Guy Johnson wrote on Wed, 07 April 2010 14:50 |
So easy to knock Bose, but they've done a lot to up the ante on amplified sound. Just remember how the 802s showed up those crappy 12"/horn horrors of yore, before the EV S200 came along. And the 302 sub showed you could get decent bass in small places from small boxes.
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Hey, it's expensive, it MUST be good!
The 802 was popular because their size made them easy to transport. It outperformed some "crappy" boxes, and did it at only five times the price.
When used primarily as a vocal PA, they worked OK. The human voice occupies a relatively narrow section of the audio bandwidth.
In the 80's, when a lot of my friends were "banging their heads", I did quite a few gigs in country clubs and hotel ballrooms with Bose 802s.
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Bose continue to innovate and fill many a niche in the market very well. So there.
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A couple of the niche markets they fill very well is the "products for guys with more money than brains" category and the "stuff for people who have never really heard good sound reinforcement" market.
There greatest "innovation" is their ability to have people give them large sums of money for gear of marginal quality, and have them feel good about it.
I am of the opinion that, for the money, there are a lot of better alternatives than the Bose stick things. If Bose sticks were a few hundred dollars each, they might be worth considering as a possible solution for certain situations. At their current asking price, I can't think of any situation where there is not an alternative product that would both work better and cost less.
If you dig Bose, buy Bose. It aint gonna hurt nobody.