Bose lost out again!

TrappedUnder Ice
TrappedUnder Ice Posts: 975
edited October 2001 in Technical/Setup
some co-workers of mine told me they wanted to upgrade thier 15yr old kenwood system (think it was a rack unit)... and they like the @2500 bose system at Frys...

After them comming over...and listening to real theater...they walked away with
Polk RT35i's
Polk CS245i
Pok Rt25i's
Velodyne CT110....
Onkyo 586?- latest unit with DPLII..


Now they think/know what we do about bose.... Yuck..

just another day in heaven :)

laters:cool:
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited October 2001
    Good job mate, we can only help them one at a time, the battle is long, and hard, but good will prevail!!!!!!

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,519
    edited October 2001
    Fight the good fight...way to go!


    Peace Out~:D
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2001
    Nothing like a little grass roots revolution....good on ya!

    BTW, anyone heard from Aaron??

    heh, heh heh

    Troy
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited October 2001
    Not a peep today, I think maybe he was one of those kids that wore his baseball cap too much, and too low. You know, now his ears point WAY forward?

    He probably cant even hear behind him, I can think of no other excuse. Esp with R10's sellin like hotcakes for under a bone a pair.

    I don't get it, he must know some chic that likes Bose or something.

    The Eighth wonder of the audio world?

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,519
    edited October 2001
    I just ran into him and Micah, they were shopping for socks.


    Peace Out~:D
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • Aaron
    Aaron Posts: 1,853
    edited October 2001
    Man, I take some time off to do a little job searching, and look what happens? Since Polk doesn't have any job openings I may just have to visit www.bose.com and see what's cooking! And Russ, I still have my doubts about the R10's. It would make an interesting comparison, though.

    Aaron
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2001
    Don't be talking about my R10's, bose-boy. I have been out playing golf and drinking beer with the boss so I'll definately open up that can of whoop-**** on ya!

    Troy
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,519
    edited October 2001
    I have been out playing golf and drinking beer

    Now I'm pissed.


    Peace Out~:D
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • Aaron
    Aaron Posts: 1,853
    edited October 2001
    I hope you got a case of whoop ****, 'cause that's the minimum you'll need for me, baby! And my Bose, they'll piss all over your RT7's! And then my RT55's will hose them both down. Man, that's blasphemous. Hahah! :D

    Aaron
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2001
    Bring it on BOYEEEEE!

    Just wait till I get those DQ-10's powered up man, then we will see!

    Lessee here, still got 9 Boddington's to go!!!

    Troy
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited October 2001
    boddington's rocks. my fav. beer.
    "I got into the music business thinking it was really radical, that it wasn't really a business at all, that it was a lot of people being artistic and creative. Not true, and it made me very depressed."

    Thom Yorke of Radiohead

    SOPA. Bow down before me, ****. Want a cookie?


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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2001
    ....okay, let's call it 7 now.....

    Good call my brotha, Bod's are da sheet man!

    Troy
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,243
    edited October 2001
    What are the Boddington's like? I've almost gotten some but couldn't quite do it. Thanks!

    Wes
    Link: http://polkarmy.com/forums

    Sony 75" Bravia 4K | Polk Audio SDA-SRS's (w/RDO's & Vampire Posts) + SVS PC+ 25-31 | AudioQuest Granite (mids) + BWA Silver (highs) | Cary Audio CAD-200 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Rotel Michi P5 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Cambridge Audio azur 840C--Wadia 170i + iPod jammed w/ lossless audio--Oppo 970 | Pure|AV PF31d
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2001
    They are smooth as a prom queen's thighs....

    A very smooth, but not terrible heavy ale. Good stuff, if you like darker beers, I think you will like it. Not as heavy as Guiness.

    only 3 left, starting to slow down now...

    Troy
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • I-SIG
    I-SIG Posts: 2,243
    edited October 2001
    4 beers in 2 hours? Troy, you're nursin' 'em! Cool. Next time I'm out or at the store I'll get some. Thanks. I like some dark beers, it varies. Sam Adams Pale Ale is great.

    Wes
    Link: http://polkarmy.com/forums

    Sony 75" Bravia 4K | Polk Audio SDA-SRS's (w/RDO's & Vampire Posts) + SVS PC+ 25-31 | AudioQuest Granite (mids) + BWA Silver (highs) | Cary Audio CAD-200 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Rotel Michi P5 | Signal Cable Silver Resolution XLR's | Cambridge Audio azur 840C--Wadia 170i + iPod jammed w/ lossless audio--Oppo 970 | Pure|AV PF31d
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2001
    ....and I am kinda hurtin this morning...

    Lessee, I started out with 3 4-packs of Bod's pints, I have three left, so I consumed 9 on top of a rack and a half of Mich Lite on the golf course....granted, my stamina isn't what it once was but that is pretty good for me on a school night.

