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84-561: Bose Corporation ( / b oʊ z / ) is an American manufacturing company that predominantly sells audio equipment . The company was established by Amar Bose in 1964 and is based in Framingham, Massachusetts . It is best known for its home audio systems and speakers , noise-canceling headphones , professional audio products, and automobile sound systems . Bose has a reputation for being certainly protective of its patents, trademarks and brands. The majority owner of Bose Corporation

168-461: A Super Stop & Shop just north of Route 30. It now includes the original area plus parts of Old Connecticut Path., Concord St. (Route 126), and Speen St. north of Route 30. Because of the size and complexity of this area, Framingham and Natick cooperatively operate it as a single distinct district with similar zoning . The area is one of the largest shopping districts in New England . The area

252-609: A 2006 Massachusetts Historical Commission Preservation Award in the Restoration and Rehabilitation Category. In addition, several retail and housing projects involving the Arcade Building and the former Dennison Building Complex are in the planning stages or under construction. The business section on the West Side of Framingham runs primarily along Route 9, starting at Temple St., and is dominated by two large office/industrial parks:

336-404: A financial downturn after the closure of these facilities during the late 1980s. An influx of Hispanic and Brazilian immigrants helped to revitalize the district starting in the early 2000s. Along with Brazilian and Spanish oriented retail shops, there are restaurants, legal and financial services, the city offices and library, police headquarters, a performing arts center, and the local branch of

420-653: A group of Nipmuc men went to the Eames family homestead to demand that they return a stolen corn harvest. Although the historical record is unclear as to the exact details, this would result in an outbreak of violence between the Nipmuc men and the Eames family, where Mary Eames and five children were killed. As more settlers moved to the town, it would be named Framlingham after Thomas Danforth's hometown in England. Over time, Thomas Danforth strenuously resisted petitions for incorporation of

504-672: A large increase in population and housing. Much of the housing constructed during that time consisted of split-level and ranch-style houses. Framingham is known for the Framingham Heart Study , as well as for the Dennison Manufacturing Company, which was founded in 1844 as a jewelry and watch box manufacturing company by Aaron Lufkin Dennison , who became the pioneer of the American System of Watch Manufacturing at

588-577: A new MathWorks facility. Sealtest had a manufacturing facility in Framingham which was used by Breyers from 1964 to 2011 The downtown area is between Memorial Square, formed by the intersection of Concord St. and Union Ave., to the north, and its mirror intersection at the junction of Irving St. and Hollis St. on the south end. The area is bisected by Waverly St. (Route 135) and the MBTA Commuter Rail tracks. The anchoring structure of Downtown

672-471: A police department. The Framingham School Department can trace its roots back to 1706, when the town hired its first schoolmaster , Deacon Joshua Hemenway. Although Framingham had its first schoolmaster, it did not get its own public school building until 1716. The first high school, the Framingham Academy, opened its doors in 1792; however, this school was eventually closed due to financing issues and

756-535: A population of 72,362 in 2020 , making it the 14th most populous municipality in Massachusetts. Residents voted in favor of adopting a charter to transition from a representative town meeting system to a mayor–council government in April 2017, and the municipality transitioned to city status on January 1, 2018. Before it transitioned, it had been the largest town by population in Massachusetts. The city has one of

840-458: A product, and 2- Measurements are phony, in general, as they are printed." In some non-audio-related publications, Bose has been cited as a producer of " high-end audio " products. Commenting in 2007 on Bose's "high-end" market positioning among audiophiles , a PC Magazine product reviewer stated, "not only is Bose equipment's sound quality not up to audiophile standards, but one could buy something that does meet these stringent requirements for

924-653: A strip mall named Shoppers World. There are also seven hotels and two car dealerships located within the Triangle. In addition to retail properties, there are large office developments in the area including several companies headquartered in the triangle; the world headquarters of TJX is at the junction of Route 30 and Speen St, as is the main office of IDG and IDC . The American Cancer Society has an office in Framingham. A Carling Brewery began operations in 1956, ending in 1975. Their buildings later housed Prime Computer and Boston Scientific before demolition in 2018 for

