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Sound Engineer and Entrepreneur Amar Bose Dead At 83

Posted by timothy on from the audiophiles-can-just-be-polite-ok? dept.

countach44 writes with the news that Amar Bose, founder of the electronics company that bears his name, has died at age 83. "Dr. Bose founded Bose Corporation almost 50 years ago with a set of guiding principles centered on research and innovation. That focus has never changed, and never will," said Bob Maresca, president of Bose Corporation. "Bose Corporation will remain privately held, and stay true to Dr. Bose's ideals. We are as committed to this as he was to us. Today and every day going forward, our hearts are with Dr. Bose; and we will do everything we can to make him proud of the company he built." The slideshow that accompanies the MIT posting shows some of his sound-related inventions over the years.

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  1. Marketing company by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Bose had "sound-related inventions"? I thought they were just marketeers with crappy paper cone speakers.

    1. Re:Marketing company by NJRoadfan · · Score: 3, Insightful

      A small read from another speaker manufacturer about technology and marketing. It addresses the paper cone myth.: http://www.humanspeakers.com/cgi-bin/page.pl?page=human/oldnews.txt

      While I wasn't really a fan of BOSE's newer products (their WaveRadios have a high failure rate due to shoddy components and the amps in an OEM BOSE car stereo I had failed), the older 70s stuff was fairly decent. I do give them credit for building stuff in the USA long after others have moved overseas. I think the only part in that car with the BOSE stereo that was made in the USA were the speakers and amps!