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Post Subject: High-end Bose PalliativePosted by Paul S on: 8/3/2014
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Many years ago, Peter Moncrieff (of IAR fame) built some Bose-like, multi-driver speakers, and some of the drivers "pointed away". These were heard and hailed by no less than Numero Uno Audio Guru, JG Holt. I never heard these speakers, but I have played around a lot with and integrated the notion of "bounced sound" into my audio system. Of course, the super-small, super-portable versions of the original ideas, along with the plastic tunnels, etc., are ridiculous. Neither are the Bose portables "cheap" for what they are, but they charge more, re-allocated some of the $$, and push them harder, in "fancy" magazines, like the New Yorker, etc. I would say, sonically acceptable boom boxes are where you find them; no "name" has a lock on these things, and one "good" model is no indication that there will be "good" models to follow from a given marque. I've bought these things for my kids, over the years, and I've bought a couple for myself, for work. Like car audio, you have to pick them by ear; you can't count on "brand shopping" for this stuff. In the small sizes, I think all the "theories" are out the window. Hard to say why some sound acceptable, and most just don't, regardless of company "history" or claims.
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