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1008-495: Is known for electing not to provide audio specifications for its products. This policy dates back to 1968 when Amar Bose published a paper titled "On the Design, Measurement, and Evaluation of Loudspeakers" wherein he rejected numerical test data in favor of subjective evaluation. In a 2007 interview, Amar stated: "There are two reasons we cut out the specifications: 1- We don't know of any measurements that actually determine anything about

1092-531: Is served by one Interstate and four state highways : Park and ride services: Framingham's economy is predominantly derived from retail and office complexes. There are scatterings of small manufacturing facilities and commercial services such as plumbing, mechanical and electrical expected to be found in communities of its size. Framingham has three major business districts within the city, The "Golden Triangle", Downtown/South Framingham, and West Framingham. Additionally, there are several smaller business hubs in

1176-400: Is served by: Framingham has a public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable TV channel and local origination television station called Access Framingham (formerly FPAC-TV), that airs on Channel 9 Comcast , Channel 3 RCN and Channel 43 Verizon . Residents can create and produce their own television programs that reflect the personality of the community, and have them cablecast on

1260-613: Is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Non-voting shares were donated to MIT by founder Amar Bose and receive cash dividends. The company's annual report for the 2021 financial year stated that Bose Corporation's yearly sales were $ 3.2 billion, and the company employed about 7,000 people. The company was founded in Massachusetts in 1964 by Amar Bose with angel investor funding, including Amar's thesis advisor and professor, Y. W. Lee. Bose's interest in speaker systems had begun in 1956 when he purchased an audio system and

1344-572: Is the city hall, The Memorial Building. From 2015 to 2016, the whole area underwent a multimillion-dollar reconstruction of the intersection of Union Ave. and Concord St. that replaced the traffic circle with a signal-controlled intersection. Additional lights were installed at the Irving St./Hollis St. intersection, while older signals in the area were upgraded. All sidewalks in the area were to be replaced, lighting upgraded, and new amenities such as seating and bicycle racks were also installed. The project

1428-445: Is the city's physical and historic center. Formed at the junctions of Worcester Rd. (Route 9) , Pleasant St. (Route 30), High St., Main St. and Edgell Rd. the dominating presence is Framingham State University . The school has several thousand students, about one third of whom live on campus. In the late 1960s, MassHighway replaced the intersection with an overpass, depressing Route 9 below

1512-449: Is widely used in many different scenarios, such as concerts , bars , meeting rooms and the home where there is a need to reproduce, record and enhance sound volume. Electronic circuits considered a part of audio electronics may also be designed to achieve certain signal processing operations, in order to make particular alterations to the signal while it is in the electrical form. Audio signals can be created synthetically through

1596-589: The Battles of Lexington and Concord that followed; one of those men was wounded. In the years before the American Civil War , Framingham was an annual gathering-spot for members of the abolitionist movement. Each Independence Day from 1854 to 1865, the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society held a rally in a picnic area called Harmony Grove on Farm Pond near what is now downtown Framingham. At

1680-529: The Social Security Administration . Several Asian and Indian stores and restaurants add to the rich ethnic flavor of the area, and many small businesses, restaurants and automotive-oriented shops line Waverly St. from Natick in east to Winter St. in the west. In 2006, the Fitts Market & Hemenway buildings façades underwent a restoration project; these newly renovated structures received

1764-571: The United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 26.4 square miles (68.5 km ), of which 25.1 square miles (65.1 km ) is land and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km ) (4.99%) is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 68,318 people, 26,173 households, and 16,535 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,732.7 inhabitants per square mile (1,055.1/km ). There were 27,529 housing units, of which 1,356, or 4.9%, were vacant. The racial makeup of

