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Tributes to Dr Amar Bose, founder Bose Corporation

(11-Feb-1929 -- 12-Jul-2013)

Dr Amar Bose, 83, died on July 12,Wayland, Massachusetts.

Bose Corp. is the maker of some of the best sound systems in the world. Perhaps, Dr Bose was to acoustic engineering and design, what Steve Jobs was to computing. Very different personality. But he brought in disruptive innovation. The presence of Bose Systems was felt by the sound, not through any visual flamboyance of the product. Some of the systems were totally hidden. Understated elegance with unparalleled sound quality. They were expensive, premium products meant for those who really cared a great deal about sound quality and were willing to pay for it. Bose Corporation is a privately held company, with majority shares given to MIT, by Dr Bose. The dividends support education and research. I finally became a proud owner of a Bose system only recently, when I managed to get a modestly priced product at a Bose store. On that day there was a rare, limited period discount on that system; pure luck! There will be among us many proud owners of one or more Bose products.Please do pay tributes.

Obituary - MIT, 12-Jul-2013
In Memoriam - Bose Corporation
The Washington Post - Report, 15-Jul-2013

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