I sure got a lot of use out of my 301's from high school, through college and beyond. I even repaired the woofer surround and was still using them 25 years later in my garage up until a few years ago when they were replaced with a pair of LSA1's.
I don't have quite the same fondness for the Bose system in my current car and truck
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A college friend of mine's sister worked at Bose out of college. My friend didn't know what his sister would do with a degree in Japanese. Turns out she could get a job at Bose working with their Japanese car company customers! My friend rode around the Bose test track with his sister and couldn't understand why she didn't drive the crap out the car since they were on a track.
RIP Mr. Bose.