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1848-483: The public-access television cable TV channels. Framingham High School has a student-run television station, FHS-TV, that broadcasts locally; "Flyer News", its morning news program, has won 11 National High School Emmy Awards. The City of Framingham operates the Government Channel shown on Comcast channel 99, RCN 13/HD613, and Verizon 42. The Government Channel operation provides programming sponsored by or for

1932-420: The "Best Storage Solution for In-Car Environment." A prototype active suspension system, using electromagnetic motors instead of hydraulic/pneumatic power, was unveiled by the company in 2004 and was due for release in 2009. However, it did not materialize due to weight and cost. The system used electromagnetic linear motors to raise or lower the wheels of an automobile in response to uneven bumps or potholes on

2016-550: The 1854 rally, William Lloyd Garrison burned copies of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, judicial decisions enforcing it, and the United States Constitution . Other prominent abolitionists present that day included William Cooper Nell , Sojourner Truth , Wendell Phillips , Lucy Stone , and Henry David Thoreau . During the post-World War II baby boom , Framingham, like many other suburban areas, experienced

2100-669: The 1980s, a large segment of the Brazilian population has come from the single city of Governador Valadares . Framingham's Home Rule Charter was approved by voters on April 4, 2017, and took effect on January 1, 2018. On that date, Yvonne M. Spicer was inaugurated as Framingham's first mayor. Elections are held in November of odd-numbered years, to elect a full-time mayor serving a four-year term, and an 11-member city council comprising nine district members serving two-year terms, and two at-large members serving four-year terms. The mayor replaced

2184-406: The 26,173 households, 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% were headed by married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47, and the average family size

2268-996: The Blocks Pre-School. The school district's main offices are located in the Fuller Administration Building on Flagg Drive with additional offices at the King School on Water Street. The city also has a regional vocational high school and one regional charter school . Framingham is also home to several private schools, including Summit Montessori School, the Sudbury Valley School , one parochial school , one Jewish day school, and several specialty schools. Since 1998, when Framingham began upgrading its schools, it has performed major renovations to Cameron, Wilson, McCarthy, Fuller and Framingham High School . Two public school buildings that were mothballed due to financial issues or population drops have been leased to

2352-514: The Board of Selectmen as the chief executive, and the City Council replaced Representative Town Meeting as the legislative body. The mayor and at-large-councilors are limited to a maximum of three consecutive terms in office and district councilors are limited to six consecutive terms in office. The School Committee has ten members: one elected from each of the nine districts, serving two-year terms, and

2436-884: The Chief Executive Officer. In June 2016, Bose and Flex manufacturing extended their strategic partnership, transferring Bose operations in Malaysia and Mexico to Flex. At the end of 2017, Maresca stepped down as CEO, and Bose President Phil Hess took the position. Maresca remained Chairman of the Board. In January 2020, Bose announced that they would be closing all their more than 100 retail stores in North America, Japan, Europe, and Australia. They would retain their online presence, as well as sell their products through Target, Best Buy, and Amazon. In late January 2020, President and COO Jim Scammon replaced Phil Hess. In August 2020, Bose named their first female CEO, Lila Snyder, who

2520-461: The City of Framingham. Commission meetings are cablecast live to inform residents and encourage participation in local government. Some of the programming provided, keeps residents abreast of road closings, construction updates, recycling efforts, public safety information, and special events in the community. The Government Channel is committed to making local government more accessible to all residents. In

2604-894: The Framingham Industrial Park on the north side of Route 9 and another park on the south side, both on the Framingham/Ashland/Southborough border. Bose , Staples and Applause have their world headquarters in these parks, as does convenience store chain Cumberland Farms ; in addition, Netezza , Genzyme , Capital One , CA Technologies , ITT Tech and the local paper, The MetroWest Daily News , all have major facilities there. Two of Framingham's seven major auto dealerships are also in West Framingham. The large tracts of multi-story apartment and condominium complexes line both sides of Route 9 from Temple St. to

