I had a very early pair, I traded them fora Z1B Kawasaki from my brother his family still has them and loves them. Upgraded my system to a pair of Bozak Concert Grands. Liked the 901's but I understand your trepidation.
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Please...dont flame me (Bose 901-Series I help)
I bought the 901 series5 in about 1984. I had an old SAE 501 amp driving them with about 250 watts per speaker max. In my opinion the 901 speakers did not sound better with more power, just went louder and filled the room with loud sound. I anchored them from the ceiling and put them on pedestals. Both configurations gave me similar results. Although a revolution in design for surround sound (I think Bose was attempting to recreate the live concert sound) the speaker had many limitations. Interestingly Dr. Bose really spent much of his earnings on another revolution in car suspension (shock adsorption) in cars. But he did not succeed in getting it adopted into the industry. A shame really because the design was crazy good... https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/259042-bose-sells-off-revolutionary-electromagnetic-suspension |
bose, 'no highs, no lows'! i bought my system back in the 4 chanell days. i had a marantz 4300 powering the rear 2 chanells and a phase linear 400 powering the front 2 chanells. i thought they sounded good back then. i had the series 2. today i only listen to music. i have a mcintosh mc602 powering my 4 901 series 2 speakers!! |