On Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:06:57 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/24/2016 11:49 AM, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 24 Feb 2016 00:30:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/23/2016 8:11 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 17:56:04 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:


As some wag once wrote:

No highs, no lows...must be Bose.

With the sub woof, there is plenty of low.



Not long after Bose introduced the 901's they also introduced the
original 501 series. The 501 had a 10" woofer and two small combination
mid-range and tweeter drivers. One of the mid-range/tweeter
drivers was aimed backwards to bounce off a wall. In fact, the early
501's (series III) had a knob on the top that allowed you to adjust the
angle of the back firing driver. I had a set of the original 501's and
later a set of the series III. They had more than enough bass response
for the average living room. Biggest difference was the originals were
4 ohms and the later series (starting with III) were 8 ohms.


I bought a set of Bose 301's for my mom who had a pretty small living room. Although
pretty small bookshelf speakers, they packed a hell of a wallop when desired.

Oh, and I'm sure Krause will tell you what ****ty speakers the 501's were. I bought a
set of those when my 901's finally kicked the bucket - after about 25 years of hard
use. They fit nicely on the same stands which held the 901's.


Are you sure they were 501's? The original 501's were much larger than
the 901's and were designed as floor standing speakers. They would be
quite top heavy on the 901 stands. They looked like this:

http://www.bindels.be/a_vendre/pics/bose_501_2.jpg



Hell, those 501's look like the damn Wharfedales I got as a 2LT.
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