901 series 2 speakers

the original and series 2 had cloth surrounds. mine are still original. 1 facing you and 8 facing the rear is how it's suppose to be. I know that. Schubert said the opposite.

No, just the opposite - 1 facing you and eight  toward the wall behind the speakers. Reflected sound...

If buying, be wary of rotted surrounds. Bose used foam surrounds (at least in the Series III and up) and they rotted within just a few years, prompting Bose to offer good deals on replacement speakers to prior purchasers in the 80’s. Quite expensive to have the surrounds replaced on 18 drivers!

Dave

Schubert, there's 8 in the back and 1 in the front. do you mean face the 1 towards the wall and the 8 facing you?

Turn 901's around so single driver on back faces you and speaker is about 
3' from wall , if you have at least 200 w a side they are fun , with just right
placement in room they are not bad .
But Series 2 is at least 30 years old . The original version actually sounded good .
I won a pr from Bose in 70's, sell 20 pairs get one  free. Played with them for a month and sold them for $600 .
I know the 901 drivers can sound good, they sounded real good in Bose system in my Nissan Maxima .

roxy54, i have the series 2 that i bought back in 1972. and i did have a phase linear 400. these speakers were reccomended for around 100 watts a chanell. i still have my speakers but i now have a mcintosh 600 watt a chanell amp. i should get better speakers but since i'm retired and on a fixed income. i'll have to settle for them.

Roxy,

Yes I bet the Venus does give a more out of the box presentation,I will be changing up my 2nd system towards the end of the year and I added these to my list.

Thank You for the info,


Kenny.

The Venus. I nearly bought the Bella Lunas about 12 years ago, but impulsively bought a pair of Focus Audio instead (big mistake). Anyway, the Bellas would be too much bass for my smaller room now, and there came up for sale.  It's only been 3 weeks, and I still have a lot to learn about them, but it is fun. Different than I expected in presentation. Very firm bass, and more of an "in the room" presentation than a "looking into the performance" type. Obviously, they sound "out of the box", and voices and instruments seem to be more three dimensional.
I'm still keeping my Klipsch Epic CF-4s, as they do some things that all of the other speakers I've had can't do.  

Roxy,

Which model of Duevels do you have?
They all look kind of interesting.


Kenny.

g_nakamoto,
Do you happen to have an older pair? I ask because I know that you have that older Phase Linear amplifier, and they require a lot of power.
People have different opinions of them, and there is an occasional poster here that really loves them. When you think about it, they are a type of omnidirectional, but not 360 degrees. They still use sound waves bouncing off the back walls to create their spacious effect. If you want to go that way, there are (I think) better speakers for it, like Ohms, Shahinians or Duevels. I recently bought a pair of the Duevels to use for an occasional change of pace, and I am really enjoying it.
The problem with the Bose is that you are using power sucking equalization to get those small drivers to produce bass. On the other hand, they look cool, and you can get a pair in good condition for an affordable price just to play around with.     

Ful now.

They weren't very good when they first came out and they would be simply dread