The biggest difference between the original and the Series II is the replacement of the cassette deck with a CD player. Subtle improvements include sturdier construction from more advanced, streamlined manufacturing technology. This also shaves some weight from the system. The Series II weighs only 15 pounds. Small recesses in the sides act as handles for improved portability. The case is now ivory rather than light gray for a warmer appearance. It also functions as a master power switch. Keeping with the Bose philosophy, the Series II is simple to the point of being spartan.
This makes it easy to use, at the cost of some versatility. The entire unit has 14 buttons, five of which are radio station presets, and two sliding controls for volume and tone.
The tone control can only reduce bass or treble from the normal setting, not increase them. The normal balance is excellent. The CD player lacks direct track access. If you want to hear Track 11, you must manually skip each of the first 10 tracks. Bose neither supplies a remote control nor makes any provision for remote. Load more. More details Select. Ship to me. Check store and availability » Change store ».
Free 2-Day Delivery. Elegant simplicity. Big sound from a compact system. Your favorite music made easy. Sets up in minutes. Easy usability. More features. Dual alarms with gently rising volume Large display with adjustable brightness and automatic nighttime dimming Headphone jack for private listening.
System: 4. The number of years that Bose claims it took to research and develop the Wave audio system, according to one of its user manuals. The work on the waveguide technology earned Dr. Bose and Dr. Short numerous awards. More recent models support Bluetooth.
Part of that, admittedly, may be partly due to the way the company sold its innovations. What Bose was selling was arguably of higher quality than most of what was selling on Comedy Central at 10 a. The public has to be sold on the benefits of those speakers. The Bose Wave, the successor to the Audio Wave, has been heavily optimized to sell in its current channels—with psychology a heavy factor.
The example is frequently brought up by Arizona State University marketing professor Robert Cialdini, an expert on persuasion, who says that the approach helped downplay the newness of the device on the market.
Plebs are allowed to be impressed by a sound system, too, even if they know nothing about proper placement or anything like that.
Bose to reward himself with a stereo, setting the stage for his career in electronics. The school where he taught for 45 years, most of that time while running a name-brand company. And the school that, thanks to an unprecedented gift from Dr. Bose in , is the majority shareholder in the company that bears his name though has no say in how the company is run.
Bose died in But its devices are still everywhere, no matter how many pairs of Beats Apple tries to sell. The long, winding trail to the sound that goes through his most famous set of speakers lives on. It gets louder as it goes. Ernie Smith is the editor of Tedium, and an active internet snarker.
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