Bose Patrician
On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:17:10 -0600, "PanHandler"
wrote:
As I was reading the thread on Bose 901 speakers I was reminded of a Bose
system of the mid-late sixties. It was a single cabinet unit about 8' long
by about 3' high and had a convex curved front panel with ports (slots?) at
each end near the mid and high drivers. The curved panel looked about 5½
feet wide. The model name was 'Patrician' possibly with a suffix number. It
had a 30" woofer. I used to have an old Audio magazine from the era, and
there was a write-up on it, along with a photo. I've worn Google out looking
for info, but no joy on this particular 'Patrician'. Please... somebody tell
me I haven't lost my marbles and at least say "yeah, I seem to recall
something like that". Mebbe I'll sleep better hearing at least that much!
Many Thanx!
As others have pointed out, the Patrician was an EV speaker
and, even in those less litigious times, I doubt if EV would
have stood for use of their flagship's name by any
competitor.
That said, there was a predecessor to the Bose 901 which
used, iirc, 27 of the little drivers in a 1/8 sphere
enclosure designed to fit into a floor corner of the
listening room. It was shown/demonstrated at a NY HiFi show
but I do not know it it was ever marketed.
Kal
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