RIP Boston Acoustics

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
in Speakers
I have fond memories of my beloved CR-8 bookshelf speakers; still don't know why I sold them. Boston also made some fine sounding component car speakers too.

"As of June 2018, Sound United had discontinued Boston shipments to its dealers without notice, effectively bringing an end to the brand."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Acoustics



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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,553
    Saw this coming for a while now....
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,209
    edited August 2018
    in other rumor mill news...

    http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/fan-of-polk-for-life.833022/page-2#post-11860658
    Just read on a recent thread that Polk has gone outta business and stopped sending out to their dealers.
    ...

    News to me.
    Thoughts?

    ;)
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,931
    ^^Like it is said, fake news travels 60% faster than the truth. This should soon be all over the net.
    The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    Why bother paying for a press release when the inter web can get the news out for you instead? lol
    Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
    HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,209
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    ^^Like it is said, fake news travels 60% faster than the truth. This should soon be all over the net.

    ... and to think, I did my part to help insure that B)

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  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 13,023
    Their old car audio speakers from the "ProSeries" were highly regarded back in the day:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-mCi_nzF2M
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,230
    SO their website is still up. Not that I really care about Boston acoustics anymore but I do have many fond memories installing their products. They did however have a high failure rate. Many times speakers right out of the box would have magnets that just came off a driver or 2.
    Their outdoor voyager series was fantastic with little issues there. It was more about their book shelf models.
    Micro 90 and all the small sat sub systems where very nice. Awesome sounding for the money. Nice subs and excellent towers back in the day. Can' speak for the more modern stuff they make now which looks like they don't do anything worth looking at anymore.
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • leftwinger57
    leftwinger57 Posts: 2,917
    I was just cruising AK and the same thread appeared. What struck me was that Polk Audio was owned by D and M Holdings among many other audio makers. Polk in my limited knowledge of sales has to blow BA out of the water and I can't see them ditching it and for what. They used to own McIntosh but I think they regained market share so what or who would be competition. Plenty of expensive boutique brands but they don't compete I don't think. Ken might shed some light to this...
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,209
    McIntosh has a rather tortuous (recent) history of ownership.
    Clarion -> D & M Holdings -> Fine Sounds SpA -> McIntosh Group (management buyout)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McIntosh_Laboratory
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