Just curious, does anyone know if the new speakers are Mark XI or Mark XII?
geoff kait
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Submitted By: geoffkait
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Bose 901
Posted: February 16, 2012 - 3:03pm
Submitted By: MorroccoM13
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Whats the frequency Kenneth
Posted: March 26, 2012 - 4:05pm
Why bother? Magnepan MG12s are less money, sound much better, will take less power to sound good, and will provide back wave concert-hall like sound as well.
MG12's only go down to 50Hz. 901s with a good amp will give you 25Hz. The Maggies have better treble but not by much. Bose doesnt give specs because it all depends on what you have driving them. GIGO.
A whimpy amp will kill all joy quickly with 901s
Submitted By: jackfish
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901s with a good amp will give you 25Hz.
Posted: March 26, 2012 - 4:47pm
Yeah, 25Hz of significant distortion. The 4.5" Bose 901 driver has an Fs of around 80 Hz that with massive amounts of EQ and power only provide unsatisfying distortion.
Magnepan MMGs and a Rythmik sub has to sound better than Bose 901s. I've heard various implementations of the Bose 901 over 40 years and they just don't cut it for me. Others obviously don't agree with my assessment.
Submitted By: JoeE SP9
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Specs
Posted: March 27, 2012 - 10:17am
Bose doesn't give specs because they don't care what they are. They feel the Bose name is all they need. For those not in the know no specs is sufficient. For those in the know it's not sufficient.
Submitted By: MikeP
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I was looking on another
Posted: July 10, 2012 - 2:46pm
I was looking on another forum and someone put wood glue on their 901's paper cones and said it made them sound a lot better.
http://www.avguide.com/forums/new-break-through-bose-901-owners-wow
Submitted By: JoeE SP9
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Wood glue?
Posted: July 10, 2012 - 9:10pm
Well, I suppose it could be an improvement. Almost anything you do to them would be.
Submitted By: Drtrey3
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That reminds me . . .
Posted: July 11, 2012 - 6:31am
of how to best cook a gar fish. You scale and gut the fish, then you nail it's head on a board cut to fit. You salt and pepper the fish, then cook in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. You carefully remove the fish, pull out the nail, take the fish off the board, and serve the board.
Trey
Submitted By: Bassman
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Bose
Posted: December 20, 2012 - 7:51pm
No Highs No Lows....Must be Bose!
Submitted By: bengal_finch
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901 made my father remove one window.
Posted: March 26, 2013 - 10:12pm
back in 1990 my father force to remove one window from our drawing room, to get a good sound. but he didnt achive that. still i didnt get why 901 need eqilizer? connecting them would be sueisidal, what rca bose recomend for the equilizer? transparent ref?? what about the equilizer power supply ac power cord. i was lost back in 1990 when my father remove the window, now i am also lost once again to figure out the 901 conection/hook up. can anyone drive 901 without a pree amp??
thanks for your valuable comment,
now playing mbl1621A-bricastiM1-No326s-mbl9007-polkaudioTSI500-wireworld,transparent-cardas-purepower+3000. cant let bose take over my system....in my dream.
regards
saadat.
Submitted By: Allen Fant
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The 901 series is easily
Posted: March 28, 2013 - 1:25pm
The 901 series is easily Bose's bread and butter. Next, would be their Wave Radio.
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