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2688-576: The Hemenway School in Nobscot. Saxonville is the home of the former Roxbury Carpet Company mill complex buildings (originally powered by the adjoining Sudbury River ), now an industrial park, and is one of the city's historical districts. Framingham is served by MetroWest Medical Center (formerly Framingham Union Hospital, which also includes Leonard Morse Hospital campus in Natick ) The City of Framingham

2772-511: The Metrowest Jewish Day School (at the former Juniper Hill Elementary) and Mass Bay Community College (at the former Farley Middle school). Several schools that were no longer being used were sold off, including Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Washington. Framingham has three colleges, including Framingham State University and Massachusetts Bay Community College 's Framingham Campus. Framingham is approximately halfway between Worcester,

2856-461: The Nipmuc people in the area. During this time, Nipmuc leader Tantamous , who lived on Nobscot Hill and who resisted Christianization by the English, was arrested with his family members and other Nipmuc men by the colonial government in 1676 for what the colony deemed treason and they were incarcerated on Deer Island . He would escape, be recaptured, and later hung on Boston Common. In January 1676,

2940-573: The Nipmuc people were forced into praying towns including nearby Natick. The first European settler in the area was John Stone who established a farm on the west bank of the Sudbury River in 1647. In 1660, Thomas Danforth , an official of the Bay Colony received a grant of land at "Danforth's Farms" and began to accumulate over 15,000 acres (100 km ). Between 1675 and 1676, King Philip's War created great tensions between English settlers and

3024-738: The Route 30 Mall (1970), an AMC Framingham 15 , the Framingham Mall (1978, rebuilt 2000), and Lowe's (formerly the Verizon Building, 2006). Complementary developments in Natick include the Natick Mall (1966, rebuilt in 1991, expanded 2007 & renamed Natick Collection), Sherwood Plaza (1960), Cloverleaf Marketplace (1978), and the Home Depot . In 1994, Shoppers' World was demolished and replaced with

3108-590: The San Luis and Batu Kawan factories were taken over by contract manufacturer Flex in 2016 and continued to produce Bose products. Following an unsuccessful attempt to sell aftermarket car speakers, Bose's first OEM audio installation was in a MY 1983 Cadillac Seville . Bose has since supplied audio systems for many car manufacturers. In 2007, the Bose media system won the International Telematics Award for

3192-517: The SoundDock for iPod music players in 2004. Then, in May 2014, Apple bought out Beats, bringing Bose and Apple into direct competition in the headphone market. In Apple stores, Bose headphones were once the foremost brand offered, but at the time of the lawsuit, Beats products outnumbered Bose. In 2014, for the total premium headphone market share, Beats held 62%, and Bose held 22%. In October 2014, Bose dropped

3276-715: The Town of Stow of intention to vacate the 81.5 acre Stow campus after 18 years at the site, moving nearly 1500 employees to the Framingham headquarters. The Bose factories in Mexico are located in Tijuana and San Luis Río Colorado . The Malaysian Bose factory is located in Batu Kawan and is the company's Asia-Pacific and Middle East distribution hub. In 2015, two facilities in Columbia, South Carolina , US and Carrickmacross , Ireland , were closed (with

3360-399: The city was 71.9% White , 5.8% Black , 0.3% Native American , 6.3% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 10.9% from some other race , and 4.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.4% of the population (4.7% Puerto Rican , 1.8% Guatemalan , 1.5% Salvadoran , 1.1% Dominican , 0.9% Mexican , 0.6% Colombian , 0.3% Peruvian ). (Source: 2010 Census Quickfacts) Of

3444-609: The commercial center of Central Massachusetts, and Boston, New England's leading port and metropolitan area. Rail and highway facilities connect these major centers and other communities in the Greater Boston Metropolitan Area. The closest airport with scheduled international passenger traffic is Boston's Logan International Airport , 25 miles (40 km) from Framingham. Worcester Regional Airport , about 27 miles (43 km) away, began scheduled flights to Fort Lauderdale and Orlando in November 2013. Framingham

