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Should I burn these?

Am so disappointed with my Bose 911 speakers. I appreciate good sound quality and these speakers just don't cut it. They do not possess good sound performance as far as highs and lows and the sound is very flat and muffled, and no they are not blown. They have sounded the same way since they were new about 5 years ago. Had an old pair of Canadian made speakers made by Audio tec from the early 1980's and wish I would have kept them as the sound was far superior. Bose 911 speakers are over priced and the sound quality sucks. Don't buy them!!!
holiver
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ivan_nosnibor
1,052 posts
 
Or as the old saying goes: "No highs, no lows - must be Bose".
Bose was always infamously all about marketing rather than solid engineering and to be truthful that hasn't exactly been a secret. In spite of everything you probably shouldn't burn them though. Try running them up on ebay and see what happens, believe it or not they are still known to sell.
stevecham
3,340 posts
 
But the good thing is that you now know and hear for yourself. Welcome to
the world many of us live in; it can be a slippery slope but there is much
good advice here should you choose to gather opinions. Listen to as many
speakers as you can in your quest for the next pair.
glenfihi
525 posts
 
Surprised you or anyone would keep them or any speaker that long if found so bad. Do you use the Bose supplied equalizer? Without it they certainly do not work well as they are designed to work in conjunction.

Had 901's many years ago, lot of fun. Many hi end stores sold them at the time. They compared well with many in their line up back in the day. So you may indeed wish to post them for sale on various venues. Good luck on your hunt for suitable speakers.
realremo
460 posts
 
I bought a pair of Bose 2.1 bookshelf speakers in 1990. I still have them. Stopped listening to them about 5 years ago, have had them in several garage sales and up on Craigslist, no takers. They really are terrible, bought a pair of B&W 685s years ago, those really showed how bad the 2.1s are. I still have friends who think Bose's 2.1 and 5.1 satellite systems are the creme' de la creme, I just keep quiet, cannot really tell the truth here without looking like an audiophile snob...!
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