The best speaker you ever heard?

07-18-11: Hifisoundguy
"I think Bose got it "RIGHT" with their latest 901 series 6 version 2's this time around!"

I've heard A LOT about the new 901s lately...mostly from you ;)

Does bose still use "construction" paper tweeters? Now thats quality to be proud of.

Honestly, after hearing bose, Im just shocked they sound as good as they do with the horrible build quality, and cheap drivers. Until that gets fixed, I cant even take them serious.

Verity, Magico, Vandersteen. Maybe they are not from K-Mart but whatever...

The Bose 901 is a failed concept. Hifisoundguy cannot change that with his incessant intrusions. The speaker is a "line disarray" which succeeded well in print before most of us knew anything. As we learned more about speaker designs, the absurdity of the Bose 901 assertions became apparent.

OVer many years, I've never heard a home audio Bose setup that sounded even marginally good to me.

Maybe some tube or very good other modern amplification would help? Possible.

One thing I'll say about the 901s, having not heard a pair outside of commercial setups in quite a while, is that their price point relative to the high end is probably more attractive than ever. They used to be one of the more expensive speakers out there for enthusiasts to covet. Now they pale in comparison probably in most ways to the current "high end".

They seem to garner a lot of positive ratings on various sites that measure these things though, no denying that. So someone out there is dropping decent money on them and liking it.