For all you Bose 901 Haters!


 

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Back in the day, I worked for dealers that carried Bose. Never had the slightest desire to own a pair of 901's, or any Bose speaker for that matter. I also never recommended them, but was careful not to speak ill of the 901's to prospective clients. In those days, there were very few speakers other than electrostatics, planar magnetics, and Bose that didn't sound boxy, so the Bose sold pretty well on their own. If I tried to gently nudge clients toward speakers I thought imaged better, but that wasn't a priority for them, I'd certainly take their money for a pair of 901's. All God's chillen gots to eat!

i still have 4 of my bose 901 series 2 powered by a mcintosh 600 watt per chanell amp! when i crank them up, they sound pretty good! at least to me!!

i think back in the day, the 901's made a lot of noise! looks like not today! maybe this is why they are discontinued!!

Back in the 70's we hung FOUR 901's from the ceiling of our 12x10 foot dorm room driven by a Sansui 9090. Not only did the ceiling drip colors (although that might have been for another reason) but the plaster on the walls flaked off and we couldn't hear for days after.  Ahhhh, Good times....