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otispunkmeyer
Lifer
oh man, that bear attack picture you got is pretty nasty......:Q
JulesMaximus
No Lifer
Disagree.
Future Shock
Senior member
Bose 901s still sound and look great 20 years after their introduction. What they lack in musical finess they make up in retro style..
Bose cubes suck - their cutover point between satellites and mid/sub woofer is simply way too high - low bass is non-directional, but midrange IS directional...and too much of their midrange is forced to come from the woofer module. This is a direct result of their satellites being so small, and not being able to pump any mids. The end result is that while overall frequency response can be tuned to be OK, it destroys imaging totally. Put me in a room blindfolded, and I never fail to point immediately to where the Bose mid/sub woofer is situated. And that just shouldn't be in a good system - you shouldn't be able to find the sub that easily.
My Altec Lansing MX5021 2.1 system that I use on my main rig has satellites with a 1" tweeter and 2 x 3" midrange drivers. With that much midrange in the sats, you CANNOT find the subwoofer with your eyes closed. Impossible. THAT'S a good design, and that's why they are THX rated and sound better than Bose's computer speakers by far, and even better than their $1000 cube systems.
But I do like those old 901s, I have a friend with 4 of them as part of a 5.1 setup and they rock hard...
FS
Bose cubes suck - their cutover point between satellites and mid/sub woofer is simply way too high - low bass is non-directional, but midrange IS directional...and too much of their midrange is forced to come from the woofer module. This is a direct result of their satellites being so small, and not being able to pump any mids. The end result is that while overall frequency response can be tuned to be OK, it destroys imaging totally. Put me in a room blindfolded, and I never fail to point immediately to where the Bose mid/sub woofer is situated. And that just shouldn't be in a good system - you shouldn't be able to find the sub that easily.
My Altec Lansing MX5021 2.1 system that I use on my main rig has satellites with a 1" tweeter and 2 x 3" midrange drivers. With that much midrange in the sats, you CANNOT find the subwoofer with your eyes closed. Impossible. THAT'S a good design, and that's why they are THX rated and sound better than Bose's computer speakers by far, and even better than their $1000 cube systems.
But I do like those old 901s, I have a friend with 4 of them as part of a 5.1 setup and they rock hard...
FS
imported_Reck
Golden Member
bose doesn't sound that bad...it's just way way overpriced.
James3shin
Diamond Member
Martin Logan or Miller & Kreisel >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BOSE
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BOSE
The Green Bean
Diamond Member
Whoozyerdaddy
Lifer
Props to M&K. My S-150 system will light any BOSE system on fire.
Other brands that are better...
B&W
Energy
Paradigm
Definitive Technology
Polk
MB Quart
Advent
Altech Lansing
Cambridge Soundworks
Klipsch (And I really hate Klipsch)
Martin Logan
Snell
Speaker Craft
And I won't even get into the Wilson's or Dunleavy's and other high-end stuff.
Everything is price relevant. If BOSE were sold for about half of their retail they would not be a bad speaker. But as it is... Dollar for dollar anything beats BOSE.
imported_goku
Diamond Member
I'm sure it does, I don't think there are any speakers in the world that can emulate noises generated by the arse hole nor the smell!
Goosemaster
Lifer
yeah, Mirage😎
YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Moderator<br>A/V & Home Theater<br>Elite member
My sig used to say overpriced for both Monstercable and Bose, but having four links in my sig has caused me to shorten things up a bit. I think I'm exactly at capacity of one or two characters away.
If Bose cost a third of what it does and their marketing department didn't make wild claims about being the best technology out there, I wouldn't have a problem with them at all.
If Bose cost a third of what it does and their marketing department didn't make wild claims about being the best technology out there, I wouldn't have a problem with them at all.
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