wvu80 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 8 minutes ago, Mallette said: Unless they are really terrible, I don't much care about speakers at low levels. Anything less than concert level is, by nature, increasingly less accurate as you go down. I assure you, if you listen to Bose 301's at the levels I'm sure you play your Klipsch you would pick the things up and throw them out the nearest window! I'm not exaggerating, they sound really bad when being pushed, living up to all our expectations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 26 minutes ago, avguytx said: I just can't part with them as I doubt I'd ever come across any ever again. I get that. Nothing that exceeds their price performance when they were new, or now. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallette Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 22 minutes ago, wvu80 said: I assure you, if you listen to Bose 301's at the levels I'm sure you play your Klipsch you would pick the things up and throw them out the nearest window! Well, depends on what you mean by high levels. I want accuracy for critical listening. Entirely subjective with studio produced stuff like Pink Floyd, but known factor in other genre as in 96db peaks for a symphony orchestra. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SiliconTi Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I have owned a few pair of 901s (Series I and II). While they could sound quite good, they never were my cup of tea. Surely they can not hold a candle to La Scalas, Cornwalls, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboKlipsch Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I had a bose acoustimass system for over 20 years and was able to originally buy it through a rep at cost and managed to sell it on ebay 20yrs later for half what i paid. ive spent the last few years educating myself through immense amounts of reading, listening, learning, asking questions and trial and error and diy building. its amazing what 1000 page threads about theory, theater construction, acoustics, design and physics can teach you with enough interest. my simple conclusion about bose has always been this -- the vast majority of people dont have the time interest or money to get into what a good room should sound like. they go to a theater and hear what sounds very impressive -- flat consistent response with fast decay and very loud peak volumes. bose acoustimass, in an average living room where someone (I) simply placed the speakers and sub, have no room treatment and no real understanding of a full sound spectrum...it sounds like a mini theater at home. for all the wrong reasons, but it does. the lack of low end, high end and certain midbass frequencies caused the decay when watching a movie to be very fast, simulating a highly treated room, albeit a really, really bad one once u know what a good one sounds like. it was true genius on boses part, they made a cheap poor design but did it in a fashion that an untrained ear thought was much like a theater. they never posted frequency response graphs and resisted those comparisons instead pushing their sales pitch and it worked, and still does. it is, imo garbage, but to me and many others, it was a cool simulation that we didnt really understand, but enjoyed up until the point when something clicked and told us to try something better, tg in my case Klipsch which happens to be a brillant set of designs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebuy Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I have a friend who thinks BOSE is the bomb--Hey, if it floats yur boat.... They don't want big speakers like I have--they have a sound bar. I'm not a salesman anymore----I'm a guy with nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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