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Directly connecting Bose Acoustimass speakers
Hi there, I'm looking to buy some Bose Acoustimass Direct/Reflecting
dual cube arrays off of eBay. My question is whether it's possible to directly connect these to a receiver? Ie. I wont have the base module to connect the cubes through. I've researched this topic pretty extensively and there is much mixed opinion out there. Officially this is unsupported by Bose, but many people say it's possible to do this by configuring your receiver to 'small' speaker types and setting the crossover as high as possible. I would be very interested to hear anyones experiences with doing this. - Jason. |
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Directly connecting Bose Acoustimass speakers
"Jason Morman" said:
Hi there, I'm looking to buy some Bose Acoustimass Direct/Reflecting dual cube arrays off of eBay. My question is whether it's possible to directly connect these to a receiver? Ie. I wont have the base module to connect the cubes through. IIRC, the older models used 200 Hz crossovers. I'd use some film (or bipolar electrolytic) capacitors of an appropriate value in series with the speakers. When an electronic crossover is used, low frequency thumps and plops from the power amp still can ruin those tiny sattelites. Using series caps will prevent that. -- "Audio as a serious hobby is going down the tubes." - Howard Ferstler, 25/4/2005 |
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Directly connecting Bose Acoustimass speakers
Jason Morman wrote: Hi there, I'm looking to buy some Bose Acoustimass Direct/Reflecting dual cube arrays off of eBay. My question is whether it's possible to directly connect these to a receiver? Ie. I wont have the base module to connect the cubes through. I've researched this topic pretty extensively and there is much mixed opinion out there. Officially this is unsupported by Bose, but many people say it's possible to do this by configuring your receiver to 'small' speaker types and setting the crossover as high as possible. Should work fine. But given that you can buy a Bose Acoustimass base module from many eBay sellers, why not get that also? Or just buy an Acoustimass set to start with? BTW, Bose is now selling the Acoustimass 3 set for $200 new. That set has the single-cube speakers, which IMHO sound better than the double-cube Bose speakers. The double cubes sound harsh to me and the single cubes sound more mellow and pleasant, IMHO. If space is an issue, the single cubes are smaller than the double cubes. From what I've seen, due to the popularity of the Bose brand, you may find the double cubes on eBay are selling at high prices, although I haven't looked lately. Yet another suggestion would be to buy some small used satellite speakers on eBay from makers such as Energy, Infinity, Mirage, or other good, affordable brands. For example, you can often find small Infinity satellite speakers and small powered Infinity subs on eBay for much lower prices than you'd find Bose Acoustimass speakers. The Energy Take series (Take 2 speakers from the Take 5 set, etc.) and small powered Energy subs are another fine choice. BTW, the Energy Take 2 (a personal favorite) was also sold as the Mirage AVS-200 (Energy and Mirage are part of the same company). (BTW, I've owned the Bose Acoustimass 3, small Infinity speakers and powered sub, and the Energy Take 2 speakers, so I'm speaking from experience. I liked the Acoustimass 3 OK, especially the size, but there are as good or better choices available.) I would be very interested to hear anyones experiences with doing this. I think if you're going to go with Bose, you might as well get the base module too. I also think there are as good or better speakers from other brands that you can find at lower prices, such as the brands I suggest above. - Jason. |
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Directly connecting Bose Acoustimass speakers
On 10 Nov 2005 15:12:31 -0800, "Jason Morman"
wrote: Hi there, I'm looking to buy some Bose Acoustimass Direct/Reflecting dual cube arrays off of eBay. My question is whether it's possible to directly connect these to a receiver? Ie. I wont have the base module to connect the cubes through. I've researched this topic pretty extensively and there is much mixed opinion out there. Officially this is unsupported by Bose, but many people say it's possible to do this by configuring your receiver to 'small' speaker types and setting the crossover as high as possible. I would be very interested to hear anyones experiences with doing this. - Jason. You would have to set the crossover very high, probably that wouldnt be enough. You might need a crossover of some sort, or play them at very low volume. And it is "bass" module. Well, that is the correct spelling, if not execution. |
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