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Patreon Podcast: Bose and the Death of Home Stereos (Patreon)

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2022-05-12 14:07:00
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2024-01

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Like them or not, but Bose has long been a stalwart of the home stereo experience. Not everyone agreed with their technology, but they always had many product lines of bookshelf and home theater speakers. Now, those same lines are very thin and largely replaced by headphones, Bluetooth speakers and soundbars. Is it too late to save the old-school, non-audiophile home stereo system?

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Anonymous

I agree that the number of people who spend the time and money to set up a separates hi fi is dwindling but I'm not really sure that Bose ever filled that space really. I mean you go into Bestbuy today and there are still lots of separates choices from Polk audio, Klipsch, Sony, with many receivers from a lot of brands too. I think you'd have been much more likely to find someone with a klipsch or Sony setup than ever a pair of Bose 501s. I won't really miss the Bose consumer lines. And I think companies like klipsch or audio engine, or even LG a with some of their cheaper but still separate 5.1 speaker + amp setups will still be around for a long time. But Apple really trained the masses that the white AirPods are good enough. Many people I don't think even know what "good" sound is. And I'd argue with pretty much any Bose consumer (or pro really for that matter) wouldn't know either, even if they had spent 4000 dollars on a bass module "No highs, no lows. Must be Bose." :)

Asaf Sagi

That is truly a sad state. I would also add to the reasons to move to personal audio is cost of manufacturing and logistics. The smaller the product, the simpler logistics get and economies of scale kick in.