bose 1801 amplifier

Super Bose, the audiophile equivalent of Monty Python's Bicycle Repair Man.
Unable to find YouTube clip. Very disappointed.

Buy those suckers on the cheap and then send them to me for upgrades!

   I amp not familiar with that amp. Do you intend to use the amp with 901 speakers? I only ask that because I have some knowledge about the speakers. If they have much age on them then carefully check if the foam surrounds are shot. Not a rare condition with those speakers if they have been in existence for very long. If the surrounds are shot then forget it.

   As I have expressed my opinions in the past...........Bose....less that mediocre equipment at inflated prices. Less money is spent for something much better.

@roxy543,only because it's a bose and it doe's look pretty nice!!

I remember that beast.  Had huge rising THD within the audio band, presumably from the designer's belief that since 901s have no tweeters, the hash wouldn't be audible!  Had a monster power supply, lots of SOA to run parallel pairs and handle the EQ requirements.  This was introduced to be used with 901 Series II, which was a sealed box...subsequent models (injection molded vented cabs) were more sensitive, had a less severe bass EQ, and they stopped making this amp.  Don't bother unless you have 2 pairs of Series IIs in good working order, and a room well suited to their proper use!  Will probably sound like a** with any modern high res speaker.