nitrofan Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 A local "vintage stereo shop" has some 901's ready to demo. I'm gonna go listen to them saturday and see what i think. Never heard 901's before but i doubt I'll be very impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 A local "vintage stereo shop" has some 901's ready to demo. Charges are set? Nothing better than demo for them! Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 OK, should say I believe those who say under very specific conditions 901's can be listenable. But you apparently have to design the space to what is required for that to happen. PWK did the opposite. Built a speaker that requires only that which most rooms can provide, corners. That's what a genius does. Conform to nature rather than attempting to beat it to death with raw force. Dave 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 True. The 901's have to be set up with practically nothing else in the room for the "direct reflecting" BS to work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bossman Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Comparing Bose to Klipsch is like comparing apples to lettuce. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 True. The 901's have to be set up with practically nothing else in the room for the "direct reflecting" BS to work. I was in the PX @ Yakota airbase in japan in the 70s shopping for stereo goods. Upon passing a room there they were, 901s hanging by chains, they sounded ok. Proceeded to buy Kenwoods. (There was NOTHING ELSE in the room) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 True. The 901's have to be set up with practically nothing else in the room for the "direct reflecting" BS to work. So, I presume you're not going to Atmos any time soon? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) For you're new years enjoyment Man-0-man that seat does look comfy...... Edited December 31, 2015 by minermark 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I thought it was Bose music cancelling speakers. However, if you make sure the power is off that is a good way to cancel noise from Bose as well. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) But you apparently have to design the space to what is required for that to happen. True. The 901's have to be set up with practically nothing else in the room for the "direct reflecting" BS to work. The pace where I heard Bose 901s sound the worst (bland, weak, muddy) was a place in which there was practically nothing else, a large living room, powered by a 60 watt Dyna amplifier. The owners were a physicist and an engineer. Apparently, that didn't help. The place I heard 901s sound the best (smooth, adequate bass, even pretty dynamic) was in a small store, powered by a 1,000 watt per channel amplifier with the speakers hanging from the ceiling, nestled in an indented wall, with a short wall (3 feet?) on one side with bins of record albums on the other side, and also below. I suspect the important factor was not the space or its design, but the amplification. As PWK pointed out, when criticizing "direct reflecting" designs ALL speakers are "reverberant field" speakers, with a goodly proportion of the sound coming from room reflections, including those from behind the listener. He found that at 16 feet away ("normal ear location") a speaker in a room produces about 9 dB higher SPL than it would in a free field (e.g., outdoors, on a flag pole). Yes, I know some of the definitions (e.g., reverberant field) have changed somewhat since he wrote that. (The Great Major Break Through No. 29, or "Reverberant Field Speakers" by Paul W. Klipsch, c. 1970, or so). As good as the Bose 901s were with the 1K amplifier, my Khorns, with 120 w.p.s RMS were and are better, more dynamic, and even a little too "direct reflecting." But I took care of that with just a few room treatments. Edited December 31, 2015 by garyrc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 powered by a 1,000 watt per channel amplifier "What this country needs is a good 5 watt amplifier." Paul Wilbur Klipsch Dave 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 True. The 901's have to be set up with practically nothing else in the room for the "direct reflecting" BS to work. So, I presume you're not going to Atmos any time soon? Naw....I'm strictly 2-channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) For you're new years enjoyment Man-0-man that seat does look comfy...... Now if it had a strong vacuum so you didn't even have to push...... Edited December 31, 2015 by Mighty Favog 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 For you're new years enjoyment Man-0-man that seat does look comfy...... Now if it had a strong vacuum so you didn't even have to push...... You appear to be dialed into the right thread for the subject of "Sucking" I think the subject of "Bose" is a Gimmie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Well, Bose blows. Guess their's no reason for it not to suck as well. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woofers and Tweeters Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 powered by a 1,000 watt per channel amplifier "What this country needs is a good 5 watt amplifier." Paul Wilbur Klipsch Dave All I need is one watt, but it's nice to have more 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams50131 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 BOSE...no highs, no lows, enough said. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 powered by a 1,000 watt per channel amplifier "What this country needs is a good 5 watt amplifier." Paul Wilbur Klipsch Dave With his Heritage speakers, yes. But not Bose. Another reason he said that may have been that most really low powered amps of that time were also low quality, therefore, "what this country needs is a good 5 watt amplifier." As I said in an earlier post, "Bose never published efficiency data on their speakers, AFAIK. If we can trust the figures in an old Consumer Reports magazine, 120 w.p.c. into speakers of the efficiency of Khorns is the rough equivalent of 2,760 w.p.c into Bose 901s." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom3 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 At one time in the 70s Bose sent blue mirrors to its dealers to put on the wall behind the 901s, ostensibly to show off the back side where 8 of the 9 drivers are. However, it was really to create a consistent reflective surface, which was elusive in showrooms or home installations, which can vary widely. My experience with 901s led me to conclude that they are interesting producers of music, not reproducers of music. Hearing them used as PA speakers in small venues, or as part of a small club set-up for dance music, they sounded pretty good with a subwoofer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 My buddy down the street had a Bose set up in his living room with those teeny weeny 2 inch speakers hanging on the walls and a 6" woofer on the floor. He swore by it. I didn't. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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