Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site teddy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!pesnta!greipa!decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!teddy!rdp From: rdp@teddy.UUCP Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Richard Pierce's flames about Bose 901 Message-ID: <1499@teddy.UUCP> Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 12:19:01 EST Article-I.D.: teddy.1499 Posted: Fri Oct 25 12:19:01 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 05:16:20 EST References: <4477@alice.UUCP> Reply-To: rdp@teddy.UUCP (Richard D. Pierce) Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 30 [] 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