non;e wrote:

Yes, sell the Bose 901's to some other unsuspecting nitwit. Use the money
you receive for real quality speakers, negating the need for the
"compulsory" equalizer. Now you only need worry about a phono preamp; try a
Creek or Thorens.

I bought these Bose speakers around 1977 and they have served me
excellently ever since. I love the broad, massive sound that is
excellent for the kind of music I listen to - Mahler, Wagner & such.

I realize that a lot has happened since 1977 but honestly, whenever I
walk into a store and listen to speakers, I'm not impressed with
anything under $2,000 or so. Which is more than I can afford. There are
lots of speakers which deliver great detail in jazz or rock. But I want
my stereo to sound like a whole symphony orchestra.

The Boses are dying now. I've re-edged them once but messed up, so I'm
left with a chouce between re-edging again ($75 including postage),
buying new drivers ($600) or getting new speakers ($$$).

Oke

Oke Fireberg wrote:


The Boses are dying now. I've re-edged them once but messed up, so I'm
left with a chouce between re-edging again ($75 including postage),
buying new drivers ($600) or getting new speakers ($$$).


The $ 675 (at least) you are thinking about putting into the Bose speakers, is,
as others have noted and IMHO, a waste of money better spent on more modern and
"quality-for-the-money" speakers. I don't know what the tariffs are Sweden or
what your upper limit is, but I'd suggest that for the type of music you enjoy
(classical), you seriously consider Magnepan (Magneplaner) speakers. These
dipolar planar radiators, in part because of their radiation pattern and also
because of their relatively quick transient response, will give you a much
greater sense of spaciousness and the "wall of sound" type presentation you
seem to favor. Magneplanars come in a lot of different sizes, so let your
budget be your guide.



Bruce J. Richman

"Bruce J. Richman" wrote in message
...
Oke Fireberg wrote:


The Boses are dying now. I've re-edged them once but messed up, so I'm
left with a chouce between re-edging again ($75 including postage),
buying new drivers ($600) or getting new speakers ($$$).


The $ 675 (at least) you are thinking about putting into the Bose
speakers, is,
as others have noted and IMHO, a waste of money better spent on more
modern and
"quality-for-the-money" speakers. I don't know what the tariffs are
Sweden or
what your upper limit is, but I'd suggest that for the type of music you
enjoy
(classical), you seriously consider Magnepan (Magneplaner) speakers.
These
dipolar planar radiators, in part because of their radiation pattern and
also
because of their relatively quick transient response, will give you a much
greater sense of spaciousness and the "wall of sound" type presentation
you
seem to favor. Magneplanars come in a lot of different sizes, so let your
budget be your guide.



Bruce J. Richman




I agree that the mag's would be a good choice along with a sub
Carl

In what sense? Good or bad?

Oke


Paul Dormer wrote:

I couldn't believe my ears when I recently sat down and had a proper
listen to some 901's. They are simply astonishing!

Oke Fireberg said:

Paul Dormer wrote:

I couldn't believe my ears when I recently sat down and had a proper
listen to some 901's. They are simply astonishing!

In what sense? Good or bad?

Uh-oh.

Oke.

That's OK.

BTW, a certain Shawn C. Robak expressed his interest in your set of
Bose 901s.
Just name any price, his daddy has a Golden Card.

--
Sander deWaal
Vacuum Audio Consultancy

Sander deWaal wrote:

BTW, a certain Shawn C. Robak expressed his interest in your set of
Bose 901s.
Just name any price, his daddy has a Golden Card.


Probably not a good deal. I'm in Sweden and shipping loudspeakers is
expensive. When I get stuff from the USA about half the cost is usually
shipping.

Oke

Oke Fireberg said:

Sander deWaal wrote:

BTW, a certain Shawn C. Robak expressed his interest in your set of
Bose 901s.
Just name any price, his daddy has a Golden Card.


Probably not a good deal. I'm in Sweden and shipping loudspeakers is
expensive. When I get stuff from the USA about half the cost is usually
shipping.

Oke

I'm sorry my friend, I was just poking fun.
They should make some kind of Godwin's Law when the name Bose arises
in a thread.
In which case, I have lost the debate :-)

BTW you being from Scandinavia, you could easily obtain a used
Tandberg or Electrocompaniet amp, I think.
In the '90s, Tandberg produced some very fine amps for relatively
little money. They incorporated a tape-monitor switch, and perhaps
even a preout-main in connection.
I can look up some model numbers if you're interested.

--
Sander deWaal
Vacuum Audio Consultancy

Paul Dormer said:

I am having some difficulty in finding superlatives with which to
express my.. um.. wonderment of the 901s! Certainly, dispersion was
admirable, in the sense that no matter where I sat the sound was as
equally impressive. The upper end of the sonic spectrum with the 901s
struck me as unfatiguing and unchallenging. I found the speaker
improving in inverse relation to amplitude. I would not hesitate to
recommend these speakers to Bose fans.

When did you become a diplomat, Paul?

Well, it's about time I'd admit something:
Behind my pair of Maggies, a pair of Bose 901 does all the work.
Of course, I couldn't explain this to my family, friends and
neighbors, so I put the Maggies in front of them without even
connecting them.

They still think I'm a worthy member of the EHEE, with all them tubes
'n' turntables 'n' stuff. Luckily, none of them reads RAO :-)

--
Sander deWaal
Vacuum Audio Consultancy

Paul Dormer wrote:


I am having some difficulty in finding superlatives with which to
express my.. um.. wonderment of the 901s! Certainly, dispersion was
admirable, in the sense that no matter where I sat the sound was as
equally impressive. The upper end of the sonic spectrum with the 901s
struck me as unfatiguing and unchallenging. I found the speaker
improving in inverse relation to amplitude. I would not hesitate to
recommend these speakers to Bose fans.


LOL! Truly one of the great negative correlations in all of speakerdom.


Let us also not forget the careful attention paid to making sure that a low
S/N ratio would be obtained as listening volume were increased. This is a feat
not accomplished by too many of Bose's competitors.

Also the carefully matched multi-driver arrays indicate that quantitatively,
it's very hard to even come close to Bose's approach to acoustical reproduction
in an unusually compact and uniquely designed enclosure.






Paul Dormer wrote:

I couldn't believe my ears when I recently sat down and had a proper
listen to some 901's. They are simply astonishing!


--
S i g n a l @ l i n e o n e . n e t









Bruce J. Richman

(Bruce J. Richman) said:

Let us also not forget the careful attention paid to making sure that a low
S/N ratio would be obtained as listening volume were increased. This is a feat
not accomplished by too many of Bose's competitors.

AFAIK, only Joly does.

Also the carefully matched multi-driver arrays indicate that quantitatively,
it's very hard to even come close to Bose's approach to acoustical reproduction
in an unusually compact and uniquely designed enclosure.

Svenska once produced a speaker with 2 woofers, 4 squawkers and an
array of 8 tweeters in the middle in a fairly small package.
If mr. Fireberg is old enough, he probably remembers them :-)

--
Sander deWaal
Vacuum Audio Consultancy

Paul said:

"Sander deWaal" emitted :

Let us also not forget the careful attention paid to making sure that a
low
S/N ratio would be obtained as listening volume were increased. This is a
feat
not accomplished by too many of Bose's competitors.

AFAIK, only Joly does.

Joly speaker does not irritate the brain nerve, it makes you smarter!

No, Joly speaker is 100's times better than other speaker not due to brain
nerve but direct connection to pleasure center that Joly excite.

Boon