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Originally posted by Not Bob
Huh. The genius (or whatever they call their hipster, slacker sales force) at the Apple Store I visited while taking a deposition out of town in November called the Bose dock "an over-priced piece of crap," and told me that the cheaper, smaller JBL circlular docking thingy produced a far better sound. So Santa bought the JBL for the Not Bobette, and she loves it.
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The universal slam on Bose was that someone, somewhere, does what they do better and does it for less.* But I'm not sure this is necessarily a reason not to buy Bose --- it's like someone telling you not the buy the BMW, because in a room of ten people, five say "BMW," one says "Audi," another "Benz," the third "Porsche," the fourth "Jag," and the last "Lincoln Continental." Sure, you could buy the Audi and pay less for a qualitatively better product, but do you really want to live with the uncertainty of casting your fate to the five people who don't agree on exactly which product is superior and better priced?
The only Bose product I own are the QuietComfort II 'phones. Someone on this board will tell me I could have paid less for something that cost $75 to $100 less that does the same job, but the brand premium I paid does not feel like wasted money to me.
*Note: Not Does It for Less. That's the other board.
