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From: rdp@teddy.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Richard Pierce's flames about Bose 901
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Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 12:19:01 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 25 12:19:01 1985
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Well, I must say that Mr Koenig has succeeded in swamping me with
unfounded assertions far exceeding the ones he is accusing me of.

I fear that I could at least triple his output answering his charges
but it's not worth it.

The original article was, at best, anecdotal. The final conclusion
he made about people are stupid to by something just because some 
kid who irresponsibly destroyed his hearing listening to the same 
product is interesting. Note that this kid could have just as easily
destroyed his hearing with JBL's, AR's, or any of Mr. Koenigs favorite
speakers.

As to the assertion that Bose used grimly cheap components, well I would
simply suggest taking aprt representitive samples over their history,
looking at the parts, and seeing what prices they can be had for on the
OEM market. If Mr. Koenig has done just that, fine, let him march his
evidence out.

As to the rest of the article and it's reply, well, I am chuckling more
\at the reply.

Some people are just TOO sensitive! :-)

By the way, to those of you that have asked, the anecdote about the kid
destroying his ear drums is, unfortunately, quite true.

Dick (audiophiles take themselves too seriously) Pierce