk.
landmarkbldrsf3a2
40 posts
 
wirehead: If all of you are talking about the wave radio from bose that I think you are. It acually has only I speaker in it, so how can bose state they have true stereo sound? Unless true stereo has changed, it's with 2 speakers. Another way for bose to rip us off. And are you guy's kidding? No one even half famous is going to do a commercial for free. Bob Villa presses sears craftsman tools, Gee I wonder who pays his bills? It's funny though, I really don't know any builders who use those tools? I would rather spend $300 on a sony tabletop mini stereo with 2 speakers, a cd player, a tuner, and even a remote.
stokjoc
43 posts
 
Several months ago I ran an ad by Bose that was, well, sickening. I love Bose, really. They are the Darth Vador of audio. Best of all the people who buy his stuff are proud to own it and seem to like it a lot. A friend of mine just got a Mercades and couldn't wait to tell me how much he loved the sound. Perhaps in car audio he is right.
Needless to say none of the guys, or gals, in this thread will ever be fooled. It is up to you to spread the word and make sure that the manufacturers who deserve to stay in business make enough $ to keep the doors open ! Needless to say we can't leave it to the dealers. Most of them want to sell to established audiophiles not create new ones !Invite a friend over and let his ears hear the difference. Better yet, start a club and begin something that will make a real impact. End of sermon.
blbloom
286 posts
 
Is it me? I get the feeling we're in "The Twilight Zone".
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