The Insanity of Marketing Disguised as Science in Loudspeakers

[markw]

Do you remember when, in grade school, kids would start out with "No offense, but..." and follow that with a slam. Somehow, I see your backpeddaling here a sort of retroactive application of the same princiiple.

When I read the article, I don't recall any single product singled out. I do see where you, in your infinite wisdom, saw that they were talking about Bose. Where did you get the impression that is who they were talking about?

Are you sure they are the only one guilty of this? Are they the only ones that design a product to meet the demands of their target market?

Assuming they do what the article states (you offer no proof), are you sure that they don't simply poll their listeners for what features they want or, perhaps have them in for listening tests, not unlike food companies call in people off the street for taste testing.

To blatantly state that they train the people that appear in their commercials, (I've never seen civilians endorsing their stuff) is a bit much. As for the celebrities that appear in them, how are they any worse than those that sell insurance, juice and whatever else they shill on TV?

No, just let their users go and enjoy their purchase, unless you're jealous that they can derive such pleasure from something you fine so onerous.

It's kinda like being married. You should settle for the one that suits you and makes you comfortable and happy, one you can spend a life with, not one that meets the approval of some anonymous experts that write magazine articles. What you're doing is essentially insulting some guy's wife behind his back to people who you think he'll never associate with.