Bose buys McIntosh

BOSE they cannot get any good reputation,nor + press or even acceptance among audiophiles by actually producing good great products fr their own creations, workers, engineers so can use the vast $$$$ estate Mr Bose left to buy quasi legitimacy by purchasing legit audio legends !
they are well-heeled corporate raiders!

Bose alegedly has bought audio legend Mcintosh ! and Sonus Faber !
see YT videos for perspective !

sadly i have a exotic car w/ a BOSE system I am 4th owner i did not choose it ) and their typical level of nonexistent consumer assistance was illustrated by them just telling me to "contact my dealer " ( whom promptly advised I contact Bose as they were profoundly sorry they ever let BOSE do a system for them ( and NEVER will again! )!!!!!
https://youtu.be/Ox2qi3z9KpE?si=aJ-MBX6KTOr34D2V

https://youtu.be/CsudoeibXoY?si=UlUkK4cdHrn7PaUL


https://youtu.be/oQUnpXRyGLQ?si=VDS41-ndvGI_hYVw

https://youtu.be/J5XVLBDyzNc?si=qN6MgNN6Dcezgsts
By many !|

bose is S#$% !

Jack Dale Ferrari F430 owners

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·Has anyone improved, modded their F430 spider / coupe sound system ?

i consulted w/a audio specialist shop he said maybe different head unit as the becker is weird ( keep it for future owners ) but otherwise just put in some better speakers !

( mine has the silly big $ option BOSE "upgrade audio " extra speakers , amp , sub etc

Bose® high power sound system (Modis Code: SNDB)

Available for both the F430 and F430 Spider, Bose® and Ferrari have developed a brand-new, high-power sound system. This system incorporates a new technology called FortaTM. It also includes the AudioPilotTM system, which is found on the 612 Scaglietti and the 599GTB Fiorano.

Bose® technicians developed special equalization tuning for both the F430 and the F430 Spider.

This system is composed of 11 strategically placed loudspeakers and includes:

 

A bass enclosure with a special amplifier, including 1 active woofer & 2 small passive elements. It is located under the climate control panel, linked to the center tunnel

2 tweeters, embedded in the mirror triangles

2 woofers at the bottom of the door panels

4 twiddlersTM at the top of the rear wall

One 8-way amplifier with digital signal processing, located on the rear bench"

Can’t believe that Ferrari could install such a poor set of equipment especially with the cost of the upgrade to the Bose set up.

BOSE stands for "Buy Other Sound Equipment " LOL

so better speakers and and ......................DONE.

sadly i have a exotic car w/ a BOSE system I am 4th owner i did not choose it ) and their typical level of nonexistent consumer assistance was illustrated by them just telling me to "contact my dealer " ( whom promptly advised I contact Bose as they were profoundly sorry they ever let BOSE do a system for them ( and NEVER will again! )!!!!!

It is gawd awfull and sounds like crap ! poorly engineered , a insult to automotive sound systems

ALL the owners of this VERY expensive system i have spoken to HATE IT ! AS do I!

Do! READ COMMENTS BELOW FOR SOME GOOD IDEAS ,BACKGROUND AND solutions!
WE CARE ABOUT YOU AND YOUR f430. !

https://youtu.be/Ox2qi3z9KpE?si=aJ-MBX6KTOr34D2V

https://youtu.be/CsudoeibXoY?si=UlUkK4cdHrn7PaUL

PS this guy Jay’s Audio Lab is regarded as&^&*% By many !he is an insufferable boor!

catch his video about high-end cables his panel could not tell difference in a blind test and he dismissed them saying " they needed to let the cables bed in w/ some hours of listening " ! LOL

OK so he never repeated the test after doing that !

https://youtu.be/oQUnpXRyGLQ?si=VDS41-ndvGI_hYVw

https://youtu.be/J5XVLBDyzNc?si=qN6MgNN6Dcezgst

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"Bose is S%^&" Not something that goes in this group for ANY brand.

Pre CBS Fender guitars, could become a valid comparison.

You may not be aware that Bose is owned by Massachusetts Institute of Technology - donated entirely by Amar Bose upon his death. MIT’s endowment fund exceeds $23.5 Billion.

@musicearlyadopter If I recall correctly, the shares Amar Bose donated to MIT were non-voting shares. While they make up the majority of the market cap of the company, MIT does not have a controlling interest.

I have fond memories of taking Prof. Bose’s acoustics class in 1980. He was emphatic about the need to measure not the physical properties of sound systems, but rather the listener’s response (including psychoacoustics). I took his class right around the time that he was forming, and demonstrating, the ideas that would later become the Acoustimass system -- a hidden subwoofer at frequencies where location cues are mostly absent, and small satellite speakers that provided directional information in the higher frequencies.

Much can be said about the directions that Bose Corporation took after Prof. Bose passed away, but I will remember him as infinitely curious, highly creative, and an excellent teacher.

Thanks for this interesting post.

Especially this line for me which said a lot about the reviewers ignorance of acoustic and their blind reliance on the gear "measured" numbers specs. The gear in my experience matter for sure (synergy and tech design ) but way less than acoustics ( including psychoacoustics) .

 

I have fond memories of taking Prof. Bose’s acoustics class in 1980. He was emphatic about the need to measure not the physical properties of sound systems, but rather the listener’s response (including psychoacoustics).

This what happens if you ignore new generation, change in tastes and ways of music listening and continue hoping dwindling population of gray haired men with gold plated Ethernet cables will somehow keep you afloat.