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Agree with you,
Bose is an American Company, it was founded by the son of Indian Immigrants in 1930s I believe. Mr. Bose's father used to import straw rugs from India, back in those days. The young Mr. Bose was interested in Radio equipment, etc. from the early childhood. He patended some other equipment as well, but his best invention were the Noise cancellation headsets, and top brand Speaker systems.
The Audio System that is used in the Holy city of Mecca use the Bose. The echoes generated from the Marbles in the Holy Mosque posed alot of complex audio issues, I don't know for sure, but I think Mr. Bose himself took interest in that project and designed a specialized system that took care of that problem.
BOSS is definately a Chinese Knock of, of the Top Class American Bose Audio Systems.