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Bose Infomercial

I was up late last night and this infomercial for the Bose Music Wave came on. The "host" was Herbie Hancock. Interesting I watched it for about 1/2 hour - got tired of the same testimonials. May be the best thing on the box. Now I don't mean to disparage lifestyle systems too much and I can see their appeal (no wires, portability) but this was some very slick advertising for what I thought was just a ghetto blaster. It really highlighted the difference between the people that visit this site and the rest of the world. Evantually I had to put on my headphones just to reassure myself that all the components and wires are worth it. Highly recommend you give it a watch. I wonder how much Herbie got paid.
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bob_bundus
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"you can fool some people all of the time, all people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all of the time"
bob_bundus
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Stokjoc I enjoyed your sermon, so here's a funny story. The best salesman at our local "better" audio shop is a personal friend. When he really wants to sell prospective high-$ customers on some quality 2 channel sound, he demo's first at his store, then he brings them over to my house. We put them in the sweet spot & then proceed to demo. Jaws invariably drop wide open & the sale is made, though the equipment that they're buying is not usually even similar. It just shows them the in-home potential of high quality gear; then they simply "must have this" for their own.
There's nothing much in it for me; mainly the personal satisfaction of sharing & spreading 'love of the hobby'. Have made a few friends in the process though, & sometimes these get-togethers turn into pretty good parties too. Of course I have received some preferential treatment at the store as compensation for my efforts; the least that they can do, but it all works out
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