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The home stereo stuff does a pretty good job at filling it's niche.
But one thing is fer dam sure, Bose still has ALOT of work to do in their car stereo division.
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It has become painfully obvious that some of you have no clue about home audio. While bose makes a nice speaker, it is absolute JUNK compared to a good in-wall speaker, that can be had much, much cheaper. Go into a house with a properly setup home theater, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, whatever, with in-walls, and there is absolutely no comparison to bose 901's. I would know, I've heard them in the same house, back to back. bose loses that battle.
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quote:Originally posted by Broken Silence - Johnny: It has become painfully obvious that some of you have no clue about home audio. While bose makes a nice speaker, it is absolute JUNK compared to a good in-wall speaker, that can be had much, much cheaper. Go into a house with a properly setup home theater, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, whatever, with in-walls, and there is absolutely no comparison to bose 901's. I would know, I've heard them in the same house, back to back. bose loses that battle.
actually Johnny...NO Bose speakers are nothing more than meh, ordinary...and that's being generous. So as far as your comparison of speaker vs. speaker, you are correct.
HOWEVER -- the direct reflect system is not ordinary...it does put shame to "in wall box's" because it isn't just a box in the least. Cut one open and you'll see what i'm talking about....it isn't just another run of the mill sealed or ported box. Another place where people go wrong is hooking it up without the system eq....a LOT is lost without it.
I have yet to see ANYONE hook them up properly (position). If you have the stands, put them each in the corner 12"-18" from each side of the wall...if not, hang them on the ceiling about 12" down, again 12-18" from each wall.
you can consider them a generic version of a 4.1-5.1 surround sound system...hence the name, direct reflect. **They're room size dependent..the sound is meant to travel off the front wall, to the side wall, then off the rear wall to imitate the rear speakers...so if you don't have your 1) couch positioned properly, 2) speakers positioned properly, or 3) an abnormally sized/shaped room [or a room where one speaker isn't in a corner] you lose out on a lot of sound**
So naturally, a theater built around a 5.1 setup should most definitely sound better as far as imaging is concerned. BUT -- the 901's are not a damn 5.1 setup so comparing them to any "5.1, 6.1, 7.1, home theather" holds no merit. Apples to tape worms.
I would know, i was a high end AV installer for California Home Systems and not only did the comparisons myself...i've built a few demo rooms in custom shops. (and yes, i was NEVER a fan of bose...i just think it's sad people talk trash about it when they have absolutely no clue wtf they're talking about )
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I guess I wasnt specific enough for you. The room had a 5.1 setup made up of bose 901's, as in the FL, FR, RL, RR were bose 901's with a klipsch center channel and a badass harman kardon receiver. You and I are not talking about the same things, because the In-walls I am talking about arent in any enclosure at all, just cut a hole in the wall, bam, done. BOSE is overrated, overpriced, and overhyped.
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Bose is a good brand but it's way too expensive for what you get. Basically you're buying really small speakers that can compare to average "BestBuy" level speakers in terms of SQ and output. The Bose 901 series is another story though.
I will never buy Bose because I actually like big, giant speakers.
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quote:Originally posted by Broken Silence - Johnny: I guess I wasnt specific enough for you. The room had a 5.1 setup made up of bose 901's, as in the FL, FR, RL, RR were bose 901's with a klipsch center channel and a badass harman kardon receiver.
So in that setup there were some MAJOR issues with the "rear speakers" trying to play as front speakers....and the "front speakers" playing as rear...Those direct reflect systems are meant to mimic the rear channel by bouncing the sound off the walls as previously mentioned. Not to have another set added as a rear channel. IMO it would have sounded a HELL of a lot better without the 'rear' speakers...or without them setup as dedicated 'front and rear'...that setup was asking for issues. **if one set of 901's is like a generic 4.1-5.1 surround sound, adding another set is doing too much...the rear speakers will reflect and bring sound to the front...even though the receiver tells them they're rear.***might have been good with convoluted foam right behind the rear speakers so they can't reflect**
quote:Originally posted by Broken Silence - Johnny: You and I are not talking about the same things, because the In-walls I am talking about arent in any enclosure at all, just cut a hole in the wall, bam, done.
So basically, each speaker was in a 3.5cube....96"x16"x4" enclosure (using the 2x4's and the drywall as the enclosure)
quote:Originally posted by Broken Silence - Johnny: BOSE is overrated, overpriced, and overhyped.
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THe 901's are nice but the rest of the Bose HT stuff is overpriced. I can build a set from Partsexpress.com that will sound better at a fraction of the price...in fact that's exactly what I did in my dads house.
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Bose serves its purpose, not everyone wants to go out a piece together a bad ass system. Im not a big fan of it and wouldnt own it myself but peole like the built in hard drives on some of the lifestyle systems and the ability to broadcast from that to ther satelittle systems through out the house.
If I HAD to buy a Home theater in abox I would probably go with it, yes its expensive and probably over priced. No Its not the quality it used to be back int he days of the 901 and similar. Another thing people like about it is simplicity of use, for those who arent remotely inclined to know **** about electronics is nice that they can pick up one remote programmed right out of the box to control the one piece they need to take of their "surround sound" experience.
For me in Denon and Polk being my favorite without blowing the bank, with velodyne in their for a sub. No holds barred it would be Krell and Martin Logan, sitting in front of my 61 inch pioneer elite plasma
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without blowing the bank...?
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Accomodation nuck, even then I didnt go with the polk speakers, too good of a deal on the sapphires, which im sure noones has ever heard of but does everything I need to.
I have an avr1905, dvd1710, and dvd 1910 and got less than 125 in all of it
However they have anew reciever coming soon that Im gonna have to dish out the change for, damn HDMI
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