Bose Infomercial

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.

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.

Is it me? I get the feeling we're in "The Twilight Zone".

Stokjoc I enjoyed your sermon, so here's a funny story. The best salesman at our local "better" audio shop is a personal friend. When he really wants to sell prospective high-$ customers on some quality 2 channel sound, he demo's first at his store, then he brings them over to my house. We put them in the sweet spot & then proceed to demo. Jaws invariably drop wide open & the sale is made, though the equipment that they're buying is not usually even similar. It just shows them the in-home potential of high quality gear; then they simply "must have this" for their own.
There's nothing much in it for me; mainly the personal satisfaction of sharing & spreading 'love of the hobby'. Have made a few friends in the process though, & sometimes these get-togethers turn into pretty good parties too. Of course I have received some preferential treatment at the store as compensation for my efforts; the least that they can do, but it all works out