Bose makes more than speakers...

Onhwy61, Funny thing about thoes $60K german car owners is-Yes they look down on American cars and most Japanese cars, but they Love the bose sound systems in their cars, most being not audiophiles. Hence the bose sound system packaged in MBs, BMWs and Porsches. Me I took one listen in a bose equipped Boxster and went for DSP (non-bose) system in mine. I also later auditioned a 911. The 911 Bose is even more horrible. I was disgusted w/ the quality of sound in $90K car. I left the dealer even without saying thank you.

Nilthepil - Rude doesn't get anything accomplished - How can dealers know what to tell manufacturers if you leave rude and not explain what the car needs to appeal to another percentage of the population no matter how small. They put these systems in because we let them.

I agree Ljgj. I felt bad. I am not like that usually. But here is more to the story. Jamey at Paris Audio in LA sent me to the dealer to listen the compact subwoofer (bose) 911 had near center pod that was my requirement. While setting up the appointment Jamey left the speakerphone on and the dealer (apparently friends with Jamey) blurted out ' No broblem send him in, We won't tell him how bad it sounds" How is that for deception?

I know how to put Bose to the test. All you have to do is wear their noise cancelling pilots heaphones while playing music through their speakers. - If you can't hear anything then you know all assumptions are correct - their speakers really do suck and their noise cancelling technology is really something special. If we are lucky maybe the cancellation effects will cause a slight tremor and Bose will cancel itself entirely out of existence. Thay way we can all rejoice and finally relax, never having to worry that we may be invited to our boss's house for dinner, or our girlfriends' or wives parents', who just bought a new 'hi-end' system that they want to show us because they know we are into audio. (this has happened to me - I just nodded and smiled). We can only hope...

BTW NEU: MY big van has a wave radio in it through an inverter :>P