Re: Looking for Facts on Bose

["Arun Rao" <rao@frisbee>]

On May 21,  1:47am, ScharfR@aol.com wrote:
> Subject: Looking for Facts on Bose
> Over time, I have read a lot of commentary on Audi's various Bose systems -
> much of it negative.  Also a lot of negative on Audi radios/speakers/antennae
> in general.
>
> Is there any way to separate the wheat from the chaff?  I admit to having
> sub-audiophile ears, so I'm not capable of giving anything more than a lay
> persons evaluation.
[....]
> 4.  Are there Bose defenders out there?  (Is it possible that Bose is fine,
> but some folks just like to spend/tweek/fiddle?)

	Count me as a Bose defender -- or a fellow owner of sub-audiophile
	ears! The Bose system in my car ('91 200Q) sounds great to me
	(regardless of the number of speakers :-).  The receiver (or the
	antenna system) leaves something to be desired, I think, but my
	poor reception could just be the somewhat hilly region I live in:
	we don't even get acceptable TV without cable. Maybe a real
	external antenna would help, but I'm not about to drill holes in
	my car for something I rarely use anyway.

	Other minor nitpicks -- dash display doesn't indicate CD mode, even
	for my factory installation, and receiver doesn't seem to have any
	seek/scan feature(!).

	-Arun

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