    Troy

    Check out the Bod's you will like 'em. They are better on draft but the cans aren't bad....
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited October 2001
    I grew up actually wanting Bose. My brother first had a pair of 10.2, then got the 901s, then some of those little cubes. I still think the 10.2s sounded fair, but the others sucked. Even in my teens I thought the 901s sounded "boxy". And this is with the drivers pointed in different directions bouncing off the walls. At one time he had them down in the basement with cinder block walls. That's where they sounded the best, but nothing great. Sure there was a wall of sound, but no imaging and very hollow sounding. I like the cubes for what they can do considering their size. But somehow Cambridge can do it better at about 1/3 the price.

    I would like to listen to some 401s and some of the Interaudio line. I remember liking these, but I was younger and less discriminating.

    I hope Herbie Hancock got paid a TON of money to do that infommercial for the Wave radio. At least when Robert Johnson sold his soul at the crossroads he got something.
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2001
    I have never heard the 901's, I would like to, just for GP's......

    We have covered this before but the thing that pisses me off is that Bose touts them as audiophile equipment and charges accordingly......if you want a small non-intrusive looking setup for ambient noise, I think that the cubes are a good idea, at a fraction of the cost however. To me, it isn't the product so much as the disception behind it.

    I have heard some of Bose's book shelves (201's or 301's, something like that) and to me, they sound like cheap bookshelves a la KLH, Jensen and the like.

    Troy
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,519
    edited October 2001
    Not as heavy as Guiness.

    Guiness.....Guniess is coors light. I need to send you a bottle of Steelhead Extra Stout. You chew this beer.

    I cannot wait, after work, heading over to the Steelhead Brewery here in Irvine. Gonna get me some fresh brewed, nutt'in better, well almost nutt'in.


    Peace Out~:D
    If...
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    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2001
    I would dig some of that brotha....sounds like good stuff

    Troy
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  • Aaron
    Aaron Posts: 1,853
    edited October 2001
    Man, I don't know how anyone drinks that crap! Me, give me liquor all night long! Kinda like last night, actually....

    Aaron
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited October 2001
    boddingtons is the smoothest beer i've tried. if you buy it, don't get it in bottles, get in a pint-sized can (they come in 4-packs). it's draft in a can. it's got a little nitrogen ball that gives it a big head like draft when you pour it in a glass. the can's are the same as the can's you can buy guinness in. guinness is also one of my favs.
    "I got into the music business thinking it was really radical, that it wasn't really a business at all, that it was a lot of people being artistic and creative. Not true, and it made me very depressed."

    Thom Yorke of Radiohead

    SOPA. Bow down before me, ****. Want a cookie?


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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited October 2001
    send some steelhead my way ron-p. is it microbrewed?
    "I got into the music business thinking it was really radical, that it wasn't really a business at all, that it was a lot of people being artistic and creative. Not true, and it made me very depressed."

    Thom Yorke of Radiohead

    SOPA. Bow down before me, ****. Want a cookie?


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    Samsung LN-T4061F 40" 1080P LCD HDTV
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    Soundstage Vacuum II tube pre
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited October 2001
    I bet they like the 'sissy' drinks.........

    Little umbrellas, fruity-tooty, 'touch my booty' drinks....

    I AM finding some Boddingtons, hopefully in T-minus 21 minutes....


    R
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited October 2001
    i'd like to get some boddingtons now, but they don't sell it around here, but even if they did, i couldn't--damn this whole 21 thing!
    "I got into the music business thinking it was really radical, that it wasn't really a business at all, that it was a lot of people being artistic and creative. Not true, and it made me very depressed."

    Thom Yorke of Radiohead

    SOPA. Bow down before me, ****. Want a cookie?


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  • Aaron
    Aaron Posts: 1,853
    edited October 2001
    One word: shots

    Aaron

    P.S. There's nothing wrong with fruity drinks in moderation
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2001
    since I am already hammered...

    got one word for ya....and my word is:

    wimp.

    Troy
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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  • wodom1
    wodom1 Posts: 1,054
    edited October 2001
    lol:D
    "I got into the music business thinking it was really radical, that it wasn't really a business at all, that it was a lot of people being artistic and creative. Not true, and it made me very depressed."

    Thom Yorke of Radiohead

    SOPA. Bow down before me, ****. Want a cookie?


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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,519
    edited October 2001
    I would dig some of that brotha....sounds like good stuff
    send some steelhead my way ron-p. is it microbrewed?


    TroyD, wodom1:

    Yes, it is microbrewed. Tell'ya what, email me your addresses guys and I'll send out a bottle to each of ya. If you like it and what more, then will talk. The first round is on me. But, you have to drink it at room temp, no colder. It hampers the flavor if it is cold.


    Peace Out~:D
    peregrinefalcon@earthlink.net
    If...
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    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,077
    edited October 2001
    did I really call Aaron a wimp? Well, anyone that drinks things with juice or umbrellas in them...but, uh, sorry about that.

    For future reference...

    If you knock of work at noon with a couple of buddies and go to the house and are pretty well blitzed when your wife arrives home, don't be surprised if she isn't speaking to you....

    Troy
    I plan for the future. - F1Nut
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