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DarqueKnight
DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
edited March 2003 in Flea Market
Your ears will thank you.

For Sale On Ebay: A Pair Of The Finest Speakers Ever Made-Mint Condition :cool:

Disclaimer: The poster of this post is in no way, shape, form, or fashion affiliated with the seller listed in the ad referenced above.
Proud and loyal citizen of the Digital Domain and Solid State Country!
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited February 2003
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    I'm considering a trade. Let me know what these yield so I can plan accordingly. ;)

    RRooo.....

    HBomb still
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,985
    edited February 2003
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    Remove the drivers = Dandy Herb Garden

    Cheers,
    Rooster
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited February 2003
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    Originally posted by RuSsMaN
    Remove the drivers = Dandy Herb Garden

    Cheers,
    Rooster

    Now that will receive the immediate WAF! No cash involved!

    HRROObomb
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  • MxStYlEpOlKmAn
    MxStYlEpOlKmAn Posts: 2,116
    edited February 2003
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    In the descrip. they talk about 'Paperwork', do they mean the manuals and such or the woofers and tweeters?
    Damn you all, damn you all to hell.......
    I promised myself
    No more speakers. None. Nada. And then you posted this!!!!
    Damn you all! - ATC
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited February 2003
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    Originally posted by MxStYlEpOlKmAn
    In the descrip. they talk about 'Paperwork', do they mean the manuals and such or the woofers and tweeters?


    :confused:
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  • MxStYlEpOlKmAn
    MxStYlEpOlKmAn Posts: 2,116
    edited February 2003
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    their drivers are paper...not sure if their ne different than their manuals
    Damn you all, damn you all to hell.......
    I promised myself
    No more speakers. None. Nada. And then you posted this!!!!
    Damn you all! - ATC
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2003
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    OOPS... thought this was a pair of your SDA's raife... sorry Bud... I didn't even look at the link...

    My earlier smart-**** remark is now gone forever... exit stage right...
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    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
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  • joe logston
    joe logston Posts: 882
    edited March 2003
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    who would pay that much money for them, im dumfouded they are worth only $35
    . rt-7 mains
    rt-20p surounds
    cs-400i front center
    cs-350 ls rear center
    2 energy take 5, efects
    2- psw-650 , subs
    1- 15" audiosource sub

    lets all go to the next ces.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2003
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    Agree Joe, series 6's for $600+... no way...

    Now series I's... different story IMO.... bit of history there that just went wrong along the way...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,985
    edited March 2003
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    I'd take some orig 901's if presented to me at a decent price, if you are a fan of FR drivers, it's a cool find.

    But bag some for the price of say, SDA 1c's or LSi9's, or Maggie MMG's, etc etc, no friggin way.

    Cheers,
    Rooster
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,050
    edited March 2003
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    I've seen earlier models go for around $400. Sure they're not worth their MSRP by a mile, but not a bad little bookshelf at this price.

    I've heard that each drive is rated @ like .87 Ohms. And that there is a warning on the back of each one to discourage anybody from connecting one up independently of the others.
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2003
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    gidrah,

    One thing the 901's are not are bookshelves. They used to come with their own optional pedestal stands. With 8 of the 9 drivers rear firing, they needed placement with a lot of air around, under, over and, especially, between them. Set up properly and driven with a decent amp they could be pretty fine sounding. And the little boogers could handle like 270 watts continuous, yet be driven by 50 wpc.

    When they hit in the early 70's nothing could touch them at their price for sheer volume and imaging. But, and it was a pretty big butt, the bass EQ electronic "boost" module tainted their sound for many. At 4"(?) the drivers just couldn't reach low enough on their own, and the EQ box tried to compensate for that shortcoming.

    While we all agree that the “B” company has fallen from the ranks of the great audio manufacturers, there was a time when many of us drooled over the 901’s. Then came the 301’s and the start of a long downhill slide…

    But the original 901’s have to get credit for being the forerunner of the multiple mid-bass designs we love today. Just can’t think of the name of the audio leader using this principle off-hand… :D
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,050
    edited March 2003
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    When on a bookshelf they should be turned around.
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited March 2003
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    Originally posted by gidrah
    When on a bookshelf they should be turned around.

    When on a bookshelf, they sound best with the volume control turned all the way down. Try it, it works.;)
    Proud and loyal citizen of the Digital Domain and Solid State Country!
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  • burdette
    burdette Posts: 1,194
    edited March 2003
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    Originally posted by gidrah
    When on a bookshelf they should be turned around.

    Wouldn't that sort of defeat the entire purpose behind their design? The point is that you have limited (but some) direct sound and a wealth of reflected sound. Huh.. that sounds pretty good - and sortof techy... Bose should use something like "direct and reflected" as an ad slogan.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2003
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    Bingo Brudette... proverbial nail on the head. The like 89% refected sound was a major key. I heard them the wrong way and... nah, no bueno...

    Sorry, gidrah, should have known you know them, but they need air. Otherwise raife is pretty much on the money. :)

    BTW, I'm fairly sure they would not stand up to an A-B against much of Mathew's line, past, present or furture, but in their day... More than a little historical significance there. Maybe not on the scale of the AR3a, Orig Advent, DQ-10's or others, but in their day...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,050
    edited March 2003
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    They need more than air.

    Yep, my brother had some when I was growing up. I used to want a pair. YEEESH!
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2003
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    roflmao
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    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    edited March 2003
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    Set up properly and driven with a decent amp they could be pretty fine sounding. And the little boogers could handle like 270 watts continuous, yet be driven by 50 wpc.

    Bose always stated the 901's power handling as "Unlimited". You're not going to tell me those nine little drivers could handle 500 - 1000 watts continuous. I always wondered what their actual power handling was.

    Unlimited my ****! Bet thats why they don't publish any frequency response specs.
    No excuses!
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited March 2003
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    John,
    I always heard 30w/ driver for the 270 figure... at least that's what I remember for the originals.
    AudioCraft, a great audio shop in NE Ohio that's still around, always had top of the line sand McIntosh driving their demos. Don't remember the specific one anymore, but pretty sure it was ~500 wpc.
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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