[Vintage-Audio] Re Bose 901 And EQ

Tue Feb 11 17:02:12 2003

There is a whale of a lot more to a good speaker (we
really mean good sound) than flat frequency response.
Use of ANY equalization just takes away from whatever
is good about a speaker system.

And it's a shame that 98% of the population has be be
taught how to use their ears to really listen.  They miss
the majority of what they hear in addition to being a
victim of Madison Avenue and merchandising efforts.

Live unamplified music is the best and if you are not
regularly exposed to it, well, you just need to listen to
what satisfies your hunger for vibrations in the air.

Bob McKee

----- Original Message -----
From: "Salmons, Michael" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:34 AM
Subject: RE: [Vintage-Audio] Re Bose 901 And EQ

Like any bad speaker, you may get something acceptible from
the use of a parametric, not graphical, eq... I have found
from my own experience that the negative effects of inferior
enclosures with distracting resonant effects, for instance,
can be modulated, but not eliminated, using very controlled
equalization, something parametric eq can do but graphic eq
simply cannot. But no amount of equalization can help a bad
driver, which the 901 has several of.

Michael Salmons

-----Original Message-----
From: WBob [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 11:01 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Re Bose 901 And EQ

Bose not only don't sound good without the equalizer, they
sound
terrible. Even with the equalizer they are very poor compared
to most
anything else..even your JBL 100s.

WBob

Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
>
> The Bose 901 in question are from 1971. They are using a
generic EQ unit. It has
> always been my understanding,and experience, that unless the
Bose EQ unit is
> used, the sound is only so so. Nothing special at all. To
get the proper
> intended audio response the Bose speakers must use the EQ
designed for them by
> Bose.
>
> Right or wrong?
>
> What is a pair of these ceiling mounted speakers worth with
the proper EQ and
> without the EQ?
>
> Is it still possible to purchase the correct EQ for them, if
so, how much?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Duane Fischer, W8DBF
>
>
>
>
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