"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: there was NEVER any way those
bitty BOSE 901 speakers could cleanly reproduce music with a wide tonal
range. My father-in-law has that BOSE setup in his music room, and he has
some pretty fancy electronic components, and, in my opinion, it sounds
like...crap.


Are you referring to the original Series 901 speakers that came out in the
60's or some newer "modular" Bose system?

The original 901's had 9, four inch speakers in each cabinet, came with a
proprietary active equalizer and required BIG power amps to drive them
properly. I had a beat up used set as a kid, but could never afford to buy
a strong enough amp to drive them. A few years ago I visited an old timer
who was selling an Albin trawler. I lost interest in the boat, but was
impressed with his audio equipment which he was happy to demonstrate. The
room filled with sound, very accurate and precise, but I couldn't see the
speakers at first. He had carefully mounted an old pair of Bose 901s on
stands in a manner that they blended into the wall treatments of the room.
This older gentleman was a true audiophile nut and a retired recording
engineer having done live recordings of the Boston Pops and the Boston
Symphony Orchresta for many years. He had cut two holes in the floor of his
living room to install a pair of 15 inch woofers to support the 901's range.
RCE

"RCE" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: there was NEVER any way those
bitty BOSE 901 speakers could cleanly reproduce music with a wide tonal
range. My father-in-law has that BOSE setup in his music room, and he has
some pretty fancy electronic components, and, in my opinion, it sounds
like...crap.


Are you referring to the original Series 901 speakers that came out in the
60's or some newer "modular" Bose system?

The original 901's had 9, four inch speakers in each cabinet, came with a
proprietary active equalizer and required BIG power amps to drive them
properly. I had a beat up used set as a kid, but could never afford to
buy a strong enough amp to drive them. A few years ago I visited an old
timer who was selling an Albin trawler. I lost interest in the boat, but
was impressed with his audio equipment which he was happy to demonstrate.
The room filled with sound, very accurate and precise, but I couldn't see
the speakers at first. He had carefully mounted an old pair of Bose 901s
on stands in a manner that they blended into the wall treatments of the
room. This older gentleman was a true audiophile nut and a retired
recording engineer having done live recordings of the Boston Pops and the
Boston Symphony Orchresta for many years. He had cut two holes in the
floor of his living room to install a pair of 15 inch woofers to support
the 901's range.
RCE




I wonder if he now owns an Ipod and has all his music on MP3's? ;-)

On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:14:48 -0500, "RCE" wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...


I've said it before and I'll say it again: there was NEVER any way those
bitty BOSE 901 speakers could cleanly reproduce music with a wide tonal
range. My father-in-law has that BOSE setup in his music room, and he has
some pretty fancy electronic components, and, in my opinion, it sounds
like...crap.


Are you referring to the original Series 901 speakers that came out in the
60's or some newer "modular" Bose system?

The original 901's had 9, four inch speakers in each cabinet, came with a
proprietary active equalizer and required BIG power amps to drive them
properly. I had a beat up used set as a kid, but could never afford to buy
a strong enough amp to drive them. A few years ago I visited an old timer
who was selling an Albin trawler. I lost interest in the boat, but was
impressed with his audio equipment which he was happy to demonstrate. The
room filled with sound, very accurate and precise, but I couldn't see the
speakers at first. He had carefully mounted an old pair of Bose 901s on
stands in a manner that they blended into the wall treatments of the room.
This older gentleman was a true audiophile nut and a retired recording
engineer having done live recordings of the Boston Pops and the Boston
Symphony Orchresta for many years. He had cut two holes in the floor of his
living room to install a pair of 15 inch woofers to support the 901's range.
RCE



I liked my 901's powered by the Bose receiver much better than the system I
have now. The Bose receiver had the equalizer built in.
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'Til next time,

John H

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