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3528-423: The decimal point." In 1996, Bose sued two subsidiaries of Harman International Industries — JBL and Infinity Systems —for violating a Bose patent on elliptical tuning ports on some loudspeaker products. In 2000, the court determined that Harman was to cease using elliptical ports in its products, and Harman was to pay Bose $ 5.7 million in court costs. Harman stopped using the disputed port design but appealed

3612-455: The division accounted for about 60% of Bose's annual revenue. Bose was the first company to pay for the title of official Olympics sound system supplier, providing audio equipment for the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics in Calgary and Albertville respectively. Bose's systems have not received THX certification. The Bose L1 is a range of portable line array loudspeaker systems for musicians. The L1

3696-491: The early 1990s to stop the audiophile loudspeaker maker from using ".2" at the end of its product model "CS2.2". To comply with Bose's trademark of ".2" associated with the Bose Model 2.2 product, Thiel changed their model name to "CS2 2", substituting a space for the decimal point. Bose did not trademark ".3" so in 1997 when Thiel introduced the next model in the series, they named it the "Thiel 2.3", advertising "the return of

3780-415: The financial decision. At the end of 2002, the earlier judgment was upheld, but by this time, Bose's court expenses had risen to $ 8 million, all to be paid by Harman. Bose was successful in blocking QSC Audio Products from trademarking the term "PowerWave" in connection with a specific QSC amplifier technology. In 2002, a court decided that the "Wave" trademark was worthy of greater protection because it

3864-436: The generation of electric signals from electronic devices. Audio electronics were traditionally designed with analog electric circuit techniques until advances in digital technologies were developed. Moreover, digital signals are able to be manipulated by computer software much the same way audio electronic devices would, due to its compatible digital nature . Both analog and digital design formats are still used today, and

3948-813: The historic village hall , the Jonathan Maynard Building (a former school, now a part of the Framingham State University campus which houses the Danforth Art Museum ), the Framingham History Center (formerly the Framingham Historical Society and Museum), several banks, a Chinese restaurant, the American Medical Response paramedic station and McCarthy Office Building. The village of Nobscot, at

4032-642: The hunting of deer and beaver, fishing in ponds and streams, as well as established growing areas for the Three Sisters (squash, corn, beans) in the nearby hills. The ancient Native trail later known as the Old Connecticut Path also ran through this area. During the initial period of colonization of the region by Puritan settlers, the Nipmuc suffered a rapid decline in population due to the introduction of foreign infectious diseases to which they had no immunity and violence related to settler colonialism. Many of

4116-481: The industrial parks. These buildings represent the majority of Framingham's multi-family dwellings, and along with the business complexes, helped create a large network of support services on the West Side: a supermarket, dozens of restaurants and pubs, hotels and a large day-care facility all are in the two-mile (3 km) section of Route 9 from Temple St. to Ashland . The Framingham Centre Common Historic District

4200-464: The intersection of Water St., Edmands Rd. and Edgell Rd. near Nobscot Hill , and the Pinefield/Saxonville villages, located where Concord St., Water St., and Central St. intersect, are home to several small office buildings, strip malls and gas stations. in 2016, the town moved its satellite branch of the public library named for Christa McAuliffe from Saxonville to a new facility across from

4284-525: The largest Brazilian American populations in the United States, with a considerable Brazilian presence since the 1980s. Prior to European colonization , the region around Framingham was inhabited by the indigenous Nipmuc . They lived in settlements established alongside the Washakamaug ("eel fishing place") or what is today called Farm Pond. The Nipmuc people used game management techniques through

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4368-608: The lawsuit after the court determined Bose to be guilty of laches (unreasonable delays) and that Bose's assertions of fraud and the likelihood of confusion were without merit. CEDIA was criticized for spending nearly $ 1 million of its members' money on the lawsuit, and Bose was criticized for "unsportsmanlike action against its own trade association," according to Julie Jacobson of CE Pro magazine. In July 2014, Bose sued Beats Electronics for patent infringement , alleging that its "Studio" headphones line incorporated Bose noise-canceling technology. Bose and Apple had collaborated on

