[Mike McGinn[_2_]]

Sonnova wrote:
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:34:39 -0800, Mike McGinn wrote
(in article ):

Sonnova wrote:
They 901's were designed to be used with the equalizer. Using them
without an equalizer seems kind of silly to me.



My point was merely that you really can't use them without the equalizer.
With the equalizer they produce a lot of , what sounded to my ears like bass
distortion and doubling. I suspect that the equalizer asked a lot from the
amp too, and if it was too small, I suspect that the bass would clip the
amplifier rather severely. I never liked the equalized bass on the Bose 901s

..
OK -- I like my 901's and when I last went speaker listening 20 odd
years ago nothing else was nearly as good. Placement is absolutely
critical with these speakers. When I last moved ten years ago I arranged
the room around where the speakers had to go and convinced my wife that
is how everything looked best. ( I get away with a lot. I also have an
electronics bench in the living room.)

They do require quite a bit of power because of the bass boost in the
equalizer -- but this was mentioned in everything I read about them back
when I read Stereo Review as a teen (don't know what they say now). I
drive mine with a Mac MC2105, I would use a pair of MC 3500's if I had
the cash to spare.

Yeah, I'm partial to Macs too. I also enjoy buying as much stuff used as
much as I can.

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Mike McGinn
"more kidneys than eyes"
Registered Linux User 377849