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post #1 of 32
3/17/08 at 7:59pm
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Anyone knows about this company?
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post #2 of 32
3/17/08 at 8:01pm
I know the speaker/stereo 4 feet away from me is made by it.
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post #3 of 32
3/17/08 at 8:03pm
Expensive. Design trumps everything else.
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post #4 of 32
3/17/08 at 8:07pm
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Expensive. Design trumps everything else.

Yup. Their employees act like snobs too.
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post #5 of 32
3/17/08 at 8:09pm
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Yup. Their employees act like snobs too.

They have their own dedicated shops? Huh. I guess the Apple analogy I was mulling over gains more credence
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post #6 of 32
3/17/08 at 8:16pm
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They have their own dedicated shops? Huh. I guess the Apple analogy I was mulling over gains more credence
Yep - there's one here in Northern VA. I went in a few years ago for the first time, remarked at how cool looking some of it was, balked at the price, and walked out. Better-looking Bose. I've heard some of their uber-expensive stuff is relatively well-engineered; Andre Yew and AF ( lol ) can probably illuminate here.
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post #7 of 32
3/17/08 at 8:18pm
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Yep - there's one here in Northern VA. I went in a few years ago for the first time, remarked at how cool looking some of it was, balked at the price, and walked out. Better-looking Bose.
Some their stuff does look pretty damn nice. "Better-looking Bose." Bwahahaah!
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...I've heard some of their uber-expensive stuff is relatively well-engineered; Andre Yew and AF ( lol ) can probably illuminate here
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post #8 of 32
3/17/08 at 8:23pm
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They have their own dedicated shops? Huh. I guess the Apple analogy I was mulling over gains more credence

Yeah, they have a store on Newburry St. in Boston. The place I worked at bought a B&O TV for the lobby area. It was a nice TV, but fucking stupidly expensive.
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post #9 of 32
3/17/08 at 8:28pm
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We called a truce!

For B&O, if you have the scratch, the Beolab 5 speakers are very nice. If you like design and integration but also want audiophile pedigree, a complete Meridian system is the way to go.

--Andre
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post #10 of 32
3/17/08 at 8:37pm
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We called a truce! For B&O, if you have the scratch, the Beolab 5 speakers are very nice. If you like design and integration but also want audiophile pedigree, a complete Meridian system is the way to go. --Andre
You forced me to steal a smiley from another site to convey my feelings at that revelation, Andre.
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post #11 of 32
3/17/08 at 9:00pm
Well designed but mediocre sound and great expense.

You can do much better for the money.
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post #12 of 32
3/18/08 at 7:33am
If you're not an audiophile, they've made some things that are of unparallelled beauty and originality. I wouldn't want to buy their new speakers that look like Daleks though.

If you're part of the styrofoam-cup brigade, though...
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post #13 of 32
3/18/08 at 11:50am
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If you're part of the styrofoam-cup brigade, though...

Don't knock it until you have tried it.
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post #14 of 32
3/18/08 at 11:52am
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Yup. Their employees act like snobs too.

Actually they have a store in the Aventura Mall and the sales person was excellent, and I didn't purchase anything.

Jon.
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post #15 of 32
3/18/08 at 1:48pm
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Anyone knows about this company?

they make some ugly ass telephones.
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