4452-416: The lawsuit, as Bose and Beats settled out of court without revealing the terms. Apple removed all Bose products from its Apple stores a few days after the lawsuit was settled, but two months later, Bose products returned. In April of 2017, Bose was sued alleging a privacy violation regarding the mobile phone apps delivered by Bose to control their Bluetooth headphones. Audio equipment Audio equipment

4536-579: The legality of the town providing funds for a private school. The first town-operated high school opened in 1852, and has been in operation continuously in numerous locations throughout the town. Framingham has 14 public schools which are part of the Framingham Public School District. These include Framingham High School , three middle schools (Walsh, Fuller, and Cameron), nine elementary schools (Barbieri, Brophy, Dunning, Hemenway, King, McCarthy, Potter Road, Stapleton, Harmony Grove), and

4620-537: The listener's perception was the best measure of audio quality. Also in 1968, the company introduced the Bose 901 stereo speaker system, which used eight mid-range drivers pointing towards the wall behind the speaker, and a ninth driver towards the listener. This design aimed to achieve a dominance of reflected over direct sound in home listening spaces. The design used in the 901 was unconventional compared with most systems, where mid-range and high-frequency speakers directly face

4704-553: The listener. The 901 was an immediate commercial success. As a result, Bose Corporation experienced rapid growth during the 1970s. The Bose 901 model name was a mainstay of the Bose line-up for many years, being produced from 1968 until 2016. In 1991, a team of Bose researchers debunked a 1989 experiment that claimed to have created energy through cold fusion . The first Bose retail store was opened in 1993 in Kittery, Maine . In 2011, then-chairman and primary stockholder Amar Bose donated

4788-531: The local roads, and destroying the south half of the old Center retail district. The remaining half houses several small stores, restaurants, realtors and legal offices. The old Boston and Worcester Street Railway depot, on the east side of the center, was converted into a strip mall in the early 1980s and houses the Center Postal Station (01703) and several small stores. The center is rounded out by One and Two Edgell Rd. (two small retail/office buildings),

4872-494: The loss of 300 and 140 jobs, respectively) as part of a "global streamlining of Bose's supply chain. Bose used the Columbia facility, which opened in 1993, for distribution and repair, sub-manufacturing and regional manufacturing, and final assembly for some headsets. The Carrickmacross factory began operations in 1978 and did the final assembly for some home theater systems, Wave radios, and other regional manufacturing. The operation of

4956-472: The magazine Consumer Reports for libel. Consumer Reports reported in a review that the sound from the system they reviewed "tended to wander about the room." Initially, the Federal District Court found that Consumer Reports "had published the false statement with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of its truth or falsity" when it changed what the original reviewer wrote about

5040-451: The majority of the firm's non-voting shares to his former employer and alma mater, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . An annual cash dividend is paid out to "advance the research and education mission of MIT." However, the conditions of receiving the shares stated that MIT was not allowed to sell them, nor was MIT permitted to participate in the company's management and governance. Following Amar Bose's death in 2013, Bob Maresca became

5124-461: The mayor, who serves as a tenth member and may only vote to break a tie. The Board of Library Trustees and the Board of Cemetery Trustees have also elected positions serving for four-year terms, with half the membership elected at alternating municipal elections. The Charter provides for an automatic review of the Charter five years after its adoption and periodically thereafter. The city maintains

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5208-453: The nearby Waltham Watch Company . His brother Eliphalet Whorf Dennison developed the company into a sizable industrial complex which merged in 1990 into Avery Dennison , with headquarters in Pasadena, California , and active corporate offices in the town. In 2000, Framingham celebrated its Tercentennial . Framingham soon rose to become the largest town in Massachusetts, commonly referred to by

5292-427: The people of Framingham as "The largest town in the country." Framingham had attempted to become a city on three prior occasions 1993, 1997, and 2013, all of which were rejected by the people of Framingham. However, on January 1, 2018, Framingham became a city and Yvonne M. Spicer was inaugurated as its first mayor, thus becoming the first popularly elected African-American female mayor in Massachusetts. According to

