Despite all the audiophile snickering, Amar Bose deserves kudos as a visionary who elevated the quality of consumer grade hi-fi, and sticking to his values as an engineer, teacher, and human. I bet most folks didn't know he endowed M.I.T. with the majority of his shares of Bose stock.
Back in the 70's, before I earned my "audiophile" status, I convinced my Dad to buy some Bose bookshelf speakers. He, and my Mom, thought their "reflected" sound was the cats meow. He passed away many years ago, but my Mom still has them in her system. I had to replace the surrounds a few years ago, but after 40+ years, those paper cones are still going strong! I've offered to replace them with something better, but she's perfectly content with how they sound.
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