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  1. 07-13-2013, 06:00 AM #1
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    Dr. Amar Bose has Died

    July 12, 2013 - Amar Bose ’51, SM ’52, ScD ’56, Bose Corporation’s founder, has died at 83


    Entrepreneur served on MIT faculty for 45 years; championed long-term corporate research.


    http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/o...bose-0712.html

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    Watch Dr. Amar G. Bose last lecture of his Fall '96 Acoustics Course

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    For the power user there equipment did not fit the bill.

    But for the standard consumer there stuff was hard to beat. Well except for the price that is.

    He definitely lived an impressive life, and built an audio emperors that was only surpassed by the late Sidney Harmon.

    You might not care for the products. But you have to be impressed by what one man car accomplish in a life time.

    God speed.
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    He was quite an innovator.
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    Dr. Bose was an amazing man who did so much more than bring us foul sounding little white cubes.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Widget View Post
    Dr. Bose was an amazing man who did so much more than bring us foul sounding little white cubes.


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    Some of their early offerings weren't too bad , they, like AR , could take cheap , stamped out, steel drivers and make them sound OK ..(Marantz did that too)
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    Quote Originally Posted by SEAWOLF97 View Post
    Some of their early offerings weren't too bad , they, like AR , could take cheap , stamped out, steel drivers and make them sound OK ..(Marantz did that too)
    THE bose 901 was truly an amazing little power house (in the 70's night Club's)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fort Knox View Post
    THE bose 901 was truly an amazing little power house (in the 70's night Club's)
    Yep - the Cellar Door in Georgetown had a pair of the Pro versions and they were pretty amazing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fort Knox View Post
    THE bose 901 was truly an amazing little power house (in the 70's night Club's)
    I have a pair of series 2's here that didn't cost much .. they just got plopped into storage, I have no desire to refoam the 18 drivers, and they would be a step down from the current active system in the house.

    the 901's sound is what got Consumer Reports in trouble.
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