5376-446: The road. Bose claimed up to a 90% reduction in driver's seat vibration. As of 2018, automobile brands that have Bose audio systems free in their vehicles are Buick , Cadillac , Chevrolet , Fiat , GMC , Honda , Hyundai , Infiniti , Kia , Mazda , Mitsubishi , Nissan , Renault and Porsche . Bose's product range has included: In 2012, Bose was the highest-selling company in the United States for retail home theater systems and

5460-425: The road. The wheels are raised when approaching a bump (or lowered into a pothole) to keep the automobile level, using principles similar to noise cancelling audio devices. A prototype car had been engineered to jump over an obstacle. The company said that the system was too expensive and heavy, even after development over more than 20 years and costing $ 100 million. In November 2017, it was reported that Bose had sold

5544-544: The route to Worcester, Massachusetts . In Framingham, those spies stopped at Buckminster's Tavern. They watched the town militia muster outside the building, impressed with the men's numbers but not their discipline. Though "the whole company" came into the tavern after their drill, the officers remained undetected and continued on their mission the next day. Gage did not order a march along that route, instead ordering troops to Concord, Massachusetts , on April 18–19. Framingham sent two militia companies totaling about 130 men into

5628-402: The same price or, often, for less." Bose has also received mixed reviews from the public. Bose has not been certified by THX for its home entertainment products even though its more expensive home theater products compete at prices where THX certification is common. Some other views include: Audio industry professionals have described Bose as a litigious company. In 1981, Bose unsuccessfully sued

5712-526: The speakers in his pre-publication draft, that the sound tended to wander "along the wall." The Court of Appeals then reversed the trial court's ruling on liability, and the United States Supreme Court affirmed in a 6–3 vote in the case Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. , finding that the statement was made without actual malice , and therefore there was no libel. In an interview decades later Amar Bose said "We had 37 people at

5796-642: The spring of 2016, the town of Framingham was one of the settings for the film Patriots Day about the Boston Marathon bombing , starring Mark Wahlberg , John Goodman , Kevin Bacon , J.K. Simmons , Michelle Monaghan , Alex Wolff , Melissa Benoist and a cameo appearance by former athlete David Ortiz . In spring 2009, Framingham was also used for the film The Company Men , starring Ben Affleck , Chris Cooper , Kevin Costner , and Tommy Lee Jones . Large parts of

5880-428: The technology to ClearMotion. In May 2018, it was announced that five major car manufacturers had expressed interest in the technology and that it may be available in 2019 for low-volume vehicles and by 2020 for the mass market. A truck seat system called Bose Ride was introduced in 2010. This active seat system aims to reduce fatigue, back pain and physical stress experienced by truck drivers by reducing vibration from

5964-420: The third highest-selling for portable audio products. The company has sold aviation headsets since 1989 and consumer headphones since 2000. The current range of headphones/headsets consists of over-ear, in-ear, aviation and military models. Bose has contracts with the U.S. military and NASA . The Bose Professional division was established in 1972 to produce and install public address systems . In 2009,

6048-424: The time. I gathered them in one room and said, 'If we don't do anything, it will probably kill us. But if we do something, we have no credibility since we're just a small company, and we can't do anything against this.' I said I think we oughtta do something. I wanted a vote. It was unanimous in favor of taking action. Little did we know it would take 14 years to go through the legal process." Bose sued Thiel Audio in

6132-456: The town, which was officially incorporated in 1700, following his death the previous year. Why the "L" was dropped from the new town's name is not known. The first church was organized in 1701, the first teacher was hired in 1706, and the first permanent schoolhouse was built in 1716. On February 22, 1775, the British general Thomas Gage sent two officers and an enlisted man out of Boston to survey

