Bose listening stations (at the airport?!?)

Norm Apter
Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
edited July 2010 in The Clubhouse
About three weeks ago I had a layover at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport (as an aside, that airport kind of depresses me...no offense to our Texas Polkie breathren), and I walked by what appeared to be a Bose listening station with customer reps and an array of headphones (maybe other products as well...its not like I went up and checked it out or anything) for sale.

Talk about aggressive marketing....I mean a shopping mall kiosk is one thing, but in an airport? And they were pretty much the only sort of vendor working out in the open, that is, outside of regular airport shops.

Has anyone else seen these at other airports?
2 Ch.
Parasound Halo A23 Amp
Parasound Halo P3 Preamp
Parasound Halo T3 Tuner
Bada HD22SE tube CD Player
Magnum Dynalab Signal Sleuth
Magnum Dynalab ST-2 antenna
polkaudio Lsi9s (upgraded cross-overs)
MIT Shotgun S-3 Bi-wire Interface Speaker Cables
MIT Shotgun S-3 Interconnects (3)
IegO L70530 Power cords (3)

HT
Denon 2808ci AVR
polkaudio RTi A5s (fronts)
polkaudio RTi A1s (rears)
polkaudio Csi A6 (center)
Signal Cable Ultra Speaker Cables
Signal Cable Analog II Interconnects
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  • lanchile
    lanchile Posts: 560
    edited July 2010
    Wow, Bose is very desperate to put their crabs in the airport.
    Make it simple...Make it better!
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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited July 2010
    Makes sense--odds are they were demonstrating the Quiet Comfort Noise canceling headphones--and since one of the main selling points of them are for cutting out the noise of an aircraft, makes sense to me to market to one of the target end users where one might usually find them.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited July 2010
    The Bose corporation excels at marketing.
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited July 2010
    Been in that same airport last week and saw it also. The airport itself was not that bad, some good BBQ shacks in there.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited July 2010
    At an airport? Who would want to buy headphones at an airport! Well duh... That would be like selling mustard next to the ketchup. :)
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,079
    edited July 2010
    Bose has fantastic marketing. They have most of the general population in the USA thinking the are the best products made. That is what marketing is supposed to do. Good job on them.
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