6216-650: The use of one or the other largely depends on the application. Framingham, Massachusetts Framingham ( / ˈ f r eɪ m ɪ ŋ h æ m / ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts , United States. Incorporated in 1700, it is located in Middlesex County and the MetroWest subregion of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The city proper covers 25 square miles (65 km ) with

6300-400: The villages of Framingham Center, Saxonville, Nobscot, and along the Route 9 corridor. The Golden Triangle was originally a three square mile district on the eastern side of Framingham, bordered by Worcester Rd. (Route 9), Cochituate Rd. (Route 30), and Speen Street in Natick . In 1993, the area began to expand beyond the borders of the triangle with construction of a BJ's Wholesale Club and

6384-417: Was $ 84,050, and the median income for a family was $ 101,078. Male full-time workers had a median income of $ 61,659, versus $ 54,714 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 38,917. About 7.5% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.7% of those under age 18 and 9.4% of those age 65 or over. Brazilian immigrants have a major presence in Framingham. Since

6468-399: Was 3.03. As of 2010, 20.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 9.8% were from 18 to 24, 30.0% were from 25 to 44, 25.8% were from 45 to 64, and 13.6% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.8 males. In 2017, the estimated median income for a household in the city

6552-451: Was designed to be located in the corner of a room, using reflections off the walls to increase the apparent size of the room. The 2201 failed in the marketplace and was discontinued after three or four years. After this experience, Bose concluded that the audio system measurement techniques of the time (such as measuring distortion and frequency response) were ineffective ways to evaluate the goal of natural sound reproduction. Bose argued that

6636-400: Was disappointed with its performance. The purpose of the company was to develop speaker systems which used multiple speakers aimed at the surrounding walls to reflect the sound and replicate the sound of a concert hall. In 1966, the Bose 2201 was the first product sold by the company. It was an unusual design consisting of 22 speakers, with many of them facing away from the listener. The 2201

6720-523: Was formed with the construction of Shoppers World in 1951. Shoppers' World was a large open air shopping mall, the second in the US and the first east of the Mississippi River . The mall drew many other retail construction projects to the area, including Marshalls (1961, rebuilt as Bed Bath & Beyond 1997), Caldor (1966, Rebuilt as Wal-Mart in 2002), Bradlees (1960s, rebuilt as Kohl's in 2002),

6804-555: Was formerly an executive at Pitney Bowes . Snyder, who took her position in September 2020, is an MIT alumna, having earned her masters and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering there. Bose's products are manufactured in the United States, Mexico, China and Malaysia. The company's factories in the United States are located in Framingham, Massachusetts (also the site of the company headquarters), Westborough, Massachusetts and Stow, Massachusetts . In early 2021, Bose Corporation notified

6888-472: Was introduced in 2003 with models retroactively known as the "L1 Classic" range. These products were replaced by the "L1 Model I" and "L1 Model II" in 2007. A smaller and lighter "L1 Compact" model was introduced April 2009. The L1 Model I was replaced by the "L1 Model 1S" in 2012, and the "B1 Bass Module" was replaced by the larger "B2 Bass Module". Since the 1980s, Bose has offered 25-volt and 70-volt installed commercial audio systems for businesses. The company

6972-414: Was scheduled to begin in 2012 but has been delayed to 2014–2015. Further delays pushed the project into 2015 due to needed electrical utility upgrades and replacement. South Framingham became the commercial center of the town with the advent of the railroad in the 1880s. It eventually came to house Dennison Manufacturing and the former General Motors Framingham Assembly plant, but the area underwent

7056-597: Was well-known on its own, even beyond its association with Bose. In 2003, Bose sued Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association (CEDIA), a non-profit electronics trade organization, for use of the "Electronic Lifestyles" trademark, which CEDIA has been using since 1997. Bose argued that the trademark interfered with its own "Lifestyle" trademark. Bose had previously sued to protect its "Lifestyle" trademark beginning in 1996 with success against Motorola and continuing with settlements against New England Stereo, Lifestyle Technologies, Optoma and AMX . In May 2007, CEDIA won

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